Silvana De Boer

I’m a wife and mother of five wonderful children. I have lived in the city, married and moved to a tree farm with my husband and now reside on a beautiful lake in Ontario Canada. These life experiences have enriched my life perceptions immensely but my real journey didn’t start here.

My life journey began in Belgium. Shortly after we moved to Italy and from there the family settled in Toronto Canada. By today’s standards my childhood would be considered “deprived”. This however is far from the truth. My family of eight had plenty of food on the table. With imagination, creativity and a very strong work ethic, our success was inevitable in our new and welcoming country Canada.

As children we didn’t have lots of material things. Toys were few but the “medium” available in our backyard was put to good use. We created regal crowns with the dandelions. The abandoned cardboard boxes became cities complete with houses, schools and hospitals. As children, we ruled our newly created kingdom with pride and joy. To this day every member of my family is highly creative and we all dabble in art. I prefer the magic of oil paint!

We weren’t a “game-board” type family. Family and friends would gather for meals and healthy debat...

Attended York University in Toronto
Spent many years in Education