National Conference: Putting Science Into Action for Children
Presentations by Dr. Clyde Hertzman, Dr. Dan Trefler, Dr. Sven Bremberg, Sherry Thompson, Alfredo Tinajero, Dr. Christa Japel, Senator W. Keon, Jane Beach, Dr. Neal Halfon, Dr. Steven Barnett, Dr. Fraser Mustard, as well as workshops and seminars by numerous Canadian experts.
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May 13-15, 2009

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

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

Community teleconference on Models of Collaboration for Young Children
A presentation by Dr. Janet Mort about school districts in intersectoral early child development coalitions.
April 30, 2008

Community teleconference on the EDI (wmv)
Presentations and discussion with Drs. Magdalena Janus and Clyde Hertzman about the early years measurement instrument.
September 19, 2007

Community teleconference on First Duty (MP3 & PowerPoint)
Discussion with Kerry McCuaig and Dr. Joan Lombardi on the model of seamless access to child and family services.
September 19, 2006

Community Teleconference on Mobilizing Private Sector Support for ECD (MP3 & PowerPoint)
A roundtable with Canadian business leaders Charlie Coffey, Robert Day, Paula Knight, and Susan Rogers.
January 30, 2006

Ontario Community Summit
April 15, 2005

"Early Child Development - A Priority for Sustained Economic Growth and Equity"
World Bank symposium
September 28th, 2005

Council for Early Child Development Strategic Plan 2009-2012 (PDF)
June 2009

Population Health & the Early Years (PDF)
J. Fraser Mustard Lecture Series - Inaugural Lecture
Dr. Clyde Hertzman
April 9, 2009

Population Health, Biological Embedding & the Early Years (PDF)
Council for Early Child Development Annual General Meeting
Dr. Clyde Hertzman
April 7, 2009

A National Platform for EDI? (PDF)
Canadian EDI Meeting, Mississauga
Clyde Hertzman
April 2, 2009

The World's Best Systems of Child Development Statistics for Canada: Strategies for Federal-Provincial-Territorial Collaboration (PowerPoint)
Canadian Council on Learning
November 2008

The History of the Council for ECD (PowerPoint)
Fraser Mustard
October 2008

Early Child Development: A Powerful Equalizer (PowerPoint)
BCTF Summer Conference, Kamloops
Joanne Schroeder and Lori Irwin
August 19, 2008

From Kindergarten Readiness to Grade 4 Assessment (PDF)

Early Years Study 2 ~ PowerPoint slides
- Chapter 1, "The Long Reach of Early Childhood" (4.5 MB)
- Chapter 2, "It Takes a Child to Raise Village" (2 MB)
- Chapter 3, "How Are Children Doing?" Part A (1.5 MB), Part B (4 MB), Part C (3 MB)
- Chapter 4, "Chaos" (1 MB)
- Chapter 5, "Thinking Big... Starting Small" (3.5 MB)
- Chapter 6, "Investing in Early Childhood Development" (3 MB)
May 2007

From little things big things grow! (PDF)
New Brunswick Health Summit
Alastair Dow
January 28, 2007

Presentation to the Senate (PowerPoint)
Dr. Stuart Shanker
January 28, 2007

Early Child Development & Learning (PowerPoint)
Kindergarten Matters Conference (Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario)
Jane Bertrand
May 13, 2006

HELP, the EDI & ECD in British Columbia (PowerPoint)
Dr. Clyde Hertzman
Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP)
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May 11, 2006

Publications

"From Kindergarten readiness to fourth-grade assessment: Longitudinal analysis with linked population data"
Social Science & Medicine 68 (2009)
Jennifer E.V. Lloyd, Clyde Hertzman

"Concentrated affluence, concentrated disadvantage, and children’s readiness for school: A population-based, multi-level investigation"
Social Science & Medicine (in press)
Richard M. Carpiano, Jennifer E.V. Lloyd, Clyde Hertzman

Keynote Address
Hon. Margaret Norrie McCain
Securing the Future of Our Children Conference
University of Toronto
October 26, 2006

Honorary Degree Speech
Dr. Rod Fraser, President Emeritus
University of Alberta
November 16, 2005

Physicians Resource List (PDF)
Compiled for the Paediatric and Child Health journal
August 2009

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