• Upcoming Professional Learning
  • Communities of Practice
  • Online Learning
  • Indigenous Reconciliation
  • Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
  • Rainbow Families
  • Professional Learning Strategic Plan
  • Join the EYCC mailing list
  • Mentorship
    • Stepping Side By Side
    • Micro-credential: Mentoring Educators in the Early Years Sector
    • Mentoring Pairs

equity, diversity and inclusion

Simple moments like daily conversations with families, interactive play with children and collaborative reflection with colleagues remind us of the invaluable importance relationships hold in the context of early learning and development. As a profession, we have knowledge and understanding about identity and relationship development, but what is the next step? 
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Join us as we continue the commitment to raising our awareness and reflect on our relationships with ourselves, children, families, colleagues, and the broader community. 

Reflection Resources

Brave Space
Intent vs Impact Exercise
Your Diversity Profile
Calling In and Calling Out
When You've Been Called In
Anti-Racism & HDLH Reflecting on Four Foundations
Our Tendencies Group ​Reflection Activity
White Privilege - Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Intersectionality Group Activity
Examining White Privilege

Ontario human rights comission

  • ​Introduction  ​
  • The Code 
  • Understanding the Duty to Accommodate  
  • Applying Human Rights Principles  
  • Compliance and Enforcement  ​​

Region of waterloo equity & inclusion commitment 

  • Equity & Inclusion Commitment Document – Description
  • Document d’engagement en matière d’équité et d’inclusion
  • Strategies for Writing your Equity & Inclusion Commitment Document
  • Stratégies pour rédiger votre document d'engagement en matière d’équité et d’inclusion - Un guide pratique
  • Equity & Inclusion Commitment Document – Fillable Template 
  • Document d’engagement en matière d’équité et d’inclusion - modèle à remplir

additional resources developed by the region of waterloo and the ministry of education

  • Children’s Services Access and Inclusion Plan (Phase 1) 
  • Ontario’s Access and Inclusion Framework 2023 
  • Children’s Services 2022-2026 Child Care and Early Years System Plan 
  • Ministry of Education How Does Learning Happen? 

anti-black racism

  • University of Pittsburgh’s P.R.I.D.E. (Positive Racial Identity Development in Early Education) program 
  • Give Race Its Place: An Anti-racism Knowledge-sharing Initiative for Early Childhood Educators in Ontario 
  • New Report Reveals the Reality of Anti-Black Racism in Ontario Child Welfare Service Delivery 
  • Embrace Race 
  • Our Children, Our Workforce: Why We Must Talk About Race and Racism in Early Childhood Education 
  • A Different Booklist 
  • Supporting Your Practice: Talking About Race and Racism with Children 

Supporting children with diverse abilities

  • ​Inclusion Quality: Children with Disabilities in Early Learning and Child Care in Canada 
  • Assessing Inclusion Quality: The SpeciaLink Early Childhood Inclusion Quality Scale 
  • Practice Guideline: Inclusion of Children with Disabilities 
  • Inclusive Child Care Toolkit: Supporting Children of All Abilities 
  • Inclusion & Access Pathway for Early Learning and Child Care 
  • Special Needs External Resources 
  • Early Childhood Community Development Centre Learning Materials Catalogue 
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Contact Us:
Rhonda Warren; [email protected]
Kim Sangüesa; [email protected]​
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