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Part-Time Sessional Lecturer – ECED 490 Faculty Advising

The UBC Early Childhood Education Program invites applications from early childhood educators with expertise in early years education (including preschool, childcare, kindergarten and primary grades) for a part-time faculty advisor position (as Sessional Lecturer) commencing in September 2019 with practicum supervision in various Lower Mainland early childhood education settings.

MNBC Announces Métis Early Years Program

Part of MNBC’s Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) strategy, the Métis Early Years Program will provide Métis children and families throughout BC with culturally relevant, self-empowering ELCC programs and supports that focus on children and families first to support strong Métis Nation families and communities across the lifespan – beginning at birth.

SPARK 2019

SPARK is a two-day graduate student-run conference that brings together people interested in early childhood education and care (Birth to 8 years old) to contribute to a wider discussion around the challenges, understandings, experiences, and insights that characterize the field.

More pro-d for child care staff means better care for young children

March 12, 2019 British Columbia families and their children will soon benefit from the latest methods in early years teaching and learning, such as using play-based learning to help children build speech and language skills. This is part of an investment that will give early childhood educators (ECEs) and other child care providers more professional […]

ECEBC Education Support Fund

The Early Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC), in partnership with the Province of British Columbia, has enhanced and expanded the ECE Bursary Program, now known as the ECE Education Support Fund.

New UBC Early Childhood Education Program Receives Provincial Funding

More students around the province will soon have access to online training opportunities to become early childhood educators, thanks to an expansion of the program offered through the UBC Faculty of Education.