The first report, The Education Systems in Canada – Facing the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century, concentrates on major reforms and innovations in the education systems, as well as the main policies and achievements in access to education, early intervention, learning outcomes, teacher training, and the role of education in combating social exclusion and poverty. [...] The second of the major themes outlined for this report and for the conference discussion of inclusive education highlights the dimensions of exclusion, with questions of the indicators and the data used to inform policy development and decision making. [...] The final component of the report focuses on the schools and the classrooms, detailing the resources and programs provided for teachers and learners. [...] The first report, The Education Systems in Canada – Facing the Challenges of the Twenty- First Century, concentrates on the legal frameworks, structures, and major reforms in the education systems, as well as main policies and achievements in access to education, early intervention, learning outcomes, teacher training, and the role of education in combating social exclusion and poverty. [...] The inclusive education report headings reflect the topics of the debates at ICE: • approaches, scope, and content to broaden the understanding of the theory and the practice of inclusive education • public policies to demonstrate the roles of governments in the development and the implementation of policies on inclusive education • systems, links, and transitions to create inclusive education sys