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Qiang Zha, Leping Mou, Hu Ke, and Rana Haidar

The Atkinson Centre promotes research on child development, and the development of early learning policy and practice that serve young children and their families.

Yi Huang: Master of Education in Developmental Psychology & Education (DPE), Class of 2019.

Chelsi Major: Master of Education in Developmental Psychology & Education (DPE), Class of 2018.

Mariam Ayoub: Master of Arts in Clinical and Counselling Psychology (CCP), Class of 2017.

Heather Prime: Doctor of Philosophy in School and Clinical Child Psychology (SCCP), Class of 2017.

The Atkinson Centre promotes research on child development, and the development of early learning policy and practice that serve young children and their families.

In partnership with Save our Children, Tim Murray, Caroline Dusabe, Prachi Srivastava, and Karen Mundy

Excerpt: "The government is making substantial investments of $13 billion in capital grants over 10 years to build new schools and renew existing schools across Ontario, to ensure that students have safe and modern education environments in which to learn and thrive. COVID-19 has underscored the importance of this commitment."

Excerpt: "The agreement allocates nearly $10 million in 2020–21 for early learning and child care investments in New Brunswick. Specifically, New Brunswick will continue to collaborate with the childcare sector and maintain the New Brunswick Early Learning Centres designation to ensure all families and children in the province have access to high-quality, affordable child care in the official language of their choice by 2030."

MA in School and Clinical Child Psychology (SCCP) student, Nicole Loncar.
Expected year of graduation: 2021.

Excerpt: "In the year ending March 31, 2020: The number of licensed child care centres increased by almost 1% to 5,565 centres, of which more than 3,000 centres were located in publicly funded schools; The number of licensed child care spaces grew by 16,206 spaces to 462,802 spaces, representing an increase of 4%. All age groups have seen an increase in spaces: a 4% increase for infants, toddlers, Kindergarten, and school age children; a 3% increase for preschool children; and an increase from 418 to 692 spaces for the “family age group”; A total of 131 home child care agencies were in operation, with 8,296 approved homes affiliated with these agencies; More than 2,000 individuals were approved to receive grants to support them in obtaining an early childhood education diploma."