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Advocacy: Endorsement of Collaboration with the Coalition for Healthy School Food

[Sent June 15, 2018]

President Swan to Minister Taylor:

“As you will appreciate, a key factor in ensuring the life-long health and success of children and youth is proper nutrition. The establishment of healthy eating habits, along with the provision of appropriate foods during a student’s developmental years, is critical to building not only a base for success in school but a foundation for life-long health…”

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Advocacy: Endorsement of Collaboration with the Coalition for Healthy School Food

[Sent June 15, 2018]

President Swan to Minister Conroy:

 “As you will appreciate, a key factor in ensuring the life-long health and success of children and youth is proper nutrition. The establishment of healthy eating habits, along with the provision of appropriate foods during a student’s developmental years, is critical to building not only a base for success in school but a foundation for life-long health…”

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Advocacy: Endorsement of Collaboration with the Coalition for Healthy School Food

[Sent June 15, 2018]

President Swan to Minister Dix:

“As you will appreciate, a key factor in ensuring the life-long health and success of children and youth is proper nutrition. The establishment of healthy eating habits, along with the provision of appropriate foods during a student’s developmental years, is critical to building not only a base for success in school but a foundation for life-long health….”

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Advocacy: Violence Prevention

[Sent June 13, 2018]

President Swan to Ministers Farnworth, Conroy and Darcy:

“One of the successes of the K-12 education system this past year has been our unified response to challenges to the introduction of policies supporting inclusive opportunities for students under SOGI…”

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Media Release: BCSTA Responds to Government’s Investment in Educational Leadership

[Vancouver B.C. – June 13, 2018] The British Columbia School Trustees Association is very supportive of the government’s recent move to invest more in the development of leaders within the K-12 public education system. The Association also looks forward to working with the sector’s various partner associations, along with government, to create a leadership development framework.

“As co-governors of BC’s public education system, we are very supportive of the government’s commitment to leadership development within the K-12 system. This action will have a significant, positive impact on students and staff for years to come,” said Gordon Swan, President of the BC School Trustees Association, as part of a release distributed by the Ministry of Education.