ASCY Upcoming Events

This interactive learning community seeks to explore allyship through the lens of Truth and Reconciliation, brave conversations about Canada’s true history, and the implications this history has left behind.

Facilitated by: Kim Burns, RECE & Amanda Karr, RECE

The educators of Reggio Emilia, Italy have inspired early childhood educators world-wide with their philosophy and approach to education. Please join us as we explore the Reggio Emilia approach and how it aligns with our own early learning context.

Arrivederci!

Facilitators: Kim Burns, RECE & Leslie Busija, RECE

Space is limited and will be allocated on a first-come/first-served basis. This six-week introductory course introduces a basic 250-word sign-vocabulary geared to the preschool population. Book: Signing: Signed English: A Basic Guide

HAMILTON ECE COMMUNITY WILL ONLY BE CHARGED THE COST OF THE BOOK (IF NEEDED) $30

DATES: May 7, 14, 21,28, June 4 & 11, 2025

Facilitated by: Juliana Ellement

The Bordercrossings Exhibit invites visitors to explore the rich intersections between diverse materials, ideas, and perspectives. As technology continues to shape how we communicate, learn, and construct meaning, we are called to reimagine spaces where digital tools do not stand apart from humanity but are woven into a larger dialogue–where they intersect with nature, materiality, and transformation.

Atelier 2: Material Boundaries-Solid Meets Fluid Saturday May 10, 2025 10 am – 12 pm

This atelier explores the spaces between materials, inviting visitors to consider how interactions between opposing forces create new ways of understanding.

No Cost for HAMILTON ECE COMMUNITY

Outside Hamilton educators: $25 per session

Facilitated by: Rosalba Bortolotti, Acorn Collaborative

The Bordercrossings Exhibit invites visitors to explore the rich intersections between diverse materials, ideas, and perspectives. As technology continues to shape how we communicate, learn, and construct meaning, we are called to reimagine spaces where digital tools do not stand apart from humanity but are woven into a larger dialogue–where they intersect with nature, materiality, and transformation.

Atelier 2: Material Boundaries-Solid Meets Fluid Saturday May 10, 2025 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

This atelier explores the spaces between materials, inviting visitors to consider how interactions between opposing forces create new ways of understanding.

No Cost for HAMILTON ECE COMMUNITY

Outside Hamilton educators: $25 per session

Facilitated by: Rosalba Bortolotti, Acorn Collaborative

The Supervisors’ Professional Learning Community is an opportunity for program leaders to come together to exchange ideas, contribute perspectives, ask questions and make meaning of new ideas, information, and resources.

An email will go out a week prior with the agenda. SPLC will continue to respond to our members’ needs and interests on a monthly basis. This learning community is for supervisors in the City of
Hamilton.

Facilitated by: Nancy Baverstock, RECE & Leslie Busija, RECE

This PLC is supportive to educators, leaders, and mentors who aspire to dig deeper into the pedagogical practices in early childhood education programs.

“As pedagogical leaders we keep company with educators as they find their way into new understandings of their work-not teaching them what they ought to do or directing their journey, but standing at their side, with provocative questions and generous listening.” (Pelo, 2018, p.75)

Facilitated by: Nancy Baverstock, RECE & Camila Casas Hernandez, RECE

This community of practice will explore the possibilities of embracing outdoor environments while inviting nature into our indoor spaces. Engage in this new and dynamic CoP which will provide opportunities to network with our community by offering some of our sessions at locations that will inspire and ignite our passions for the outdoors.

This learning opportunity has been created with educators in mind who want to further explore and invite these concepts into their environments and teaching practices. We will also investigate the benefits of using Horticultural Therapy with young children.

Location: TBD

Facilitated by:  Negin Zarifian & Kayla Davies

This opportunity is suited for those educators working in before and after school programs or with school aged children. This learning community provides a safe environment for critical inquiry where educators can share their successes and challenges,
co-construct knowledge, and reflect on their role as an educator and their engagement with children and families in the program. The dialogue will be guided by the experiences and interests of the group. Discussions will be relevant to the trends in school age programs such as self-regulation, relationships, shared spaces, programming, environments etc.

Facilitated by: Nicole Colterman & Diane Medeiros

This interactive learning community seeks to explore allyship through the lens of Truth and Reconciliation, brave conversations about Canada’s true history, and the implications this history has left behind.

Facilitated by: Kim Burns, RECE & Amanda Karr, RECE

Space is limited and will be allocated on a first-come/first-served basis. This six-week introductory course introduces a basic 250-word sign-vocabulary geared to the preschool population. Book: Signing: Signed English: A Basic Guide

HAMILTON ECE COMMUNITY WILL ONLY BE CHARGED THE COST OF THE BOOK (IF NEEDED) $30

DATES: May 7, 14, 21,28, June 4 & 11, 2025

Facilitated by: Juliana Ellement

PLEASE ONLY PAY ON-LINE IF YOU RECEIVED THIS LINK BY AN ASCY STAFF

Do you or any of your staff need to renew their Standard First Aid (SFA)? ASCY has again arranged for a training partner, SOS First Aid and Safety Training, to provide the blended model of SFA. This training model is partially done online and partially done onsite at ASCY on the dates and times listed.
The cost will be $125 per participant.  Participants can expect to do 7 hours online study and up to 7.5 hours in person.
It is open to Child Care and Early Years educators and staff and Licensed Home Child Care providers/staff who work in Hamilton only.
If you are interested in having staff join the training, please contact us at registrations@ascy.ca or call us at
905-574-6017 to register.
You will receive an email from us to confirm your spot. Registering alone with your request is not a confirmation of participation.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS May 29, 2025

The men who have been meeting have enjoyed their time together and came up with a new name to represent their group. Please join us for a community of practice for those who identify as male to come together and share their experience in the field. It will be a safe space to share ideas, challenges, and barriers, as well as work together to come up with possible strategies to help support gender diversity in the field.

Location: TBD

Facilitated by:  Nicole Colterman & Jeff Bushell

This interactive learning community seeks to explore allyship through the lens of Truth and Reconciliation, brave conversations about Canada’s true history, and the implications this history has left behind.

Facilitated by: Kim Burns, RECE & Amanda Karr, RECE