Ball, Jessica2009-07-032009-07-0320042004Early Childhood Care and Development Programs as Hook and Hub for Community Development: Promising Practices in First Nations, University of Victoria, School of Child and Youth Care, Early Childhood Development Intercultural Partnerships Programs, Jessica Ball (author), October 2004http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1439This report summarizes key findings of a year-long investigation into the steps taken by Lil’wat Nation, Tl’azt’en Nation, and six of the First Nations in the Treaty 8 Tribal Association to strengthen their capacity to provide early childhood care and development programs, in ways that reinforce their cultures and languages and promote the well-being of young children and their parents or other caregivers.enKnowledge Democracy / Participatory Research HubReportSchool of Child and Youth Care