Together we are stronger: a day to come together to learn, share and celebrate

Intended For: EarlyON Practitioners, Licensed Home Child Care Programs, Licensed Child Care Programs

Registration Closed

Date: Oct 21, 2023

Time: 08:15 AM - 06:00 PM

Fee: FREE

Current Availability: 61

Description

Food: all meals are halal; gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan options are also included. Please indicate any allergies or additional dietary requirements. Please indicate any allergies or additional dietary requirements by email to citywidetraining@humber.ca with the subject line: TCS Conference- dietary requirements

Accessibility: The BMO Institute for Learning is a fully accessible space with one all-gender washroom. Please indicate any specific support required. Please indicate any specific support required by email to citywidetraining@humber.ca with the subject line: EarlyON Conference- accessibility.

PLEASE SELECT ONE SESSION IN THE MORNING AND ONE IN THE AFTERNOON

Agenda

Registration & Breakfast

Timing	Name and Description	Location
8:15 am - 8:50 am

Welcome - Presentation Hall

Timing	Name and Description	Location
8:45 am - 9:15 am

Keynote

Timing	Name and Description	Location
9:15 am - 10:15 am	Dr. Ivan Joseph

Morning Break and Refreshments

Timing	Name and Description	Location
10:15 am - 10:30 am

Morning Workshops (90 mins) - Select 1

Timing	Name and Description	Location
12:00 am - 12:00 am	Celebrating human diversity: Black joy, intersectionality and gender expansiveness	Meeting room #104
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Learning from Indigenous Perspectives: outdoor Play Pedagogy in Urban Early Learning Centres	The Forum
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Building culturally Competent environments in early learning spaces	Meeting room #102
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Remember, Reflect, Change and Maintain: Love is needed at work . . . to make things work!	Meeting room #103
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Educator well-being: co-teaching and co-learning on the Land through Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing	Meeting room #105
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Intuitive leadership	Meeting room #206
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Homophobia Hurts: Challenging Gender- and Sexuality-Based Bullying in the Early Year	Meeting room #208
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Challenging the unwritten rules. Confronting racism in early years programs through a trauma informed lens	Meeting room #200

Lunch & Networking

Timing	Name and Description	Location
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm	Lunch and Networking

Tabletop exercise and celebration

Timing	Name and Description	Location
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm	Tabletop exercise and celebration

Afternoon refreshments

Timing	Name and Description	Location
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm	Afternoon refreshments

Afternoon Workshops (90 mins) - Select 1

Timing	Name and Description	Location
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Exploring Truth and Reconciliation in the early years	The Forum
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Reach Out! Building effective early literacy programs in partnership with Black families	Meeting room #102
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Remember, Reflect, Change and Maintain: Love is needed at work . . . to make things work!	Meeting room #103
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Intercultural approaches to wellness: Principles and practices to build collective and cultural wellbeing.	Meeting room #104
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	From cultural competency to cultural responsiveness	Meeting room #105
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Enhancing Mental Health and Wellness in the 21st Century	Meeting room #206
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Homophobia Hurts: Challenging Gender- and Sexuality-Based Bullying in the Early Year	Meeting room #208
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Confronting anti-black racism in early learning settings	Meeting room #200

End 4:00pm

Timing	Name and Description	Location

Location

BMO Institute for Learning
3550 Pharmacy Avenue
Scarborough, ON M1W3Z3

District: Toronto and East York District