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Pascal's Wager: From Science to Policy on Early Childhood Development

posted by Pamela RiceNo presence information
July 28, 2010

Avram E. Denburg, MD, MSc, Denis Daneman, MB, BCh, FRCPC
 
Evidence suggests that our brains are shaped profoundly by experiences in early life, with long-lasting implications for development. This science has yet to make the leap to policy on early childhood development in Canada – a shortcoming that has left this country well behind other developed nations.

The Pascal Report, released in June 2009, marks an historic opportunity to enact comprehensive early childhood education and care policy in Ontario. Properly implemented, it could serve as a model for such policy across the country. Its Read More...

Healthy habits start early

posted by Pamela RiceNo presence information
June 10, 2010

active healthy kids CANADA recently published their 2010 Report Card and along with it, some astonishing findings.
 
What they learned about the physical activity and lifestyle patterns in the early years is bleak - yet we know that children love to play, and that through play they develop basic and critical life skills.  
 
Among the findings reported include:
  • Only 42% of preschoolers in Edmonton get 90 minutes of physical activity per day. Shape
  • More than 90% of children begin watching TV before age 2. Read More...

Stephen Lewis values sport's power for good

posted by Pamela RiceNo presence information
February 13, 2010

By Gail Johnson
straight.com

“Kids love to play, particularly orphaned children,” he adds. “It helps compensate for loss. It’s a way of sublimating grief. They do it through play. If, in the course of all that, we’re preventing them from getting the disease that killed their parents, then there’s a lovely symmetry to that.” - Stephen Lewis

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