Events & Resources - Early Childhood Education Program

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Talk with Dr. David Robinson | Stories Are Histories, Rings Are Our Records: KIJIKATIG and Transformative Learning

Join us for a talk with Dr. David Robinson, highlighting the work developed as part of the 2025 Summer Institute. The event will take place on May 27, 2026.

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.

Toddlers, Tech and Talk: 0-3-Year-Old Children’s Language and Literacy Learning at Home in a Post-Digital Age

This presentation on Wednesday, October 1, will share the findings of a unique project funded by the ESRC led by Dr. Flewitt, which investigates the digital lives and learning experiences of very young children at home in the UK.

Cross-Faculty Insights in Early Years Research

Discover UBC faculty perspectives on early childhood education research in this new video series—designed to support prospective graduate students.

Restoring Pedagogical Vitality in Early Childhood Education: Re-Stitching Documentation

Join us in celebrating the 20th anniversary of UBC’s Early Childhood Education (ECE) Summer Institute with a special keynote talk by Dr. Cristina Delgado Vintimilla. Her presentation, Restoring Pedagogical Vitality in Early Childhood Education: Re-Stitching Documentation, will be on July 14 both online and in-person.