Session 1: From Control to Connection; January 8, 2026
This session will focus on reframing self-regulation beyond compliance and behaviour control, understanding co-regulation as a pedagogical and relational act, and exploring how environments, materials, relationships, and time affect children's capacity to regulate. The session will also introduce the educator’s role in creating rhythms, rituals, and relational safety.

Session 2: Regulation as a Democratic Practice; February 5, 2026
This session will focus on seeing self-regulation as linked to participation, listening, and agency. Learners will also explore more about creating environments where children’s emotional expressions are welcomed and made visible and including children's voices and choices in emotional and social matters.

Session 3: The Pedagogy of Hope and Care; March 5, 2026
This session will focus on cultivating hope as a pedagogical stance in times of challenge or uncertainty. Participants will explore the idea of the educator as a hopeful, caring, and reflective practitioner and creating hopeful spaces where both children and educators feel seen, heard, and held. Rosalba Bortolotti is a pedagogical consultant and Registered Early Childhood Educator with over 27 years of experience and research in the Reggio Emilia approach. Rosalba has a passion in food pedagogies, school gardens and the practices of seed to table. In addition to presenting to educators around the province, Rosalba has recently developed online webinars and interactive live studio sessions from her studio lab.

All sessions 6:30 to 8:00 pm EST.