Emis Akbari

Emis Akbari

Professor and Senior Policy Fellow at the Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development

Dr. Emis Akbari is a professor and program coordinator at the School of Early Childhood at George Brown College, an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, and Senior Policy Fellow at the Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development at OISE, University of Toronto.

She evaluates policy provisions at all levels of government within early learning and child care, and is the co-author of The Early Childhood Education Report.

This report provides a snapshot of provincial and territorial preschool services and performance on quality criteria including access, investments, and learning environments in early education.

She is committed to evidence-based changes in policy and its connections to improving child and family outcomes.