April 5, 2011: HELP’s Paul Kershaw suggests funding daycare by cutting back grandparents’ medical care such as hip replacements. UBC alone paid Kershaw (2008) $97,321 + $10,009 in expenses. (How about cutting such “scholars'” salaries and distributing the saving to…
Category: UBC’s Human Early Learnning Partnership (HELP), EDI $ MDI
March 29, 2011 CBC radio BC “On the Coast” on Liberal Daycare promise
March 29, 2011 CBC radio BC “On the Coast” on Liberal Daycare promise (broken link) (NOTE: CBC’s biased coverage: “On the Coast” called Andrea Mrozek of IMFC to participate but wanted a BC voice so she gave them given Helen…
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March 8, 2011 – 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day Commentary: (broken link)
March 8, 2011 – 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day Commentary: Happy International Women’s Day by Kids FirstBeverly Smith (in Liberal MP Carolyn Bennet’s Blog) (broken link)National Post: Feminism’s Second Wave Hangover (broken link) by Tasha KheiriddinOttawa Citizen: Why the…
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Defining “vulnerability”: HELP has not published EDI definitions
Defining “vulnerability”: HELP has not published EDI definitions and methodology for calculating 25-30+% “vulnerable” or “not ready to learn” or “at risk” in peer-reviewed journals. How is “vulnerability” defined? “Vulnerability” is defined differently in different documents. Sometimes it is defined…
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Media release Feb 23, 2011: Police called to stop leaflet at daycare public forum
Feb 23, 2011. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - leaflet (PDF): Dr Fraser Mustard and Colleagues in Their Own Words Police called to prevent distribution of leaflet at public forum held on public property February 23, 2011 (Burnaby)—On February…
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Feb 2011, Burnaby Now article. ‘Passive consent’ triggers complaint: Burnaby parent says survey is ‘unethical’ (broken link)
Feb 2011, Burnaby Now article. ‘Passive consent’ triggers complaint: Burnaby parent says survey is ‘unethical’ (broken link) Feb 2011 responses to the article from a UBC researcher (broken link) and from a citizen (broken link)
HELP’s “linked databases” (broken link)
HELP’s “linked databases” (broken link)—note HELP Director, Hertzman, is also on Board of Population Data BC
Who put HELP in charge of BC’s private data? Why trust HELP? (broken link)
Who put help in charge of BC’s private data? Why trust HELP when they avoid informed consent to mine our private data? HELP’s PRIVACY POLICY—staff sign an “oath of confidentiality” = not reassuring (scroll down to Organizational Structure at this…
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Feb 1, 2011 interview on Roadkill radio on violation of privacy and parental consent
Feb 1, 2011 interview on Roadkill radio on violation of privacy and parental consent, UBC’s HELP, the EDI and data linkage
Feb 2011—Burnaby Now letters—“Privacy Concerns Alarming” (broken link)
Feb 2011—Burnaby Now letters—“Privacy Concerns Alarming” (broken link) no consent at all for data collection & linkage on all BC residents
Privacy Violation & Data Mining in BC
Documents from HELP showing government complicity in privacy violation and lack of informed parental consent for HELP’s massive data mining project February is “EDI” Month in BC Kindergartens Requirement for Informed Parental Consent Violated by Schools, HELP and BC GovernmentLetters…
HELP info for parents (broken link)
HELP info for parents (broken link): HELP provides different information for different people – researchers get far more information
HELP Violates Privacy Protection Practices it Claims to Follow
HELP Violates Privacy Protection Practices it Claims to Follow: HELP claims to follow Statistics Canada’s procedures, but unlike HELP, Statistics Canada requires verbal or written parental consent for surveys of parents, children, and children’s teachers. See PDF below of Jan…
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Federal $ for daycare lobby propaganda (eg from HELP) and data-mining (eg the EDI) through HRSDC’s Understanding the Early Years (UEY) (broken link)
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) is using federal $ (broken link) to pay and organize "community coalitions" to do "many tasks ranging from facilitating data collection activities; developing community interest and buy-in; strengthening community partnerships and transferring knowledge…
Burnaby Now article: Does data collection put privacy at risk? (broken link)
Burnaby Now article: Does data collection put privacy at risk? (broken link) HELP is the government-funded organization that drives/creates child/family/daycare policy here AND does the mega-dating mining. Family’s addresses are not there but postal codes are and so is everything…
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