 How is this child's behaviour influenced by his social experience? How do different social experiences affect children’s early development, and how does this influence their health, learning abilities, and behavior?
Thanks to the generous support of British Columbia’s Leading Edge Endowment Fund, the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, the Koerner Foundation, the Lawson Foundation, and Dr. Donald Dix, the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) has pioneered the BC Leadership Chair in Early Child Development, to address these and other complex questions related to the developmental biology of social inequality.
Directed by Prof. Clyde Hertzman, HELP is a world-leading research authority for the comprehensive study of child development, from before birth to age six. HELP recognizes that children’s formative years are the most important developmental years in the human lifespan and can determine the future quality of individuals’ health and well-being. Additionally, the Lawson Foundation, a family organization that helps enrich the quality of life in Canada, has pledged $195,000 toward HELP’s designation as the World Health Organization’s Knowledge Hub for Early Child Development. Its purpose is to raise the global profile of early child development, while promoting health equity for the world’s children.
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