Acknowledgements
This report was prepared by Dr. J. Douglas Willms, Director of the Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy at the University of New Brunswick. He is grateful to Karl El-Koura and George Kiefl for comments on drafts this report, and to other staff at the Social Development Sectors Branch who assisted with the UEY study. The author is pleased to acknowledge the research teams in Prince Albert, Winnipeg, Prince Edward Island, and Southwestern Newfoundland that facilitated the data collection exercise. Their efforts made this study possible. The author would also like to thank Magdalena Janus and the late Dan Offord, who developed the kindergarten assessment instrument used in this study.