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 Hamilton

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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