The Inclusive Early Childhood Service System (IECSS) is a research project that is working to understand programs for children with disabilities. The project uses interviews with families to better understand processes and procedures to access activities and accessibility in the daily lives of disabled children. This can lead to recommendations for educators and governments to make changes that are based on the experience of children and families.
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Podcast Host
Kevin McShan
Podcast Guests
Munashe Nyenya
Grace Sweetman
Gregory Doucet
Kalea Davies
Abneet Kaur Atwal
Podcast Coordination
Devika Govindarajah
Kathryn Underwood
Abneet Kaur Atwal
IECSS Research Project
Project Director
Kathryn Underwood
Co-Investigators
Tricia van Rhijn
Gillian Parekh
Magdalena Janus
Patricia Douglas
Arlene Haché
Joanne Weber
Nicole Ineese-Nash
Virginia Caputo
Brenda Poon
Elaine Frankel
Karen Spalding
Martha Friendly
Collaborators
Kathryn Church
Eliza Chandler
Kristin Snoddon
Breanna Lawrence
Henry Parada
Marion Trent-Kratz
Bryany Denning
Catherine Moher
Yvonne Bomberry
Donna Lero
Heather Willis
Kathleen Brophy
Jessica Mudry
Stephen Swales
Advisory Committees
District of Temiskaming Elders Council
International Advisory Committee
Youth Advisory Committee
Black Advisory Committee
Partners
Brandon Friendship Centre
Landon Pearson Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children’s Rights (Carleton University)
Childcare Resource and Research Unit
City of Toronto
Comox Valley Child Development Association
County of Wellington
District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board
Keepers of the Circle (formerly Temiskaming Native Women's Support Group)
Offord Centre (McMaster University)
Macaulay Child Development Centre
Native Child and Family Services of Toronto
Niwasa Kendaaswin Teg
Toronto District School Board
Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson University)
University of Guelph
Yellowknife Women’s Centre
Funders
Corporation of the County of Wellington
District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board
City of Hamilton
City of Toronto
University of Guelph
The Offord Centre for Child Studies
Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson University)
This project is funded by the following grants:
● Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant #895-2018-1022.
● Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Development Grant #890-2014-0096.
● Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Grant #PIH: 132311
Additional funding provided by:
● Employment and Social Development Canada(ESDC) Grant #1592486, 2018
● eCampus Ontario Open Initiatives Grant, 2016
● Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Knowledge Synthesis Grant #872-2016-0005
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IECSS, SSHRC, TMU logos
