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A dynamic, committed team of faculty, contract lecturers and staff make up Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Early Childhood Studies. Together, we support student success, advance innovation in teaching and lead research that drives positive change.

Adjunct Professor

  • Dr. Richard Marsella
  • Dr. Melanie McBride

Contract Lecturers

  • Alana Powell
    Program Advisory Council Chair
    Executive Director
    Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario
  • Anna Tyzler
    Manager
    EarlyON Child and Family Centre
    Mothercraft
  • Ash McGhee
    Manager,
    Education and Training,
    the 519
  • Dr. Bernice Cipparrone-McLeod
    Director
    School of Early Childhood
    George Brown College
  • Carolyn Ferns
    Public Policy & Government Relations Coordinator
    Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care
  • Diane Daley
    Chief Executive Officer
    Family Day Care Services
  • Kim Kirkley
    EarlyOn Program Manager
    Native Canadian Centre of Toronto
  • Dr. Lorin Schwarz
    Assistant Professor
    Faculty of Education, York University.
  • Martha Friendly
    Executive Director
    Childcare Research and Resource Unit
  • Maya-Rose Simon
    Indigenous Professor, Early Childhood Education
    Faculty of Health Science and Wellness,
    Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
  • Meredith Farley
    Early Childhood Education Faculty
    Centennial College
  • Rebecca Wood
    Parenting with a Disability Network Coordinator
    Centre for Independent Living in Toronto
  • Reta Hamlin
    Consultant with EarlyON Child and Family Centres
    Children’s Services, City of Toronto
  • Dr. Zeenat Janmohamed
    Executive Director and Senior Policy Analyst
    Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development
    Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto