Anna's research, defended on January 12, 2011, focused on the case studies of three childcare centres in Charlottetown which have adopted the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education. This approach makes use of a child-centred, play based pedagogy. Her thesis highlights:

• How these centres were inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach.
• The benefits and challenges of this approach to children, parents, and educators of the childcare centres.
• Parental opinions on the importance of their own involvement and possible benefits of such involvement in their children's learning.
• Possible future support for the implementation of the Reggio Emilia approach. 

The study has been inspired by Anna's personal interest in the Reggio Emilia approach. Anna is excited to broaden completed research regarding the localization of the Reggio approach in other countries and cultural contexts, including Prince Edward Island, Sweden, New Zealand, Malta and North America to mention a few.

Her findings indicate that the three Charlottetown childcare centres are implementing the Reggio Emilia approach according to the needs of their children, adapting the principles to their own cultural context. With this approach, supervisors and educators maintain a positive image of the child and parents are employed as partners in their children's learning. Educators are working collaboratively to co-construct their children's learning, also using the environment as an additional teacher.