January 29, 2014
Bill 143 – Child Care and Early Years Act (PDF)
Presented by Kerry McCuaig, Atkinson Centre, at the Atkinson Centre Early Years Task Force meeting, January 29, 2014.
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January 29, 2014
A Meta-Perspective on the Evaluation of Full-Day Kindergarten during the First Two Years of Implementation (PDF)
Presented by Emis Akbari, Atkinson Centre, at the Atkinson Centre Early Years Task Force meeting, January 29, 2014.
January 29, 2014
Comparing $10/day flat fees with income tested child care fees (PDF)
Presented by Petr Varmuza, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, at the Atkinson Centre Early Years Task Force meeting, January 29, 2014.
June 23, 2014
Creating a good life for children through quality early education (PDF)
Presented by Kerry McCuaig, June 23, 2014, Ringsted, Denmark.
Nordic leaders gathered in Copenhagen on June 23 to discuss how to create a good life for children through quality early childhood education. The Nordic approach of a good life, presents a different starting point to policy and program development. Kerry McCuaig with the Atkinson Centre attended the conference to share some Canadian innovations in ECE delivery and monitoring with participants.
Nordic leaders gathered in Copenhagen on June 23 to discuss how to create a good life for children through quality early childhood education. The Nordic approach of a good life, presents a different starting point to policy and program development. Kerry McCuaig with the Atkinson Centre attended the conference to share some Canadian innovations in ECE delivery and monitoring with participants.
November 17, 2014
Presentation to the Standing Committee on Social Policy, Ontario Legislature by the Atkinson Centre at ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½/UT (PDF)
Presented by Bernice Cipparrone and Kerry McCuaig, November 17, 2014, Toronto, Ontario.
The Atkinson Centre supports the general directions of the proposed legislation. It encourages swift action to curtail illegal child care provision. The role of the local system services manager is appropriately heightened but would benefit from additional tools. Expanding the mandate of school boards to secure programming for children to age 12 is essential. Attention must be paid the children with special needs. Changes to ratios in licensed family and group care should be put on hold and addressed as part of a full regulatory review.
The Atkinson Centre supports the general directions of the proposed legislation. It encourages swift action to curtail illegal child care provision. The role of the local system services manager is appropriately heightened but would benefit from additional tools. Expanding the mandate of school boards to secure programming for children to age 12 is essential. Attention must be paid the children with special needs. Changes to ratios in licensed family and group care should be put on hold and addressed as part of a full regulatory review.
November 27, 2014
Transforming the Patchwork: Designing Services that Work for Families (PDF)
Presented by Kerry McCuaig, Success by Six conference, November 27, 2014, Victoria, British Columbia.
February 19, 2015
Panel discussion with Zeenat Janmohamed, CFUW Guelph, February 19, 2015, Guelph, Ontario.
February 26, 2015
Trends in ECE Across Canada (PDF)
Presented by Zeenat Janmohamed, Best Start Resource Centre Conference, February 26, 2015, Toronto, Ontario.
March 4, 2015
Transforming the Patchwork: Designing services that work for families (PDF)
Kerry McCuaig, Atkinson Centre Fellow In Early Childhood Policy, with the Jimmy Pratt Foundation, St. John's, Newfoundland (March 4, 2015).
March 12, 2015
Transforming the Patchwork: Designing services that work for families (PDF)
Panel discussion with Kerry McCuaig, Building Momentum: Creating a Vibrant Portage Together, March 12, 2015, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
March 12, 2015
Building Brains by Making Connections (PDF)
Presented by Claire Watson, Psychotherapist, with Emis Akbari, Post Doctoral Fellow, Atkinson Centre, March 12, 2015, FRP Canada National Conference.
June 21, 2015
Empowering the Future: Best Evidence for Investing in Early Childhood Education in Canada (PDF)
Poster presented by Emis Akbari, Post Doctoral Fellow, Atkinson Centre, June 18-21, 2015, Canadian Federation for University Women (CFUW), Annual General Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec.