Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity - PATHWAYS TO EDUCATION CANADA CELEBRATES
LAUNCH OF WINNIPEG SITE

The Government of Manitoba and RBC Foundation Join Pathways in Announcement of Support

WINNIPEG, Oct. 19 /CNW/ - Pathways to Education Canada, the program responsible for lowering the dropout rate and increasing access to post-secondary education among youth in low-income communities, recently launched its eleventh site in Winnipeg.  On October 19, 2010, the Government of Manitoba and RBC Foundation will join Pathways to Education Canada, and other program partners and supporters, in making an announcement of support that will help Pathways serve the communities of North Point Douglas, Lord Selkirk Park and William Whyte. 

In attendance to help celebrate the announcement will be The Honourable Greg Selinger, Premier of Manitoba, Rob Johnston, Regional President, RBC, Manitoba, Saskatchewan & NW Ontario, and Samuel L. Duboc, Chairman, Pathways to Education Canada.

WHERE:	CEDA Student Centre
	419 Selkirk Avenue
	Winnipeg, Manitoba
	R2W 2M4
DATE:	Tuesday, October 19, 2010
TIME:	10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
WHO:	Speakers:
	The Honourable Greg Selinger, Premier of Manitoba
	Samuel L. Duboc, Chairman, Pathways to Education Canada
	Darlene Klyne, Pathways Program Director, Community Education Development Association
	Jackie Sneesby, Chair, Board of Trustees Winnipeg School Division
	Rob Johnston, Regional President, RBC, Manitoba, Saskatchewan & NW Ontario
	Stacy Savoy, Pathways Student
	Leslie Atamanchuk, Pathways Student

About Pathways for Education - www.pathwaystoeducation.ca  

Pathways to Education Canada is a community-based charitable organization that is reducing poverty and its effects by lowering the high school dropout rate and increasing access to post-secondary education among youth in low income communities. Pathways was developed by the Regent Park Community Health Centre which launched the initial program in 2001 and now operates in eleven communities, with programs in Toronto (Regent Park, Lawrence Heights, Rexdale and Scarborough) well as Kitchener, Ottawa, Hamilton, Montreal, Halifax, Kingston and Winnipeg.

For further information:

Tonisha Bath, Optimum Public Relations, 416.967.8125, [email protected]