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News & Stories: Presentation

May 24, 2024

ECE Workforce Rights 2024

Presented by Dr. Zeenat Janmohamed, Executive Director & Senior Policy Analyst, Atkinson Centre, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½/²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, at the ECEBC Conference 2024, May 24, 2024
June 2, 2021

Professionalism Compensation Respect Early Childhood Workforce

Presented by Kerry McCuaig, Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development, at 17th Annual Summer Institute on Early Childhood Development - The Early Years: From Disruption to Recovery and Beyond, June 2, 2021
September 14, 2021

Trends, Opportunities and Challenges in Early Child Education

Presented by Kerry McCuaig, Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development; and Emis Akbari, Professor and Program Coordinator, School of Early Childhood, George Brown College | Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½/²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, presented to Canadian Association for Business Economics, September 14, 2021
February 2, 2022

Early Childhood Education and Care Policy and its role in Economic Recovery

Presented by Emis Akbari, Professor and Program Coordinator, School of Early Childhood, George Brown College | Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½/²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, at the Research Roundtable: Care Work in the Recovery Economy, February 2-3 2022
May 11, 2023

A workforce in trouble

Presented by Emis Akbari, Professor and Program Coordinator, School of Early Childhood, George Brown College | Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½/²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½; and Kelly Emergy, at the 19th Annual Summer Institute: Ensuring equity and inclusion in early learning and child care, May 11, 2023
December 1, 2023

The Power of Schools for Early Learning

Presented by Kerry McCuaig, Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development; and Emis Akbari, Professor and Program Coordinator, School of Early Childhood, George Brown College | Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½/²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, at Putting the Public into Early Learning and Child Care, December 1, 2023
April 26, 2024

The Early Childhood Education Report: An In-depth Review of Early Education and Child Care Across Canada - Halfway through CWELCC: How are we doing?

Presented by Kerry McCuaig, Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development; Emis Akbari, Professor and Program Coordinator, School of Early Childhood, George Brown College | Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½/²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½; Shelly Mehta, Professor and Program Coordinator, School of Early Childhood, George Brown College, at the 20th Annual Summer Institute: Shaping the ECE Workforce for Canada’s Future, April 26, 2024
March 21, 2024

Excerpt: "With more than 8,600 spaces already at $10-a-day, our government has made regulated child care in Newfoundland and Labrador more affordable. Budget 2024 supports our efforts to increase capacity and create 6,000 new child care spaces by 2026 through: $27 million for continued implementation of the early childhood educator wage grid; Over $16 million for projects to increase the number of child care spaces; $2.7 million for bursaries and grants for students to become an early childhood educator; Launch of the Early Learning Gateway this spring, which will connect families seeking child care with service operators who have available space."
²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ 12, 2023

A qualified and valued workforce is foundational

Presented by Dr. Emis Akbari, Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development, at an ECE Appreciation event in the District of Timiskaming, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ 12, 2023.