1. THAT I am a techer of teachers of children, and as a teacher for 27 years I have become an expert in children's growth and development and factors that effect their learning, and as such have knowledge of the following facts and matters deposed to.

2. THAT as President of the Peace and Global Education Provincial Specialist Association of Teachers, I have worked in close association with many teachers committed to teaching about and for peace. One specific area of focus is learning ways to alleviate the fears children have concerning nuclear issues. I have designed and conduct workshops to help teachers deal with those fears and empower students to take action.

3. THAT I have had extensive training in effects on children of nuclear technology, including weapons and reactors, through the B.C. Teachers' Federation and Educators for Social Responsibility at Harvard and Tufts Universities. I have developed an expertise in this area.

4. THAT I attach as Exhibit "A" to this my affidavit, to substantiate my perspective that children have been and are adversely affected by the threat of nuclear disaster.

5. THAT I believe it is unconscienable that we continue to sentence our children to these fears by allowing nuclear- capable and nuclear-powered warships to berth in Esquimalt and Victoria harbours, and traverse other harbours and waters in British Columbia.

6. THAT as an educator I believe in the power of informed decision making. As citizens in a democracy we all, children and adults, have a right to a public environmental review of nuclear ship visits to Greater Victoria.

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