Work & Family Foundation Canada launches to promote work-family balance

TORONTO, Sept. 20 /CNW/ - Work & Family Foundation Canada is launching this week with its first public event - a conference for young working parents.

WFFC was created with research ties to York University and IESE Business School (Barcelona) to promote a healthy balance between work and family life.

WFFC addresses today's working families who juggle competing priorities with little time to spare. For "the sandwich generation," a growing demographic, these responsibilities include caring for children and aging parents.

Their inaugural Families That Work Conference on Saturday, September 25, is a child-friendly event where parents can learn about leadership in the home from world-renowned parenting speaker James Stenson, author of Compass and Father: The Family Protector.

Attendees will also discover how progressive organizations facilitate work-family balance from professor Mireia Las Heras of IESE (recently ranked by The Economist as having the top MBA in the world).

Sports anchor Damian Goddard will emcee the event.

Families That Work Conference
When: Saturday, September 25, 2010, 10:00 am to 2:30 pm
Where: De La Salle College, 131 Farnham Avenue, Toronto
Price: $45 adult, $25 child, $95 family rate (free for the media)
Speakers: James Stenson, Mireia Las Heras

For more on this event, visit: http://workfamilyfoundation.org/conference

About Work & Family Foundation Canada
WFFC is a non-profit foundation established by Dr. Salvador Rego, P.Eng. (President and CEO) in 2010, with four other trustees in late 2009. The current team also includes three staff and twenty volunteers. WFFC helps individuals develop skills that are transferable between workplace and family, while promoting family-responsible practices in organizations. http://workfamilyfoundation.org

For further information:

Eloise Cataudella, Communications Manager, Phone: [phone], Mobile: [phone], [email protected].