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

posted by Amanda Powell

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 Read More...

Healthy habits start early

posted by Amanda Powell

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 Read More...

Stephen Lewis values sport's power for good

posted by Amanda Powell

February 13, 2010

By Gail Johnson
www.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

Read Gail Johnson's full article