Ontario

Where:
McLaughlin College Jr Common Rm O14 York University
4700 Keele St.,York University

Keynote Speaker:

OLIVIA CHOW, Former Member of Parliament and Toronto City Council, Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ryerson University

(Copies of her book "My Journey" will be available for signing!)

Featured Speakers:

LAUREEN WATERS, Aboriginal Elder

DR. ANDREA O'REILLY, Professor, School of Women's Studies

DAVID LEYTON-BROWN, Master of McLaughlin College

Please RSVP: Lorraine Myrie at 416-736-2100 x 33825 or lmyrie@yorku.ca

*Refreshments will be served. Limited child care subsidies available*

Please contact Nadia at nadiabel@yorku.ca to request a childcare subsidy

Panel Friday AM: Canada's Inequality Problem: What's the Fix?

Martha Friendly (CRRU), Miles Corak (U of Ottawa), Craig Alexander (TD Bank), Steven Kakfwi (NWT)

https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/summit2015

What is the Role of Early Childhood Education and Care in An Equality Agenda?

Gordon Cleveland, will speak at the Inaugural SD Clark Symposium on the Future of Canadian Society on April 10th, 2015 at East Common Room, Hart House, University of Toronto. In his lectur he wll discuss early childhood education and care affects children's development, mothers' employment and family incomes. Therefore, early childhood education and care policy has the potential to be a powerful force reducing gender discrimination and child and family inequality. Although, over time, there has been some reduction in the gender wage gap and employment gap, there is little evidence that inequality in child outcomes or family incomes is narrowing. This talk will ask whether early childhood education is fulfilling its promise to promote gender, child and family equality. It will discuss how early childhood care and education can best contribute to an equality-enhancing social agenda.

• Poster in pdf