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A small percentage (10 to 15%) of typically developing children exhibit stable fear responses and wariness to unfamiliar and familiar stimuli from infancy through childhood. These children are cautious and reticent in social interactions and have been characterized as temperamentally shy and socially withdrawn. In a series of studies over the last 15 years, we have shown that temperamentally shy children display a number of distinct psychophysiological responses at rest and in response to social challenges. These patterns are evidenced across a range of biological measures and contexts, making some of these children vulnerable to anxiety and depression.

On November 10, 2010, The Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology and the Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development hosted a colloquium featuring Louis Schmidt, PhD, Director, Child Emotion Laboratory, Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University. Dr. Schmidt focussed on the origins, development course and outcomes of this temperamental style. He discussed how work on the phenomenon of temperamental shyness informs basic theory regarding brain‐behaviour relations and practice regarding the management of fearful children within the family and educational settings.

Presented by Zeenat Janmohamed, Janette Pelletier, and Carl Corter at the AECEO conference, May 27, 2010.

Presented by Jane Bertrand, Zeenat Janmohamed, and Kerry McCuaig at the Canadian Association for Research in Early Childhood, May 26, 2012, Wilfred Laurier University.

Presented by Christine Avery Nunez, Atkinson Charitable Foundation, Kerry McCuaig, Atkinson Foundation Fellow in Early Childhood Education, OISE, UofT, Toronto Education Consultation, June 14, 2012.

Presented to the Waterloo Region Children's Planning Table, November 26, 2012.

Presented by Kerry McCuaig, November 29, 2012.

Presented by Zeenat Janmohamed & Kerry McCuaig.

Presented by Kerry McCuaig at the Aga Khan Foundation Canada's "Action Today for Results Tomorrow: Public Policy for a Child’s Health," February 20, 2013.

Presented by Carl Corter at Sheridan College, Early Childhood Leadership Research Symposium, April 12, 2013.

Presented by Dr. Edward Melhuish at his Findings from the UK’s Effective Provision of Pre-School Education Study Canadian Tour, April 26, 2013.

Presented by Petr Varmuza and Michal Perlman, University of Toronto, at the Atkinson Centre Early Years Task Force meeting, May 8, 2013.

Discussing a recent analysis of the City of Toronto's subsidy wait list exploring when children receive care vs. when their parents need it.

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.