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The Atkinson Centre has established strong university–community research alliances and contributes to the field of early childhood through key events that support knowledge mobilization that extend our “community” provincially, nationally and internationally.

The Atkinson Centre regularly sponsors events with our partners to support public education and professional learning in early childhood education that meets the commitment to excellence in research and academic programs at OISE.

 

2023 Events

Date: May 11, 2023
Location: Toronto, Ontario

Date: April 27-29, 2023
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Presenters: Bernice Cipparrone-McLeod, Professor, School of Early Childhood, George Brown College, Jane Bertrand, Program Director, Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation
 

2022 Events

Date: November 17, 2022
Location: Virtual
Presenter: Bernice Cipparrone-McLeod, Professor, School of Early Childhood, George Brown College

Date: October 22, 2022
Location: Scarborough, Ontario
Presenter: Bernice Cipparrone-McLeod, Professor, School of Early Childhood, George Brown College

Date: October 1-4, 2022
Location: Kingston, Ontario
Presenter: Dr. Emis Akbari, Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development

  • Access Dr. Akbari's presentation HERE
     

Date: June 13-14, 2022
Location: St. John's, Newfoundland
Presenter: Dr. Emis Akbari, Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development

Dates: May 30-June 2, 2022
Location: Virtual

Date: May 9, 2022
Location: Virtual
Presenters: Kerry McCuaig, Atkinson Centre Fellow In Early Childhood Policy, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development; Dr. Emis Akbari, Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development

Date: March 9, 2022
Location: Virtual
Presenters: Olivia Chow, Steven Shrybman and the Atkinson Centre

Dates: January 26-27, February 2-3, 2022
Location: Virtual
Presenter: Dr. Emis Akbari, Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development

 

2021 Events

Date: September 14, 2021
Location: Virtual
Presenters: Kerry McCuaig, Atkinson Centre Fellow In Early Childhood Policy, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development; Dr. Emis Akbari, Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development

Date: July 5, 2021
Location: Virtual
Presenter: Kerry McCuaig, Atkinson Centre Fellow In Early Childhood Policy, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development

Date: June 7-17, 2021
Location: Virtual
Presenter: Dr. Emis Akbari, Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development

Date: June 15, 2021
Location: Virtual
Presenter: Dr. Emis Akbari, Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development

Date: May 31 - June 3, 2021
Location: Virtual
 

2020 Events

Date: October 15, 2020
Location: Webinar

Date: September 10, 2021
Location: Virtual

Date: March 24, 2020
Location: OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, 12th Floor, Room 12-199, Toronto, Ontario

Date: June 5, 2020
Location: George Brown College, Waterfront Campus, 51 Dockside Drive, Toronto, ON

 

2019 Events

Date: October 24, 2019
Location: OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, 12th Floor, Room 12-199
Presenters: Dr. David Philpott, Memorial University Newfoundland & Labrador and Jane Bertrand, Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation

Date: August 19, 2019
Location: OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, 12th Floor, Room 12-199
Presenter: Dan Cloney, Research Fellow, Education Policy & Practice Program/Member of the Centre for Global Education Monitoring, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

Date: June 17, 2019
Location: George Brown College, Waterfront Campus, 51 Dockside Drive, Toronto, ON

Date: April 10-13, 2019
Location: Hyatt Regency Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia
Presenter: Kerry McCuaig, Atkinson Centre Fellow In Early Childhood Policy

 

2018 Events

Dates: November 28-29, 2018
Location: Marriott Downtown at CF Toronto Eaton Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Presenter: Kerry McCuaig, Atkinson Centre Fellow In Early Childhood Policy

Dates: August 24-25, 2018
Location: The Université de Moncton

Date: July 15, 2018
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Presenter: Emis Akbari, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development

Dates: June 24-29, 2018
Location: Université de Moncton, New Brunswick
Presenter: Emis Akbari, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development

Dates: June 14-15, 2018
Location: 2 Rue André Pascal, 75016 Paris, France
Presenters: Honourable Margaret McCain, Chair, Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation; Kerry McCuaig, Atkinson Centre Fellow In Early Childhood Policy

Date: June 1, 2018
Location: George Brown College, Waterfront Campus, 51 Dockside Drive, Toronto

Date: May 2, 2018
Location: The Waegwoltic Club, 6549 Coburg Road, Bloomingdale Annex, Halifax, Nova Scotia

 

2017 Events

Date: Postponed until Spring 2018
Location: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 1055 Marginal Road, Halifax, Kenneth C. Rowe Hall

Dates: August 24-25, 2017
Location: Mount Saint Vincent University, Bedford, Nova Scotia

Date: June 2, 2017
Location: OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, Main Floor Library, Toronto, Ontario

Dates: March 1-3, 2017
Location: Siem Reap, Cambodia
Presenter: Zeenat Janmohamed, Chair of the School of Social and Community Services and Deaf and Deafblind Studies, George Brown College, and Atkinson Centre visiting scholar
Presentation: Schools at the Centre: Findings from Case Studies Exploring Seamless Early Learning in Ontario

Date: February 17 & 18, 2017
Location: Sheraton Guildford Hotel, Surrey, British Columbia
Presenter: Bernice Cipparone McLeod, Executive Director, Atkinson Centre

 

2016 Events

Date & Location: November 11, 2016, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., Webinar
Presenter: Jane Bertrand, Adjunct Faculty, OISE, and Program Director, Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation

To view the presentation

Date & Location: Various
Presenter: Bernice Cipparone McLeod, Executive Director, Atkinson Centre

Date: July 20-24, 2016
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
Presenters: Emis Akbari, Atkinson Centre Early Childhood Policy Postdoctoral Fellow; Michal Perlman, APHD Associate Professor

Date: June 6-7, 2016
Location: Paris, France
Presenters: Jane Bertrand, Adjunct Faculty, OISE, and Program Director, Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation; Kerry McCuaig, Atkinson Centre Fellow In Early Childhood Policy

Date: June 3, 2016
Location: George Brown College, Waterfront Campus, Toronto, Ontario

Date: 2016 (on-going)
Location: British Columbia
Details: Members of the Atkinson Centre in collaboration with British Columbia's Ministry of Education are evaluating the StrongStart BC program across the province.  They are examining the effects of the program on parents, facilitators, kindergarten teachers and administrators making recommendations for program improvement.
 

Date: April 25, 2016
Location: University of Toronto, OISE, Toronto, Ontario

Date: April 2, 2016
Location: Conestoga College, Doon Campus, Kitchener, Ontario
Presenter: Bernice Cipparone McLeod, Executive Director, Atkinson Centre

 

2015 Events

Date: October 25, 2015
Location: Toronto Waldorf School, 9100 Bathurst St, Thornhill
Questions/RSVP: hchurch@torontowaldorfschool.com

Date: September 25-26, 2015
Location: Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario
Presenters: Zeenat Janmohamed, Visiting Scholar, Bernice Cipparrone McLeod, Atkinson Centre Executive Director

Date: September 7-10, 2015
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Presenters: Kerry McCuaig, Atkinson Centre Fellow In Early Childhood Policy; Zeenat Janmohamed, Visiting Scholar; Romona Gananathan, Ph.D. Candidate, OISE; Jane Bertrand, Adjunct Faculty, OISE, and Program Director, Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation

Date: September 3, 2015
Location: OISE, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Presenter: Linda Mitchell, Associate Professor and Director of the Early Years Research Centre at The University of Waikato, New Zealand

Date: July 15-17, 2015
Location: Peter Gzowski College, Trent University, 2510 Pioneer Road, Peterborough, Ontario
Presenter: Jane Bertrand, Adjunct Faculty, OISE, and Program Director, Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation

Date: June 18-21, 2015
Location: Quebec City, Quebec
Presenter: Emis Akbari, Post Doctoral Fellow

Date: June 9, 2015
Location:Coptic Centre, 1245 Eglinton Avenue West, Mississauga, Ontario
Keynote Speaker: Jane Bertrand, Adjunct Faculty, OISE, and Program Director, Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation

Date: June 5, 2015
Location: OISE, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
 

  • The Science of Early Child Development (SECD)

Date: June 4, 2015
Location: George Brown College, Toronto, Ontario

Date: May 21-22, 2015
Location: Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario
Presenter: Zeenat Janmohamed, Visiting Scholar

Date: May 20, 2015
Location: Monash Conference Centre, Monash University, Level 7, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Presenter: Jane Bertrand, Adjunct Faculty, OISE, and Program Director, Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation

  • 3rd Annual Bachelor of Early Childhood Leadership Symposium hosted by George Brown College

Date: April 16, 2015
Location: Oakham House, Ryerson University, 55 Gould Street, Toronto, Ontario
Keynote Speaker: Jane Bertrand, Adjunct Faculty, OISE, and Program Director, Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation

Date: April 16-19, 2015
Location: York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario
Presenter: Kerry McCuaig, Atkinson Centre Fellow In Early Childhood Policy

Date: April 15, 2015
Location: OISE, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Presenters: Zeenat Janmohamed, Principal Investigator; Kerry McCuaig, Researcher; Emis Akbari, Research; Romona Gananathan, Researcher

Date: March 12, 2015
Location: Canad Inns Portage La Prairie, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
Presenter: Kerry McCuaig, Atkinson Centre Fellow In Early Childhood Policy

Date: March 12, 2015
Location: Sheraton Hamilton Hotel, Hamilton, Ontario
Presenter: Emis Akbari, Post Doctoral Fellow and Claire Watson, Psychotherapist

Date: March 10, 2015
Location: OISE, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

  • Growing Education Down to Include the Early Years
    Presented to Minister of Education, Susan Sullivan and staff, by Kerry McCuaig, Atkinson Centre Fellow In Early Childhood Policy, and the Jimmy Pratt Foundation, St. John's, Newfoundland (March 4, 2015)
     
  • Early Childhood Education Report 2014, Lesson for Newfoundland
    Kerry McCuaig, Atkinson Centre Fellow In Early Childhood Policy, with the Jimmy Pratt Foundation, St. John's, Newfoundland (March 4, 2015) 
     
  • CFUW Guelph's Community Forum on Child Care

Date: February 19, 2015
Location: Guelph, Ontario
Presenter: Zeenat Janmohamed, Principal Investigator

2014 Events

2013 Events

2012 Events

2011 Events

  • Leading the Way in Early Learning (March 23, 2011)
  • Early Childhood Policy, Provisions & Practice: Critical questions about care & education (February 10, 2011)
  • Stress Exposure and Child Behavioral and Somatic Health (January 12, 2011)

2010 Events


 

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