ECD Progress Reports
The Importance of Child Care On Early Childhood Development
A New Generation of Canadian Families Raising Young Children
Progress Reports
In November 2002, the Government of Manitoba released the first of a series of major progress reports on Early Childhood Development (ECD).
Investing in Early Childhood Development and subsequent Progress Reports provide information to Manitobans on ECD investments, activities and outcomes of children’s well-being, and the development of intersectoral partnerships for exchanging ECD knowledge, information and effective practices.
In the 2003 and subsequent Investing in Early Childhood Development Reports, reporting to Manitobans on Early Learning and Child Care is included.
2005 Report (PDF) | June 2007
2004 Report (PDF) | July 2005
2003 Report (PDF) | April 2004
2002 Report (PDF) | November 2002
2002 Supplement (PDF) | November 2002
The Importance of Child Care in Early Childhood Development
Progress on the 1997 Manitoba Birth
Cohort Study
(Tots Study - Etude Parlons Petite Enfance)
The Government of Manitoba and Social Development Canada are
working in partnership with South Eastman Health/Santé
Sud-Est and DSFM (Division scolaire franco-manitobaine) to
find out more about child care through a research study called
the 1997 Manitoba Birth Cohort Study. The study is
following children from preschool to school entry and beyond,
measuring how child care affects their behaviour and development
in the areas of social skills, problem solving, motor skills
and school readiness. Over time, this knowledge will help
us understand how early child care and other experiences influence
children’s development.
Insights into Child Care from Two Manitoba Communities (PDF)
The Long Term Effects of Non-parental care on Children (PDF)
DSFM: 2002 Manitoba Child Care Study (PDF) | November 2007
(French Only)
2002 Manitoba Child Care Study (PDF) | November 2007
Child Care
Matters:The Importance of Child Care in Early Childhood
Development (PDF) | November 2004
A plain-language introduction to the 1997
Manitoba Birth Cohort Study and some of its initial
findings.
1997 Manitoba
Birth Cohort Study: Description and Preliminary
Findings (PDF) | November 2004
An overview of the 1997 Manitoba Birth
Cohort Study, including its rationale, design and some
preliminary findings.
A New Generation of Canadian Families Raising Young Children
A New Look at Data from National Surveys
Over the past two decades, the family environment in which young
children have grown up in Canada has changed dramatically. The following
report visually shows how these changes relate to child development
and explain how families have adapted their parenting roles. On
each page, findings from current research are used to discuss the
implications of the data presented in the chart. In the concluding
section, policies to support families with young children are described.
This report was prepared and published through a collaboration between Human Resources Development Canada’s Applied Research Branch and Manitoba.
A New Generation of Canadian Families Raising Young Children - A New Look at Data from National Surveys (PDF) | September 2003