Canadian Child Care Federation

The Canadian Child Care Federation is a bilingual, non-profit, member-based organization established in 1987. We’ve grown to include over 20 provincial and territorial affiliate organizations. Our 11,000 members – early learning and child care practitioners, academics, parents and policy makers – share our commitment to excellence in early learning and child care through:

• best and promising practice
• capacity building
• collaborations, networks and partnerships

Child Care Advocacy Forum

The Advocacy Forum plays a leadership role in mobilizing public support for child care and has initiated advocacy strategies and campaigns related to recent policy changes and funding cuts to child care in BC, federal and provincial budgets, the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Early Childhood Development Agreement and child care as a cornerstone of early childhood development services.

Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC

We support

• the development of a comprehensive, accessible and affordable community based non-profit child care system in BC and across Canada.
• the right of every child and family to quality child care within their own community.
• a range of inclusive choices including licensed family and centre-based care.
  stable, adequate government funding.
• child care workers’ rights to wages and working conditions which reflect the level of training, responsibility and value of work performed.
• parent and staff involvement in policy, procedure and program decisions.
  

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8. NAEYC is committed to becoming an increasingly high performing and inclusive organization.