Excerpts From Oral History Interviews
As part of the large, multi-phase research project, 52 long-time child care advocates were interviewed. Their interviews were transcribed and deposited with CCAAC and the Canadian Women's Movement Archives at the University of Ottawa, where they are a resource for researchers.
Below, we have selected excerpts from five interviews. From these voices, a wide range of issues and perspectives emerges. What also comes through is the importance of citizen involvement and social movement organizing.
- Alice Taylor is an early childhood educator and centre director, living and working in Prince Edward Island, where she is active in professional ECE issues.
- Dixie Lee Van Raalte is a child care consultant, with long experience working with First Nations communities.
- Katie Cooke lives in Victoria, where she retired after a long career in civil service. She is best known for her work as Chair of the federal Task Force on Child Care.
- Martha Friendly is Coordinator of the Child Care Resource and Research Unit at the University of Toronto, and a leading Canadian child care policy researcher.
- Howard Clifford is a retired federal civil servant who worked on child care. His best known advocacy initiative was a cross-Canada bicycle trip to promote public awareness of child care.
The excerpts are presented as text transcribed from the interviews, and as MP3 format audio files.
