Supporting Diversity In The Early Years: Resources

In Canada today, families come from many different backgrounds and reflect a wide variety of cultures, languages, life experiences and lifestyles. Diversity is a key dimension of our past, present and future. Given this reality, children are likely to live and learn with people who may be very different from them. To prepare children for life in a diverse society, and to help protect them from bias and discrimination, it’s important to encourage children’s positive feelings about themselves while fostering understanding and acceptance of differing beliefs, values and traditions. The Canadian Child Care Federation has a variety of resources to support caregivers in this important work.