We are a small board, founded in 2017-2018, with an aim to provide opportunities for early childhood educators to come together, to think together, and to examine and collaborate on early childhood education practices.
We work with early childhood professionals in designing land-based, creative collaborative inquiry projects that focus on place and local ecologies in Greater Sudbury, Espanola, Manitoulin and North Bay, Ontario
Meet Our Board Members

Julie Kelly, Co-chair
Early Years Consultant, Rainbow District School Board
Sharon Speir, Co-chair
Former Assistant Director: Early Childhood
Iva McNair, Treasurer
Former Education Officer, Early Years Division, Ministry of Education
Lotje Hives, Secretary
Professional Learning Facilitator, Nipissing University, Schulich School of Education
Tracy Saarikowski
Executive Director, Discovery Early Learning & Care
Darlene Villeneuve
Special Education Teacher, Rainbow District School Board
Ramona Shawana
Early Learning Coordinator, Anishinabek Nation
Jennifer Rowe
Program Quality Coordinator, Children's Services, City of SudburyCollaborators
Celeste Oven – Lamonthe, Kindergarten Teacher
Kim Wilson, Kindergarten Teacher
Colleen Strange, Early Childhood Educator
Christine Adornado, Kindergarten Teacher, French Immersion
