Anne-Marie Robinson
speaker
409 appearances
10 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard Jan 2025
Anne-Marie Robinson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Anne-Marie hopes this series will explain to everyone the motivation behind her new vocation, because she hasn't just taken back her music. She's also regained her ability to develop and influence public policy and new laws.
Anne Marie has a new job, but this one doesn't come with a salary. It's a passion project, and she's teamed up with Peter Hamer to do it. We're at my place. Archie the Aussie Doodle greets Peter at the door, another dog looking for a cameo performance. Anne Marie's already here. We head inside to catch up.
Peter sits down beside Anne-Marie. There's no need for introductions. They found each other a while ago. I followed Peter's journey in the first season of the band Played On. He's a survivor of sexual abuse by a high school music teacher. Anne-Marie heard that podcast and she reached out to Peter.
They both realized sexual abuse in schools hadn't been eradicated and new risks, online grooming, texting, are changing the landscape.
Anne-Marie started to analyze all the regulatory and policy documents she could find. She read the education laws for every province and territory in Canada. And then she searched through academic papers. It all showed huge gaps in protections in every jurisdiction.
Anne-Marie and Peter collaborated and started discussions with another group, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. That charitable organization was doing its own work looking at school abuse. The centre found between 2017 and 2021 more than 540 alleged victims had come forward to report sexual abuse in Canadian schools.
an independent body to investigate reports of abuse by teachers, an office with no conflicts of interest with school boards, unions or governments.
In fact, the province of Manitoba has recently passed a law to create an independent commissioner and develop a disciplinary process to deal with teacher misconduct. It includes an online teacher registry. Other jurisdictions are listening too. It's actually difficult to overstate the impact of Anne-Marie and Peter's group.
They have the ear of people in power, and they're talking it up across the country.
You probably never imagined that you'd be once again really taking deep dives into policy research. No, I thought that I had lost that forever.
Oh, I know that Anne-Marie. And so do her sisters, her blipsters. That's the other group that's helped her regain her strength and motivation. It's time for a catch up with them. There we go. Good morning. Good morning.
As usual, Jeannie McKay out in BC is the first to log on to the blipster call.
Good morning. Can you hear?
We get through the usual technical glitches. Oh my God. I'm so bad at this. Eventually, all six women are up on my screen. Anne-Marie, Jeannie, Jackie, Rita, Ali, and Siobhan.
I asked for this gathering. I wanted to talk to them about a recent development with their former teacher. Doug Walker agreed to speak with me. I have a long list of questions for him. Then a couple days ago, he sent me a letter. He's changed his mind. There will be no interview after all with the band teacher.
I read them the letter. Good morning, Ms. Ireton. I have been strongly advised that in no way should I agree to an interview with the media, and therefore I will not be speaking to you on April 6th. I have paid and continue to pay a huge price for my behavior of almost a half century ago, and deservedly so.
I long ago lost my self-respect, and my actions have resulted in the loss of my beloved family and all my lifelong friends. Strong language has been used in speaking to and about me, and the word betrayal has been at the forefront. Any awards or accolades that came my way over the length of my teaching career have been dismissed. I face old age alone, and I am bankrupt.
I have dug deeply and agonizingly into my past. attempting to seek all possible reasons for why I behaved as I did, examining my struggles with alcohol, low self-esteem, and forcing myself to revisit the pain and trauma of a parentless, directionless childhood. Nonetheless, I conclude that I, and I alone, must bear the responsibility for my inexcusable behavior.
If the women who came forward in your investigation wish to lay blame on me for any misfortune that has befallen them as adults, that is their right. Although I most definitely refute some of the allegations listed in your recent email, it will at this point make little difference in the poll of public opinion.
Profuse and abject apologies for all the harm I caused those many years ago and seemingly continue to cause will offer little or no consolation to anyone, including myself. However, I give them unreservedly and I do not expect in any way to be forgiven. Your upcoming podcasts will no doubt continue to paint me as a predatory monster.
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