Voices of Family


Voices of Family brings you thought-provoking discussions with fascinating figures and front-line workers in the family service community -- in an entertaining audio format. Listen in to monthly podcast interviews with some of Canada’s most interesting thinkers in the family services sector. We’ll examine the important issues of the day, and take a look at what’s on the horizon — new research, new programs, new services.

Episodes

  1. Part 2: What Happens after Separation and Divorce? Released 9 Jul 2012 Susan Gamache, Registered Psychologist shares with us information and tips on what to expect as a family navigates separation, Divorce and remarriage.
  2. Part 1: What Happens after Separation and Divorce? Released 9 Jul 2012 Susan Gamache, Registered Psychologist shares with us information and tips on what to expect as a family navigates separation, Divorce and remarriage.
  3. Families are the Foundation Released 22 Mar 2012 Canada is witnessing a significant change to the delivery of services for families and children says Janice MacAulay, Executive Director of FRP Canada. This shift towards more o...
  4. Generation Squeezed Released 10 Feb 2012 Does Canada work for all generations? Intergenerational tensions are emerging across Canada, and especially in BC. The generation raising young kids today is struggling with a s...
  5. Helping Parents Parent: Have We Got Our Priorities Straight? Released 31 Oct 2011 Today's Parent columnist John Hoffman is never one to shy away from controversy. John contends that there is currently such a vast amount of information about parenting practice...
  6. Down Under with Parent-Child Mother Goose Released 7 Oct 2011 Janene Swalwell, a Parent-Child Mother Goose leader from Australia shares with us the joys and challenges of working with families in the Parent-Child Mother Goose program. The ...
  7. Saving for the Future Released 9 Sep 2011 Program Coordinator Ruby Banga chats with Christine Colbert, Director of Projects and Research at Family Resource Programs of Canada about the FutureSave Program. FutureSave use...
  8. Speaking Out for Parents Released 7 Aug 2011 Mimi Hudson, President of the BC Association for Family Resource Programs, reminds us that "parents are their children's first and most important teachers". That's why FRP-BC i...
  9. Exploring Anger, Creating Change Released 27 Jun 2011 "Anger shows up to give you energy to create change,"explains Laura Calderon de la Barca. An anger management therapist, Calderon's unique perspective on anger will suprise and...
  10. Connecting Dads and Kids Released 16 Jun 2011 Just in time for Fathers Day, we talk to Brian Russell of the Ontario Father Involvement Initiative about the secrets to successful programs and services to dads, and about the ...
  11. Growing Together: Positive Outcomes for Teen Families Released 16 May 2011 Celebrating teen parent success! That's what Mary Dolan and Kathy Payne are doing, following the release of the Growing Together Child and Parent Society Longitudinal Follow-Up ...
  12. Abby Dads: Fathering Programs in Abbotsford Released 21 Feb 2011 Abbotsford Community Services is a BC pioneer and a leader in providing support and services to fathers in their community. David Sheftel met with Jeff Mclean, Ed Friesen, and L...
  13. Left 2 Live :: Jennifer White Released 17 Dec 2010 What do youthful survivors of suicide need and want from professionals, family members, and concerned adults in their lives? Dr. Jennifer White, Assistant Professor at the Unive...
  14. Best Practices for Home Visitors Released 3 Dec 2010 Program Coordinator David Sheftel sits down with Betsy Dew, Executive Director of Great Kids Inc to talk about the theory and practice of home visiting. Listen in for tips and b...
  15. Kimberly Schonert-Reichl Released 21 Oct 2010 David Sheftel chats with UBC Associate Professor Kimberly Schonert-Reichl about Vancouver’s groundbreaking 2010 Middle Years Development Instrument.
  16. Catching up with Carol Released 16 Sep 2010 In our latest Voices of Family podcast we catch up with Dr. Carol Matusicky, the Council’s beloved former executive director, to find out what she’s been up to lately (as usual,...
  17. Keeping Up :: Changing Families, Changing Parent Education Released 26 Jul 2010 Busy working parents, more involved fathers, new pressures on kids, the advent of technology. What does it all mean for parenting education? Renowned Canadian researcher, writer...
  18. Heroes of Hope: Professionals Working with Families through Divorce and Separation Released 10 Jun 2010 We sit down with Sandy Shuler, co-creator of the acclaimed parenting program "Effective Co-Parenting: Putting Kids First", to discuss the role of the family professional in supp...
  19. Diversity and Change: Queer Parenting in Canada Released 30 Apr 2010 Rachel Epstein, researcher, advocate and author, joins us for a discussion of the evolution of queer parenting in Canada, and about our changing ideas about family in this count...
  20. Nobody's Perfect: Effective, Exciting, Evaluated Released 30 Apr 2010 Join us to hear Dr. Berna Skrpnek discuss the findings of her extensive, three-year evaluation of the effectiveness of popular Canadian parenting program Nobody’s Perfect. Do pa...
  21. All Dads Matter Released 30 Apr 2010 Listen in as noted Canadian fathering researcher Dr. David Long discusses the challenges of modern fatherhood and the keys to building effective community supports for fathers. ...