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Presentation at the Conference Board of Canada Education and Skills Symposium 2018, Toronto, November 28, 2018.
Presented by Kerry McCuaig, Atkinson Centre Fellow In Early Childhood Policy.

Dr. André Elias Azawi

Excerpt: "Canada has about 2.4-million children age 5 and younger. If we were to exclude those under 1 year old, because their parents are potentially covered by federal parental leave, that leaves about 1.9- million preschoolers. For those 1.9 million preschoolers we have about 800,000 preschool child care spaces or enough capacity for about 40% of these children."

Claudia Schiedeck Soares de Souza

Excerpt: "The B.C. government is moving forward with 53 prototype projects around the province to deliver child care that will cost families a maximum of $200 per month per child.

The prototype sites are the next major step in government’s 10-year ChildCare BC plan and will model what high-quality, affordable, universal child care may look like for B.C. families. The prototypes are being funded through an investment of $60 million under the Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) Agreement with the Government of Canada. In all, parents of about 2,500 children will benefit from the prototype projects."

Daniella Bramwell, Gisele Cuglievan Mindreau, and Joseph Flessa

Excerpt: "This project will promote the evidence-based Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development through a variety of digitals tools and e-learning products, to all Canadians, including families and services providers working directly with parents and children. These innovative tools and products will help to create a better understanding of the science of early childhood development and improve the quality of early childhood practices."

Posted on UNICEF Canada.

Excerpt: "The report measures the rights and well-being of children in rich countries over the past 18 years. UNICEF compares countries so they can learn and do better. The 2018 UNICEF Report Card 15 is focused on equality in education."

Special thanks to from UNICEF Canada went to Kerry McCuaig and Dr. Emis Akbari, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development, University of Toronto, for producing data and analysis for early child education in Canada.

Emily Dunlop

Presentation at the Lawson Foundation Outdoor Play and Early Learning Policy Research Symposium, October 24-26, 2018.
Presented by Kerry McCuaig, Atkinson Centre Fellow In Early Childhood Policy, and Jane Bertrand, Adjunct Faculty ÃÈÃÃÉçÇø, and Program Director, Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation, and developed with the support of Kelley Prendergast.

Antoinette Gagne and Emmanuelle Le Pichon-Vorstman

Presentation from the Atkinson Centre Task Force Meeting, Toronto, October 12, 2018.
Presented by Dr. Emis Akbari, Professor, School of Early Childhood, George Brown College/Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development.