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 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...
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 Study The body of knowledge...
The Mothers Matter Centre, in collaboration with Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISSofBC) and with funding from the IRCC, recently developed a participatory research project to answer the question: Does parental...
After fleeing their home country of Ethiopia, Halima and her husband came to Canada in 2010. They now have four children, and Halima is currently enrolled in the HIPPY program...
The International Metropolis Conference 2019 took place last month in Ottawa, where the Mothers Matter Centre participated alongside 1,300 experts from academia, government, and civil society from around the world. Hosted...