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Feb 22, 2024
View the joint media release Budget 2024: What’s happening for $10aDay Child Care in B.C.? Thank goodness for federal $10aDay child care investments! by the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC and the Early Childhood Educators of BC.
Dec 11, 2023
The Early Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC) is concerned about the continued emphasis to provide free training for obtaining an Early Childhood Educator Assistant (ECEA) certificate. View the full media release.
Jul 11, 2023
The creation of new child care programs is not happening fast enough in BC, or across Canada. The major roadblock to expansion is the worsening Early Childhood Educator (ECE) staffing crisis. To address this issue, the BC government committed to develop and implement an ECE wage grid. With this commitment in mind, a scan of ECE wages and wage grids across Canada, including a detailed analysis of ECE wages in BC was carried out by the CCCABC and ECEBC.
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 ECEBC & the BC Coalition of Child Care Advocates.
Jan 11, 2023
Vancouver, C.-B., le 11 janvier 2023 – L'association Early Childhood Educators of BC (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.
Jan 11, 2023
Vancouver, BC, January 11th, 2023 – The Early Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC) is pleased to share the Evaluation of the Early Care and Learning Recruitment and Retention Strategy in British Columbia, Evaluation Report. Funding for this report was provided through the Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Development Agreement.
Dec 8, 2022
View the joint media release from The Early Childhood Educators of BC (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.
Sep 23, 2022
Promise made, promise kept. One year ago, BC signed the Canada-wide child care agreement promising to significantly reduce fees by December 2022. Today, the BC government delivered on that promise. View the joint media release from the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC (CCCABC) and the Early Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC).
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