Mission
Our mission is to empower families of premature babies every step of the way, through support and education.
Vision
Our vision is a brighter future for all premature babies and their families. Our main focus areas are support, education, awareness and research.
Strategic Plan
We invite you to join us in exploring our visionary roadmap for the years 2023-2028, as we unveil our compelling strategic plan that will shape the future of our organization. Please click the image below to view our Strategic Plan.
Our History
Started in 2012, Canadian Premature Babies Foundation is the first national organization in Canada to support premature babies and their families.
We acknowledge the hard work and tenacity of our Founder, Katharina Staub, for bringing our organization from a thought to reality. With Katharina’s leadership, Canadian Premature Babies Foundation has developed partnerships across the world, all with the common goal of advocating for and providing support to premature babies and their families.
Our advocacy work has included government action to influence public policy affecting premature babies and their families – such as Employment Insurance and Parental Leave. We have also provided balanced information and responses to ethical issues and continue to do so in our work.
Where we are now and moving forward…
Confident parents mean well-adjusted and supported children. It is our intent that through consistent information, access to helpful resources, and peer support inside and outside the NICU, we are ensuring families of premature babies feel empowered and ready to care for their prematurely born child every step of the way.
It takes a village.
As our organization grows and more volunteers are added to our team, we will continue to strive to provide thoughtful and useful services, supports and information to not only the families, but to the health care providers who support our vulnerable babies through their earliest challenges.
We will continue to develop national and international relationships with other parent-led organizations, health care providers and their governing bodies, corporations, donors and other stakeholders.
Let’s work together to encourage and empower families with prematurely born children!
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Our Team
Our team consists of parents of premature babies and neonatal health care professionals from across Canada.
We are pleased to introduce you to our team.
Project Coordinators
Functional Managers
Operations
Cate Rowe
Admin
Kira Vallance
Director
Rosaleen Rinzler
Fundraising
Abiola Fowobi
HR
For ten years, CPBF has been creating and running programs to help NICU families when they need it most. Within days after the pausing of our in-person support groups across Canada due to COVID-19, CBPF was able to bring help online. Continuing our counselling to NICU parents, support groups, education resources and weekly education sessions are a lifeline for many. We could do even more with your help.
Our annual reports outline our impact, our actions, and how we give NICU babies and their families the support they need.