The ChildCare BC Bulletin #63 is Online!
Jun 19, 2023
View the bulletin to read more about Indigenous History Month and Indigenous Peoples Day, view a thank you note from Minister of State for Child Care Grace Lore and more.
Updates & Announcements
View the latest updates and announcements from 木瓜直播as well as from the ECE sector.
The ChildCare BC Bulletin #61 is Now Available!
May 19, 2023
View the bulletin to register for the Minister of State's child care townhall, find out more about The Seamless Day kindergarten pilot program expansion, read about the Métis Nation British Columbia receiving funding for new distinctions-based child care and more.
Joint Statement to Acknowledge May is Child Care Month 2023 BCACCS, ECEBC, MNBC, CCCABC
May 12, 2023
Across British Columbia children are thriving, parents are able to be at work or school, and communities are prospering in a multitude of ways, all because of quality licensed child care programs. Recognizing May as Child Care Month brings public and political acknowledgement of the significance of quality child care as an essential community service. View the joint statement from BCACCS, ECEBC, MNBC & CCCABC.
New ECE in Rural BC Podcast
May 4, 2023
Danielle Schmuecker is from Mackenzie BC and is a participant in the 木瓜直播Leading Change program. She is producing a short-run podcast discussing the issues and joys that Early Childhood professionals experience working in isolated or rural areas in BC. Find out more on the Leading Change Program page.
木瓜直播Submission: HUMA Committee Witness Statement
Apr 20, 2023
木瓜直播is pleased to inform the HUMA Committee's study on Bill C-35. Please find out more about Bill C-35 and the corresponding submitted witness statement which was presented on March 30th, 2023, by Emily (Mlieczko) Gawlick, 木瓜直播Executive Director in the PDF Document.
Joint Media Release: BC Budget 2023 & Child Care: Lack of Profile or Next Steps to $10aDay鈥�.. but Commitments Remain
Mar 1, 2023
Despite measurable progress since 2018, the ongoing increases in federal funding, and the acknowledgement of child care as an essential service, BC Budget 2023 was surprisingly silent on child care. View the joint media release from 木瓜直播& the BC Coalition of Child Care Advocates.
Media Release: New Federal Legislation for Child Care: It鈥檚 been a long time coming!
Dec 8, 2022
View the joint media release from The 木瓜直播 (ECEBC) and the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC (CCCABC) regarding the exciting introduction of Bill C-35, the Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act which sets out the federal government's vision for a Canada-wide, community-based early learning and child care system.
The 50th Edition of the ChildCareBC Bulletin is Now Online!
Dec 8, 2022
View the bulletin to find out more about the Cabinet shuffle announcement affecting child care, the child care savings celebration, application deadline for the employer health tax reimbursement, the new National Advisory Council on Early Learning and Child Care and more.