The British Columbia Institute of Technology's (BCIT) Evolution 1079 radio station aired a documentary on child poverty in December 2011. The documentary features interviews with Adrienne Montani from First Call, Trish Garner from the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, Sharon Gregson from the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC and other anti-poverty advocates. The documentary was created by BCIT students Shane Moore, Mark Collins, Stephanie Stewart and Liam Stevenson. The mp3 file can be downloaded HERE.
First Call’s Provincial Coordinator, Adrienne Montani, appeared on the David Berner show on Shaw TV, discussing child poverty in BC. You can watch the clip online HERE. It aired on cable channel 4 on Thursday, January 19th, 2012 at 8:00AM and Friday, January 20th, 2012 at 2:30PM.
British Columbia has the highest child poverty rate out of all the provinces in Canada for its 8th consecutive year and continues to climb! Check out the CBC news report HERE.