Early Childhood Week activities

Each year, the Municipalité amie des enfants (MAE) community of practice annual event brings together municipal representatives from across Quebec. This gathering is an opportunity to share concrete experiences and discover projects that place children at the heart of municipal decision-making.

The 2025 edition focuses on children’s participation: how to listen to their perspectives, give them a voice, and actively involve them in projects that affect them. Testimonials, discussions, and practical tools will help participants leave with concrete ideas to make their municipality a place where children are true agents of change.

Get your tickets: https://espacemunifm.org/?form=4D4145202D2052656E636F6E74726520616E6E75656C6C652032303235

Virtual interactive consultation from noon to 1 p.m. on November 17, coinciding with Early Childhood Week

Giving children a voice from an early age is an important part of the democratic process. Join us for this short interactive consultation to learn and reflect as a group on how we consult with children aged 4 to 12.

Get your tickets: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=J1rSDPILP0OtWNNBjJbYBCktkHk76M1HpWxErDnqs11UQjZRNFBNSkhMRTY0TkY5OFVaODlHWlA4VS4u&origin=lprLink&route=shorturl

Join Réseau réussite Montréal to celebrate their second Grand rassemblement montréalais pour les tout-petits (GRMTP)! This year, they will be focusing on the power of art as a tool for taking action and meeting young children’s needs.

Art and cultural expression, in whatever form, sparks curiosity, fosters development (starting in the womb), provides a conduit for thoughts and feelings, and encourages overall wellness.

When artistic and cultural activities are made available to children and their families, they can have transformative impact.

If you work with children of any age and/or their families, you are cordially invited to attend this unique event.

Every young Montrealer deserves to have art, creativity and culture in their lives to help them grow and flourish.

Get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/billets-grand-rassemblement-montrealais-pour-les-tout-petits-1716741553199

Do you have a baby on the way or plans to grow your family in the near future?Ongoing improvements are being made to the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan to help meet the changing needs of families and the workplace. Several new measures resulting from the QPIP overhaul in 2020 are now in effect.

Three of these measures are of particular note and provide parents with more flexibility:
• Longer benefit period
• More options for combining work income and benefits
• Additional incentive for sharing parental benefits

Sceau Concilivi advisor Karine Gil-Blaquière will sit down with Marie-Josée Dutil and Safa Ragued from the Conseil de gestion de l’assurance parentale to discuss these new measures and provide tips on preparing your parental leave.

Audience: Workers
Length: 50 minutes + 10 minute Q&A
Recording: The webinar will be recorded and sent to everyone who registers.
Note: All those who sign up for this webinar will be added to our newsletter mailing list.

Sign up now: https://www.concilivi.com/fr/evenements/register/webinaire-gratuit-regime-quebecois-dassurance-parentale-tout-savoir-sur-les-nouvelles-mesures/75904

After five years, it’s finally time to rekindle our shared passion for early childhood with the long-awaited return of the CASIOPE Conference! We can’t wait to see you at this inspiring and unifying event.

Why this theme?

More than 30 years after the release of the report Un Québec fou de ses enfants, let’s reaffirm our deep love for our little ones! ⚡

Falling in love means fueling the passion of early childhood professionals and stakeholders by giving them the right conditions and support to carry out their vital social mission. We know that the well-being of young children depends on that of the people who accompany them every day—through those unique, high-quality interactions that build, nurture, and uplift. We believe that by keeping this professional passion alive, fostering educational quality on a daily basis, and offering fair and tailored support to every child, we can build a bright future where every child grows up in the best possible conditions to reach their full potential.

📆 Join us on November 19 and 20 for two days filled with sharing, reflection, and discovery.

Together, let’s fall in love with our little ones all over again!

Get your tickets: https://colloque.zohobackstage.com/ColloqueCASIOPE2025coupdefoudre

New! Not only have we changed the event name from “La (Très) Grande matinée des tout-petits” to “La Grande journée des tout-petits,” but we are also proud and grateful to be teaming up with our partners at the Instance régionale de concertation de la Capitale-Nationale (IRC-CN) to bring you this year’s edition.

La Grande journée des tout-petits is indeed a big day for everyone who works with children five and under and their families in the Capitale-Nationale region.

Don’t miss it! Get your tickets here: https://www.zeffy.com/fr-CA/ticketing/grande-journee-des-tout-petits

The Collectif invited the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC) to present its reference framework identifying the educational foundations specific to First Nations. This webinar aims to enable early childhood professionals, whether Indigenous or non-Indigenous, to understand how to use this framework in educational and community settings where First Nations toddlers are growing up.

With Jessica Grenier and Christine Noël, educational advisors at the FNQLHSSC.

Thursday, November 20, 2pm

Register now: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5q-K6KQYSy-Qj6IOhXlEHg#/registration

Presented by the Collectif as part of the 10th edition of Early Childhood Week, Boscoville and the Observatoire des tout-petits are joining forces for the webinar Screen Use Among Children Aged 0–5 : Impacts and  Solutions.

The discussion will explore how screen time affects early childhood development and the factors that influence its impact. The results of a recent consultation with parents and early childhood professionals will also be shared, along with practical ways to help limit screen use.

With Marie-Claude Gélineau, Knowledge Transfer and Appropriation Advisor at Observatoire des tout-petits and Nicolas Fréchette, M.Sc., Development Officer at Boscoville.

Friday November 21 at 9:00 am

To register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Eh_yZGloTDGT01OMHFo-sg#/