Debate: Daycare, mothers, jobs on CBC radio "The Current," April 20, 2006—interviews on daycare issues. Professor and daycare-lobbyist Donna Lero falsely claims that "70% of mothers have full-time jobs." (Kids First President Helen Ward was not interviewed despite the fact…
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Neuroscience and child development article, "Wild Young Brains" about maternal vs peer-raised young Video and article
The Root Causes of Addiction—love, babies and neuroscience: Listen to a CBC radio interview with doctor, author and columnist, Dr. Gabor Mate, currently working with adults with drug addictions on Vancouver's downtown eastside. He links daycare use and lack of…
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Archived on CKNW. Go to Sept 21 at 1:00 pm. The interview starts at minute 9:30.Archived on CKNW. Go to Sept 14 at 1:00 pm. The interview begins at about 1:10.
July 28, 2009 interview on all-day kindergarten/daycare, how money is being shifted from welfare families to daycare and the corporate right's support for daycare
Sept 29, 2009 interview on HELP and data collection
Kids & Drinking: UK Chief Medical Officer says parents should allow no alcohol. Helen Ward of Kids First says parent-child attachment prevents substance abuse in an interview with CHQR in Calgary on Dec 21, 2009 (go to 3 pm Dec…
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BC Minister of Education on spending on all-day kindergarten and school for 0-5 year olds despite cuts to other school funds. Jan 21 2009 CBC radio BC Almanac interview - about half way through podcast.
Women's unpaid child-rearing and community work is a big part of the discussion of true costs vs price. Listen to this CBC podcast (at part 2) with Raj Patel, an economist who has worked for the World Bank and the…
Michael Ignatieff promises national daycare as a top priority. Sunday Feb 7, 2010: Kids First on Corus radio interview. Go to Feb 07, 2010, 12:00 pm. To avoid commercials, go minute 7 then 23 then 33 then 47.
Feb 15, 2010: CBC radio interview with Helen Ward, Kids First President on all-day Kindergarten, and BC government cuts to family services as part of an "integrated approach." Go to 1:02 to hear interview
Real Debate Needed: BC Government announces $144 million MORE for all-day K capital costs. Listen to a discussion about all-day Kindergarten on BC's top current affairs radio show, CKNW's Bill Good Show, where 9 out of 10 callers are against…
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Kids First discusses all-day Kindergarten on the CKNW Bill Good Show (Go to August 30, 9:00 am. The discussion starts at minute 32. Helen Ward of Kids First is on at minute 40.)
Sept 7, 2010—CBC interview on BC Almanac on all-day Kindergarten with Paul Kershaw of HELP and Helen Ward of Kids First. Kershaw crticizes Ward because she "doesn't have a PhD" and says all-day K has "potential, IF..." (Go to minute…
CKNW Bill Good Show interview on "work-life balance" Dec 10, 2010. Go to Dec 10, 2010, 10 am, minute 32, then 43:30 (Kids First calls in), then 55. Paul Kershaw, HELP's childless sociologist… says Helen Ward of Kids First spreads…
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