The Globe and Mail, December 5, 2013

Excerpt: "When it comes to aligning family life with work life, school is behind the times, literally – starting after most parents are expected to be at the office, and ending hours before they can even think of leaving.

To bridge the child-care gap, lucky families snag a spot at an after-school program, if their school even has one – and even then may still have shuttle a younger child to and from separate care. But too many schools go quiet not long after the final bell rings, and in some declining neighbourhoods and rural ...

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - September 4, 2013

This report is the result of the first year's evaluation of Prince Edward Island's Preschool Excellence Initiative - a comprehensive 5 year plan to build a provincial early childhood system for children from infancy to kindergarten. The system's emphasis is on building a community based, publicly managed early childhood system supporting the early development of children, while at the same time supporting parents in balancing their work and family responsibilities.

The Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation was pleased to partner with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development in ...

August 22, 2013

Nova Scotia - The province is opening early years centres in four communities to provide families with more access to services and supports for young children.

Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Ramona Jennex announced the locations of the province's first early years centres today, Aug. 22, at Rockingstone Heights School, the site for the Halifax Regional School Board's centre.

The other centres will be located at Jubilee Elementary School in Sydney Mines, Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board; East Antigonish Education Centre in Monastery, Strait Regional School Board; and Yarmouth Central in Yarmouth, Tri-County Regional School ...

July 10, 2013

Families of young children in some Nova Scotia communities will soon have early years centres to add to their resources thanks, in part, to the support from the Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation Inc..

Premier Darrell Dexter and Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Ramona Jennex welcomed Margaret McCain, at Joseph Howe School in Halifax today, June 26, as she announced the $500,000 grant being issued to help establish the province’s first early years centres.

“As a parent, I know how important it is for families of young children to have a place to ...

FRASER, the Voice of the Children of the World from Donald Charest on Vimeo.

Fraser Mustard was a Canadian icon who advocated tirelessly about the importance of early child development for the full realization of human potential. The Lawson Foundation, in collaboration with the Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation Inc. and Atkinson Charitable Foundation funded the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development to create a video tribute to Dr. Mustard.