Angelique Davies
Theme of Workshop:
- “Musical Links to Literacy”-Value of arts education, Basic music concepts, How music supports child development
Contact Information
72 Garnet Avenue
Toronto ON
M6G 1V7
Phone: 416-536-5750
Email: angeldavies@hotmail.com
Affiliated Services for Children and Youth
Theme of Workshops:
- Training and networking opportunities for childcare in the Hamilton area.
Contact Information
526 Upper Paradise Rd. Unit A
Hamilton ON
L9C 5E3
Phone: 905-574-6876
Website: www.ascy.ca
Boost Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention
Theme of Workshop:
- Responding to Suspicions of Child Abuse
- Debunking the Stranger Danger Myth
- Children Exposed to Family Violence
Contact Information
Pearl Rimer
890 Yonge Street 11th Floor
Toronto ON
M4W 3P4
Phone: 416-515-1100
Email: rimer@boostforkids.org
Website: www.boostforkids.org
Carol Debé Consulting
Theme of Workshop:
- Infant/toddler program planning
- Responding to infants
- Infant environment
- Choosing toys and toy making
- Criteria for hiring infant staff
Contact Information
Carol Debé
ECE.C
23 Chipwood Crescent
Toronto ON
M2J 3X6
Phone: 416-498-6049
Email: cdebe2002@yahoo.ca
Child Life
Theme of Workshop:
- Positive Guidance-Steps for Success
- Guiding Emotions
- Play is the Smart Start
- Early Identification of Special Needs
Contact Information
Mary Stuart
Early childhood Services
1333 Tatra Drive
Pickering ON
L1W 1K5
Phone: 905-420-0799
Email: justask@childlife.ca
Website: www.childlife.ca
Childreach
Theme of Workshop:
- All aspects of childcare focused on child development-Early learning as well as school aged care. Ideas and workshops for cultural and cross cultural issues concerning families.
Contact Information
Nici Cole
265 Maitland Street
London ON
N6B 2Y3
Phone: 519- 434- 3644
Email: ncole@childreach.on.ca
Website: www.childreach.on.ca
Cindy Green
Theme of Workshop:
- Behaviour guidance
- Learning environments
- Families in transition
- Inclusion
- Emergent curriculum
- Learning through play
Contact Information
Cindy Green
Professional Development Consultant &ECE Faculty at Seneca College
33 Arco Circle
Maple ON
L6A 3Z7
Phone: 905-417-8906
Email: cindy.green@seneca.on.ca
Mad Science of Central Ontario
Theme of Workshop:
- Science related topics for children(2.5 – 12 years)
- Programs follow curriculum and non-curriculum guidelines for camp programs, daycare and library programs
- comprehensive list on web
Contact Information
Neil Wilkinson
137 York Street
Orillia ON
L3v 7G9
Phone: 705-259-1225
Email: info.msco@rogers.com
Website: www.madscience.org/centralontario
People for Education
Theme of Workshop:
- EQAO Testing and Your Child
- Parent Involvement in Education
- Advocating for Your Child, Your School, Your Community
- How School Councils Can Make a Difference
- Public Education in Ontario
- Homework Help
- Coping With Transitions
Contact Information
Jacqui Strachan
Phone: 416-534-0100
Toll Free: 1-888-534-3944
Email: Jacqui@peopleforeducation.com
Website: www.peopleforeducation.com
Reach out Centre for Kids/Ontario Early Years Burlington
Theme of Workshop:
- Family Literacy
- Building Language Skills with Infants and toddlers
- Preparing your child for kindergarten
- Value of nursery rhymes
- Family math
- Supporting your child’s writing development
Contact Information
Sharon Campbell-Springstead
471 Pearl Street
Burlington ON
L7R 4M4
Phone: 905-634-2347
Email: sharoncs@rockonline.ca
Region of Peel: Human Services Department
Theme of Workshop:
- Home Language and the English Language Learner- supporting First and Second Language
- Language in play
- Oral language experiences in the classroom
- Reading, writing and print rich environments
- Working with parents to support reading and writing in the home
- Use of books and storytelling in preschool
- Infant and toddler literacy
- Promising practices in family literacy planning
Contact Information
Alka Burman
Early Learning Specialist
10 Peel Centre Drive, Suite B
PO Box 2136, Station B
Brampton, ON
L6T 0E3
Phone: 905-791-1585 Ext. 3833
Email: burmana@peelregion.ca
Website: www.peelregion.ca
Sound Readers Inc.
Theme of Workshop:
- Early language learning and reading
- Scribbles to Sounds to Symbols
- Reading with Babies and Toddlers and Nursery Rhyme Time
- Practical phonemic awareness activities
- Practical emergent writing activities
- Early literacy developmental milestones
Contact Information
Martha Kovack
51 Nicholson Crescent
RR3 Minesing ON
L0L 1Y3
Phone: 705-722-7745
Email: Martha.kovack@sympatico.ca
Website: www.soundreaders.com
Stollery’s Story Telling Studio
Theme of Workshop:
- Storytelling for School and After school(Age 5-12 years)
- Playground rhymes, chants, games and dances
- Multicultural folktales
- How oral narratives contributes to a child’s Language and Literary development
Contact Information
Hildy Stollery
336 Willard Ave.
Toronto ON
M6S 3R2
Phone: 416- 761-9037
Email: hildy.stollery@utoronto.ca
Take Your Temperament
Theme of Workshop:
- Nine core temperament traits in ourselves and in children through dynamic, experiential, and interactive workshop
Contact Information
Nancy Rubenstein and Nanci Burns
323 Knox Crescent
Ottawa ON
K1G 0K9
Phone: Nancy: 613-748-074
Nanci: 613-731-3498
Email: takeyourtemperament@rogers.com
Website: www.takeyourtemperament.ca
