Founder’s story
In 1999, Dr. Heidary and his wife Jeannine were expecting their first child. Like many new parents, they were excited and wanted to educate themselves on all things, baby.
Given Dr. Heidary’s medical background, he dedicated time to thoroughly researching infant biological and cognitive development. What he learned was that neuroscience had proven during the first few years of life, the human brain experiences significant developments.
By the age of 2, a child’s brain contains twice as many synapses and consumes twice as much energy as an adult brain. This prolific number of connections results in exceptional cognitive development during the critical phase of 0-5 years. Young children are actually more capable of learning a new language than an adult! Neuroscientists also proved that what wires a child’s brain during this time frame is repeated experiences and “rich” experiences produces “rich” brains.
Armed with this knowledge and wanting to set his children up for long term educational success, Dr. Heidary started to look for childcare that could provide “rich” well-rounded experiences geared to academic and social development. His entrepreneurial spirit eventually led to the vision of building something to not only benefit his children, but others in the community.
“After more than 20 years of operations, I am proud that CV continues to deliver a strong academic foundation for our children while ensuring they are nurtured and loved. Developing the whole child is so important to me as these children are our future.”
– Dr. Heidary
With that foundation in place, Courtney has excelled both academically and socially. She recently graduated from Western University with a double-major in Sociology and Criminology and has now started law school at Bond University in Australia. More than any conscious academic experiences, Courtney sites the virtues program as a key learning she has carried with her since she left CV. The educators would make a point to instill gratitude into the classroom and took the children by the kitchen to thank the chef each afternoon. This simple lesson has stuck with Courtney for years, and she is always conscious to show gratitude to those around her.
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As Head Chef, John is responsible for the development and implementation of CV’s food & nutrition program, managing the culinary team across all 8 CV academies. With his extensive expertise in the field John develops the quarterly CV menus to ensure they are nutritionally dense, seasonally appropriate, nut-free, nutritionist approved, locally sourced and made from scratch whenever possible. All while being delicious and child approved. Orchestrating nutritional food that children will enjoy can be a daunting task, but John is up to the challenge!
Unlike many childcare centres, CV has a Registered Nutritionist on hand that specifically focuses on paediatric health and supporting families in raising well-nourished children right from the start. Stacey’s role at CV is to work with our head chef in developing the quarterly menu to ensure that each meal is nutritionally dense so that our children remain healthy, happy, (full!) and optimized for learning. With 15 years experience, Stacey’s career has been dedicated to nourishing babies, toddlers and children. While working as a paediatric nutrition consultant for CV, Stacey also works at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto as a paediatric dietitian, specializing in neuroscience.