September/October 2013
New Brunswick’s integrated Early Childhood Development Centres (ECDC) model combines regulated child care, education, family and community health services into a single, accessible program designed to meet the needs of children and their families from the prenatal period through to the transition to elementary school.
The three-year pilot project, a partnership between the Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation Inc. and the Government of New Brunswick, was designed to inform program practice and provide policy makers with a guide to building a comprehensive, accessible, accountable family-oriented child care and education system.
The final evaluation of the centres is now available:
The Health and Education Research Group Three Year Report is available here:
-
Health & Education Research Group Year Three Research Report (English) (2.7 MB)
-
Health & Education Research Group Year Three Research Report (French) (3.8 MB)
The Health and Education Reearch Group October 22, 2013 presentation is available here:
-
Health & Education Research Group Presentation (English) (2.0 MB)
-
Health & Education Research Group Presentation (French) (1.8 MB)
- To read CBC News article, Early Childhood Centres Work, But Challenges Remain
Ann Sherman, Dean of Education, University of New Brunswick;
Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, Marie-Claude Blais and the
Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain at the release of the evaluation of the
Early Childhood Development Centres, October 22 at the University of New Brunswick.
