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Monica Lysack

Monica Lysack

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Early Learning and Child Care Policy

  • Education

    • Registered Early Childhood Educator (Ontario)

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    • University of Regina

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      Master of Education Early Childhood Education, Curriculum and Instruction

  • Experience

    • Saskatchewan Polytechnic

      Jul 1990 - Sept 2011
      Instructor/Facilitator

      • Supervision of certificate level students during field placement• Curriculum writing: Level I Early Childhood Education• Course development and instruction

    • Government of Saskatchewan

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2004
      Integrated Early Childhood Program Manager

      • Coordinated interdepartmental and intergovernmental activities for the development of a provincial early learning and child care policy framework; • Member of Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Early Childhood Development (ECD) Working Group that negotiated the terms for the First Ministers’ Communiqué on Early Childhood Development (September 2000) and Multilateral Framework on Early Learning and Child Care (March 2003).• National Steering Committee Member for Canada’s participation in the international OECD Thematic Review of Early Childhood Education and Care (Starting Strong II released October 2004). Show less

    • Child care Now (formerly Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada (CCAAC))

      Jan 2005 - Oct 2007
      Executive Director

      • Project director / researcher• National media and public events spokesperson• Acquired grants and contributions • Represented the views of the membership at Parliamentary and Senate Committees

    • Liberal Party of Canada

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2011
      Candidate

      Federal candidate for riding of Regina-Lumsden-Lake Centre in 2008 and 2011.

    • Monica Lysack Consulting

      Jan 2008 - now
      Principal Consultant

      • Policy development, research and report writing; public policy analysis• Curriculum revision and development• Training, meeting facilitation, coaching, mentoring; program evaluations

    • Equal Voice

      Jan 2008 - Jan 2010
      Saskatchewan Co-chair

    • University of Regina

      Jan 2009 - May 2010
      Sessional Instructor / Faculty Advisor

      • Supervision of undergraduate degree students during internship semester• Undergraduate degree courses

    • Sheridan

      Jan 2013 - Nov 2022
      Professor, ECE, Faculty of Applied Health and Community Studies

    • Ontario Ministry of Education

      Oct 2016 - Apr 2018
      Special Advisor on Child Care to Minister of Education

      Provided policy advice on the development of early childhood education and care policy in Ontario.

    • Employment and Social Development Canada

      Jan 2023 - now
      Member, National Advisory Council on Early Learning and Child Care

      The National Advisory Council on Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) brings together caregivers, practitioners, academics and advocates with diverse backgrounds. They advise the federal government on the issues and challenges facing the early learning and child care sector.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Registered Early Childhood Educator

      College of Early Childhood Educators/L’Ordre des éducatrices et des éducateurs de la petite enfance
      View certificate certificate

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Advisory Council Member

      Issued by National Advisory Council on Early Learning and Child Care on Sept 2022
      National Advisory Council on Early Learning and Child CareAssociated with Monica Lysack

    • Provincial Board Member

      Issued by Association of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario on Jan 2014
      Association of Early Childhood Educators of OntarioAssociated with Monica Lysack