Month/Year | Meeting/Event/Activity | Council Participants* |
| 2004 | The Council for Early Child Development, a non-governmental not-for-profit is founded by Dr. Fraser Mustard |  |
| 2006
January | Meeting with Nova Scotia Premier Hamm and Duff Montgomery | Kelly Cameron, Kathleen Guy |
| Dialogue at the IWK with leaders of the IWK Community (about 20 in attendance) | Jim Mustard, Kathleen Guy |
| Council presentation to Nova Scotia Provincial CAYAC and the Central Region CAYAC representatives | Jim Mustard, Kathleen Guy |
| April | Council arranged tour of Toronto First Duty for Nova Scotia Minister of Education | Kathleen Guy |
| July | Follow-up meeting with Provincial CAYAC | Fraser Mustard, Margaret McCain, Stuart Shanker, Kelly Cameron, Kathleen Guy, Jim Mustard |
| A “meet and greet” evening held at the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Club. Hosted by Margaret McCain, over 30 community leaders attended this introduction to the Council’s founder, Dr. Fraser Mustard and mission | Fraser Mustard, Stuart Shanker, Kelly Cameron, Margaret McCain, Jim Mustard, John Hamm |
| Follow-up meeting with the Provincial CAYAC | Kathleen Guy, Jim Mustard |
| October | Keynote presentation to St. Joseph’s College and the Institute for Human Services Education | Kathleen Guy, Jim Mustard, Kelly Cameron |
| November | Meeting with NS Premier Rodney MacDonald, Ministers of Health and Education | Stuart Shanker, John Hamm, Jim Mustard |
| Martha Jodrey hosted a tour to Bridgeway Academy, St. Mary’s University, North Dartmouth Family Resource Program | Stuart Shanker, Jim Mustard |
| Meeting at IWK with Health Centre representatives and approx. 40 members of the broader community | Stuart Shanker, Kelly Cameron, Jim Mustard |
| December | Exploratory meeting in Halifax on organizing a Provincial Chapter of the Council for ECD | Kelly Cameron, Jim Mustard |
| First meeting of the emerging Nova Scotia Chapter of the Council | Jim Mustard, Kelly Cameron |
| 2007
January | Next meeting of the Nova Scotia Chapter of the Council to develop vision and strategic plan | Jim Mustard, Kelly Cameron |
| May | Margaret McCain provides keynote presentation at the Child Welfare League of Canada’s Atlantic meeting in Halifax | Margaret McCain, Kelly Cameron, Jim Mustard |
| Fraser Mustard presents the findings of the Early Years Study 2 at a seminar at Mount Allison, attended by 200+ people. Connections also made with PEI and New Brunswick leaders | Fraser Mustard, Margaret McCain, John Hamm, Kelly Cameron, Kathleen Guy, Jim Mustard |
| Members of the Nova Scotia Chapter of the Council and the Nova Scotia Coalition for Early Childhood Education and Care met with Nova Scotia Deputy Minister of Education and Director of English language programs to discuss links with schools and integrated early child development and parenting programs | Jim Mustard, Kelly Cameron |
| June | To representatives of the Cape Breton/Victoria Regional School Board toured 3 sites in Toronto area that are moving towards an integrated model of ECD&P Centres | Jim Mustard, Kathleen Guy |
| Discussion with the Nova Scotia Western Region ECD Initiative Team in Middleton | Jim Mustard |
| August | Meeting with President of Mount Allison about partnering with the Sackville community on ECD & P | Jim Mustard, Kathleen Guy, Dr. Jean Cameron |
| Dialogue session with community and school representatives in Sackville on moving forward together towards an integrated approach, sponsored by the newly formed Tantramar Family Resource Centre and the Council | Jean Cameron, Kathleen Guy, Jim Mustard |
| September | Maritime Community ECD Workshop, co-sponsored by the Council and the IWK Health Centre | Fraser Mustard, Margaret McCain, Robin Williams, Joanne Schroeder |