External Research on Related Issues
Poverty Research
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2012 Child Poverty Report Card
First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition
November 2012
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2011 Child Poverty Report Card
First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition
November 2011
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Building Understanding – The First Report of the National Advisory Council on Poverty
Employment and Social Development Canada
Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support of the House Committee on Ways and Means
Statement of Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Ph. D., Professor of Child Development at Teachers College and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York
June 9, 2009
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2008 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada
Campaign 2000
Research on Families and Children
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Children at risk – Consequences for school readiness and beyond
RAND Research Brief
2005
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Is Home visiting an effective strategy?: A meta-analytic review of home visiting programs for families with young children
Monica A. Sweet and Mark I. Appelbaum
University of California, San Diego,CA
September 2004
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Taking Stock of Lifelong Learning in Canada: Progress or Complacency?
Canadian Council on Learning
Background Report
August, 2010
Beyond the checklist: Using reflective practice to remove barriers in family and community literacy
Cheryl Brown and Wendell Dryden
Literacies #9, Pages 23-28
October, 2008
Ottawa’s Vital Signs 2009: The City’s Annual Checkup
Community Foundation of Ottawa
2009
Reducing Deficits and Strengthening the Economy: Video Discussion on Early Childhood Development Investment
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To Help Kids Thrive, Coach Their Parents (New York Times)
Paul Tough
May 21, 2016
A Smarter Way to Invest in Children
Marcel Lauziere and Colette Murphy
July 17, 2015
Early Literacy: Policy and Practice in the Preschool Years
Dorothy Strickland, Shannon Riley-Ayers
Review of early childhood parenting,education and health intervention programs for Indigenous children and families in Australia
Jennifer Bowes and Rebekah Grace
February, 2014
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The Parenting Gap
Richard V. Reeves and Kimberly Howard
Centre on Children & Families at Brookings
September, 2013
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Do we Invest in Preschools or Prisons?
Nicholas Kristof
NY Times
October 26, 2013
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Ensuring the Best Start in Life: Targeting versus Universality in Early Childhood Development
Gillian Doherty
IRPP Choices, December 2007, Volume 13, No. 8
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Children’s school readiness in the ECLS-K: Predictions to academic, health, and social outcomes in first grade
Elizabeth Hair, Tamara Halle, Elizabeth Terry-Humen, Bridget Lavelle, Julia Calkins
Early Childhood Research Quarterly 21 (2006)
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Replication in practice: lessons from five lead agencies
Mary McGonigel
Zero to Three, May 2005, Chicago,IL
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A variety of early childhood interventions have generated favorable economic returns
RAND Review, Fall 2005
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Proven benefits of early childhood interventions
RAND Research Brief, 2005
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Together We Raise Tomorrow. An Alberta Approach to Early Childhood Development
Alberta Government, 2003
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What are ACEs and how do they relate to toxic stress?
Center on the Developing Child Harvard University
Does Preschool Matter?
Jonah Lehrer
Society for Research in Child Development, 2007, Volume 1, No 1, Pages 40-45
March 5, 2012
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Effective Educational Programs for Young Children: What We Need to Know
Ruby Takanishi and Kimber L. Bogard
Foundation for Child Development
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/does-preschool-matter
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In the Running for Successful Outcomes: A Review of the Literature
Rachel Anderson & Tamara Halle
Child Trends
Presented at the 2012 Head Start Conference
Washington, DC, June 19, 2012
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In the Running for Successful Outcomes: Latent Profiles and Growth Curve Analyses of Students from Kindergarten through Eighth Grade
Elizabeth Hair, Tamara Halle, and Lele Yange
Child Trends
Presented at the 2012 Head Start Conference
Washington, DC, June 19, 2012
In the Running for Successful Outcomes: Predicting Elementary School Academic and Social Trajectories from School Readiness Skills
Peg Burchinal, Ana Auger, Hsiao Tien, Pan Yi, Elizabeth Hair, Tamara Halle
Child Trends
Presented at the 2012 Head Start Conference
Washington, DC, June 19, 2012
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Babies are smarter than you think
Alison Gopnik
Special to CNN
October 23, 2011
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Examining Mothers’ Perceptions on the Effectiveness of Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) Program
A Research Project submitted to the Graduate Program in Education in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Education
Almaz Asfaw Reda
August 2009
Home Intervention Program for Parents of Pre-School Youngsters (HIPPY*): An efficacy study
Alynn Butler Kisber, McGill University, Joanne Kingsley, Bishop’s University and Sylvia Sklar, McGill University
June 2009
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Home Visitation: The Cornerstone of Effective Early Intervention
Deborah Daro Ph.D. Chapin Hall
University of Chicago
June 9, 2009
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Four Good Reasons Why ECE is not Just Important, but Essential
Anne W. Mitchell
Advocacy Exchange
May/June 2009
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Growing up in North America: Child health and safety in Canada, the United States and Mexico
Children in North America Project
The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD, 2007
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Should science be taught in early childhood?
Haim Eshach and Michael N. Fried
Journal of Science Education and Technology,
Vol. 14, No. 3
September 2005
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The role of parents and family in children’s early education
Sarah-Eve Farquhar, Keynote presentation to the International HIPPY Symposium
Auckland, September 22, 2005
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Universal pre-kindergarten: State of play
Gene I. Maeroff
The Foundation for Child Development, 2003
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Are 5-year-old children ready to learn at school? Family income and home environment contexts
Statistics Canada, National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
2002-2003
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Toxic Stress Derails Healthy Development
Center on the Developing Child Harvard University
Research on Reconciliation
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Indigenous Resilience, Connectedness and Reunification – From Root Cause to Root Solution
A Report on Indigenous Child Welfare in British Columbia
Final Report of Special Advisor Grand Chief Ed John
November 2016
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Indigenous Pedagogy – Storytelling as a Foundation to Literacy Development for Aboriginal Children
Walking Together: First Nations, Métis and Inuit Perspectives in Curriculum
Anne McKeough, et al.
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An Audit of the Education of Aboriginal Students in the B.C. Public School System
Carol Bellringer, FCPA, FCA
Auditor General
November 2015
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Addressing aboriginal education gap benefits all Canadians
Barrie McKenna
Ottawa — The Globe and Mail
June 5, 2015
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Education gap between aboriginal, non-aboriginal students unacceptable, says Alberta premier
Trevor Howell
Calgary Herald
October 2015
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Lost in the Shadows: How a Lack of Help Meant a Loss of Hope for One First Nations Girl
Investigative ReportRepresentative for Children and Youth
February 2014
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Aboriginal Homeschool Program Helps Parents Become Child’s First Teacher
Lynn Armitage
Indian Country Today Media Network
November 2013
When Talk Trumped Service: A Decade of Lost Opportunity for Aboriginal Children and Youth in B.C.Special Report
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Representative for Children and Youth
December 24, 2012
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B.C. native school a world apart a much better world
Justine Hunter
Globe and Mail
April 12, 2011
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Isolated and Invisible: When Children with Special Needs are Seen but Not Seen
Representative for Children and Youth
June 2011
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New Deal for Families promotes truth and reconciliation
Paul Kershaw
Vancouver Sun
November 17, 2011
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Program gives kids educational foothold
Katherine Dedyna
Times Colomnist, Victoria, B.C.
March 23, 2004
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Dr. Ruth gets her mind off sex to promote kids’ program
Daphne Bramham
The Vancouver Sun
May 20, 2004
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Preschool literacy program piloted in Vancouver
Raven’s Eye
May 2004, July 2004
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Program changes minds, attitudes
Nicholas Riley
Pitt Meadows Times
Nov 21, 2003
Settlement Research
Policy Brief – Towards a Unified Model of Refugee Resettlement
Mehrunnisa Ahmad Ali
November – September 2021
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Regional Consultations on Services to Newcomer & Ethno-Cultural Minority Children, Youth and Families
The Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC (AMSSA)v
May 2011
The Truth: Newcomers build bridges
Randa El Ozeir
MNLC New Voices, Summer 2011
Settlement 2.0 Project: Innovation is in our DNA
IRCC Recommendations
March, 2020
Summary of Top–Level Survey Findings: Interim Report
ACS – AEC
From Immigration to Participation: A Report on Promising Practices in Integration
Public Policy Forum
November 2008