All events relating to ECEC

The Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development and the School of Public Policy and Governance (UT) present Australian researcher Deborah Brennan.

Deborah Brennan is one of Australia's leading researchers in comparative welfare, children's services and family policy. She is the author of 'The Politics of Australian Child Care: From Philanthropy to Feminism' and was inaugural Convenor of the National Association of Community Based Child Care. She is Professor of Social Policy at the University of New South Wales

Chair:

Carl Corter, Atkinson Charitable Foundation Chair in Early Child Development and Education

Panelists:

Martha Friendly, Executive Director: Child Care Research and Resource Unit

Linda White, Associate Professor: Political Science University of Toronto and Affiliate, School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto

Gord Cleveland: Senior Lecturer in Economics for Management Studies, Department of Management, University of Toronto at Scarborough

Registration is not required for this event.

The Social Economy Centre (OISE/UT) presents the Lunchbox Speakers' Series featuring Martha Friendly and Linda White.

Martha Friendly will discuss the state of early childhood education and childcare in Canada within the context of our poor results in the OECD's twenty-nation comparative study.

Linda White will consider how the present and future of early childhood education and childcare is linked to such factors as Canada's welfare state regime and approach to federalism.

This event will also be webcast live on the internet. Please see the Social Economy Centre's website for detailed instructions.

This conference will be held at the University of Guelph, ON, on November 6 - 7, 2008, organized by Dr. Susan Chuang. The goals of this conference are to bring together leading scholars from various disciplines (psychology, sociology, education, social work, nursing etc.), professionals (from settlement agencies, family programs), and governmental agencies to: 1) present work on various issues (e.g., socio-emotional development, parent-child relationships, language brokering, literacy, educational issues) and effective programs (for children, youth, parents); 2) have in-depth discussions about current issues and challenges faced by families, organizations, and research); and 3) create opportunities to foster future collaborations.

58th annual conference presented by the Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario in collaboration with AECEO Niagara Branch, the Early Childhood Community Development Centre (ECCDC), the Atkinson Charitable Foundation and Ryerson University.

A professional development event featuring a forum addressing the changes in the field and a second full day of concurrent workshops geared to professionals working in all facets of early childhood education.

An event presented by the Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development.

Christa is an Associate Professor at the Université de Québec à Montréal.

She has helped develop instruments used in the National Longitudinal.

Study on Children and Youth and contributed to several papers based on NLSCY data.

Her interests include off -diagonal trajectories of development as well as increments in parental human capital and their impact on child development. She led a study from 2000 to 2004 examining the quality of the child care settings attended by the children participating in the Longitudinal Study of Child Development in Québec. The results of this study have generated considerable attention and are highly relevant for policy makers. She is engaged in a number of efforts to improve child care quality and professional work in the field.

SpeciaLink is pleased to announce that the Canadian Council on Learning has agreed to fund the project, Early Childhood Inclusion: Applying Lessons Learned Symposium & Source Book. This work will allow SpeciaLink to apply shared knowledge of early intervention and inclusive practices for children with special support needs. The national transdisciplinary gathering of researchers and the practice communities will be held August 21-23 2008 at the University of Winnipeg. In its lead-up, participants will help to develop the themes and symposium agenda; will influence the documentation which occurs through the event; and the subsequent writing of papers and bulletins, and the source book itself.

An event presented by the Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development.

A full day seminar for early childhood instructors, program supervisors and early childhood educators. The session will take place in a computer lab so that participants can start exploring The Science of Early Child Development, an online, multimedia resource that includes readings, links, case studies and review games, as well as 100+ video clips.