Shelly Mehta

Scholarly & Creative Works

• Early Childhood Education Report 2023

  2024, Atkinson Centre

  Akbari, E., McCuaig, K., & Mehta, S.
• An investigation of the career paths of internationally trained early childhood educators transitioning into early learning programs

  2011, The Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development, OISE/University of Toronto.

  Mehta, S., Janmohamed, Z., & Corter, C.
• Preventing Inflicted Infant Head Trauma: A Best Practice Implementation

  2009, Lifespan Adaptation Projects, University of Toronto

  Volpe, R., Davidson, C., Sheard, E., Bell, R., & Members of the University of Toronto Research Coordinator Unit

Research Interests

Shelly’s research interests include amplifying children’s voices and narratives, especially newcomers, in early learning settings. She is also interested in anti-racist frameworks, liberation-focused approaches, and critical pedagogy in early years spaces. Shelly works for the Association of Early Childhood Educators as a Community of Practice lead for the newly created ECE faculty collective. Shelly is currently working with the Ontario Coalition of Better Child Care on their anti-racism project entitled, creating an anti-racist child care system in Ontario.