The University of British Columbia today announced a $1.2 million gift from The Lawson Foundation to develop a system to monitor differences in child development across Canada.

The gift will support a pan-Canadian network of researchers and practitioners, led by UBC’s Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), as they identify inequities in child development across the country. The project will map the developmental trajectories of Canadian children by monitoring them as they develop through their early years and into their later school years. This research aims to improve child well-being by informing the creation of policies and programs to reduce the imbalances that exist across the country.

See UBC Media Release here.