{"id":30692,"date":"2017-10-23T00:02:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T07:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=30692"},"modified":"2017-10-22T19:16:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T02:16:11","slug":"can-raise-children-vancouver-ubc-dialogues-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2017\/10\/23\/can-raise-children-vancouver-ubc-dialogues-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Can We Raise Children in Vancouver? &#8211; UBC Dialogues Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/spacingvancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/features\/indepth_feature-VAN.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\"><\/p>\n<p>Local leaders in social policy and population health tackled the question \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alumni.ubc.ca\/event\/can-we-raise-children-in-vancouver\/\">Can we raise children in Vancouver<\/a>&#8221; in the Creekside Community Centre gym on September 26. As&nbsp;the sun set on False Creek, the panelists&nbsp;explored local anxieties around affordability, gender roles, and child care. As with all UBC Dialogues events, a webcast will eventually be publicly available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alumni.ubc.ca\/media-library\/\">here<\/a>, though this one has yet to be posted.<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver, simultaneously lauded as liveable and lamented as unaffordable, presents particular challenges for families with children. Chantelle Krish, Director of Communications and Advocacy&nbsp;at YWCA Metro Vancouver, pointed out that families experience these challenges inequitably. For single teenaged moms, inability to access education or employment can create a cycle of poverty difficult to escape. Programs like the YWCA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ywcavan.org\/programs\/early-learning-and-child-care\">Emma\u2019s Place Child Care Centre<\/a>, which supports&nbsp;teenaged moms attending&nbsp;secondary school, help vulnerable families prepare for the future. For middle income families, widespread&nbsp;challenges include scarce affordable family housing and long waiting lists for child care.<\/p>\n<p>Child care emerged as a major theme of the discussion. Moderator Stephen Quinn of CBC radio (who wrote about the event&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/beta.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/raising-children-in-vancouver-can-be-a-scary-math-equation\/article36448194\/?ref=http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com&amp;\">here<\/a>) recalled his own family\u2019s experiences. When his daughter was finally offered care for which she had been waitlisted prenatally, she was old enough to answer the phone and decline the space herself. Mary Clare Zak, Managing Director of Social Policy and Projects at the City of Vancouver, confirmed that years of underinvestment have left a shortage of over 17,000 child care spaces in the city. Meanwhile, average parent fees exceed $1,400 per month for children under 3. Ms. Zak noted that implementing a system of care must begin with intergovernmental partnerships and affordability&nbsp;supports. For Lynell Anderson, a public policy researcher, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.10aday.ca\/\">$10 a Day<\/a> child care plan offers pragmatic hope for BC families. She predicted&nbsp;that the plan would&nbsp;also deliver&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.c4se.com\/documents\/ECEBCreportsummary.pdf\">broader economic benefits<\/a>, including net boosts to GDP and jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Martin Guhn, Assistant Professor at UBC\u2019s School of Population and Public Health, argued&nbsp;that public policy and public investment in a democracy ultimately reflect public values. The social and emotional development and literacy of young children in Vancouver have <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ubc.ca\/2016\/10\/26\/one-in-three-b-c-children-start-kindergarten-vulnerable\/\">declined in recent years<\/a>. Stretched families cannot solve these issues on their own. Dr. Guhn called on the city as a whole&nbsp;to&nbsp;support, nurture and educate young children. Taking collective responsibility means&nbsp;producing&nbsp;quality urban environments and it means offering a continuum of health and education supports from conception onwards.<\/p>\n<p>Before the event, Ms. Zak had asked her teenaged son and his friends about growing up in Vancouver. The group of youth&nbsp;were keenly aware of the regional housing crisis and high overall cost of living. Though they worry that they may not be able to stay as adults, they said that Vancouver had been a great place to grow up. They urged policy-makers to build on the city\u2019s strengths, including&nbsp;its parks, community centres, and natural and cultural amenities. Factors supporting the social determinants of health for children include proximity to parks and other&nbsp;places to play outside, access to high quality early care and learning, and healthy parents who are not stressed. The panelists agreed that planning and policy changes should&nbsp;reflect public values around creating a liveable city for all ages. Engagement&nbsp;of children and youth must&nbsp;inform&nbsp;these bold decisions that will shape Vancouver\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong>Vanessa Kay<\/strong> is social planner and advocate focused on building complete and equitable communities through policy and partnerships. She enjoys hauling heavy things on bicycles and discovering the local connections that make cities tick.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local leaders in social policy and population health tackled the question \u201cCan we raise children in Vancouver&#8221; in the Creekside Community Centre gym on September 26. As&nbsp;the sun set on False Creek, the panelists&nbsp;explored local anxieties around affordability, gender roles, and child care. 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