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COUNCIL EVENTS

Science Symposium

May 17, 2010

• Tom Boyce - The nonrandom distribution of childhood morbidities.pdf
• Adele Diamond - What should an Intelligent Audience interested in a Societal Commitment to the Early Years know about Prefrontal Cortex Development?.pdf
• Bryan Kolb - Brain Development and Behaviour.pdf

Webcast: Investing in the Early Years

April 7, 2010

Link to presentation slides: Smart Family Policy for Strong Economies.pdf

Link to webcast recording>
*Please note that the recording is very large (112MB) and will likely take at least 5 minutes to download.

The Early Development Imperative

November 16-18, 2009

MAPS

• Click here to access the new EDI & SES maps

KEYNOTES

• Fraser Mustard - Dan Offord and Early Child Development.pdf
• Magdalena Janus - The State of Children's Development in Canada (Part1.pdf , Part2.pdf, Part3.pdf)
• Clyde Hertzman - Where do we go from here?.pdf
• Kimberly Schonert-Reichl - The Middle Years Development Instrument.pdf
• Lynell Anderson - Public Spending on Young Children and Families in Canada: Distraction, Diversion or Down Payment on Modernized Family Policy?.pdf
• Magdalena Janus - The Impact & Reach of the EDI Around the World.pdf
• Sally Brinkman - The Impact & Reach of the EDI Around the World.pdf
• Robin Williams - The Crisis in Public Health.pdf
• Jean Clinton - Monitoring Children's Development: Can we do it at 18 months?.pdf
• Paul Kershaw - 15 x 15: A Comprehensive Policy Framework for Early Human Capital Investment.pdf
• Rob Santos - Putting Children on the Map for Our Common Unity (Community).pdf

PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS

• Ashley Gaskin - The Nuts and Bolts of EDI Implementation - coming soon
• EDI in Manitoba: Terra Johnston & Wendy Church; Rob Santos; Mariette Chartier & Marni Brownell
• Joanne Schroeder - So What? Making Sense of EDI Results.pdf
• Sally Brinkman - Early childhood development outcomes across Australia.pdf

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

• Understanding Children's Development in Aboriginal Communities: Michele Sam - Understanding Children's Development in Aboriginal Communities.pdf; & Nazeem Muhajarine - Aboriginal Children and School Readiness.pdf
• Community Resilience: Anne Cooper - To Support Our Children - Effective Early Learning.pdf
• UEY - 10 Years of Community Learning: Ales Morga - The South Eastman Experience: A pilot project - 10 years later.pdf
• Children with Special Needs and Risk Factors Related to Children's Outcomes: Magdalena Janus - Transition to school for children with special needs.pdf; Mariette Chartier - Families First Universal Screening in Manitoba.pdf
• Tools for EDI Knowledge Translation: Jennifer Harvey - Maps as a Tool for Knowledge Mobilization.pdf; Rob Raos - Mapping: An Effective Tool for Knowledge Translation.pdf; Shelley Lothian - Turning Research into Knowledge & Knowledge into Action: Key Results for Halton's Our Kids Network.pdf
• EDI's Importance to the School System: Shirley-Ann Teal, Carolyn Duhamel - coming soon
• The Relationship Between Children's Development and Socioeconomics: Paul Kershaw - Resilient Communities.pdf; Sally Brinkman - Kids in Communities Study (KICS): Qualitative Dimensions of the AEDI.pdf
• EDI in Francophone Communities: Sylvie Lavoie - L'Enquête sur la maturité scolaire des enfants montréalais : des données pour l'action.pdf; Rose-Marie Duguay - Comprendre la petite enfance de la Péninsule Acadienne.pdf
• Working in Rural Communities with Population Level Data: Kim Burns - Population-Level Data in North-Eastern Ontario.pdf; Arlene Kinden - Working in Rural Communities with Population Level Data.pdf
• Children's Development in Multi-Lingual Communities: Maria Yau - Young Children's School Readiness in Toronto Public Schools.pdf; Constance Milbrath - Disentangling the Influences of SES & Heritage Culture on Developmental Outcomes of Children from Immigrant Families.pdf
• Community Innovations: Terra Johnston - From Data to Action in Manitoba.pdf; Marsha Cann - Community Innovations.pdf
• Children's Developmental Trajectories: Lori Irwin & Jennifer Lloyd - What Population-Based Data Linkage Tells Usabout the Development of BC's Children.pdf; Marni Brownell - Using Linked Administrative Databases to Study Children's Developmental Trajectories.pdf

POSTERS

• Bookmates Program.pdf
• Boonstra, Ford, Hershler, Zumbo & Forer - Inter-Rater Reliability of the EDI.pdf
• Borst, McMullan, Dunn, Trent-Kratz, & Spanier - What's going on in North Lower Hamilton?.pdf
• Chartier, Mayer, Morga & Dumaine - What does the EDI tell us about academic achievement and socio-emotional development in Grade 3?.pdf; Qu'est-ce que l'Instrument de mesure du développement de la petite enfance nous apprend sur la réussite scolaire et sur le développement socio-émotionnel des élèves de 3e année?.pdf
• Clarke - Using School Transportation Information to Place Children in Neighbourhoods in Rural Areas.pdf
• Ens, Brownell, Roos & Au - Applying the EDI's Measurement of Language and Cognition to Reading Recovery: Is There Predictive Potential?.pdf
• Favaro & Malik - Evaluating Early Childhood Development Programs Using a Community-Based Empowerment Model.pdf
• Favaro, Bennett & Gray - The Geography of Opportunity.pdf
• Forer - Using Within-and-Between Analysis to Assess Teacher and Classroom Moderators of School Readiness Scores.pdf
• Forer, Boonstra, Zumbo, Hershler & Ford - Are the Paper and Electronic Versions of the EDI Comparable? A Differential Item Functioning Analysis.pdf
• Gaskin, Duku, Janus & Borst - The Kindergarten Parent Survey.pdf
• Grieve - Developmental Benefits of Plants in the Playground.pdf  *If you will be printing this poster or otherwise using the poster/information, please contact Sheila Grieve at grieves@Assiniboine.net.
• Healthy Child Manitoba - EDI: From Data to Action in Manitoba.pdf
• Hughes, Janus & Duku - Developmental Outcomes of Canadian Kindergarten Children from Diverse Language Backgrounds.pdf
• Ives, Waldbillig, Muhajarine, Macqueen Smith, Zink & Ghiglione - Understanding the Early Years in Northeast Saskathewan.pdf
• Loos - The Manitoba 10 Year Birth Cohort - Studying Long Term Outcomes Using Linked Databases.pdf
• Macqueen Smith, Muhajarine, Smith & Delaney - Launching kidsSKAN.pdf
• Middle Years Development Instrument.pdf
• Mitchell, Muhajarine, Winquist, Macqueen Smith & Zink - Understanding the Early Years in Moose Jaw-South Central Saskatchewan.pdf
• Restall & Borton - Parents Concerns about their Kindergarten Childrens Development.pdf
• Stanley & Aguilar - A Comprehensive National Initiative to Support Early Childhood System Building: US Rollout of the EDI.pdf
• Success By 6 Ottawa - Early Childhood Risks, Resources and Outcomes in Ottawa.pdf
• Vanderlee & Noel - A Report to Mobilize a Community into Action.pdf
• Wartman, Sanchez, Doiron & Gabriel - Data Network Project of PEI Children's Secretariat.pdf
• Wolseley Family Place Playroom.pdf

 
Cities Fit For Children

Building on the success of the first summit in Kelowna in November 2007, Cities Fit for Children will bring together municipal, regional and Aboriginal leaders. Emphasizing the importance of local partnerships, the goal of the Summit is to increase knowledge of the role of local governments in enhancing early childhood development.

October 22-23, 2009
PROGRAM SESSIONS
Fraser Mustard - Early Human Development - The Role of Communities.pdf
Pamela Kheong - The Role of Accessible Healthy Food.pdf
Sydney Massey - Better Together.pdf
Casey Hamilton - Building Communities Where the Healthy Choice is the Easy Choice.pdf
Menno Salverda, Judy Gillespie & Joanne Schreoder - coming soon
SEMINARS

• David Dalley - Surrey Neighbouring Faiths Program.pdf
• Azar Afrooz, Gina Hortelano & Sheila McFadzean - Welcoming and Engaging Families in a Multicultural Community.pdf
• David Sheftel - The Father Factor - Making Cities Supportive of Dads.pdf
• Beth Hutchinson - coming soon
• Susan Papadionissou - Bridging the Gap.pdf
• David Sadler - coming soon
• Lynell Anderson - Which Comes First? Cities Fit for Children or Public Policies Fit for Families?.pdf
• Susan Harney & Rita Chudnovsky - coming soon
• Anne Burrill - Communities That Care.pdf
• Dorothy Polukoshko - ECD Public Partners Committee.pdf
• Steven Beck - Mobility Matters.pdf
• Becs Hoskins - Child and Nature Alliance.pdf

PRE-CONFERENCE WORSKHOPS
Cherie Enns - coming soon
Michelle Hoogland & Lisa Wolff - Child-Friendly Cities.pdf
Dierdre Goudriaan & Langley Youth Team - ALIVE - Active Living in Vast Experiences.pdf
Video Clips
Joanne Schroeder - Community Development Process.m4v
Webcast: Beyond Services - Engaging the Whole Community in ECD
Carol Gott (Co-Manager, Rural Voices; Community Fellow, Council for Early Child Development) discusses the 
elements of successful community engagement strategies used in the community engagement tool called CARS 
(Communities Achieving Responsive Services) that has been used by both new and seasoned activists.
October 14, 2009
Presentation slides (PDF)
Webcast recording
Putting Science Into Action: Equity from the Start Through ECD
Keynote presentations include Fraser Mustard, Steve Barnett, Clyde Hertzman, Neal Halfon, Wilbert Keon, 
as well as workshops and seminars by national and regional experts.
May 13-15, 2009
PROGRAM SESSIONS

• Steve Barnett - Linking ECD to the Schools: An Investment in the Nation's Future.pdf
• Jane Beach - Families at the Centre: Moving Towards Early Childhood Systems that Work.pdf
• Sven Bremberg - Development of Policies for Preschool Children in Sweden.pdf
• Neal Halfon - Transforming the ECD Systems.pdf
• Clyde Hertzman - ECD in Canada and the work of the Council.pdf
• Christa Japel - Quebec, A Success Story.pdf
• Wilbert Keon - Determinants of Health Approach in Canada.pdf
• Fraser Mustard - A Call to Action.pdf
• Sherry Thompson - Getting the "Whole of Government" Behind Children in South Australia.pdf
• Alfredo Tinajero - Integration of Health and Education in an Early Human Development Program: Lessons from Latin America.pdf

SEMINARS
Claire Gascon-Giard & Mia Elfenbaum - Keeping Current in the Rapidly Changing ECD Field.pdf
Jim Grieve - Bridging the Education and Care Divide.pdf
Magdalena Janus & Joanne Schroeder - No Data, No Problem, No Action.pdf
Paul Kershaw - Can Canada have an ECD program?.pdf
Carol Matusicky - Best Practice for Parents.pdf
Carol Crill Russell - Best Practice for Parents.pdf
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

• Anne Biscaro, Jean Clinton & Michelle Craig - Growing the 18 Month Strategy.pdf
• Wendy Church & Joanne Schroeder - Tools for Change.pdf
• Carol Gott & Jane Wilson - The Big "C": Community Engagement.pdf

Pan-Canadian Summit: Connecting ECD & Schools
Keynote addresses by Fraser Mustard, John Bennett, Clyde Hertzman, Penny Milton and Andy Hargreaves, as 
well as presentations by provincial and regional representatives.

January 29-30, 2009
Jane Beach - Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada.pdf (299KB)
John Bennett - Building a strong and equal partnership.pdf (166 KB
Anne Cooper - Revelstokes Early Learning Partnerships.pdf (7.71MB)
Jim Grieve - Connections in Ontario between Schools and ECD.pdf (1.98 MB)
Andy Hargreaves - The Fourth Way of Leadership and Change.pdf (2.02MB)
Clyde Hertzman - Early development school success and the Council vision.pdf (1.63 MB)
Susan Kennedy - Connecting EDD and Schools in BC.pdf (214 KB)
Kim Matheson - Early childhood education in the HRSB.pdf (459 KB)
Penny Milton - Human Development Right from the Start.pdf (22 KB)
Janet Mort - The EDI Research Results.pdf (3.27 MB)
Edgar Schmidt, Donna Barrett,  Gloria Chalmers - Pan-Canadian Summit.pdf (613 KB)
Marcus Tabachnick, Catherine Prokosh - K4 Program.pdf (1.60 MB)

Webcast: Towards a Roadmap for Preschool Children
Keynote addresses by Drs. Steven Barnett and Ellen Frede, Co-Directors of the National Institute for Early 
Education Research (NIEER).
October 24, 2008
Steve Barnett - The Costs and Benefits of Universal Pre-kindergarten (UPK) Programs in the U.S.pdf (141 KB)
Jane Beach - Perspectiveson Universal PreKindergarten.pdf (564KB)
Ellen Frede - Preschool in New Jersey.pdf (296 KB)
Paul Kershaw - The Feasibility of Full Day Kindergarten.pdf (877 KB)


Community Teleconference: Models of Collaboration for Young Children
A presentation by Dr. Janet Mort about school districts in intersectoral early child development coalitions.
April 30, 2008
Recording
Presentation slides: Models of Collaboration.pdf (9 MB)

Community Teleconference: The Early Development Instrument (EDI)
Presentations and discussion with Drs. Magdalena Janus and Clyde Hertzman about the early years 
measurement instrument.

September 19, 2007
Audio-visual recording: Teleconference EDI.wmv (8.72 MB)

Community Teleconference: Integrating Early Learning and Child Care
Discussion with Kerry McCuaig and Dr. Joan Lombardi on the model of seamless access to child and family 
services.

September 19, 2006
Audio recordings: Part 1.mp3 (5.73 MB); Part 2.mp3 (4.46 MB)
Presentation slides: Integrating Early Learning Child Care Parent Supports.ppt (5.30)

Community Teleconference: Mobilizing Private Sector Support for ECD
A roundtable with Canadian business leaders Charlie Coffey, Robert Day, Paula Knight, and Susan Rogers.

January 30, 2006
Audio recordings: Part 1.mp3 (5.15 MB); Part 2.mp3 (4.85 MB)
Presentation slides: Mobilizing Private Sector Support for ECD.ppt (5.30 MB)

Ontario Community Summit

April 15, 2005
Rob Santos - Building a Comprehensive ECD System.pdf (1.69 MB)
Linda Nosbush - Community Reporting on ECD.pdf (10.51 MB)
Joan Lombardi - Early Childhood Development Issue and Lessons from the US.pdf (162 KB)
Fraser Mustard - Economic Growth, Social Stability and Early Child Development.pdf (2.59 MB)
James Dunn - Neighbourhoods Socio-Economic Status and Health and Human Development.pdf (2.59 MB)