November 22, 2011

Canadian Capital Magazine has published an article featuring the partnership between the Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation Inc. and the Jimmy Pratt Foundation:

"Increasingly, foundations seek to leverage the impact of their grants by partnering with other philanthropic organizations that share their interests.

So when the Jimmy Pratt Foundation in St. John’s, N.L., launched in September, it teamed up with its more established New Brunswick neighbour, the Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation Inc., to fund its first beneficiary. Together, they each made a grant of $150,000, to be spent over three years ...

Fraser Mustard (1927 - 2011)

In Early Years Study 3 Fraser Mustard again brings his passion to early childhood development. His reasons were many, but mainly because he believed the future of our country, indeed of the world, depends upon it.

Fraser's brilliance came from his ability to distill the complex story of the dance between nature and nurture and its effect on early brain development. He gave voice to three enduring messages that have permeated the popular culture: The years before 5 last a lifetime; It takes a village to raise a child and Pay now or pay later ...

September 6, 2011

The Hon Margaret Norrie McCain celebrates the launch of the Jimmy Pratt Foundation in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and congratulates chair, Kathy Pratt LeGrow and board members.

MWMFF will partner with the new foundation to support early childhood research at the Faculty of Education, Memorial University.

See http://www.jimmyprattfoundation.org

Margaret McCain, Kathy Pratt LeGrow and Jimmy Pratt Foundation board members

Kathy Pratt LeGrow announced the launch of the Jimmy Pratt Foundation in St. John's, Newfoundland. The foundation will support research and program development to ensure all children have opportunities to live resilient ...

Smart Start is a comprehensive program that offers a continuum of services to children, parents and families. At the core are Smart Start Early Years Centres that offer early learning and child care to preschool children and a continuum of services to their families.

Smart Start began as a preschool program five years ago located in Prince Street School and modelled after Toronto First Duty. A partnership with the Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation (MWMFF) in 2009 expanded Smart Start into a full-time preschool and infant program, aligned with the school system.

In 2010, the PEI government introduced full ...

When do the Payoffs Start and How Big is the Return?

On June 22nd, 2011, an Economic Forum on Early Learning took place in Toronto. Economist Dr. Pierre Fortin of the University of Québec at Montréal discussed his new work that reveals the benefits of Quebec’s full-time, publicly-supported learning and care program begin immediately and the payoffs are more far-reaching than speculated.

Award-winning economist Robert Fairholm of the Centre for Spatial Economics spoke about how almost all Canadian governments make the wrong decision when allocating their economic stimulus dollars. At a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Lars Osberg, McCulloch ...