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Parents in Vancouver are protesting the suspension of an early entry university program for gifted students. We speak with a graduate of the program, Rachel Lin, who is now a PhD candidate with UBC's department of educational and counselling psychology, and Paul Shaker, SFU professor emeritus and former dean of Education. Our callers make the arguments that these programs are important in B.C. schools. Then, our guests Diabetes B.C. Medical Director Dr. Tom Elliott, and Michelle Hewitt, Chair, of Disability without Poverty discuss Ottawa's first steps in a national pharmacare program would cover contraception and diabetes.
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Parents in Vancouver are protesting the suspension of an early entry university program for gifted students. We speak with a graduate of the program, Rachel Lin, who is now a PhD candidate with UBC's department of educational and counselling psychology, and Paul Shaker, SFU professor emeritus and former dean of Education. Our callers make the arguments that these programs are important in B.C. schools. Then, our guests Diabetes B.C. Medical Director Dr. Tom Elliott, and Michelle Hewitt, Chair, of Disability without Poverty discuss Ottawa's first steps in a national pharmacare program would cover contraception and diabetes.

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