Where are all the women?

This week we chat with Sal Patel about the lack of gender parity in The Oscars nominations. We chat broadly about the film industry in both Hollywood and in Canada. 

We learned that in 2018 only 4% of the top 100 grossing films were directed by women. 

I'm joined by Mary Andow, a former senior policy adviser in the New Brunswick premier's office. Mary has been living in Australia for the last two years and working in the early learning space there. 

We chat about New Brunswick's Free Childcare Program, early learning programs across Canada, and how we hold up to the Aussie model. 

Apologies for the audio quality -- it's our first international interview!

In this episode, Katie provides an analysis of the changes that the Ford government announced to post-secondary education funding. She also highlights what changes like this could mean in the New Brunswick context (spoiler alert: it'd be bad).

We are also celebrating our one month anniversary and we'd love your feedback: https://goo.gl/forms/e28u9ffB4ZGK13ul2 

This episode is an introduction to Femme Wonk. Have ideas to improve the podcast? Let us know!