Presentations
A catalogue of various presentations make by the Atkinson Centre team at different events and meetings.
Transforming the Patchwork: Designing Services that Work for Families (PDF)
Presentation to the Standing Committee on Social Policy, Ontario Legislature by the Atkinson Centre at OISE/UT (PDF)
The Atkinson Centre supports the general directions of the proposed legislation. It encourages swift action to curtail illegal child care provision. The role of the local system services manager is appropriately heightened but would benefit from additional tools. Expanding the mandate of school boards to secure programming for children to age 12 is essential. Attention must be paid the children with special needs. Changes to ratios in licensed family and group care should be put on hold and addressed as part of a full regulatory review.
Creating a good life for children through quality early education (PDF)
Nordic leaders gathered in Copenhagen on June 23 to discuss how to create a good life for children through quality early childhood education. The Nordic approach of a good life, presents a different starting point to policy and program development. Kerry McCuaig with the Atkinson Centre attended the conference to share some Canadian innovations in ECE delivery and monitoring with participants.
Comparing $10/day flat fees with income tested child care fees (PDF)
Schools at the Centre of the Community: A Case Study of Seamless Early Learning (PDF)
A Meta-Perspective on the Evaluation of Full-Day Kindergarten during the First Two Years of Implementation (PDF)
Bill 143 – Child Care and Early Years Act (PDF)
Early childhood development as economic development (Paper - PDF)
Conference Report: The 3rd Nordic ECEC conference in Oslo. Approaches in Nordic ECEC research: Current research and new perspectives (PDF)
The third Nordic ECEC conference “Approaches in Nordic ECEC research: Current research and new perspectives” was held in Oslo 11-12 November 2013. About 80 policy makers and researchers from the Nordic countries participated actively in presentations and workshops on the three conference themes: 1) Investments in children and ECEC, 2) Inclusion for all children and each child – in view of special needs and 3) How can long term development be supported by research?
Report to the Commission of Inquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Phoenix Sinclair
The Inquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Phoenix Sinclair was established in March 2011 by the Government of Manitoba, to investigate the death of Phoenix Sinclair - a five-year-old aboriginal girl who was murdered by her mother and stepfather. Her death went undiscovered for nine months. From the time of her birth Phoenix and her family were in and out of contact with the child welfare system in Manitoba.
The inquiry reviewed the child welfare services that were delivered to Phoenix and her family, and attempted to find out why the death went undiscovered for so long. In addition, the commission is examining the systemic issues that underlie this case, including the conditions and challenges that bring urban aboriginal people into contact with the child welfare system and the services and programs that exist, or ought to exist, outside the child welfare system to support families and prevent tragedies such as this one.
The Atkinson Centre’s, Kerry McCuaig prepared a discussion paper and presented to the commission on May 29, 2013 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Resources
Age profile of infants with child care subsidy in Toronto: Implications for policy formulation (PDF)
Discussing a recent analysis of the City of Toronto's subsidy wait list exploring when children receive care vs. when their parents need it.
