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RESOURCES FOR THE MEDIA

CONTACT A PAN MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE

PRESS RELEASES & STATEMENTS

• 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

BACKGROUND

PAN BACKGROUND INFO.

CHARTER FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION

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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.

October 2016

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

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

June

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

​May 12, 2016: MLA David Eby's statement to the Legislative Assembly 

April

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

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/Signature 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)

Leading up to the Postcard/Signature Delivery

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
School Board Meeting

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

January 20, 2016
Letters

Letter to Trustees from PAN
​Letter to Mr. Bernier from PAN