Reports

This report provides an overview of Canadian provincial and territorial perspectives of outdoor play in child care and kindergarten settings. It reviews curriculum frameworks that guide early childhood practice and the legislative oversight of early childhood environments to assess potential contradictions. While legislation can be a barrier to outdoor play,...

The Equalizer: How Education Creates Fairness for Children in Canada On October 30, 2018 UNICEF Canada launched their Report Card 15, with a Facebook Live discussion that included Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation Inc.'s own Program Director, Jane Bertrand. The report measures the rights and well-being of children in rich...

Marla Sokolowski, PhD, F.R.S.C. and The Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development continue Fraser Mustard’s relentless mission to understand the complexity of early human development, and the lifelong impact on learning, behaviour and health with this new topic on Epigenetics. "Epigenetics is associated with long-term human developmental and health outcomes. It...

The Conference Board of Canada report Ready for Life: A Socio-Economic Analysis of Early Childhood Education and Care, recommends that governments expand universal access to ECE beginning with full day Kindergarten for four- and five-year-olds and then moving to three-year-olds. The report found: ECE reduces income inequality in the short...

CHANCES (Caring, Helping, And Nurturing, Children Every Step) is a non-profit, charitable organization providing child development and parent supports to children from prenatal to 11 years and their families. CHANCES in partnership with the Margaret and Wallace McCain Foundation Inc. embarked on a research effort to profile the impact of expanding...