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The AECEO is the professional association for early childhood educators in Ontario. The AECEO serves and acts on behalf of early childhood educators in Ontario by supporting the professional growth of early childhood educators through the provision and promotion of ongoing professional development, training and best practices.

Building Blocks for Child Care, Ontario, is a charitable corporation with a mission to expand and preserve accessible, affordable, high quality non-profit and public early learning and child care for future generations. We help community groups, existing non-profit and public child care organizations and governments build new facilities or redevelop existing space to increase the availability of non-profit and public child care for families and communities across Ontario.

The College of Early Childhood Educators (College) regulates and governs Ontario’s Registered Early Childhood Educators (RECEs) in the public interest.

Led by Dr. Kristy Timmons, the ECE LAB is a research team interested in improving understanding of the processes that influence learning, engagement, and self-regulation in the early years. We aim to bridge research with practice by working as partners with those we seek to support: early childhood educators, teachers, children, and families. All research activities employ a team approach involving community partners, not-for-profit organizations, and public- and private- education contexts.

The Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (OCBCC), founded in 1981, advocates for universally accessible, high quality, not-for-profit, regulated child care in the province of Ontario. We are a non-partisan public awareness and advocacy group with broad membership including the education, labour, student and women's and francophone communities.

People for Education is an independent parent-led organization, working to improve public education in Ontario's English, Catholic and French schools.

The goal of the Prime Family Lab is to understand and support social-emotional and cognitive development in children and youth using a family framework. We examine how children's environments work together to influence their language, cognition, self regulation, behaviour, and mental health. Throughout projects, we emphasize the family context: what are the patterns of interaction between parents and children, siblings, and whole families that help or hinder children's adjustment? What are the contextual factors that influence how family members interact with one another? Most importantly, how can we support families to build strong relationships and engage with one another in a way that promotes the well-being of children and their families?

The Whole Family Lab takes a family-wide approach to understanding the multiple, complex influences on child development. Our program of clinical science considers the effects of adversity, social disadvantage, trauma, and technology on family relationships and developmental health.

The Association of Early Childhood Educators of Alberta (AECEA) is a non-profit member-based society that advocates for higher educational standards, wages, system support, and better working conditions for those in the early childhood education landscape.

As a trusted leader, GRIT uses research to guide their professional knowledge and practices to give the resources and information needed to achieve the best outcomes for all children. They offer support through their programs, Early Childhood Services,  Specialized Services, ASaP and ICC.