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Short. Parents for Choice in Education is an Alberta non-partisan advocacy organization, founded in 2012, that works for an excellent, choice-driven education system answerable to parents.

Long. Parents for Choice in Education (PCE) is an Alberta-based, non-sectarian, not-for-profit advocacy organization founded in 2012. PCE holds that authority over a child's education belongs to the parent, and that choice among public, separate, francophone, charter, independent, online and home education is what makes that authority real. It publishes research and commentary, trains parents and candidates in campaigning and advocacy, and mobilizes parents through constituency-targeted alerts. PCE is non-partisan and works with MLAs of every party. It is not a registered charity and is funded by individual donors.

Spokesperson

John Hilton-O'Brien, Executive Director. A PCE board director from its founding and Executive Director since March 2021. Degree in Social Work, graduate degree in Philosophy, former university instructor. Founder and past President of the Wildrose Party of Alberta. His columns appear in the Western Standard and the Epoch Times, and in the Calgary Herald and Edmonton Journal. He has been interviewed by CBC, CTV, Global, Radio-Canada and The Guardian.

Available for comment on: school choice and funding; parental rights in law and school board policy; teacher discipline, abuse and oversight; school board governance and trustee elections; the Alberta Teachers' Association; curriculum and classroom content; teacher training and supply.

Contact

Media inquiries: [email protected]
Office: [email protected], 587-229-9318

Logo

The PCE apple. Green on white, square. Download. Please do not recolour it or place it on a busy background.

Photo and video

Headshots of the Executive Director: a print-quality studio portrait (JPG, 1575 by 2000 pixels) and a recent photograph for web use. PCE's interviews, forum recordings and short videos are on our YouTube channel. Photographs of the May 2016 rallies, 2,500 people at the Legislature in Edmonton and a second crowd in Calgary, are on Flickr: Edmonton, Calgary. Ask before reproducing the Calgary set; the photographer holds the rights.

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