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Community Plan For A Public System of Integrated Early Care & Learning

In 2010, the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC and the Early Childhood Educators of BC released a draft plan for an Integrated System of Early Care and Learning in BC. The draft responded to BC’s implementation of full school day Kindergarten for 5 year olds and the deepening child care crisis facing BC families.

For over 6 months, thousands of British Columbians engaged in a dialogue about our draft plan. This dialogue helped shape and inform our finalized Community Plan for a Public System of Integrated Early Care and Learning. The Plan, released in April 2011, offers a concrete, innovative and ambitious way forward and provides a framework for significant and lasting change.

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Day of Action

On November 30th, 2022 across BC and Canada there will be many ways to celebrate early childhood educators and push for a fair wage grid. Please join with us in celebrating and supporting educators. If you're sharing on social media don't forget to use the following hashtags:  #dayofactionforchildcare #10adaychildcare 

The Plan

Since its release in April 2011, the Plan has been enthusiastically endorsed and supported by a growing number of individuals and organizations. These voices are calling on government to adopt and implement the Plan so that children, families, communities and our economy are served by a high quality, universal, democratic and accountable system of early care and learning.

Click on the images below or download the plan to find out more.

$10aDay Roadmap

View the Roadmap for $10aDay Child Care in BC. Updated January 2022.

View the previous Spring 2021 Roadmap.

$10aDay Fact Sheets

Download the Fact Sheets below to find out more about the $10aDay Community Plan

Fact Sheet 1: For BC Parents

Fact Sheet 1: For BC Parents

What The Plan Means For Families

Download Fact Sheet 1 in: Chinese | Filipino Punjabi Spanish Vietnamese

Fact Sheet 2: It Makes Good Dollars & Sense

Fact Sheet 2: It Makes Good Dollars & Sense

Economic Rationale For Public Investment

Fact Sheet 3: By The Numbers

Fact Sheet 3: By The Numbers

BC Children, Families And Child Care

Fact Sheet 4: $10aDay Child Care

Fact Sheet 4: $10aDay Child Care

A Key To Ending Child Poverty

$10aDay Latest News

$10 A Day Canada Wide Day of Action for Child Care

Nov 17, 2022

On November 30th, 2022 across BC and Canada there will be many ways to celebrate educators and push for a fair wage grid. We encourage you to join us!

Download the Day of Action PDF

Updated $10aDay Roadmap Just Released

Jan 26, 2022

The second edition of the Roadmap for $10aDay Child Care in BC has just been released.

Download the 2022 Roadmap