Staff Capacity Building
2025 CNC Conference session recordings are now available!
The 2025 CNC Virtual Conference: Inspiring Care was a powerful reminder of all the ways we can support newcomer families across the country. In case you missed it - or just want to revisit the expert strategies shared - you can now access most of the 2025 CNC Conference session recordings in the CNC Learning Centre!
Orientations for New CNC Administrators and SDRs
Are you new to Care for Newcomer Children? Have you just joined the CNC leadership team as a CNC Administrator or SDR? If so, we've developed two new orientations just for you!
2024 CNC Conference session recordings are now available!
The 2024 CNC Conference session recordings are now available here. One of our top-rated sessions was Designing YES Spaces: Embrace the YES and Design a Space for Children, and it's definitely worth checking out! Here’s what one participant had to say about this session: "Lots of useful tips to better ourselves to meet children’s needs.... Excellent ideas for how to use space."
WEBINAR: Overcoming Burnout in the ECE Workplace
This webinar focuses on some of early education’s biggest struggles: compassion fatigue, mental health, optimism, and attitude. It encourages participants to use self-reflection and explore opportunities that will fuel themselves, as well as those they lead. Join this session now for an uplifting, inspirational, deep dive into building morale and developing strategies as a team for combatting burnout.
Are you new to CNC? Looking for information and resources?
If you’re new to CNC and looking for information and resources, here’s a list of resources to help get you started and set you up for success!Are you new to CNC? Looking for information and resources?
If you’re new to CNC and looking for information and resources, here’s a list of resources to help get you started and set you up for success!
- CNC Requirements (CNCR) – The official list of CNC Requirements (available in French and English)Here’s a list of resources to help get you started and set you up for success!
- Care for Newcomer Children (CNC): A Step-by-Step Guide for New Programs – Information, tools and resources to start up and manage a safe and successful CNC program. Including: implementation checklists, sample policies and procedures, templates, and supporting resources.
- Checklists and step-by-step articles to assist you in meeting CNC Requirements.
- Sample Documents, Forms and Templates
- CNC Support Documents – Quick reference sheets and resources that provide added insight as you implement CNC in your program
WEBINAR: Reinvigorate Your ECE Program with 3 Innovative Leadership Approaches
Finding the best way to help your program evolve can be art and science. This webinar explores innovative leadership approaches that can propel your ECE leadership style to find your way. Because innovative leadership relies on power-with rather than power-over relationships, you will discover leadership styles that build on strengths, shared values, and advance equity. Rather than focusing on how to influence, manage, and direct others, innovative leadership approaches focus on developing trust. Often the answers to the most challenging issues live within the realm of the staff and family voices which are untapped. Participants will identify situations in their work that could benefit from innovation, and brainstorm how to increase collaboration toward shared goals.
All of the 2023 CNC Conference Session Recordings Are Now Available!
Here is a list of the newest conference session recordings that are now available for everyone in the CMAS Learning Centre!
- Simple Everyday Tools to Take Care of Ourselves So We Can Take Care of Our Children/Communities (Parts 1 & 2) - presented by Georgianna Lee
- Where the Wild Things Are: Providing Effective Supervision - presented by Tina Geers
- Supporting Children During Uncertain Times/Taking Care of Young Children's Mental Health (Parts 1 & 2) - presented by Malgosia Tomanik
- Enrich Your Classroom with Music and Movement (Parts 1 & 2) - presented by Cathy Turalinski
- Fostering Program and Family Connections - presented by Julie Hansen
Another Round of 2023 CNC Conference Session Recordings Are Now Available!
Here is a list of the newest conference session recordings that are now available for everyone in the CMAS Learning Centre!
- Building Empathy for a Caring Community (Part 1 and Part 2) – presented by Jan Blaxall and Janet Foster
- Deconstructing Circle Times – presented by Cathy Turalinski
- Supporting Children in Developing Healthy Racial Identity (Part 1 and Part 2) – presented by Georgianna Lee
- No Waiting! Get Them Shaking! Learning Effective Transition Strategies – presented by Tina Geers
- Open a Book, Open the World – presented by Nancy Tovell, Bookmates
2023 CNC Conference Session Recordings
Let’s keep the learning going… and growing! We have started to post session recordings on the CMAS website in the Learning Centre. Here’s a list of the conference session recordings that are now available for everyone!