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National Child Care Conference 2007

Schedule

Friday, June 15, 2007

9:00: Registration for Full Conference (Friday, Saturday and Sunday
9:30: Choice of two all day sessions
F1: Visionary Director: Going for Bigger Dreams! with Margie Carter & Deb Curtis Sponsored by the Nova Scotia Community College
F2: Broadening and Deepening our Approach to Quality with Drs. Judith Bernhard, Margaret Carr, Peter Moss, & Alan Pence Sponsored by Ryerson University School of Early Childhood Education and University of Victoria School of Child & Youth Studies

12pm: Lunch
5pm: Registration for Weekend Conference (Friday evening,Saturday and Sunday Conference sessions)
5pm: Trade show opening and viewing
7pm: Conference opening
Welcome to Nova Scotia
Prevention of Human Violence: The Power of Early Childhood Development, a public presentation by Dr.Richard Tremblay Sponsored by the Centre for Excellence in Early Childhood Development
Kitchen Party

Saturday, June 16, 2007

8:00: Registration
9:00:
Welcome

Keynote, Calling All Inventors—Coming together to rethink early childhood practices with Margie Carter & Deb Curtis. Sponsored by the Mount Saint Vincent University Child & Youth Studies Department

10:15: Break
10:30:Workshop Series A (Workshop A1, A2 and A8 full, registration closed)
12:00: Box lunch in trade show area
12:15: Keynote, Working with uncertainty: developing a workforce for a democratic, inclusive and integrated early childhood service. with Dr. Peter Moss Sponsored by ryerson University School of Early Childhood Education
1:30: Workshop Series B (Workshop B1, B5 and B8 are full, registration closed)
3:00: Break
3:15-Keynote, Language and Literacy: From Birth… for Life with Dr. Don Jamieson < i>Sponsored by the Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network and Canadian Child Care Federation
4:30-5:30: CCCF AGM
6:30: Lobster dinner,CCCF Award of Excellence and Entertainment

Sunday, June 17, 2007

9:00 : New conclusions from the OECD Starting Strong reviews: where does Canada Stand? with Dr. John Bennett
Sponsored by the Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre
10:15: Break
10:30-12:00: Workshop Series C (Workshops C2 and C3 Full, registration closed)
12:00: TBA
12:30: Lunch
1:00 : Quality Child Care in Canada: What's on the Horizon? with Don Giesbrecht, president of the Canadian Child Care Federation
Sponsored by the Canadian Child Care Federation
1:45-2:00 Passing the torch to next year's convenors and wrap up
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