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Schools at the Centre Research and Policy Symposium
Case Studies of Seamless Early Learning
April 11, 2014
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Waterloo Region Museum, 10 Huron Road, Kitchener
The Schools at the Centre Research and Policy Symposium presents preliminary findings of Case Studies of Seamless Early Learning in Ontario. This symposium will be of interest to school leaders, systems managers, policy makers, program administrators, and researchers. For more information, please contact atkinson.centre@utoronto.ca.
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10:00 a.m - Opening Remarks
Catherine Fife, MPP, Kitchener-Waterloo
10:15 a.m. - Panel Conversation
Nancy Dickieson, Director of Children's Services, Region of Waterloo
Goranka Vukelich, Chair, Child Development and Education Studies, Conestoga College
Mary Lou Mackie, Executive Superintendent, Waterloo Region District School Board
11:00 a.m. - Participant Discussion
Facilitator: Kerry McCuaig, Early Childhood Policy, Atkinson Centre, University of Toronto
12:45 p.m. - Research Presentation - Preliminary Analysis of the Schools at the Centre Study
Zeenat Janmohamed, Principal Investigator
Emis Akbari, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Atkinson Centre
Romona Gananathan, Ph.D. Candidate, OISE
1:45 p.m. - Participant Discussion
Facilitator: Kerry McCuaig, Early Childhood Policy, Atkinson Centre, University of Toronto
2:45 p.m. - Closing Remarks
Mary Lou Mackie, Executive Superintendent, Waterloo Region District School Board
Jenny Jenkins, Chiar, Atkinson Centre
Zeenat Janmohamed, Atkinson Centre, OISE, University of Toronto
Sponsored by:
Atkinson Centre, Waterloo Region District School Board,
Region of Waterloo, Lyle S. Hallman Foundation, Lawson Foundation
& Atkinson Charitable Foundation
Panel Conversation
left to right: Goranka Vukelich (Conestoga College), Mary Lou Mackie (Waterloo Region District School Board), Nancy Dickieson (Region of Waterloo)
Research Presentation - Preliminary Analysis of the Schools at the Centre Study
left to right: Emis Akbari (Atkinson Centre), Zeenat Janmohamed (Atkinson Centre), Romona Gananathan (Atkinson Centre)