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The YMCA is a charity that has been helping Canadians improve their lives since the first Y opened in Montreal in 1851. YMCA programs are offered at more than 1,700 locations across Canada and help more than 2.25 million people annually become healthier in spirit, mind, and body.

The New Brunswick Coalition for Pay Equity is a group of individuals and organizations that pursues and ensures the realization of the right to pay equity and to just conditions of work for women. To that end, the Coalition engages in communication, education, research, advocacy for the adoption and the implementation of adequate legislation, as well as public policy dialogue and development.

The Canadian Child Care Federation believes that high quality child care is everyone's responsibility, and makes for a better Canada. Well educated child care professionals are motivated to deliver quality early learning and child care with passion. Our ELCC workforce is essential to every child’s strong start.

The Early Childhood Educators Human Resources Council is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to increasing recruitment to the Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) workforce and improving retention of qualified early childhood educators by addressing identified human resource issues.

The Association of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario is a professional association for ECEs who advocate for respect, recognition, and appropriate wages & working conditions for all ECEs.

The Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC (CCCABC) is an inclusive, feminist, membership-based organization. They are comprised of individuals and groups including parents, grandparents, child care providers, community organizations, academics and unions. They work collectively, using research, public education and mobilization, to achieve our vision of a high-quality, affordable, accessible child care system that serves the public interest.

The Early Childhood Development Association of PEI is a provincial, non-profit organization committed to promoting and supporting quality early childhood development programs and services for their Island’s children & families. Their mission: All Island children between infancy and five (5) years of age will have access to a sustainable Provincial Early Childhood Education system that is available, affordable, and of high quality.

The Manitoba Child Care Association (MCCA) is a non-profit, membership-funded, non-partisan organization. Their mission is to advocate for a quality system of child care, to advance early learning and child care education as a profession, and provide services to their members. MCCA’s vision is to promote and support an exceptional early learning and child care system by fueling their members to be proud and excited to belong to a progressive, respected profession.

AECENL is the professional organization for those with qualifications in early childhood education or working in child care or related fields.

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. They help community groups, existing non-profit and public child care organizations and governments to build new facilities or redevelop existing space to increase the availability of non-profit and public child care for families and communities across Ontario.

ECEBC provides professional development opportunities, training and resources for early childhood educators across BC with a vision for a society where early childhood educators thrive in a supportive community that values childhood and education. They are the collective voice to advance professional and personal commitment to the value of early care and learning by empowering the sector through education, collaboration and leadership.

The Association of Early Childhood Educators of Nova Scotia (AECENS) is a non-profit membership-based professional association by and for all early childhood educators (ECEs) in the province. They believe that ECEs are the key ingredient in delivering quality early childhood education and child care. AECENS is the voice for credibility and professional recognition for the early childhood education sector in Nova Scotia.