Early Childhood Pedagogy Network
(ECPN)
The mobilizes the call for transformational change in early childhood education in British Columbia. In collaboration with communities, the ECPN creates spaces for vibrant public conversations about pedagogical processes and projects in early childhood spaces. The ECPN extends and formalizes the work of the Investigating Quality (IQ) (2005-2010) and Community Facilitators Pilot (2011-2018) projects. The ECPN works in partnership with the Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia (ECEBC) in the development of the and in the ongoing implementation of ECPN's funded by the BC Ministry of Education and Child Care.
re:materia program
The engages early childhood educators in creatively and critically reimagining pedagogical processes and curriculum-making around waste. Grounded in social and ecological justice frameworks, re:materia proposes new directions for early childhood education that rethink the Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) and refigure young children’s waste futures. re:materia is a partnership between ECPN and ECEBC.
In May 2024, exhi’pit was launched at the 木瓜直播conference as a provocation to rethink waste practices in early childhood education. This mini documentary captures its debut, inviting viewers into a multisensory conversation about waste cycles, pedagogical responsibility, and the collective work of imagining more just and sustainable futures with and alongside children.
Course Offering:
Waste as Material: Reimagining the ECE Classroom
Next cohort offering coming winter 2026
Drawing on a range of perspectives, this course invites educators to rethink waste materials in early childhood spaces.
Modules:
- Relationships with Materials
- Common Worlding
- Materials and Waste
- Bringing it all Together
*22 Pro-D hours will be provided for completing the course
For more information please download the PDF or visit the .
Upcoming Workshops:
Please register for each workshop individually. You are welcome to attend any or all sessions.
Conversation XII
Exploring Leadership’s Role in Creating Conditions for Responsive 21st-Century Early Childhood Education
Join early childhood centre directors Kim Ainsworth, Sara Sutherland, and Karen Vaughan in conversation with ECPN Co-Director Kathleen Kummen as they share their experiences as administrators working to create conditions for children, educators, and families to live and learn well together (BC ELF). Using examples for their own practice and reflecting on their centres’ pedagogical commitments, these directors will unpack their learning and processes to continually work and rework centre practices and policies that respond to the complexities, joys and challenges of ECE in the 21st century.
Please register in advance for this webinar:
Location: Zoom
Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Pacific Time
Professional Development Hours will be provided for all participants.
Conversation VIII Part II
What becomes possible when children and art galleries meet over many years? How might educators and pedagogists create curricular conditions that go beyond the 'creative child' to put children's ideas into conversation with those of artworks and artists?
Join us for a conversation on a three-year inquiry between kindergarteners and the Kamloops Art Gallery (KAG).
ECPN Pedagogist Teresa Smith, educator Sarah Murphy, KAG interim director Emily Hope, and ECPN co-director Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw will share challenges, possibilities, and trajectories of this collaboration.
The evening includes the premiere of a mini-documentary and a scene created by children in response to Biidaaban: (The Dawn Comes) by Métis artist Amanda Strong. Children’s responses will be on display at the gallery through November.
Please register in advance for this webinar:
Location: Zoom
Date: Thursday, October 16, 2025
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Pacific Time
Professional Development Hours will be provided for all participants
Please visit the for more information. To receive updates on ECPN events, please . You can also follow ECPN on (formerly Twitter) and .
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