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Debbie Bell, HIPPY Canada, 604.291.5145, dbell@sfu.ca
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Debbie Bell, HIPPY Canada, 604.291.5145, dbell@sfu.ca
Kathryn Aberle, Media & PR, 604.291.3929, kaaberle@sfu.ca
July 29, 2005
The leaders of the national child education program -- the home instruction for parents of preschool youngsters program (HIPPY) -- have appointed a CBC television senior executive to its board of directors. Richard Stursberg, executive vice president of English television for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, will chair the board of directors for HIPPY Canada.
HIPPY is an early childhood education program with a 30-year history of nurturing the power of parents to be their child's first and best teacher. Parents train to become teachers who then go into other parents' homes to help them become their children's first teachers. The HIPPY program helps the children of low-income and socially excluded families get a head start in their schooling. Trained parents, who become home visitors, teach other parents how to help improve their children's linguistic, social and cognitive skills.
Stursberg has 25 years of experience in public service, serving in many positions, including federal assistant deputy minister, chairman of the Canadian Television Fund, and member of the board of governors of the Banff Television Fund. He was a founding member of the HIPPY Canada board of directors, which was established four years ago. “I feel confident that with Richard's guidance we will achieve our goal to make HIPPY accessible to children and families across the nation,” says Carol Slater, the outgoing chair of HIPPY's board of directors.
“I am committed to growing our organization in Canada so that more children have the opportunity to reach their fullest potential,” says Strusberg. HIPPY Canada will open five new sites this fall.
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Websites:
www.hippycanada.com
www.sfu.ca/cstudies/community/
HIPPY is an early childhood education program with a 30-year history of nurturing the power of parents to be their child's first and best teacher. Parents train to become teachers who then go into other parents' homes to help them become their children's first teachers. The HIPPY program helps the children of low-income and socially excluded families get a head start in their schooling. Trained parents, who become home visitors, teach other parents how to help improve their children's linguistic, social and cognitive skills.
Stursberg has 25 years of experience in public service, serving in many positions, including federal assistant deputy minister, chairman of the Canadian Television Fund, and member of the board of governors of the Banff Television Fund. He was a founding member of the HIPPY Canada board of directors, which was established four years ago. “I feel confident that with Richard's guidance we will achieve our goal to make HIPPY accessible to children and families across the nation,” says Carol Slater, the outgoing chair of HIPPY's board of directors.
“I am committed to growing our organization in Canada so that more children have the opportunity to reach their fullest potential,” says Strusberg. HIPPY Canada will open five new sites this fall.
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Websites:
www.hippycanada.com
www.sfu.ca/cstudies/community/