Meeting Minutes (please note, these are not up-to-date. If you are interested in taking minutes, please let us know.)

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RESOURCES FOR THE MEDIA

CONTACT A PAN MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE

BACKGROUND

PAN BACKGROUND INFO.
CHARTER FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION

PRESS RELEASES & STATEMENTS

2017

• ​December 5, 2017 - Grassroots Parent Groups Advocate Together for Public Education (on December 1st 6 parent advocacy groups including PAN met with John Horgan, Premier of BC, and Rob Fleming, Minister of Education, and presented recommendations for public education)
  
• October 6, 2017 - PAN presentation to Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services re: Budget 2018
• September 25, 2017 - PAN Requests Gov't Action to Attract Teachers for SCC Implementation (letter from PAN)
  ​UPDATE: October 24, 2017 - Ministry of Education Response
• ​Ministry of Education Response to our July 26, 2017 letter Pressing Concerns within Vancouver School District #39 
• ​July 26, 2017 - Pressing Concerns within Vancouver School District #39 (letter by PAN to the new Minister of Education, Rob Fleming)
• ​June 12, 2017 - Vancouver School Board - request to maintain consistency prior to trustee by-election (letter by PAN to provincial political party leaders)
• February 28, 2017 - "Status Quo" Budget Not Acceptable - Government Does Bare Minimum for Public Education
• February 14, 2017 - BC Government Gets a Failing Grade in its Provision for Public Education 

​2016

•  November 16, 2016 - Joint Statement by PAN and  FACE on the Supreme Court of Canada's Decision in the BCTF Case
• October 20, 2016 - BC Groups Call on Federal Government to Direct Funding to Seismic Upgrades - "Great BC ShakeOut" Not the Fix for Public Safety Emergency
• October 18, 2016 - Government Underfunds Public Education, Plays Political Games; Parents Aren't Fooled - Our response to the dismissal of Vancouver Board of Education Trustees
• September 29, 2016 - Letter to VSB Requesting Clarification and Action on School Closures Public Consultation Process
• September 23, 2016 - Letter: PAN Has Lost Confidence in School-Closure Process, Urges VSB to Halt and Reassess
• September 19, 2016 - PAN presentation to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services for Budget 2017
• August 31, 2016 - Public Education Matters - The Provincial Government is Responsible for the Education Funding Crisis -
• We presented Alex Hemingway, Policy Analyst from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) in a discussion on public education and advocacy.
• August 23, 2016 - Provincial Checkmate - Underfunding, Capacity Target and Seismic Restrictions Force Closure -
• Parent Advocacy Network Responds to
• Vancouver School Board List of Schools for Closure
• July 2, 2016 - The Fallacy of Balanced Budget - Parents Demand Stable, Sustainable, and Adequate Funding for Public Education - Parent Advocacy Network Responds to Minister of Education on VSB Budget
• May 18, 2016 - Parents wear red to protest state of funding for Public Education. PAN & FACE Respond to BC Budget 2016
• April 26, 2016 - Concerned parents "wear red" to protest proposed cuts to VSB budget
• April 1, 2016 - Questions on the BC Budget 2016 for the Ministry of Education. "Why has the government de-prioritized public education?” ​
• February 24, 2016 Panel: What's happening to public education in BC?
• February 19, 2016 - Budget 2016
• January 26, 2016 - Postcard Delivery
• January 20, 2016 - Letter to Trustees from PAN
• January 20, 2016 - Letter to Mr. Bernier from PAN

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PAN IN THE MEDIA: Archive

Please refer to the updates on the homepage and the news section for the most recent media coverage. Press Releases are also above.

2017

• Vancouver Sun's Lori Culbert with Jennifer Stewart: On the first day of classes you may notice big changes at your children's school
• Katie Hyslop's article in the Tyee with Jennifer Stewart: What Child Youth Advocates Want from BC Government
• ​Tracy Sherlock in Vancouver Courier, June 2017 - Jennifer Stewart - PAN letter to provincial political party leaders
• Tim Dickert on CKNW, June 2017 - Andrea Sinclair - PAN letter to provincial political party leaders
• Kirk LaPointe on Roundhouse 98.3, June 2017  - Andrea Sinclair - PAN letter to provincial political party leaders
• Roundhouse Radio - Evenings with Kirk laPointe, March 13, 2017 - Is the battle over? Andrea Sinclair - reaction to the BC teachers voting in favour of the new deal resulting from the Supreme Court of Canada ruling.​
• Roundhouse Radio - Our City, February 15, 2017 - Andrea Sinclair with Kirk LaPointe. Reaction to the Throne speech and our Declaration.
• Global News - February 20, 2017 - Reaction to one time School supply funding
• Vancouver Sun - February 21, 2017 - Reaction to BC Education Budget
• Roundhouse Radio - News, December 31, 2016 - Education in Vancouver, A Look Back at 2016
• Spice Radio - January 4, 2017 - Jennifer Stewart talking for FACE and PAN about BC public education
• ​CBC News Radio - Early Edition - January 9, 2017 - Parents react to $50 million education announcement

2016

Response to our November 16, 2016 - Joint Statement by PAN and  FACE on the Supreme Court of Canada's Decision in the BCTF Case

• ​Co-op Radio - Media Tuesday, November 22, 2016 (42:00-)

​Responses to our October 20, 2016 Request to the Federal government to fund seismic upgrades

• CKNW Radio - Jill Bennett Show, October 30, 2016
• Vancouver Sun - Tracy Sherlock, October 27, 2016
• Coop Radio - It Takes a Village, October 27, 2016 (8:55-18:45)
• CBC News - Liam Britten, October 26, 2016
• CBC News Radio - On the Coast, October 25, 2016
• Globe and Mail - Wendy Stueck, October 25, 2016

October 18, 2016 - Making Schools Safe for Children Shouldn't be a Political Issue - Op-ed in The Province on need for seismic safety
October 12, 2016 - Langara's The Voice - Melanie Green,  - ​Response to School Closure Process being suspended
​July 2, 2016: Roundhouse Radio: parent-advocacy-network-supports-vsbs-budget-refusal
July 7, 2016: The Tyee: BC's School Funding Formula Broken, Say Trustees, Parents
Responses to our June 20, 2016 "for whom will the bell toll next" event on school closures

• CKNW: VSB-announces-xxx-schools-facing-possible-closure
• CKNW: Demonstrators-stage-mourning-to-highlight-province-wide-school-closures
• CBC: Vancouver-school-closures
• ​GLOBAL: global-news-hour-at-6-jun-20 (8:50-11:15)
• GLOBAL: Vancouver-schools-closure-list-expected-to-be-announced-today
• CBC Early Edition with Steven Quinn: Discussion/reaction to  VSB's preliminary closure list, closure procedure and the 95% capacity requirement with 2 Vancouver parents including PAN's Kim Werker (1.14 -1:50)

​​​​May 12, 2016: MLA David Eby's statement to the Legislative Assembly 
​April 25, 2016: Tupper public meeting media coverage
​April 12-14, 2016: Presentations to the VSB Committee of the Whole from PAN and others. Will be updated as we receive them.
​April 8, 2016: Georgia Straight article on the PAN push for renewed arts education support. Article here. Read our original post  here and our presentation here.
​February 24: Presentation at Parent Panel
February 24 News Release: Parent Panel
> Global News Story: Andrea at the PAN/PENS public panel
​February 22, 2016 - Media on Provincial & VSB Budget​

• Andrea on Global: Vancouver School Board Facing Shortfall
• CBC Radio program On The Coast interview with Jen Stewart (2:36-11:00)
• Roundhouse Radio with Kirk LaPointe interview with Andrea
• Vancouver Sun article

January 26, 2016 - Postcard Delivery - News Release

• CTV news at 6
• Global News
• Global News at noon
• CTV at the event Opens with footage behind news anchor of PAN at Canada Place and more (at 9:36-10:45 approximately).
• Global News
• CKNW
• AM730 
• BC CTV News 
• CKNW re: VSB vote 
• News 1130 
• Our City with Kirk LaPointe - School Closures and Seismic Upgrades (Jan 28, 2016 at the 7-minute mark)

Lead-up to January 26​

• CBC Podcast (BC Almanac), feat. Jennifer Stewart, January 26 2016 (also includes statements from others in favour of school closures)
• Global News, calls for funding as enrollment grows
• Global News, enrollment is up in BC, what are parents demanding?
• ​Simi Sara Show, PAN member and Charles Dickens Elementary PAC Chair Andrea Sinclair, January 22 2016 discussing seismic upgrades and the call for school closures.

January 25, 2016

Dr. Joy Alexander, Registered Psychologist, Trustee
Statement at the January 25, 2016 Board Meeting

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