ECEBC Sends Urgent Letter to Dr. Bonnie Henry
Jan 10, 2022
ECEBC has written an urgent letter to Dr. Bonnie Henry regarding the lack of consultation and sector prioritization and its impacts on the early care and learning sector.
Updates & Announcements
View the latest updates and announcements from ECEBC as well as from the ECE sector.
Child Care Covid-19 Update
Jan 9, 2022
View the latest child care Covid-19 update from Shannon Renault, Executive Director of the Stakeholder Engagement and Divisional Services, Child Care Division.
K-12 Graduated Return to School
Jan 5, 2022
The Province announced a delayed return to class in the k-12 sector in order to give public health and BC schools additional time to learn more about the impacts of the Omicron variant on communities and schools, and to support the safe continuation of in-class learning.
ECPN's "The Here and Now: Reimagining Childhoods in Urgent Times" Now Available
Dec 8, 2021
ECPN’s inaugural issue of The Here and Now: Reimagining Childhoods in Urgent Times newsletter is now available. Read more about Bill 14 and what else the legislation may generate for the field of early childhood education in BC, view upcoming events and more.
Updated Public Health Guidance for Child Care Settings
Nov 25, 2021
The Childcare BC Stakeholder Engagement Team sent out a message regarding the updated public health guidance for child care settings from the BC Centre for Disease Control.
Call for Artwork- Young Children to Grade 12
Nov 9, 2021
ECEBC, BCACCS and the SRDC are working together on the "Learning Outside Together: Incorporating traditional wisdom and promising practices to futureproof child care programs” and are inviting BC teacher’s and their students to share their art.
National Day for Truth & Reconciliation
Sep 30, 2021
September 30, 2021 marks the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. This day honours the lost children and survivors of residential schools, their families and communities. ECEBC will be closed to observe Truth & Reconciliation Day. Learn more about what the team is doing to honour this day.
MCF Provider Newsletter Vol. 22
Sep 22, 2021
View the 22nd edition of the MCF Provider Newsletter from the Childcare BC Stakeholder Engagement Team to read news regarding:
- New Spaces Fund Open to Applications
- Start-Up Grants Still Available
- Did You Apply for the Maintenance Fund?
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – Sept 30
- Child Care Subsidy Regulation Amendment Now in Effect
- Child Care Awards of Excellence Spotlight