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History of Understanding the Early Years

Understanding the Early Years (UEY) was announced in 1999 as a pilot research initiative.  Funding was granted in 2000-2001 in the following five communities.  They were called UEY I sites, and they concluded their projects in 2005:

North York, Ontario www.eyag.org/4_ourwork.html
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan www.srsd119.ca/uey/ueypage1.htm
Prince Edward Island  www.ecda.pe.ca/uey.cfm
Southwestern Newfoundland
Winnipeg, Manitoba  www.wsd1.org/ueywinnipeg/

  • Seven UEY II sites in the following communities were added in 2002-2003, and will conclude their projects in 2006-2007.

Abbotsford, BC www.abbyearlyyears.com
Hampton / Sussex, New Brunswick www.hamptonalliance.ca/
Mississauga (Dixie Bloor), On uey.peelschools.org/
Montreal, Quebec 
Niagara Falls, On uey.eccdc.org/niagarafalls.php
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan www.communitiesforchildren.net/

  • Twenty-one UEY III sites were added in 2005-2006, and projects in the following communities will conclude in 2008:
Campbell River, BC  
Greater Victoria, BC   www.playvictoria.org/
Mission, BC  www.missionecdcom.shawbiz.ca
North Shore, BC
Okanagan Similkameen, BC www.communitiesforkids.ca
Sunshine Coast, BC www.earlyyearscoast.org
Northeast Saskatchewan earlyyears.nesd.ca
Lorette, Manitoba cpe.dsfm.mb.ca
Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton County, On
Lower Hamilton, On www.ueyhamilton.ca
Milton, On www.ourkidsnetwork.ca/uey/
Niagara Region, On www.uey.eccdc.org/
Northern Region of On www.earlyyearsnorth.ca
Northumberland County, On www.ncdcent.com/info/
Ottawa, On www.successby6ottawa.ca
Pointe-de-I’lle Montréal, Québec
Yaldei Montreal, Quebec
Cumberland County, Nova Scotia www.cumberlanduey.ca
Halifax West and Area, Nova Scotia www.ueyhalifax.com
Western Nova Scotia www.cprav.net/ueywns/
Greater Saint John, New Brunswick www.uey-sj.org

  • A call for proposals for additional sites went out in 2006.  As a result, in April 2007, the following UEY IV sites recieved approval:
Burnaby, BC www.kidsinburnaby.ca/about/
New Westminster, BC www.kidsnewwest.ca/earlyyears/
West Kootenay, BC www.successby6wk.com/
North Peace-Northern Rockies, BC npcrs.bc.ca/
Kamloops, BC www.makechldrenfirst.ca/
Cowichan Valley, BC www.cowichankids.ca
Red Deer, AB www.fsca.ca/
Southeast Saskatchewan, SK prairiechildrenuey.com/
Moose Jaw-South Central Saskatchewan, SK
Regina, SK
Prince Albert, SK
Lord Selkirk-Interlake, MA www.lssd.ca/ueyselkirkinterlake
Malton-Springdale-Peel, ON
Georgina-York, ON
Pictou-Antigonish-Guysborough, NS
Cape Breton-Victoria, NS

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UEY Research
UEY of the South Okanagan Similkameen region collects information from children, parents, teachers and communities to help determine how children are developing.
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UEY History

UEY was announced in 1999 as a pilot research initiative.  Funding was granted in 2000-2001 in the following five communities.  They were called UEY I sites, and they concluded their projects in 2005:
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UEY Research

UEY of the Okanagan Similkameen region collects information from children, parents, teachers and communities to help determine how children are developing.
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