The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1973, Page 63

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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JOHN CHRISTIANSON FOUNDER
OF MINI-SKOOLS
Among the “problems” created for
business by the rising number of work-
ing women is the question of who
looks after the children if the mother
is working full-time. A Winnipeg
company, Mini-Skools ltd., is trying
to provide a solution for the problem
and at the same time make a profit
through the free enterprise system.
Mr. Christianson, with the backing
from several Winnipeg businessmen,
helped Mini-Skools become the first
Canadian chain of day care centres,
which started in Winnipeg in 1971
and has now spread to Toronto. Pre-
sently, seven schools providing places
for 1100 pre-schoolers are in operation
in Winnipeg.
Mini-Skool backers have already
pumped about $1 million into the
concept and Mr. Christianson says the
company is close to breaking even”,
says Susan Hoeschen in her article on
Mini-Skools in the Winnipeg Tribune
(15-9-72). Further expansion in Tor-
onto and development in Vancouver
are projected.
Mr. John Christianson, a veteran of
World War II, is a former Minister of
Welfare in the Conservative Govern-
ment of Manitoba in the 1960’s.
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