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Excerpt: "A strategy document outlines the transformation agenda that affects every area within the department, and which will continue to influence its work in the years to come. Some priority areas include: improving early learning and child-care options for Manitoba families, by supporting the creation of new child-care spaces and more child-care options for families, while also reviewing the current funding model to ensure sustainability."

The Atkinson Centre promotes research on child development, and the development of early learning policy and practice that serve young children and their families.

Excerpt: "That starts with a commitment to govern in a positive, open and collaborative way. Our platform, Forward: A Real Plan for the Middle Class, is the starting point for our Government. I expect us to work with Parliament to deliver on our commitments. Other issues and ideas will arise or will come from Canadians, Parliament, stakeholders and the public service. It is my expectation that you will engage constructively and thoughtfully and add priorities to the Government’s agenda when appropriate. Where legislation is required, you will need to work with the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and the Cabinet Committee on Operations to prioritize within the minority Parliament."

Governance, administration, service providers, educator training early childhood programs in selected OECD countries.

Meet Dan Zingaro, MEd, PhD, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga.

Presented by Research Fellow, Education Policy & Practice Program/Member of the Centre for Global Education Monitoring, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).

In her work at OISE, Brownell wants to amplify the voices and experiences of children in ways that shift how adults understand them to be.

Tracey King, MEd is one of Canada's first Indigenous human resources consultants for a postsecondary institution and a longtime member of the OISE Alumni Association.

Meet Glen Sharpe, EdD, Mohawk First Nations, Associate Professor, Schulich School of Education, Nipissing University.

Excerpt: "With an investment of over $2 billion in 2019-20 and a commitment to create up to 30,000 new child care spaces in schools, we are building a stronger child care and early years system to provide more children and families with access to child care and give children the best possible start in life."

Excerpt: "Research shows a clear link between a solid foundation in children's early years and their long-term development and success. That is why Ontario is committed to improving access to child care, giving parents more choice and making high quality programs affordable."

Presented by Dr. David Philpott, Memorial University Newfoundland & Labrador and Jane Bertrand, Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation, Toronto, October 24, 2019.