May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry
May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry
May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry
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B.A. CYR - DR.EX. (WALSH) MAY <strong>31</strong>, <strong>2013</strong><br />
D.L. ROUSSIN - DR.EX. (WALSH)<br />
S.E. TAYLOR - DR.EX. (WALSH)<br />
D.M. KNOL - DR.EX. (WALSH)<br />
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about our programs because it's word of mouth and it's not<br />
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like we're not full.<br />
We have people coming in daily and<br />
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new people coming in all the time, and it's word of mouth<br />
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from other<br />
people who feel that they, they've been<br />
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respected and that they've gotten what they need from the<br />
centre so they refer other people and other families to the<br />
centre.<br />
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MS. WALSH:<br />
Do any of the people who use your<br />
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centre have contact with the child welfare system?<br />
MS. KNOL: Yes. Many of them, especially the<br />
ones that work with my Parents Helping Parents program.<br />
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MS. WALSH:<br />
And the centre itself, does it have<br />
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any formal working relationship with any aspect of the<br />
child welfare system?<br />
MS. KNOL: Not really. We, we certainly have a<br />
few of the workers that we connect better with, let's say,<br />
that are willing to connect with -- see, we're not<br />
professionals, so a lot of times CF --<br />
MS. WALSH: Well, you're, you're showing what the<br />
record won't show, is that you've done air quotation marks.<br />
MS. KNOL: Oops, sorry.<br />
MS. TAYLOR: Air quotes.<br />
MS. WALSH: No, that's fine. But what do you<br />
mean when you say you're not professionals?<br />
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MS. KNOL:<br />
Like they don't have degrees and all<br />
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