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Giving for Change

October 7, 2025

Province to remove barriers, make way for more child care at schools

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September 29, 2025

Daycare in Denmark is a basic right. Could Canada offer the same?

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September 15, 2025

Making Numeracy and Literacy Learning Visible in Play-Based Publicly Funded Programs

September 2, 2025

The Importance of Junior Kindergarten
Every child deserves the best possible start. Expanding public education to include 4-year-olds through universal junior kindergarten is not just an investment in early learning, it’s an investment in equity, families, and our collective future. By ensuring access for all, we can close gaps before they widen, strengthen communities, and...

September 2, 2025

L'importance de la maternelle 4 ans

Chaque enfant mérite le meilleur départ possible. Étendre l'enseignement public aux enfants de 4 ans grâce à la mise en place d'une maternelle universelle n'est pas seulement un investissement dans l'apprentissage précoce, c'est aussi un investissement dans l'équité, les familles et notre avenir collectif. En garantissant l'accès à tous, nous...

March 20, 2025

The Role of Junior Kindergarten in Improving Child Mental Health Outcomes

Vision

Early Childhood Education is the key to a better society. It provides children with the best possible start in life and is the foundation of a literate, pluralistic and democratic Canada.



Mission

Promote the best evidence to inform practice, policy and research to cultivate increased public investment in high quality early learning as an entitlement for every child.

OUR CHAIR SCOTT MCCAIN

Scott McCain

“I am increasingly convinced that if we want to move the needle in the early childhood education space, we need to engage the corporate community at a much higher level.

Early years’ issues can really catch the ear of corporate leaders who can then help politicians realize the importance of quality early learning”. 


OUR CHAIR EMERITA MARGARET MCCAIN

The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain is a champion of Canada’s youngest citizens. Together with her husband, Wallace and her four children, she founded the Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation (www.mwmccain.ca) that promotes early childhood education opportunities for all of Canada’s children.

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Board Members

Hon. Margaret Norrie McCain, Chair Emerita
Scott McCain, Chair
Michael McCain
Lyn Baptist
Carol Loughrey
Ramona Lumpkin
Brian Johnston, Director/Observer

Staff

Jack Petch, Executive Director
Jane Bertrand, Program Director