Inclusion Summit 2025: Save the Date!

Mark your calendars now for our biggest learning event of the year

We’re pleased to announce that registration for our annual Inclusion Summit on Early Learning and Care 2025 will be opening soon!

This two-day conference features presentations from leading researchers in early childhood inclusion and people with lived experience of disability, all related to this year’s theme: many pathways to belonging.

Wherever you are on your inclusion journey, you’ll come away with new perspectives, strategies, and insights to help you grow and build on your skills.

Dates: October 20-21, 2025

Time: 8am-4pm on October 20, morning only on October 21 (start time TBD)

Venues: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel West Edmonton and Kids Included Office

Registration Details Coming Soon

Join us for our keynote and breakout sessions on October 20, the special research and policy event on the 21st, or both. Watch our website and social media profiles for the registration announcement, or contact our Communications Manager at emilykeating@kidsincluded.ca to get Summit updates by email.

Meet our Keynotes

A full schedule of presenters and sessions will be available soon. For now, we’re pleased to announce that we’ve confirmed two incredible keynote presenters: Brad Bartko and Dr. Kathryn Underwood.

Brad is a wheelchair user with cerebral palsy and the co-founder of disabilityABD, an accessibility consultation company on a mission to create a barrier-free world. He received the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal for his work in 2022, and will be our keynote presenter on October 20. LEARN MORE ABOUT BRAD

Dr. Kathryn Underwood, our keynote presenter for our “Policy Day” workshop on October 21, is a professor at Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Early Childhood Studies. Her research interests are in disabled children and their families’ experiences and contributions to our understanding of social services, social life, and society. LEARN MORE ABOUT KATHRYN