Links
General ECD Organizations
Early Learning & Care
Health
Aboriginal Resources
For Parents
Online & Multimedia resources
Publications
General ECD Organizations
- Canadian Network for Leadership in Education and Early Learning & Care (CNLEELC)
The mission of the CNLEELC is to provide a leadership forum for educators from both the education
and the early learning & care sectors to work collaboratively to enhance the lives of children, families
and communities in Canada.
- Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development (CEECD)
The mission of the CEECD is to improve our knowledge of the social and emotional development
of young children. Their website provides access to publications and information about events.
- Family Resource Programs of Canada
FRP Canada promotes the well-being of families by providing national leadership, consultation and
resources to those who care for children and support families.
- Founders' Network
This website provides information about Dr. Fraser Mustard and access to his presentation slides
and reports.
- Fraser Mustard Chair in Early Childhood Development
The Chair team plays a leading role in the development of interdisciplinary programs to further research
and practice in child development. The website provides access to information and resources, including
workshops, on ECD.
- Healthy Child Manitoba
Led by the Healthy Child Committee of Cabinet, Healthy Child Manitoba bridges departments and
governments and, together with the community, works to improve the well-being of Manitoba's children and
youth. Their website provides information about the Province of Manitoba's programs and initiatives to support
families and chidren during the early years.
- Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP)
HELP is an interdisciplinary research network from British Columbia's six major universities that facilitates
the creation of new knowledge, and helps apply this knowledge by working directly with government and
communities. Their website provides access to presentations, publications and online resources.
- Consortium for International Population-Based Early Child Development Indicators
The Consortium is a cross-national, inter-agency, multidisciplinary technical assistance team that supports
countries to build local capacity to measure early child development.
- Offord Centre for Child Studies
The Offord Centre is dedicated to improving the life quality and life opportunities of children and youth by
focusing on the biological factors and life circumstances that influence healthy child development. The
website provides information on the Centre's work, including the Early Development Instrument (EDI).
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Early Learning & Care
- Canadian Child Care Federation
Provides information about the Federation, its activities as well as access to a series of resources
for parents and other care providers.
- Canadian Council on Learning (CCL)
The CCL incluces a Knowledge Centre on ECD. Their website provides access to CCL reports and other
publications on learning in the early years.
- Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada (CCAAC)
The CCAAC is dedicated to working together for the right of all children to access a publicly funded, inclusive,
quality, non-profit child care system.
- Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU)
The CRRU is a policy and research oriented facility that focuses on early childhood education and child care
and family policy in Canada and internationally.
- Early Childhood Community Development Centre (ECCDC)
The Early Childhood Community Development Centre is a community-based, non-profit organization working
to help early learning and care providers achieve their goals by offering resources, training, and supports.
- National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) (USA)
The NIEER conducts and communicates research to support high quality, effective, early childhood education
for all young children.
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Health
- Canadian Paediatric Society
The CPS website is designed to provide both CPS members and other health care professionals with
information they need to make informed decisions about child health care.
- Centre of Knowledge on Healthy Child Development
The Centre provides access to important and up-to-date information that is based on the best scientific
research currently available, focussing on children's behaviour and mental health.
- Motherisk
Provides authoritative information and guidance about the risks associated with drug, chemical, infection,
disease and radiation exposure(s) to pregnant or lactating women.
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Aboriginal Resources
- Aboriginal Children's Circle of Early Learning (ACCEL)
The ACCEL is a bilingual web-based clearinghouse and network about the early childhood
development of First Nations, Inuit and Métis children.
- Za-geh-do-win Information Clearinghouse
Provides information about Health Healing and Family Violence to Aboriginal communities
in Ontario.
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For Parents
- The Canadian Father Involvement Initiative
The CFII aims to promote both understanding of and concerted action toward responsible father involvement as a supportive and protective condition of healthy child development and resiliency.
- Caring for Kids
This website of the Canadian Paediatric Society provides information about health, safety, behaviour and learning from pregnancy through to the teen years.
- Handbook of Language and Literacy Development: A Roadmap from 0 to 60 Months
Provides evidence-based information on children's language and literacy development up to 5 years of age.
- Health Canada
This section of the Health Canada website provides information on a number of health-related
topics, including childhood diseases and illnesses, healthy environments, mental health, school
health and work-life balance.
- Invest in Kids
Translates the science of parenting and child development into engaging, easy-to-understand, relevant resources for parents.
- Motherisk
Provides authoritative information and guidance to pregnant or lactating women about the risks associated with drug, chemical, infection, disease and radiation exposure(s) during pregnancy.
- Parents Matter
This website of FRP Canada provides downloadable resources for parents, some of which are available in ten different languages.
- Raising Children Network (Australia)
Funded by the Australian Government, this website proves information that can help parents with the day-to-day decisions of raising children, and looking after their own needs.
- Zero to Three (USA)
Offers free resources about children's development in the first three years of life.
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Online & Multimedia resources
- British Columbia ECD Mapping Portal
This Mapping Portal houses a wide collection of maps, datasets, and other useful tools related to ECD
in British Columbia. This includes ongoing results from the Early Development Instrument (EDI), which
is a province-wide survey of the developmental health of five-year olds.
- Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development
This Encyclopedia, published on the Internet, is available free of charge. It covers 37 topics related to the
psychosocial development of the child, from conception to the age of five, and presents the most up-to-date
scientific knowledge.
- The Science of Early Child Development
This online curriculum resource uses multimedia and interactivity to illustrate the research on developmental
health, brain development, the ecology of childhood, coping & competence and communicating & learning.
- Talaris Timeline
This research-based timeline from the Talaris Institute (USA) is organized by a child's age. It serves as a general
guide to the five areas of development, from birth to 5: Social-Emotional; Cognitive; Language; Sensory; and Motor
Skills.
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Publications
- The British Columbia Atlas of Child Development (Kershaw P, Irwin L, Trafford K, Hertzman C)
The Atlas presents a visual summary of early child development trends across neighbourhood, school district and provincial geographies in BC.
- Creating Communities for Young Children: A Toolkit for Change (Human Early Learning Partnership)
Written to support BC communities, this toolkit aims to help communities to understand the work of the ECD Mapping Project and to use the information in their neighbourhoods to create positive change for children. Many any of its ideas will be adaptable to other jurisdictions.
- The Child Care Transition: A League Table of Early Childhood Education and Care in Economically Advanced Countries (Innocenti Report Card 8, UNICEF)
- Child Poverty in Perspective: An Overview of Child Well-Being in Rich Countries (Innocenti Report Card 7, UNICEF)
- Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity Through Action on the Social Determinants of Health (World Health Organization)
The Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health.
- Early Childhood Development: The Best Start for all South Australians (Mustard, Fraser)
A companion document to Fraser Mustard's report on the early years for the Government of South Australia.
- Early Childhood Education and Care: Next Steps (Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology)
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Early Years Study: Reversing the Real Brain Drain (McCain, Margaret & Fraser Mustard)
This seminal report, published in 1999, describes the critical importance of children's early interactions in shaping their development.
- Investing in the Early Years: Closing the Gap Between What We Know and What We Do (Mustard, Fraser)
Fraser Mustard's report on the early years for the Government of South Australia.
- With Our Best Future in Mind: Implementing Early Learning in Ontario (Pascal, Charles)
Ontario's Early Learning Advisor, Dr. Charles Pascal's, report to the Premier.
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