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The Atkinson Centre promotes research on child development, and the development of early learning policy and practice that serve young children and their families.

Excerpt: "$513,000 to support early learning and child care (ELCC) programs with the impacts of COVID-19 including training for ELCC workers, mental health supports for children and families, home-based learning kits, and food hampers to replace breakfast or lunch programs."

The Atkinson Centre promotes research on child development, and the development of early learning policy and practice that serve young children and their families.

Excerpt: "The Manitoba government will provide $10 million for a new Pandemic Staffing Support Benefit to help address urgent staffing needs in the disability services, child-care and child welfare sectors, Families Minister Heather Stefanson announced today, while also highlighting a number of other initiatives in place for agencies that provide services to adults with disabilities."

Excerpt: "Funding from the Safe Restart Agreement will be provided through a monthly grant to licensed early learning and child-care facilities that meet the following terms and conditions: using the funding to offset the cost associated with the impact of COVID-19; ensuring hours of operation meet the needs of parents to support workforce participation; ensuring licensed spaces are made available based on demand; and updating space availability monthly on the department’s Parent Portal."

Meet Mercedes Cardella, MEd, actor, writer, founder and CEO of Magic Carpet Productions, and curriculum developer specialist, Toronto Film School.

The Atkinson Centre promotes research on child development, and the development of early learning policy and practice that serve young children and their families.

Qiang Zha, Leping Mou, Hu Ke, and Rana Haidar

Chelsi Major: Master of Education in Developmental Psychology & Education (DPE), Class of 2018.

Yi Huang: Master of Education in Developmental Psychology & Education (DPE), Class of 2019.

Mariam Ayoub: Master of Arts in Clinical and Counselling Psychology (CCP), Class of 2017.

Heather Prime: Doctor of Philosophy in School and Clinical Child Psychology (SCCP), Class of 2017.