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BC RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION
BCRPA Report |
Appendix B: Interview questions
Profile Information
Name
Position
Organization
Questions
1. Describe your work and its relevance to the area of afterschool
hours for children 6 to 12 in BC.
2. What do you see as the current strengths of after-school hours
programming for children aged 6 to 12 in the province?
3. Can you identify specific best practices, programs? What ages
are served? What are the participation parameters and areas
served, etc.?
4. How is the quality of these programs evaluated?
5. What about these best practices make them good after
school programs? Do they contain opportunities for any or all
of the following: physical activity, healthy eating, mentorship,
educational time, social time?
6. What do you see as the gaps in service which need to be
addressed in order to best serve children aged 6 to 12 during the
after school hours in BC?
7. Are there specific target audiences that need to be served?
[e.g., Aboriginal children, rural and remote communities, children
from families with low income, immigrant children]
8. What are your recommendations for moving forward an afterschool
hours agenda for children aged 6 to 12 years old at a
provincial level?
9. Moving forward and envisioning a collaborative process, what
partners need to come to the table to help create change for
children aged 6 to 12 in the after school hours in BC?
10. Are there other people we need to be speaking to for this
environmental scan?
Appendix C: Online survey
questions
Introduction
The BC Recreation and Parks Association (BCRPA) has been
contracted by the Public Health Association of Canada (PHAC) to
conduct an environmental scan of after-school programming for
children aged 6 to 12 years old in British Columbia. We need your
help to discern what is working in serving children in the afterschool
hours outside of licensed child care, what gaps need to be
addressed, who should be included in future discussions of afterschool
issues and what future work in this area should entail. The
critical after-school hours are defined as 3 - 6 PM.
Your answers will help inform our work as we make
recommendations for a provincial framework for serving children
aged 6 to 12 years old in the after-school hours throughout
BC. Please note that you may be contacted by BCRPA for more
information about your answers.
This survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete.
If you have any questions, concerns, or thoughts that arise due to
this survey, please contact Jessica Chant, Awareness Campaigns
Coordinator, at jchant@bcrpa.bc.ca or 604-629-0965, ext. 224.
Thank you for your time.
Part I: Respondent profile
1. Name (optional; needed for follow-up):
Employer:
Job Title:
Email Address (optional, needed for follow-up):
2. Please select or highlight your region:
Cariboo
Kootenays
Lower Mainland
North Coast / Nechako
Okanagan
Peace River / Northern Rockies
Vancouver Island