Composed of distinguished leaders of business, education, health, academia, early child development communities, and private citizens from across Canada, the Board of Directors is responsible for the management of the property and business of the Council for Early Child Development Inc. It reviews, advises, and approves all Council staff activities. Members of the Board also participate in Council events, committees, and community visits.

Founder, Chair Emeritus, and Treasurer
Dr. Fraser Mustard
Founders? Network (Ontario)

Chair
Dr. Robin C. Williams
Medical Officer of Health,
Niagara Region (Ontario)

Vice-chairs
Dr. Frieda Granot
Senior Associate Dean, Strategic Development & External Relations
Sauder School of Business
University of British Columbia (British Columbia)

Jim Grieve
Director of Education
Peel District School Board (Ontario)

President (Effective January 1, 2008)
Dr. Clyde Hertzman
Director
Human Early Learning Partnership (British Columbia)

Past President
Dr. Stuart Shanker
Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology/Philosophy
Director, Milton & Ethel Harris Research Initiative (Ontario)


Directors

Janet Austin
CEO
YWCA Vancouver (British Columbia)

Kelly Cameron
Professional volunteer (Nova Scotia)

Dr. Margaret Clarke
Chair, Fraser Mustard Chair in Childhood Development;
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry
Faculty of Medicine
University of Calgary (Alberta)

Tom Carson
Consultant,
T. Carson and Associates (Winnipeg)

Charles Coffey
(Ontario)

Dr. Roderick D. Fraser
President Emeritus,
University of Alberta (Alberta)

Golnar Khosrowshahi
Managing Director
DRI Capital (Ontario)

Dr. John Hamm
Physician
Former Premier of Nova Scotia (1999-2006)

Cathy Matthews
Consultant (Vancouver)

The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain
(Ontario and Nova Scotia)

Ted Whiteland
Executive Director
British Columbia Principals and Vice-Principals Association (British Columbia)

Dr. Cornelia Wieman
Co-Director, Indigenous Health Research Development Program;
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences,
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Toronto (Ontario)


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