our values
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Committed to Achieving Excellence In Early Learning and Child Care
The Canadian Child Care Federation: Our Work
We are the community in the early learning and child care sector in Canada. Professionals and practitioners from coast to coast to coast belong in our community. We give voice to the deep passion, experience and practice of Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) in Canada. We give space to excellent research in policy and practice to better inform service development and delivery. We provide leadership on issues that impact on our sector because we know we are making a difference in the lives of young children—our true purpose, why we exist— to make a difference in these lives. What gets talked about, explored, shared in our community is always a life changer. And we know that. We are a committed, passionate force for positive change where it matters most—with children.
We are the trustworthy, inclusive, knowledgeable, credible collaborative leaders who have our hands on the pulse of what is happening in early learning and child care and we make sure it matters! Children are at the heart of what matters, and that is the focus of our work. We are experienced and real pros at what we do best—focusing on the quality of ELCC services for children in Canada. We know that our work with children lasts a lifetime. We care about making a difference—and we are proud of it! We advocate on behalf of our community, and your help in advocacy matters too!
We are visionaries that can see a better Canada through our work. We know the research, we have the passion, we are committed to our work with children and to our own lifelong learning. We are humble experts and hungry learners.
The Canadian Child Care Federation is a large, vibrant organization representing and uniting its affiliates and members from across Canada—coast to coast to coast since 1983. It is Canada’s largest national, non-profit, charitable ELCC organization. We’re proud to be a bilingual (our new French content is coming soon) member and service-based organization, focused on early learning and child care. There is simply no CCCF without this nation’s talented and hard working ECEs.
We are a trusted, well respected, and authoritative national voice that champions high quality ELCC services for all children. We are the national voice for early childhood educators and practitioners who provide high quality early learning and child care services. One of our core goals is to help early childhood educators on their career journey, no matter what stage they’re in.
Along with our provincial and territorial affiliates, we provide and facilitate a collective voice and an inclusive community of sharing, learning, experience, resources, commitment and passion.
