This paper takes the position that early childhood education students are an underutilized resource in strengthening the Canadian child care advocacy movement. The authors come to this topic as undergraduate and graduate students and a contract lecturer member in Ryerson’s early childhood studies program. Over the past year and a half, we have worked with our peers and colleagues to establish and lead the Ryerson Student Childcare Advocacy Association. Drawing on student movement and devaluation of care literature, this paper describes and explores our opportunities and experiences reconceptualizing the value of early childhood education and care that motivated us to become student leaders in the child care advocacy movement. Ultimately, we hope to both illustrate that students can and do make a meaningful difference in advocacy efforts and inspire and support postsecondary early childhood education programs to build the political capacity of students in the broader child care movement.

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重新定义我们的工作：ECE 学生与政治行动之间的联系

本文认为幼儿教育学生是加强加拿大儿童保育宣传运动的未充分利用的资源。作者作为本科生和研究生以及瑞尔森幼儿研究项目的合同讲师成员来到这个主题。在过去的一年半里，我们与同行和同事合作建立并领导了瑞尔森学生托儿倡导协会。本文利用学生运动和对护理文献的贬值，描述并探索了我们重新认识早期儿童教育和护理价值的机会和经验，这些价值促使我们成为儿童护理倡导运动的学生领袖。最终，