Expertise:

Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Family Parent-Child Relationships, siblings primary garderie daycare enfance teaching parenting public vs private school

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English

Professional associations:

PhD

I received a BA (Honours) in Psychology from York University, Toronto in 1974 and an MA in Psychology (Developmental) from the University of Western Ontario in 1977. My MA program included a specialization in early childhood education and I spent many hours working in the University Laboratory Nursery School under the supervision of Dr. Mary J. Wright. Following the MA I spent five long years living in Edmonton, Alberta. I worked as an Assistant Supervisor, Edmonton Northwest Day Care Center, which was a municipally funded day care center. I also completed a post-degree program in Elementary Education at the University of Alberta and after two years of teaching I received my professional certification as an elementary school teacher. During one year I was a counsellor in an elementary school and in the second year, I taught a special education class. Subsequently I attended the University of Waterloo and completed my Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology in 1986. I have been a member of the Education Department, Concordia, ever since. In 1998, 2006, 2013, 2017 I was a visiting scholar at Lancaster University, England.

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