February 2012

The CBC's Harry Forestell talks with Margaret McCain, early childhood education advocate.

Transcript: "Advocates of early childhood learning met with the Minister of Education today. They're trying to convince New Brunswick to expand publicly funded education and care to all 2- to 5-year-olds. Several pilot projects have already shown that preschoolers thrive in school-centred daycare programs and that they perform better in school later in life. Margaret Norrie McCain has been a relentless proponent of early education, spending her own money and time on research and pilot projects to prove the point. She joins me now from Fredericton ...

On February 8, 2012, the Chronicle Herald published an editorial by Dr. John C. LeBlanc and Jim Mustard. Dr. LeBlanc is an associate professor, Dalhousie University, and president, Atlantic Pediatric Society. Jim Mustard is with the Atlantic Network for Early Human Development and is an Inverness County councillor.

Excerpt:

"Youth (12-17 years of age) crime is higher in Nova Scotia than the Canadian average: 8,903 per 100,000 people in 2010 compared to a national rate of 6,147 (Statistics Canada). In response, politicians, professionals in the justice sector and other stakeholders have devised various programs for "at-risk youth ...

FREDERICTON, NB, Feb. 7, 2012 - The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain is in Fredericton Feb. 10 for meetings with Government and community leaders and to share the latest in a trio of reports she has co-authored on the scientific, social and economic rationales for investing in early child education. Early Years Study 3 also introduces the Early Childhood Education Index, a tool that evaluates the effectiveness of provincial early childhood service systems.

Friday, February 10

Noon - Roundtable meeting with Minister Jody Carr, officials from the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and sector leaders. Marshall d'Avray Hall, Room 322 ...

HALIFAX, Feb. 6, 2012 - The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain is in Halifax for two days of meetings with Government and community leaders to share the latest in a trio of reports she has co-authored on the scientific, social and economic rationales for investing in early child development. Early Years Study 3 also introduces the Early Childhood Education Index, a tool that evaluates the effectiveness of provincial early childhood service systems.

Wednesday, February 8

7:30 a.m. - IWK Leadership breakfast: Hosted by IWK, Goldbloom Pavilion.

9 a.m. - Grand Rounds lecture: The scientific rationale of early childhood education, with Dr ...