Conversation X: Part II – Becoming, Inheriting and Unbounding Bodies with Children

Join ECPN Pedagogist Kirsten MacDougall Seiler, ECPN Pedagogical Coordinator Meagan Montpetit, and ECPN Co-Director Kathleen Kummen as they discuss an ongoing inquiry that takes seriously children’s theories and lived experiences…

Conversation X Part I: Encounters with Light

How Underdeveloped Policy and Planning for Inclusive ECE Produces “Disability”

Presented by Dr. Laura Coulman  This talk argues that weak policy and poor planning for children with disabilities in ECE sends a message that they do not belong in ECE.…

Formations, Re-Formations and Malleabilities: Working With Children’s Ideas – Session II

Presented by Sylvia Kind and Johanna Po, Capilano University Children’s Centre Engaging in curriculum-making with children means attending to the forming, re-forming, making and re-making of ideas, where ideas are…

Formations, Re-Formations and Malleabilities: Working With Children’s Ideas – Session I

Presented by Sylvia Kind and Johanna Po, Capilano University Children’s Centre Engaging in curriculum-making with children means attending to the forming, re-forming, making and re-making of ideas, where ideas are…

Centring Black Life in Canadian Early Childhood Education- Part II

Relational Black knowledges are filled with possibilities for affirmative inquiry in early childhood education. Across two sessions, this presentation series explores the potential for pedagogical engagements with relational Black knowledges…

Centring Black Life in Canadian Early Childhood Education- Part I

Relational Black knowledges are filled with possibilities for affirmative inquiry in early childhood education. Across two sessions, this presentation series explores the potential for pedagogical engagements with relational Black knowledges…

Conversation VIII – From Early Childhood Centres to Art Galleries

Thompson Rivers University faculty member Cory Jobb and ECPN Pedagogist Teresa Smith, in conversation with ECPN Co-Director Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw, discuss a two-year collaboration in Interior British Columbia. This inquiry with…

Conversation IX – “Where are we now?”: Common worlding new possibilities with wet lands and the cosmos

Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw, co-founder of the Common Worlds Research Collective, in conversation with pedagogists Teresa Smith and Narda Nelson discussed and asked: Why take a common worlding approach in early childhood?…

Conversation VII Part II – “We Need These Ideas”: Co-Creating Spaces for Collective Thinking and Learning

In this conversation, ECPN pedagogist April Martin-Ko and ECPN Co-Director Kathleen Kummen discuss pedagogical practices that invite children and educators to engage deeply with ideas, questions and curiosities over long…