Media Advisory - UNICEF Canada launches Report Card 15: Find out where Canada stands on educational equality

TORONTO, Oct. 26, 2018 /CNW/ - Join UNICEF Canada on October 30 at 10:30 am (Eastern Time) for the launch of UNICEF Report Card 15. Where does Canada shine? What gaps need to be addressed? What can we do to improve educational equality? The panelists will be joining in a Facebook live event that will be followed by a question period for the media. Join the conversation with experts in public education and young people about emerging threats and big opportunities to sustain and grow equality and well-being in Canada's schools.

WHAT: Facebook live event for the launch of UNICEF Report Card 15 - The Equalizer: How Education Creates Fairness for Children in Canada. Media are invited to attend in person and meet with the panelists.

WHO:   Moderator: Annie Kidder, Executive Director, People for Education

Expert Panel:

• David Cameron, Senior Manager, Research and Development, Toronto District School Board
• Dr. Jane Bertrand, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development; Adjunct Professor, OISE, University of Toronto
• Christine Schandl, Research Manager, People for Education
• Andrea Auger, Reconciliation and Research Manager, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (by phone)
• Sharif Mahdy, Executive Director, The Students Commission of Canada
• Lisa Wolff, Director of Policy and Research, UNICEF Canada
• Kwaku Agyemang, Youth participant, student at Ryerson University student
• Ella Kelly, Youth participant

WHEN: Tuesday October 30, 2018, 10:30 to 11:00 a.m.

WHERE: UNICEF Canada's Office, 2200 Yonge St #1100, Toronto, ON M4S 2C6

About UNICEF Report Cards

• UNICEF has produced 15 Report Cards describing the rights and well-being of children and youth in rich countries over the past 18 years.
• Report Cards 15 focuses on how well countries give children a fair start in life.
• Report Card 15 measures levels of educational inequality in 38 rich countries along different stages of schooling, and reveals what contributes to inequalities and how to do better.

Only confirmed media will be able to attend in person. Anyone interested in learning more on Report Card 15 can join the public Facebook live event online at: https://www.facebook.com/unicefcanada.

SOURCE UNICEF Canada

Marie-Helene Bachand, UNICEF Canada, 514 232-4510, [email protected]