Building a Comprehensive Early
Childhood Development System

At the end of May, the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development and the Society for Prevention Research hosted a conference in Quebec City looking at Building a Comprehensive Early Childhood Development System.

A variety of releveant issues for the Early Years was presented through presentations and round table discussions with speakers representing all sectors of the community and hailing from throughout North America. The broad base of speakers brought success stories and best practices from across the country, as well as the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

The conference focused on the multitude of challenges and opportunities that exist in the field of early childhood development, and sought to work towards common solutions that can be deployed throughout the country.

Amongst the many highlights, Fraser Mustard spoke on “Experienced-based Brain Development,” and Charles Coffey, Executive Vice President of Government and Community Affairs for RBC Financial Group addressed economic benefits and ramifications in “The Economics of Early Childhood Development and Care: The Cost of Not Doing Enough”

The complete text of each speaker’s presentations, including Mustard and Coffey is now available in PDF format on the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development website at http://www.excellence-jeunesenfants.ca/colloques.asp?lang=EN&docID=5.