Building high-quality, inclusive, and culturally responsive early childhood environments

Dr. Jessie-Lee McIsaac, Early Childhood Collaborative Research Centre (ECCRC) at Mount Saint Vincent University
High-quality, inclusive, and culturally responsive early childhood environments are crucial to young children's healthy physical and mental development and life-long well-being. The Early Childhood Collaborative Research Centre at Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU), directed by Dr. Jessie-Lee McIsaac, Tier II Canada Research Chair in Early Childhood: Diversity and Transitions and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education, Department of Child and Youth Study at MSVU, whose research focuses on high-quality, inclusive, and culturally responsive early childhood environments. The Centre works with families and early childhood educators in marginalized communities to understand their experiences. The Centre aims to leverage and amplify families' voices by sharing the research findings with policymakers, practitioners, service providers, and the public to influence policies that better support young children and their families. This video provides those results and discusses the importance of high-quality, inclusive, and culturally responsive early childhood environments. This work is timely with signing bilateral early learning and child care agreements across Canada.

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