Listening to Families

[jason]

This is a great new site coming from research by faculty from our school.
Listening to Families

In Canada today a significant number of families and young children (0-9 years) are living in circumstances that put the child’s healthy development and learning success at risk.

Nearly one in six of Canada’s children live in poverty;
An estimated 5-7% of children and youth have developmental disabilities;
Over 22% of newcomers to Canada every year are children under 9.

These categories of disadvantage often overlap, compounding their impact on young children.
The primary purpose of this project is to increase the capacity of providers of public services to engage with and respond to the needs of families who live in poverty, are newcomers to Canada, or have a child with a disability.