by Carolyn Ferns | 6 Apr 2026 | Events, Active Events, Featured
Tuesday April 14, 2026 is Equal Pay Day in Ontario. It symbolizes how much longer into 2026 the average woman must work to earn what the average man did in 2025. This year the Ontario Equal Pay Coalition is mobilizing in solidarity with child care workers and other...
by Carolyn Ferns | 1 Apr 2026 | News & Press Releases, Featured, Media
The 2026 Ontario budget shows that the Ford government still doesn’t understand the value of early learning and child care to Ontario’s economy. Ontario families, communities, the economy – and the provincial government – are benefiting from federal...
by Carolyn Ferns | 12 Mar 2026 | Campaigns, Active Campaigns, Featured, Media, News & Press Releases
Picture a familiar historical statue of a powerful male leader – a man remembered for shaping cities, nations, or laws. Now imagine that same statue wearing a bright baby carrier, with a tiny doll tucked safely against his chest. This unexpected sight has been popping...
by Carolyn Ferns | 7 Mar 2026 | News & Press Releases, Active Campaigns, Campaigns, Featured, Media, Uncategorized
New from the Association of Early Childhood Educators, the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, and our partners and allies! The Care Counts campaign is a multi-year advocacy campaign aimed at securing decent work and pay for Early Childhood Educators and child...
by Carolyn Ferns | 6 Mar 2026 | Events, Past Events
RSVP for the Campaign Launch Party March 12th, 7pm via Zoom In 2022 we said that ECEs were WORTH MORE, and you agreed. So did thousands of educators, allies, and proud Ontarians. Together we fought to raise the wage floor for ECEs. We won a life-changing $5 increase...
