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
Foundations of Care: Trauma, Neurodivergence, and Wellness in ECE
This 2-hour online workshop equips Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) with practical, trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming strategies to support young children in early learning environments.
Ethics and Researching Young Children’s Digital Lives and Learning
Join Dr. Rosie Flewitt on Monday, September 29, as she examines the assumptions in humanist research ethics and propose a new materialist perspective that can challenge and broaden traditional ethical boundaries.
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.