Vancouver's Leader in Transition toward Strong, Resilient, Complete Communities
Time: January 25, 2012 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Location: Langara College
Street: Lecture Hall A130, 100 West 49th Avenue
City/Town: Vancouver, B.C. Canada
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Phone: 604.323.5099 or fgrunberg@langara.bc.ca
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Organized By: Frances Grunberg
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January 25, 2012 7 - 9:30pm n Lecture Hall A130, Langara.
**Registration: 6:30pm** British Columbia has had the worst child poverty rate in Canada for eight consecutive years and yet does not have a poverty reduction plan. To learn more about this issue, please attend this forum. Panelists: - Dr. Barbara Fitzgerald, Pediatrician, RICHER Initiative UBC -Carrie Gelson, Teacher (grade 2/3), Seymour School - Dr. Clyde Hertzman, Director, Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) UBC - Seth Klein, BC Director of Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Co-chair, BC Poverty Reduction Coalition - Janey Lee, Teacher (kindergarten), Thunderbird Elementary School - Andrea Lemire, Director, Society for Children and Youth of BC - Adrienne Montani, Provincial Coordinator for First Call, BC Child and Youth Coalition - Scott Vandeloo, Youth and Family Worker, Macdonald School Contact: Frances Grunberg 604.323.5099 or fgrunberg@langara.bc.ca |
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VIDEO of the forum. Enjoy and
pass it along! http://jo-online.vsb.bc.ca/keller/?p=4217 Check it all out. My favorite speaker, fourth in line, is Andrea Lemire, Director, the Society for Children and Youth BC as she speaks of a world formulated on the "Best Interests and RIGHTS of a Child" http://everychild.ca/ , transportation, labor, environmental, Cheers to Frances Grunberg, Social Service Worker Program, Langara College for sharing.
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