Over the last decade there is a slight upwards trend in the percent of Ontario kindergartners vulnerable in at least one domain of their development. However, children are improving in two key domains of their development. Continue reading Decade of Ontario EDI results released
Category Archives: News & Events
EDI student awarded Research Plenary Award
Ayesha Siddiqua, a PhD student at the Offord Centre working with the EDI team, has been awarded McMaster University’s 2017 Faculty of Health Sciences Research Plenary Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Excellence Award. Continue reading EDI student awarded Research Plenary Award
EDI included in Health Inequalities Data Tool
The EDI is a key piece of a new government initiative to track and report on health inequalities. Continue reading EDI included in Health Inequalities Data Tool
McMaster Psychiatry Research Day 2017
McMaster’s 29th annual Psychiatry Research Day took place on May 3, 2017 at Mohawk College.
EDI at SRCD 2017
The Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) was held in Austin, Texas on April 6-8. Continue reading EDI at SRCD 2017
History of the EDI in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia’s experience with the EDI began over ten years ago, with the Understanding the Early Years (UEY), the national initiative aimed at strengthening the capacity of communities to use quality local research to help them make decisions to enhance children’s lives. Continue reading History of the EDI in Nova Scotia
EDI Winter 2017 Newsletter
The EDI team is proud to release the Winter 2017 edition of our newsletter.
The feature this quarter is a new story about the EDI’s history in Nova Scotia.
This edition of the newsletter also features the results from CIHR’s video awards competition, recent EDI reports and publications, and a spotlight on the mental health of Manitoba’s children.
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You can also catch up on previous issues of our newsletters. Some older editions of the newsletter feature stories on the EDI in the Kyrgyz Republic, Peru, and Brazil.
EDI video runner-up for CIHR award
The EDI and the Early Years video was announced as a runner-up for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research 2016 IHDCYH Talks Video Competition. Continue reading EDI video runner-up for CIHR award
Healthy Child Manitoba releases 2014-15 EDI report
Healthy Child Manitoba released its 2014-15 EDI provincial report. Continue reading Healthy Child Manitoba releases 2014-15 EDI report
EDI video finalist for CIHR award
The EDI and the Early Years video is a finalist for a CIHR Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health award. Continue reading EDI video finalist for CIHR award