ABOUT THE EVENT

Cultivating Belonging in Early Years and Child Care Symposium aims to bring together Child Care and Early Year workforce professionals to contribute to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community.

This professional learning symposium emphasizes Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion through the theme of Belonging. These principles guided the selection of diverse speakers, helped us to create an inclusive platform that is intended to provide participants with a variety of different learning opportunities.

Cultivating Belonging in Early Years and Child Care Symposium is a virtual space curated for you to share and amplify various voices. It is also a space for deepening understanding, generating new knowledge, and discovering new perspectives. We hope you leave this symposium feeling refreshed, reignited, and recognized.
This opportunity is funded in partnership with the Region of Halton, the Province of Ontario and Government of Canada under the new Canada-Ontario Early Childhood Workforce Agreement, which provides one-time federal funding to support the recruitment and retention of a high-quality child care and early years workforce.