Media invitation - Early Childhood: A Crucial Step Towards a Successful Start
at School

MONTREAL , Oct. 6 /CNW Telbec/ - Many experts agree that the first five years of a child's life can set the stage for his or her future. The Lucie and André Chagnon Foundation is working to promote a better understanding of child development from birth through five years of age, as well as the importance of a parent's role in the successful and comfortable start of a child's school years.

André Chagnon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Lucie and André Chagnon Foundation, cordially invites members of the media to the launch of a major campaign to raise awareness of the importance of the early childhood years and the value of the role parents play.

    
    Datebook:    Wednesday, October 7, 2009

    Where:       Centre communautaire et sportif N.D.A.
                 2570, rue Nicolet
                 Montréal, H1W 3L5

    Agenda:

    9:30 a.m.:   Technical briefing by early childhood specialists:
                 - Julie Brousseau, PhD, Early Childhood Advisor, Lucie and
                   André Chagnon Foundation
                 - Germain Duclos, Psychoeducator, Remedial Teacher and
                   author of books about children
                 - Claire Gascon Giard, General Coordinator, Centre of
                   Excellence for Early Childhood Development, and Director,
                   Centre de Psycho-Éducation du Québec

    10:30 a.m.:  News conference

    11:15 a.m.:  Filming and photographing of children at the Halte Répit
                 Hochelaga Maisonneuve (next to the Centre N.D.A.)
    

For further information: Sophie Labelle, [phone], [email protected]; Source: Lucie and André Chagnon Foundation