About the Centre

The ECCRC Spark, This is the logo of the centre.The Early Childhood Collaborative Research Centre (ECCRC) engages families, as well as partners in policy and practice in research and evaluation to enhance early childhood well-being. The goal of the ECCRC is to ensure policy and practice are in place to support families across different early learning environments.

Research at the ECCRC is led by Dr. Jessie-Lee McIsaac, Associate Professor and Tier II Canada Research Chair in Early Childhood: Diversity and Transitions.

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Announcements

Research Publication

CELEBRATE Feeding has recently had their paper, ‘CELEBRATE Feeding: Impacts of a responsive feeding behavior change coaching intervention in child care settings’, published in the Journal of Nutritional Science!

The Africentric Principles and Pedagogy Team has had their paper, ‘Reconnecting and reclaiming Africentricity: Applying Africentric principles and pedagogy in early learning and child care settings‘, published in the Journal of Childhood, Education & Society!

The Outdoor Play Team has recently had their paper, ‘Engaging in reflexivity as an educator-researcher to strengthen relationships in an outdoor early childhood education environment‘, published in the Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education!

Report

We are excited to share the executive summary of our annual Pyramid Model Report. You can read about the 2024-2025 findings in French or in English.

We have created a report to document the work that was done and the insights that were shared at our 2025 Equity Hub Network Meeting. 

Infographics

CELEBRATE Feeding:

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About the Centre

The Centre is dedicated to fostering and evaluating the use of an engaged scholarship approach in early childhood research.
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Our Research Team

Our research team includes staff and students researchers from diverse disciplines. You can find out more about the staff at the ECCRC.
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Projects

The goal of the ECCRC is to enhance well-being during early childhood through various projects. You can see what active projects the team is working on.
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Knowledge Mobilization

The needs of families are becoming more diverse and challenging. Look at our examples of our recent knowledge mobilization activities.
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EDIA at the ECCRC

The ECCRC values the implementation of principles and practices that reflect and support equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (EDIA) in its day-to-day work, in its research processes, with its partnerships, and in the creation of knowledge mobilization materials.

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Early Childhood Collaborative Research Centre
Centre for Applied Research in Human Health
Mount Saint Vincent University
166 Bedford Highway, Halifax NS B3M 2J6

Email: CRCearlychildhood@msvu.ca

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