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The Atkinson Centre promotes research on child development, and the development of early learning policy and practice that serve young children and their families.

Master of Education (MEd) in Developmental Psychology and Education
Expected year of graduation: 2024

Panel discussing Bill C-35, An Act respecting early learning and child care in Canada.

Presented by Kerry McCuaig, Atkinson Centre Fellow In Early Childhood Policy, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development

It is no secret that there are big differences between post-Soviet countries and societies from the shores of the Baltic sea to the mountains of Tajikistan.

Monica HELLER, "Éléments d'une sociolinguistique critique, 20 ans plus tard : chronique d'une réédition", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO, octobre 2023.

Excerpt: "Your government has amended the Early Childhood Services Act and implemented the Federal-Provincial Early Learning and Childcare Action Plan to create 550 new designated childcare spaces this year and reduced out-of-pocket fees for families on average by 50 per cent. The funding agreement aims to provide New Brunswick families with an average fee of $10 per day childcare by 2025-26. Your government has also increased early childhood educator wages by 24 per cent and increased retention by 46 per cent."

The Atkinson Centre promotes research on child development, and the development of early learning policy and practice that serve young children and their families.

Excerpt: "The Ontario government is expanding licensed child care spaces in the City of London by investing $62.3 million in 2023 to support the implementation of the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) system. The funding will help create an additional 2,889 licensed child care spaces enrolled in the CWELCC system in Ontario in the City of London by 2026, representing a 28 per cent increase of new spaces for children aged zero to five in the community. These new spaces are on top of the 9,092 spaces enrolled in the CWELCC system in the City of London last year."

Presented by Dr. Emis Akbari, Senior Policy Fellow, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development, at an ECE Appreciation event in the District of Timiskaming, October 12, 2023.