Partnerships: Families and Communities in Early Childhood, 7th Edition |

Lynn Wilson has taught in a variety of teaching environments since her graduation from teachers’ college in 1966. She spent a number of years in the public school system in kindergarten and primary classrooms, helped to establish a parent co-operative, and taught in a full-day kindergarten program in an early learning environment. Lynn supervised a George Brown College lab school and, in 1990, became a member of the faculty. She travelled to many child-care centres in Western Canada as the project director of a Child Care Initiatives Fund project of Health and Welfare Canada on extended-hour child care. In cooperation with Ryerson Polytechnic University’s School of Early Childhood Education, she delivered training workshops with colleagues to front-line teachers in Bosnia during the summers of 1998 and 2000. In 2006, Lynn won a National Teaching Excellence Award from the Association of Canadian Community Colleges. She also participated with graduate ECE students in 2008 on a project in Shanghai, Beijing, and Suzhou, China. Lynn was the technical advisor on a Partnership Project in Early Childhood Education in Jamaica with the Association of Canadian Community Colleges, funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (C.I.D.A.) from 2002 to 2011. Currently retired from her faculty position, Lynn has used this time to write two books that reflect her passion for young children; Outdoor Playscapes—Breaking New Ground and A Handbook For Grandparents: Over 700 Creative Things to Do and Make with Your Grandchild.