Early Childhood Education
The Early Childhood Education (ECED) unit works across UBC’s Faculty of Education to offer a number of undergraduate and graduate programs focused on the early years (children from birth to age 9). ECED programs allow teachers, early childhood educators, and other early childhood education professionals to inquire into their work with young children, and offers opportunities to explore issues in early childhood research, theory, and practice.
Graduate
Programs
Explore issues in early childhood research, theory, and practice with our interdisciplinary and faculty-wide Masters programs.
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ECED
Minor
Learn to critically examine theoretical frameworks, approaches and issues related to early childhood education.
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Certificates &
Diplomas
Enrich your knowledge and learn to design optimal and inclusive early learning experiences that foster children’s development.
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ECED News & Events
Annual ECED Graduate Research Day – May 16, 2025
We invite you to join us for a day dedicated to exploration, dialogue, and community building in the vibrant field of early childhood education and research.
Summer courses for undergraduate and graduate students
Registration is now open for the below two ECED summer courses: KIJIKATIG Land and Art-Based Narrative Inquiry (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000) and Children and Teachers as Co-Researchers in Early Childhood Communities of Practice.
Indigeneity
We recognize and acknowledge that we learn and work on the unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. Our students, staff and faculty benefit from the rich history and learnings shared by local Knowledge Keepers.