It's here: Check out our latest seasonal newsletter for policy updates, and to learn what the AECEO was up to this Summer & what is coming up next! Click here to download the Summer 2025 Policy & Community Update in PDF!

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Save the date: the first ever AECEO Members' Retreat is on May 29th - 31st, 2026 at the beautiful Bayview Wildwood Resort!

We are hiring a Project Coordinator! This is a 12-month contract position, with the possibility of renewal after the term has concluded.

The following statement has been written by the AECEO in collaboration with our CARE Collectives: the Community of Black Early Childhood Educators (CoBECEs), the Student Early Childhood Educators of Ontario (SECEO), and the ECE Faculty Connect. 

This statement was written in response to Bill 33, Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025. This proposed legislation, if successfully enacted, would significantly change the Education Act, the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act, and the Legislation Act, among others. This legislation would apply to all of Ontario and impact the public education system, colleges, universities, and children’s aid societies, including pre-service ECEs and educators in the school board. Bill 33 is being presented as a mechanism to improve transparency, accountability, and protecting public interest.

Together with the Community of Black ECEs, the Student Early Childhood Educators of Ontario, and the ECE Faculty Connect (AECEO CARE Collectives), we have analyzed the impacts of Bill 33 on ECEs and child care workers, and children and families. The statement presents why we think Bill 33 is a matter of interest to our community, and suggests some actions you can take to share your perspective.  

Read in statement in full here. 

This year marks 75 years since the Nursery Education Association of Ontario - later renamed Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario - was first established. Since November 1950, the AECEO has been directly involved in important developments in early childhood education and care, playing a key role in the areas of training, public awareness, certification, networking, & recognition for the ECE profession in Ontario. Thanks to our members and generous supporters, we have had the privilege of serving Ontario’s early childhood education (ECE) community for the past seven decades! 

We are hiring an Executive Director! This is a 12-month contract position, with the possibility of renewal after the term has concluded.

Our new Executive Director will provide strategic and operational leadership for a dynamic, advocacy-focused professional association. Reporting directly to the Board of Directors, you will be responsible for the successful leadership and management of the organization, ensuring that its activities, projects, and policies align with the AECEO’s mission and strategic priorities. You will inspire and coordinate a passionate staff team, shape public policy, oversee fundraising and financial sustainability, and represent the AECEO across Ontario. Your work will advance the professional stature of the ECE workforce and support the ongoing transformation of early childhood education.

In this issue:

• Who We Are: Voices of Indigenous Early Childhood Educators (to read previous articles from the AECEO Guiding Committee on Truth and Reconciliation click HERE)
• ECE Voices section
• Decent Work Project Update
• Embracing Autism in Childcare Settings: Building Inclusive Communication Practices
• “Not for the Faint of Heart": Cultivating Daily Creativity for the Resilient Early Childhood Educator
• The Peer Reviewed Collection: (Open Access)
  • Ghostbusters: Rupturing Ghosts of Developmentalism Through Living Stories

Our sincere thanks and gratitude to everyone who contributed!

We would also like to thank AECEO Members, and the following advertisers, for supporting this issue of the eceLINK:

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Extra, extra! Read all about it: Check out our seasonal newsletter for policy updates, and to learn what the AECEO was up to this Spring & what is coming up next! Click here to download the Spring 2025 Policy & Community Update in PDF!

Read it in full here!