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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.

Joint Statement (PDF)

New ECE in Rural BC Podcast

May 4, 2023

Danielle Schmuecker is from Mackenzie BC and is a participant in the ľֱLeading 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.

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ľֱSubmission: HUMA Committee Witness Statement

Apr 20, 2023

ľֱis 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, ľֱExecutive Director in the PDF Document.

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ECPN Exposure - Animate Companionship: Literature and Education

Mar 8, 2023

Join the Early Childhood Pedagogy Network Exposure on March 30, 2023 from 6:00pm to 7:30pm PST where the Pauline Sameshima, Lara Okihiro and Aparna Mishra Tarc consider literature as a companionship for thought and for our engagements with education by creating a conversation between a poet, a children’s book author and a writer on the profound role of literary language in engaging childhood, knowledge, and worlds. 

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Joint Media Release: BC Budget 2023 & Child Care: Lack of Profile or Next Steps to $10aDay….. 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 ľֱ& the BC Coalition of Child Care Advocates.

BC Budget 2023 Media Release

2023 ľֱConference

Feb 13, 2023

ľֱinvites you to attend our 52nd Annual Conference Power of Story May 11 to 13th, 2023 in-person and online.

ľֱis honoured to be in relation with the unceded traditional lands of the Coast Salish Peoples, specifically the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nations. We acknowledge the Urban First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples in the region. Many nations across the province collaborate in our shared work of supporting children, families, educators and communities and we thank them for this continued relationship.

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Les résultats du récent rapport « Évaluation de la stratégie de recrutement et de rétention concernant la garde et l'apprentissage de la petite enfance » en Colombie-Britannique sont maintenant disponibles.

Jan 11, 2023

Vancouver, C.-B., le 11 janvier 2023 L'association ľֱ (ECEBC) a le plaisir de partager le rapport d'évaluation de la stratégie de recrutement et de rétention concernant la garde et l'apprentissage de la petite enfance en Colombie-Britannique. Le financement de ce rapport a été assuré par l'Entente Canada-Colombie-Britannique sur le développement du marché du travail.

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