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Early Childhood Development Organizations

  Link   Council for Early Childhood Development
The Council's mission is to close the gap between what we know about early human development and what we do for children in their earliest years.
  Link   Centre on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) is focused on promoting the social emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5.
  Link   Children First BC
Children First Initiatives support communities to identify and develop an integrated and comprehensive model of Early Childhood Development [ECD] service delivery for children 0 to 6 years of age and their families. They are funded by the Ministry of Children and Family Development.
  Link   Child and Nature Alliance
The Alliance is a virtual network of organizations and individuals who are working to connect children to nature through education, advocacy, programming, policy, research, care-giving, and the built environment.
  Link   Centres of Excellence for Children's Well-Being
The mission of the CEECD is to improve our knowledge of the social and emotional development of young children. Their website provides access to publications and information about events.
  Link   Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs
FRP Canada promotes the well-being of families by providing national leadership, consultation and resources to those who care for children and support families.
  Link   Founders Network
This website provides information about Dr. Fraser Mustard and access to his presentation slides and reports.
  Link   Healthy Child Manitoba
Led by the Healthy Child Committee of Cabinet, Healthy Child Manitoba bridges departments and governments and, together with the community, works to improve the well-being of Manitoba's children and youth. Their website provides information about the Province of Manitoba's programs and initiatives to support families and chidren during the early years.
  Link   Human Early Learning Partnership
HELP is an interdisciplinary research network from British Columbia's six major universities that facilitates the creation of new knowledge, and helps apply this knowledge by working directly with government and communities. Their website provides access to presentations, publications and online resources.
  Link   Consortium for International Population-Based Early Child Development Indicators
The Consortium is a cross-national, inter-agency, multidisciplinary technical assistance team that supports countries to build local capacity to measure early child development.
  Link   Offord Centre for Child Studies
The Offord Centre is dedicated to improving the life quality and life opportunities of children and youth by focusing on the biological factors and life circumstances that influence healthy child development. Thewebsite provides information on the Centre's work, including the Early Development Instrument (EDI).
  Link   Success by Six
Success By 6 is an early childhood development initiative dedicated to providing all children with a good start in life. It helps to ensure that children ages 0 to 6 develop the emotional, social, cognitive, and physical skills they need as they enter school.
  Link   Vanier Institute of the Family
The Vanier institute of the Family works to make families as important to the life of Canadian society as they are to the lives of individual Canadians.