Our Funders and Partners

Government Funding

The Hanen Centre gratefully acknowledges the support of the following government departments:

• Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services  - funds The Hanen Centre to offer Hanen Programs for parents of children with language delays in Toronto
• Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services:
  • funds The Hanen Centre to coordinate preschool speech and language services for the South Quadrant of Toronto Preschool Speech and Language Services (50,000 preschool children)
  • funds The Hanen Centre to provide subsidized training and support for speech-language pathologists and supportive personnel in Ontario’s Preschool Speech and Language initiative
• The City of Toronto, Children’s Services Division – funds Hanen training and support for Early Childhood Educators in Toronto

Partner Organizations

Academic:

Department of Speech Language Pathology, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

The Hanen Centre enjoys a professional collaboration with the University of Toronto’s Graduate Department of Speech-Language Pathology. Through this partnership, numerous important studies have been conducted on parent and teacher training, informing The Hanen Centre’s practice and program development. 

Luigi Girolametto, PhD, the principle investigator leading these research efforts, is an associate professor and the coordinator of graduate studies in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto. Elaine Weitzman, M.Ed, Executive Director of The Hanen Centre, is Dr. Girolametto’s co-investigator. These two investigators have co-authored numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, as well as book chapters on Hanen Programs and associated research. 

Research:

The Canadian Language and Literacy Network  (CLLRNet)

The Hanen Centre is a member of the Canadian Language and Literacy Network (CLLRNet).  CLLRNet’s main objective is to improve language and literacy skills in Canadian children, enabling them to contribute more effectively to the social and economic life of their communities. It does this by funding multidisciplinary research projects and ensuring that the resulting knowledge is widely disseminated so that important findings can quickly be translated into action.