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PROVINCE LAUNCHES STRONGSTART EARLY LEARNING CENTRES -
December 14, 2006 - Coquitlam |
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MINISTER REID SUPPORTS BOOSTER SEAT CAMPAIGN
November 19, 2006 - Richmond |
Pictured left to right: Preena Maan and
Alan Lamb from the BCAA Traffic Safety Foundation, Minister Reid
and (seated in a proper booster seat) Jayden Sandhu.
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Minister Reid visited the No. 5 Road Sikh Temple in
support of the BCAA Traffic Safety Foundation's Booster Seat Awareness
Campaign. The campaign focuses on providing children and their families
with information about the importance and benefits of using booster
seats.
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here for the News Release.
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For more information on the Boost BC awareness campaign,
visit the Boost
BC website.
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A-B-SEE
CHILDREN'S VISION PROGRAM LAUNCH
October 26, 2006 - Victoria |
Minister Reid makes some fancy eyeglasses
with St. Andrew's student Katie Wedekind,
while Victor Stepanor looks on from behind.
Photograph by Diana Nethercott.
Minister Reid was on hand at the Victoria school
Thursday morning for the launch of the a-b-See Children's Vision
Program Expansion, unveiled by the B.C. Association of Optometrists.
The Program promotes the importance of early identification of
vision problems in children.
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here for more photos from the event.
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here for the News Release.
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THE
PROVINCE LAUNCHES WORKLIFE BC
September 26 - Vancouver |
Pictured from left to right are WorkLife
BC Committee Members:
Myrna Kitchen, Kevin Evans, Carol Matusicky, Minister Reid, Tung
Chan and Leslie Wood Bernbaum
Minister Reid announces a
new initiative to help employers gain the edge in a competitive
job market through greater workplace flexibility.
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here for the News Release.
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MINISTER
REID VISITS MAPLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
September 18 - Vancouver |
Minister Reid with five-year-old Jack and eight-year-old
Annie. |
Minister Reid with kindergarten
student Si Lin.
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The Minister announced $100,000 in provincial funding
to support the Boost BC awareness campaign to increase booster seat
use in British Columbia.
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Click here for the News Release.
Click here to view the Video Presentation.
For more information on the Boost BC awareness
campaign, visit the Boost
BC website.
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NEIGHBOURHOOD 'HUBS' STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES, SUPPORT FAMILIES
September 15, 2006 - Richmond |
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Minister Reid joined 60 representatives of various children and families organizations from across the province to learn more about 'Hubs'. Neighbourhood hubs are centres where early childhood development, child care and family strengthening programs and services are housed under one roof to support B.C. families.
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MINISTER
REID VISITED THE TIGERS AND DRAGONS KIDS AROUND THE WORLD EXHIBIT
August 2, 2006 - Vancouver |
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This hands-on traveling exhibit teaches children about China and
India. Pictured with Minister Reid is Jessie Smith, Founder and
Executive Director of Kids Around the World.
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NEW
AUTISM TRAINING PROGRAM
June 5, 2006 - New Westminster |
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Minister Linda Reid was joined by Douglas College president Susan
Witter on June 5, 2006 to announce $550,000 in funding for a new
introductory training course in autism intervention and an autism
citation program. The new courses will mean more qualified behavioural
interventionists and support workers to help families of B.C. children
with autism spectrum disorder.
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ASANTE
CENTRE GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT
June 6, 2006 - Vancouver |
Left to right: MLA Hawes, Audrey Salahub, Executive
Director; Minister Reid and Dr. Kwadwo Ohene Asante, Medical Director.
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Linda Reid, Minister of State for Child Care, is presented with
a painting during a recent visit to the Asante Centre for Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome in Maple Ridge. Minister Reid and Randy Hawes,
MLA for Maple Ridge-Mission announced a $150,000 grant to help the
Asante Centre with their important work in FASD research, assessments
and diagnoses for their youth justice clients.
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here for the News Release.
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CANUCK
PLACE GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT
April 10, 2006 - Vancouver |
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Minister Reid was on hand April 10, 2006 for a $3.5 million cheque
presentation by Premier Campbell to Canuck Place Hospice.
Following the announcement, Pictured from left to right: Filomena
Nalewajek, Executive Director of Canuck Place, Minister Reid, Board
Chair Wayne Duzita and Jaxson Creasey.
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here for full-size photos.
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here for the News Release.
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"GOOD
BEGINNINGS" GRADUATION CEREMONY
December 10, 2005 - Surrey |
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Minister Reid attends the graduation ceremony for the Good Beginnings
training program, offered through the Western
Canada Family Child Care Association of BC. The training provides
caregiving skills for family child care providers.
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CENTRE
FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY GRAND OPENING
November 25, 2005 - Abbotsford |
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Skip Bassford, President of the University College of the Fraser
Valley (left), Minister Reid and Solicitor General John Les launch
the Centre for Social
Responsibility located at UCFV. “Social responsibility
leads to stronger, healthier families,” said Reid. “The
centre will provide a range of tools and resources to help build
capacity in families and communities, whether through new research
into addictions, or addressing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.”
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the News Release
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CANADA
AND B.C. SIGN AN AGREEMENT ON EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE
Sept 29, 2005 - Vancouver |
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Prime
Minister Martin and Premier Campbell joined Minister Dryden, Minister
Reid, and Minister Hagen for the historic signing of the ELCC
agreement, which brings $633 million to B.C. over five years
for regulated early learning and child care for children under the
age of six.
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CHILD CARE
FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT
August 10, 2005 - Richmond |
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Minister Reid visited the Treehouse Early Learning
Centre in Richmond to announce $8.1-million in funding for child
care providers in B.C. The investment will result in the creation
of more quality child care spaces, staff training and other service
improvements across the province.
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the News Release.
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photos.
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BC AMBULANCE
SERVICE STATION TOUR
August 10, 2005 - Richmond |
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During a tour of the BC Ambulance Service
station, Minister Reid joins paramedics outside the specially designed
"Infant Transport" ambulance.
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Above, Minister Reid and Health Services Minister
Shirley Bond join the paramedics and pilots of the Air Ambulance
team in front of one of their helicopters.
Left, paramedics of the infant transport team present
Minister Reid with a small quilt. These quilts are given to each
infant that the team transports.
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B.C. EXPANDS
EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH SCREENING
March 3, 2005 - Vancouver |
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Minister Reid attended the event with Minister
Bond and Premier Campbell to launch a new $73 million program to
provide universal hearing, dental and vision screening for every
child under age six.
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the News Release.
Read
the Backgrounder.
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CANADA NORTHWEST
FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER PARTNERSHIP
March 2, 2005 - Victoria |
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Ministers from provinces and territories
in the Canada Northwest Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Partnership
met to announce the inaugural meeting of a research network board
newly created to address Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
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on the Canada
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| MINISTER REID
SERVES CHRISTMAS LUNCH |
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Minister Reid joins Bruce Hardy of Options
BC to serve Christmas lunch at Newton Family Resource Place.
Options BC is a charitable organization committed to empowering individuals,
supporting families and promoting community health. |
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MINISTER REID
AT THE BASICS FOR BABIES BREAKFAST
December 2004 - Surrey |
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Minister Reid speaks with DJ Karen Daniels
on JRFM radio at the Basics
for Babies breakfast at the Sheraton Guildford Hotel in Surrey.
2004 was the most successful year for the program, raising over $150,000
and tens of thousands of pounds of baby necessities for families in
need! |
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MINISTER REID
AT THE PREMIER'S LITERACY SUMMIT
November 3, 2004 |
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Minister Reid, Premier Campbell and Meghan,
the Minister's Aboriginal Foster Doll.
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October 15 , 2004 -
Vancouver. Minister Reid represented the government of B.C. at the
unveiling of the new name and logo for TELUSphere, originally
known as Science
World.
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Minister Reid presents David Ramalho, Vice-president
of the Board of FASD Community Circle, with a $100,000 grant.
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Following the funding announcement, Minister Reid
is joined by MLA Jeff Bray (Victoria-Beacon Hill) at a banner-raising
in Victoria to observe National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Day
(September 9).
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September 8, 2004 - Victoria
Province funds FASD awareness, education program.
Victoria-based FASD Community Circle has received a $100,000 grant
from the Ministry of Children and Family Development. The funding
supports programs aimed at increasing public awareness and improving
the quality of life for children and families affected by FASD.
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here to read the news release.
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September 7, 2004 - Vancouver
Research measures kids' readiness for school. Minister Reid
announces the release of province-wide data that measures a child’s
readiness for school. The data was released as part of the Human
Early Learning Partnership (HELP).
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L-R: Dr. Tim
Oberlander, Dr. Marlene Moretti, Dr. Clyde Hertzman, Minister Reid,
Dr. Margie Mayfield, Tracey Smyth, Dr. Brian Christie.
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HELP is an inter-university research network, based
at UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies, bringing together over 100 faculty
members from six B.C. universities to conduct collaborative studies
on Early Childhood Development.
To view the data, or for more information on HELP
and the ECD Mapping Project, visit the HELP
website.
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| May 13, 2004 - Housewarming
for Esquimalt Military Family Resource Centre. The centre was
moved from Belmont Park to a bright new facility at Colwood Pacific
Activity Centre. The Centre provides a range of services to military
families, including infant and toddler daycare, mom & baby group,
and a resource library for parents. |
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March 27, 2004 - Presentation of the Carol
Legge FASD Endowment certificates, March 27th at the "Swimming
Upstream" Conference in Vancouver.
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first Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder coordinator, the only position
of its kind in Canada. Mother of three children, Carol was a tireless,
compassionate pioneer in prevention and health promotion, especially
when it came to FAS/E. Unfortunately, she was taken by cancer in December
2001. This endowment was created to honour her work. |
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February 12-13, 2004 - Parenting and Family
Literacy workshop, Esquimalt. Minister Reid hosted five regional
workshops on parenting and family literacy between January and March,
2004. The workshops were led by Mary Gordon, President and founder
of Roots
of Empathy.
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December 8, 2003 - Minister Reid took part in
a presentation of Spinoza Bear Gift Packs (www.spinozabear.com)
at the Surrey Surrey RCMP Newton District Office. The Minister
presented 66 of these packs to Ministry social workers. At the same
time, 100 gift packs were presented to the RCMP and Municipal Police
Victim Services offices by TB Vets and the Royal Canadian Legion
for distribution throughout the Province.
Spinoza is a 17-inch teddy bear with a high quality
cassette tape player and speaker hidden deep in his fur. Used as
a therapeutic tool to help in the healing process, Spinoza's comforting
physical presence and his library of tapes make him the ideal therapeutic
tool to open lines of communication, sort out individual needs for
self-expression, and act as part of a “first response”
to a traumatic situation.
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November 25, 2003 - Minister Reid attends
the official opening of YWCA Crabtree Corner. Crabtree Corner
provides emergency short-term child care and many diverse support
programs for single mothers in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
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| November 22, 2003 - At the Federation
des Parents Francophones Banquet in Richmond, Minister Reid spoke
and presented a one-time grant of $4,900 from the ministry to
distribute French language new parent information packages to Francophone
parents in British Columbia. |
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21, 2003 - Launch of Canada Northwest Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
(FASD) Partnership Website in Winnipeg. Minister Reid is currently
the Chair of this Partnership.
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Sept. 27, 2003 - Premier Gordon Campbell and
Minister of State Linda Reid with Chief Emma Palmantier of the Lake
Babine Nation at the 2003 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Medical
Education Symposium. A new province-wide strategic plan for FASD
service and prevention was unveiled by the Premier at the symposium.
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here for the full-size photo. |
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