New nineteen-chapter organization offers an accessible, balanced presentation of all stages of the life-span.

An expanded supplements package offers complete PowerPoint slides and access to the VAD (visual assets database).

New Spotlight On... boxes reinforce the connections between Life-Span Development theory, research, and Canadian social policy.

Uniquely Canadian Content Coverage of Canada's ethnic diversity, family life, educational policies, and health care system, to name just a few topical areas, provides a context for understanding life-span development in Canada.

A comprehensive pedagogical system that includes cognitive maps, summary tables, key terms with definitions in the text's margins, cross-linkage icons, and chapter summary materials, appealing to a wide-range of learning styles.