For Every Child: A UNICEF Canada podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

After many years of progress, the child poverty rate in Canada has moved in the wrong direction. In fact, the poverty rate rose more sharply for children than for the general population. Canada is now a middle performer among rich countries for its rate of child poverty. 

Host: Saara Chaudry

Guests:

Lisa Wolff, Director of Policy and Research, UNICEF Canada

Terence Hamilton, Policy Specialist, UNICEF Canada 

David, Teerka and Mihir, Youth Participants  

Producers: Sara Faruqi and Priyadarshini Mitra

Composed and mixed by: Chandra Bulucon

A holiday special episode of the For Every Child podcast featuring a conversation between UNICEF Canada ambassadors and actors Simu Liu and Saara Chaudry about what inspires them to advocate for child rights and their hopes for children in 2024.  

Host: Saara Chaudry

Guest:

Simu Liu, Actor and UNICEF Canada Ambassador

Producers: Sara Faruqi and Priyadarshini Mitra

Composed and mixed by: Chandra Bulucon

In this first episode of a new season, UNICEF Canada President and CEO David Morley hands over to our new host, UNICEF Canada ambassador Saara Chaudry.

Join Saara as she looks back at 2022, exploring the crises in Ukraine, Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa. She speaks to UNICEF experts on how these crises have impacted children and learns what hopes they have for the coming year.  

Host: Saara Chaudry, UNICEF Canada Ambassador 

Guests: 

Salam Al-Janabi, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Afghanistan  

Kenan Madi, Emergency Manager, UNICEF Ukraine 

Rania Dagash, Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF 

Producers: Sara Faruqi and Priyadarshini Mitra 

Composed and Mixed by: Chandra Bulucon  

In this episode we’ll explore why children are backsliding on regular immunizations, what the dire consequences could be and how you can make a difference.

Just in time for Halloween, this episode, hosted by a child, is designed to get kids into giving. Gather your family and listen to two tales that will guide your children, through storytelling, to a powerful message: they can make a difference. 

Chandra Bulucon - Sound Design and Mix

Music:

Serge Quadrado - Little Mozart

Siddhartha Corsus - The Moon Lodge

Monolog Rockstars - Yvette

Donnie Ozone - Return of the Gucci Ghost

Drakensson - Do Robots Get Bored by Drakensson

Andrewkn - Parallel Universe

Karma-Ron (Byngsies) -  Pad Light Waves Pretty

Code_Box - Full of Energy

Canadians are heading to the polls in a historic federal election amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. We explore what this election means for children here at home and internationally while empowering you to raise your voice for children and youth by getting involved in the #VoteforEveryChild campaign. 

Composed and Mixed by Chandra Bulucon, produced by Victoria Ptashnick, hosted by David Morley, UNICEF Canada President & CEO.

David Morley has a conversation with a university professor and expert on human happiness about the link between giving and increased joy.

Composed and Mixed by Chandra Bulucon, produced by Victoria Ptashnick, hosted by David Morley, UNICEF Canada President & CEO.

The pandemic has interrupted the education of children everywhere. In this episode, we’ll explore the consequences of lost learning and examine why certain groups, such as refugee girls, are at risk of losing more than just an education. Identify the problems and find solutions for what can be done to ensure children everywhere get a chance at receiving quality education.

Producers: Victoria Ptashnick, Priyadarshini Mitra
Composed and Mixed by: Chandra Bulucon
Additional music by Chad Crouch, "Starlight", https://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch/Drifter 

The journey of motherhood can simultaneously be full of joy but also challenges, and COVID-19 has created unique challenges for mother's around the world. Former Canadian footballer and UNICEF Canada Ambassador Karina LeBlanc joins us to tell her powerful story of becoming a mother during the pandemic. Then we'll take you to India, to learn more about the devastating new wave of COVID-19 and what UNICEF is doing to support children and families.

Producers: Priyadarshini Mitra, Victoria Ptashnick 

Composed and Mixed by: Chandra Bulucon

A behind the scenes look at what goes into ensuring COVID-19 vaccines reach countries around the world. We will bring you into the world’s largest humanitarian warehouse in Denmark. You’ll learn why the UNICEF Supply Division warehouse is key our work supporting the COVAX Facility through an interview with Eva Kadilli, UNICEF’s Director of Supply Division. Then we’ll hear from one of our key COVAX partners, Gavi, about what goes into making a historic vaccination effort of this scale successful, through an interview with Dr. Anuradha Gupta, the Deputy CEO of Gavi.

Producers: Victoria Ptashnick, Priyadarshini Mitra

Composed and Mixed by: Chandra Bulucon