14 SEP 2020 · Dr. Angela James is Director of Indigenous Languages and Education, Ministry of Education in the Northwest Territories. Dr. James' chapter in Early Years Study 4 "Becoming A Capable Child" offers a unique and poignant perspective on the way we see, raise and educate children.

9 SEP 2020 · Kerry McCuaig is Fellow in Early Childhood Policy at the Atkinson Centre, OISE/UT. In this episode Kerry, along with Mrs. Margaret McCain discuss Chapter 6 of Early Years Study 4: "The Next Step: Canada Can Do Better"

7 SEP 2020 · Dr. Charles Pascal is Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at OISE/UT in Toronto. In addition to a life as a scholar, Dr. Pascal has served several Ontario governments as Deputy Minister of Education and policy advisor. He brings his 45 years of experience and insight to today's conversation on Canada's policy landscape around early childhood education across Canada. We look at the past while leaning into the future in our discussion of Chapter 5 of Early Years Study 4: "Rethinking Early Childhood Education—Good Education Cares and Good Care Educates"

1 SEP 2020 · Emis Akbari is a Professor at George Brown College in the School of Early Childhood, She is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at OISE at the University of Toronto. Dr. Akbari brings her experience in examining determinants of children's early social, emotional, and cognitive development, coupled with a sense of urgency to our conversation on ECE and Public Policy.

30 AUG 2020 · Kerry McCuaig is a Fellow in Early Childhood Policy, Atkinson Centre, OISE/UT. Dr. David Philpott is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at Memorial University in Newfoundland. In this conversation, we talk about Chapter 3 in Early Years Study 4——A Step Up For All: ECE Helps Children, Families and Communities Thrive. Our exploration includes the rather stark admission that Canada falls far behind other countries in terms of a commitment to quality, accessible early childhood education. We also identify the features and characteristics of a quality ECE environment and underline the double dividend that is realized when we step up for all of our youngest citizens.

25 AUG 2020 · Janette Pelletier, Ph. D., is Professor of Applied Psychology and Human Development at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study. Janette's research interests are in the area of early child development and education. Angela Pyle is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, OISE/UT. Both come to our conversation of Chapter 2 of Early Years Study 4 with insight, expertise and passion. In this episode, we discuss the idea that play is, in fact, the work of the child. An important part of the chapter, and the discussion, is the Continuum of Play-Based Learning developed by Angela Pyle and Erica Danniels. An important and powerful conversation.

23 AUG 2020 · The Honourable Mrs. Margaret McCain is a Canadian philanthropist, the 27th, and first woman serving as, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. She is, perhaps, best known for her work in the promotion of early childhood education. The first report of the Early Years study was released in 1999 and this month, more than 2 decades later, the Wallace and Margaret McCain Family Foundation has published the 4th iteration of the study, providing Canadians with a compelling and robust vision for the way we view the beginning years of a child’s life. Today on In conversation, we dive into the backstory of this work but we’re also going to lean into the future and explore what it will take to have that vision become part of the way we do things here. Download a copy of the Early Years Study by visiting https://earlyyearsstudy.ca

20 AUG 2020 · What has recent work in Neuroscience revealed about the brains of very young children, and how best to support them in their healthy development? Dr. Magdalena Janus is the a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University. Dr. Brian Kolb is a Professor of Neruoscience at the University of Lethbridge. They join Mrs. Margaret McCain and Stephen Hurley to bring their expertise to Chapter 1 of the Early Years Study 4.