Thank You!
We extend our heartfelt thanks to all who attended the Childcare Operators Summit 2025 — your passion, collaboration, and commitment to excellence have set a new standard for our industry.
We’re also incredibly grateful to the speakers and vendors who generously allowed us to share their materials from COS 2025 for free public use. Thank you for this opportunity and for sharing your knowledge, expertise, and creative resources with childcare operators, educators, and advocates across Canada who continue to shape the future of early learning.
See you next year!
COS 2025 FREE LIBRARY
Welcome to the FREE COS 2025 Library—a curated collection of downloadable resources, presentations, and tools generously shared by our summit speakers and vendors. These materials are available at no cost to support childcare operators, educators, and advocates across Canada in continuing the conversations, strategies, and innovations sparked at the event.
OUR SPEAKERS
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
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Childcare Operation Summit 2025
We are thrilled to invite you to the Childcare Operation Summit 2025 — an essential event for childcare operators, dayhome educators, and childcare educators looking to build, expand,
or enhance their programs while navigating the rapidly changing childcare landscape.
Speaker Sessions
Focused on the essentials of starting and running a successful childcare program, operational best practices, startup strategies, grant and funding programs and navigating the CWELCC framework.
Workshops & Networking
Practical sessions on licensing, financial management, staffing, curriculum planning, and strategies for maintaining quality and sustainability within the new cost control framework.
Sector Experts
Connect with industry leaders specializing in design, construction, curriculum development, staffing, and more, offering practical solutions and insights to support your childcare operations.
Job Fair
Connect with qualified educators and potential staff for your childcare business.
Workshops & Networking
Engage with representatives from various childcare sites and facilities at the expo to ask questions, add your child to the waiting list, or register for participation on the spot.
Vendor Marketplace
Discover resources for childcare centers, including educational supplies, classroom resources, business services, and technology solutions.
COS 2025 IN NUMBERS
15
expert speakers from diverse childcare fields share their insights on the industry's most pressing topics
38
Vendors will be ready to welcome walk-in visitors and present their businesses, services, and innovations
360
minutes of networking time for childcare industry professionals to connect, collaborate,
and grow
13
interactive panels & Q&A sessions featuring industry leaders, policy experts,
and childcare professionals