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This conference examines models of early childhood service integration and their impact on ECE practice and public policy; with experts from across Canada, the UK, Australia and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.  

• Learning to Care Program (PDF)

Presentations

Opening Remarks

• Collaborative structures to support families and children (PDF)
  Jennifer Jenkins, Chair, Atkinson Centre, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½/²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½
• Early Childhood Program & Policy Update (PDF)
  Zeenat Janmohamed, Executive Director, Atkinson Centre, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½/²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½

Session 1 | Integrated ECE Service Delivery: Findings from the Research

• Integrated service delivery and child social experiences and outcomes in Peel (PDF)
  Janette Pelletier, Director, Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½/²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½
• ÉLDEQ/QLSCD: a valuable tool to document and evaluate Early Childhood Education (PDF)
  Michel Boivin, Canada Research Chair, Child Social Development, School of Psychology, Laval University, Montreal
• TD Early Childhood Education (PDF)
  Craig Alexander, Senior Vice President & Chief Economist, TD Bank Financial Group
• The Better Beginnings, Better Futures Community-Based Early Childhood Development Project: Policy Implications of Longitudinal Research (PDF)
  Ray DeV. Peters, Professor Emeritus, Queen’s University

Session 2 | ECE Service Integration: Implications for Professional Learning

• Preparing the ECE Workforce (PDF)
  Ann Sherman, Dean of Education, University of New Brunswick
• Integrating Early Years, School, Family and Community Supports (PDF)
  June Mcloughlin, Director Family and Children’s Services, Doveton College
• An Integrated Model (PDF)
  Michele Dorsey, Smart Start, PEI
• Models of Integrated ECE Service Delivery: Avenir d'enfants (PDF)
  Lyse Brunet, Director, Avenir d’enfants

Session 3 | Supporting Quality in Integrated ECE Settings

• Playing to learn: Curriculum frameworks across Canada (PDF)
  Jane Bertrand, Early childhood educator
• Using the Indictors of Change to Inform Practice and Policy (PDF)
  Patricia Peterson and Bill Morrison, Health and Education Research Group, University of New Brunswick
• Early Years Study 3: Making decisions, Taking action The Early Childhood Education Report (PDF)
  Kerry McCuaig, Atkinson Foundation Fellow in Early Childhood Policy, Atkinson Centre, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½/²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½

Session 4 | Trends and Challenges for ECE Service Delivery

• Tools & Learning from Toronto First Duty (TFD): an overview of a decade of integration research (PDF)
  Carl Corter, Professor, Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½/²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½
• Exploring the PEI Early Learning and Child Care System (PDF)
  Carolyn Simpson, Director, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, PEI
• Influencing Policy Direction & Moving to Vision (PDF)
  Verna Bruce, Former Deputy Minister, PEI and Chair, CHANCES Family Centre
• From policy to pilots to policy: What's Happening in Australia? (PDF)
  June Mcloughlin, Director Family and Children’s Services, Doveton College
• Findings from the UK’s Effective Provision of Pre-School Education Study (PDF)
  Edward Melhuish, Professor of Human Development at Birkbeck, University of London
• Integrated Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC): Findings from Starting Strong III and Norway's experience (PDF)
  Tove Mogstad Slinde, Chair OECD Network on Early Childhood Education and Care; Ministry of Education and Research, Department of Early Childhood Education and Care, Norway

Closing Remarks

• Speaking Notes - Hon. Margaret Norrie McCain - Learning to Care Conference (PDF)
  Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, co-author Early Years Study 3