Story First Productions
Story First Productions
Award-winning books and videos
Award-winning books and videos
80:20; the Developing World
80:20; the Developing World
This comprehensive video series explores the developing world and our role in improving conditions.
For high schools, universities, libraries and NGOs
For high schools, universities, libraries and NGOs
Examining conditions in Developing Countries around the world, the series highlights the relationship between rich and poor countries and suggests ways for ordinary people to help move toward global equity.
80/20 is ideal for:
- high school Social Studies and university International Studies courses
- non-governmental organizations, such as Y?s
- local community groups, such as Teen Centres, wishing to learn about issues in the developing world
Comprehensive Study Guides for each of the five programs developed by Dr Rick McDaniel, researcher and narrator, available upon request in pdf format.
From the Caribbean to Africa, from South America to India
From the Caribbean to Africa, from South America to India
Haitians on market day.
Peaking from her backyard.
Kids play at Y playground, Dominican Republic
UN Chairperson, AIDS
Destruction of rain forest
Medical students.
Dr Rick McDaniel, Canadian authority on International Development
Dr Rick McDaniel, Canadian authority on International Development
Manager, Y International & Social Development Program, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Richard McDaniel was born in Indiana in 1947 and came to Canada to attend university in 1967. He remained there to complete both an MA and a PhD. in Third World Studies. He became a Canadian citizen in 1974 and taught at the University of New Brunswick and Saint Thomas University for 12 years before taking on the position of International Program Director at the YMCA of Fredericton in 1985.
Dr. McDaniel's articles on development issues have been published in YMCA journals as well as the New Internationalist. His two video series on international development are used in schools and universities across Canada and have been distributed in more than 25 countries.
In a joint project sponsored by the Y and CIDA, Dr. McDaniel conducted workshops on Third World issues in more than 200 schools.
Dr. McDaniel is the originator of the YMCA Peace Medallion, now used by YMCA’s across Canada during YMCA Peace Week, and he is the co-author, with Jim Petrie, of A Two Way Approach to Understanding: Issues in Global Education.
Among his other accomplishments at the YMCA of Fredericton: he established Cultures Boutique–a fair trade gift boutique and importing program; he expanded the International Program of the Fredericton Y to address local poverty issues in Fredericton as well; and he developed an eco-tourism program in cooperation with the YMCA of Belize.
Dr. McDaniel and his wife, Joan, make their home in Fredericton. They have three children and five grandchildren.