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ANNOUNCING THE NEW

ELCC Innovation ToolKit

~ The ELCC Innovation ToolKit identifies innovations in the following areas: ELCC governance; funding; inclusion and equitable access; the learning environment including curriculum, program supports, transitions to kindergarten and parent engagement; the workforce including educator training, professional development, compensation and recognition; and monitoring and accountability ~

Third Edition
Early Childhood Education Report 2017

~ Featured at the OECD International Early Childhood Action Congress, Paris,
June 14-15, 2018 ~

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■ New Presentations
Measuring social and emotional skills to support children’s growth
Quebec Childcare at 20: What Have We Learned?
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■ Issues That Matter
The Rationale for Expanding Public Education to Include Preschool-Aged Children
Canada needs a national strategy to address the shortage of early childhood educators
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■ Videos
Craig Alexander of the Conference Board of Canada discusses the role of early education in reversing troubling trends in the Atlantic region
Truth and Reconciliation and the Duty of Early Childhood Education and Care
What happened to Quebec’s great experiment of child care for all?
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■ Publications
OECD Governance Models
ELCC Innovation ToolKit
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■ Atkinson Centre Sponsored
Measuring social and emotional skills to support children’s growth (August 19, 2019)
Summer Institute 2019 (June 17, 2019)

■ Atkinson Centre Staff
Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia Annual Conference (April 10-13, 2019)
1st Annual Education and Skills Symposium 2018 (November 28-29, 2018)
Early childhood education and care: A foundation for a fair and productive society (May 2, 2018)

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CA: Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Mandate Letter
ON: Ontario's Early Years and Child Care Annual Report 2019
ON: Ontario Announces the Creation of Over 19,000 Child Care Spaces
BC: Partnerships working to create more child care spaces in B.C.
NT: Supporting Access to Child Care in the NWT, 2019-2020 - Supplementary Action Plan

The need for more daycare spaces

The Atkinson Centre is a partnership of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (University of Toronto), and the School of Early Childhood (George Brown College), with the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute for Child Study (University of Toronto), the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development, and the Science of Early Child Development (Red River College). Our work is generously supported by The Lawson Foundation, the Atkinson Foundation and the Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation.

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