Call for Stories of Change
August 22, 2019
It is an exciting time at the Mothers Matter Centre! We are celebrating our 20th anniversary in 2020 by hosting a national conference 2020: A Vision for the Inclusion of Isolated...
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Chandrika’s HIPPY Story: ‘At HIPPY, I met some lovely women, happy and joyful. I wanted to be like them.’
August 20, 2019
Coming to CanadaWhen Chandrika came to Canada with her family, she struggled to find a good job, navigate the city, and communicate in English. Raising her two young children was...
Fatuma’s HIPPY Story: ‘I want to raise a leader for the next generation.’
August 12, 2019
Fatuma is a Home Visitor at the HIPPY program at Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia. But her road to getting here was not easy.When her opinions and political ideology...
Adapting HIPPY for Refugee Families
August 1, 2019
Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) is an at-home early childhood education program that is designed to support parents, primarily mothers, in their critical role as their child’s...
Krista’s HIPPY Story: ‘I never expected to be a single mother with five kids at a later stage of my life.”
July 30, 2019
Krista was a single mother with a teenage daughter when she adopted two brothers from the same family. They were with her for a few years, and then their biological...
Why Larger Social Networks Can Benefit Your Child’s Early Development
July 25, 2019
Newly published research has shown the impact that maternal social relationships can have on early childhood development - and it's suggesting the bigger, the better.The Research StudyThe body of knowledge...