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Title: Interview with Kim McLean
Description: Interview with a woman who was formerly a part the senior executive leadership team at utsc, she recounts her work in helping build the pan/am center serving as the chief administrator officer. Additon to this she talks in depth about her experiences being a young mother with a demanding career.
Subject: Buildings, Campus growth, Employment, Facilities, Parenthood, Women

Title: Interview with Sharon Laidford
Description: Sharon Laidford reflects on her time living with her family and the independently in the Malvern community. She specifically discusses her experience with the Women’s Place and the sense of community and empowerment it has given her. She notes the changes she has witnessed in Malvern over the years regarding its transportation and infrastructure while also noting how Malvern could change for the better in the future.
Subject: Community, Parenthood, Transportation, Women, Women's Place

Title: Interview with Martha Friendly
Description: Martha Friendly discusses her career and involvement in childcare and research advocacy. She speaks on her role in the development of child care research, activism, and policy in Canada and Internationally. She expands on the history and evolution of child care theory, research, funding and resources, activism, politics and policy in the context of Canada, as well as comparatively in the United States, and internationally. She explains how child care research is impacted by governments, politics, and policies. Martha also mentions how child care research shows child care impacts society in many different ways. She elaborates on its role in the economy. Martha also discusses how social attitudes and perceptions on child care have shifted over time, including her own understandings and beliefs. She speaks on social reform regarding child care and its origins dating back to World War II and the women's movement.
Subject: Activism, Women, Parenthood, Feminism