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Bright Beginnings: Insights into Early Childhood Education: A Better Together New Podcast Series

Bright Beginnings: Insights into Early Childhood Education: A Better Together New Podcast Series

The Atkinson Centre produces a weekly e-Newsletter, sharing Events, News Items, and Research & Resources related to Early Childhood Education and Family Support.

Summer Institute 2025 - Registration Open

Summer Institute 2025: Empowering Educators: Strategies for a Sustainable Workforce, May 9, 2025

Join us for the 21st Annual Summer Institute on Early Childhood Development, a dynamic gathering dedicated to strengthening the early childhood education (ECE) workforce. This conference brings together educators, administrators, policymakers, researchers, and advocates from across Canada to explore innovative strategies for fostering a sustainable ECE workforce while addressing critical issues of equity and access.

Early Childhood Education Report 2023 - OUT NOW

Early Childhood Education Report 2023, OUT NOW!!

The Early Childhood Education Report (ECER), established in 2011, is released every three years to evaluate provincial/territorial early years services.

Most Recent Policy Monitor Updates

The Policy Monitor tracks Federal, Provincial and Territorial early childhood policy initiatives, developments and announcements.

Events

Summer Institute 2025 - Registration Open

Empowering Educators: Strategies for a Sustainable Workforce, May 9, 2025

Join us for the 21st Annual Summer Institute on Early Childhood Development, a dynamic gathering dedicated to strengthening the early childhood education (ECE) workforce. This conference brings together educators, administrators, policymakers, researchers, and advocates from across Canada to explore innovative strategies for fostering a sustainable ECE workforce while addressing critical issues of equity and access.

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WEBINAR: Evaluation of the New Ontario Funding Formula, February 12, 2025

Gordon Cleveland, an economist and Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Management at the University of Toronto Scarborough, has dedicated over 30 years to researching the economics of early childhood education, with a focus on policy design. A widely published expert, he joins us to share his perspective on Ontario's new funding formula.