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Description:
These panels of presentations took place at the Implementing Early Learning in Ontario Conference at the School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto on September 18, 2009. The one-day conference set out to discuss the Ontario Early Learning Advisor Charles Pascal’s report, With Our Best Future in Mind: Implementing Early Learning in Ontario.
WEBCAST> - Welcoming & Keynote
-Mark Stabile, Director, School of Public Policy and Governance
-Keynote Speaker
Dr. Charles Pascal, Special Advisor on Early Learning; Author, With Our Best Future in Mind: Implementing Early Learning in Ontario
-Question & Answer
Panel 1: Economics
WEBCAST - Panel 1
-Robert Fairholm, Director of Canadian Economic Forecasting Services, Centre for Spatial Economics
-Kerry McCuaig, Researcher/Consultant, Better Child Care Education
-Lynn Karoly, Senior Economist, Washington Office, RAND Corporation
-Chair: Michael Baker, Department of Economics, University of Toronto
Panel 2: Curriculum and Staffing
WEBCAST - Panel 2 -Jane Bertrand, School of Early Childhood, George Brown College
-Rachel Langford, Director, School of Early Childhood Education, Ryerson University
-Janette Pelletier, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
-Zeenat Janmohamed, Executive Director, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development, OISE
-Michal Perlman, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, OISE
-Chair: Martha Friendly, Coordinator, Childcare Resource and Research Unit
Panel 3: Markers of Success
WEBCAST - Panel 3 -Christa Japel, Faculty of Education, Department of Special Education and Training, Université du Québec à Montréal
-Donna Lero, Jarislowsky Chair in Families and Work; Associate Professor, Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph
-Michael Baker, Department of Economics, University of Toronto
-Carl Corter, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, OISE; Chair, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development
-Michal Perlman, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, OISE
-Chair: Linda White, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto