Community participation is central to the Council?s mission and vision. Because the Council promotes the need for approaches that are tailored to the context and needs of each community, we think that creative and motivated leadership at the community level is a key success factor. To support participation, the Council has established the Community Champion program. Any individual, group, or community network can join. The only requirements are:

• A commitment to the Council's vision of community-based early child development and parenting centres linked to schools.
• Agreement to work within your organizations and communities to foster that vision.
• A willingness to share ECD-related experiences and accomplishments with the Council.

What Support Will You Receive From the Council?
The Council for Early Child Development aims to connect people, organizations, and networks within and among communities. The Connectivity Program is for Community Champions who are ready to bring together education, public health, early childhood education, and social service sectors together to create integrated early child development & parenting centres. The Connectivity Program will connect Community Champions to:

• Web conferences with international experts, policy-makers, community and sector leaders (learn about the Council's teleconference on mobilizing private sector support>>) and the teleconference on seamless access to child and family services>>
• A community web-based network to help facilitate sharing between Champions and their communities
• Access to community tools

Click here to sign up>>
Click here for Community Champion definitions>>



For more information about the Council's Community Champions, and how to join, click here>>

Organizations, Groups, and Networks:

• Best Start Network, Haldimand & Norfolk (Ontario)
• Better Beginnings NOW CAPC (Ontario)
• Cape Breton Family Resource Coalition Society (Nova Scotia)
• Carnegie Commons (Ontario)
• Centre for Early Education and Development Studies (CEEDS) (British Columbia)
• Coalition francophone de la petite enfance (Manitoba)
• Communities Together for Children/OEYC (Ontario)
• Community Advisory Committee for the Early Years (CACEY) (Ontario)
• Dartmouth Family Centre (Nova Scotia)
• Early Years Action Group ? Niagara (Ontario)
• Early Years Action Group ? North Toronto Quadrant (Ontario)
• Early Years Council of London Middlesex (Ontario)
• Greater Nanaimo Early Years Coalition (British Columbia)
• Grimsby Early Years Advisory Committee (Ontario)
• Kanata Research Park Family Centre (Ontario)
• KFL&A Children's Services Steering Committee (Ontario)
• KFL&A Public Health Unit (Ontario)
• Kids Can Fly Brant (Ontario)
• Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Ontario)
• Lennox and Addington Resources for Children (Ontario)
• Lulu Child Care & Family Development (Australia)
• Old Millbrook School Family Centre (Ontario)
• Prince Edward Child Care Services (Ontario)
• Quesnel Child Youth and Family Network (British Columbia)
• Rotary Club of Collingwood/South Georgian Bay and Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Georgian Triangle (Ontario)
• Saint John Early Childhood Development Coalition (ECDC) (New Brunswick)
• South Eastman Early Years Regional Team (Manitoba)
• Success By 6 - 6 ans et gagnant Ottawa (Ontario)
• Success By 6 Peel (Ontario)
• West Niagara Family Centre (Ontario)
• Windsor-Essex County Best Start Network (Ontario)

Individuals:

• Kim Adamson (British Columbia)
• Margaret Andrewes (Ontario)
• Lynda Bartlett (Ontario)
• Joan Beswick, Ph.D. (New Brunswick)
• Judith Bishop (Ontario)
• Kathy Boelsma (Ontario)
• Gail Brown (British Columbia)
• Sue Khazaie (British Columbia)
• Chris Knapp (Ontario)
• Joanna Landry (Saskatchewan)
• Elizabeth Pennell (British Columbia)
• Dr. Kelly Price (British Columbia)
• Dr. Mary Lou B. Vernon (Ontario)
• Shirley Westeinde (Ontario)
• Tracy Smyth (British Columbia)
• Shelley Thompson (Nova Scotia)
• Lorne Kenney (Ontario)

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