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Stay up-to-date with the latest news, events and articles from the Early Childhood Educators of BC.
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May 19, 2023
View the bulletin to register for the Minister of State's child care townhall, find out more about The Seamless Day kindergarten pilot program expansion, read about the Métis Nation British Columbia receiving funding for new distinctions-based child care and more.
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.
May 4, 2023
Danielle Schmuecker is from Mackenzie BC and is a participant in the ECEBC Leading 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.
Apr 20, 2023
ECEBC is 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, ECEBC Executive Director in the PDF Document.
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.
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.
Feb 13, 2023
ECEBC invites you to attend our 52nd Annual Conference Power of Story May 11 to 13th, 2023 in-person and online.
ECEBC is 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.
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.
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