Press kit
Children have a right to a healthy environment
Montreal, September 13, 2022 — In partnership with the Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development the Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development publishes today a call to action aimed at governments and those within the early years sector to urge them to build climate goals and sustainability into early childhood education curriculum, legislation, and government spending.
Policy brief
Children have a right to a healthy environment and elected officials have a responsibility to make it happen
Les enfants ont droit à un environnement sain et les élus ont la responsabilité de concrétiser cette vision
Open letter
Experts in the areas of climate action and sustainability, green and net-zero carbon engineering, outdoor learning environments, equity, race and anti-racism, Indigenous land-based learning, early years curriculum, early childhood education practice, and building capacity and partnerships, came together at a roundtable in Montreal this last June. Working together across sectors that often do not cross pollinate, a call to action was drafted for governments and those within the early years: build climate goals and sustainability into early childhood education curriculum, legislation, and government spending. To add your voice to theirs and ensure a greener future for our young children, read and sign the Open Letter.
➜ Click here to sign the open letter (external link) | Download PDF
Article
Canada’s child-care investment needs to advance climate change policy goals
Emis Akbari , Adjunct Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at Ontario Institute for the Study of Education (OISE) and Senior Policy Fellow at the Atkinson Centre, University of Toronto, CanadaIsabelle Vinet , Lecturer, Early Childhood Development, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Biographies and photos : Emis Akbari, Kerry McCuaig & Isabelle Vinet
Download ZIP — Biographies - photos EN Download ZIP — Biographies - photos FR
Ressources
Download PDF – Climate change and early childhood resources
Contact us Emis Akbari emis.Akbari@georgebrown.ca
Kerry McCuaig kerry.McCuaig@utoronto.ca
Isabelle Vinet vineti@invite.umontreal.ca