A reminder that next Monday, May 5, 2025, is Red Dress Day, an annual event formed by the REDress Project (#REDress) in memory of the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (#MMIWG) across Canada. The hashtag #SayTheirName brings awareness to remembering the names of those who have been murdered or are still missing. Please visit Amnesty International …
The 2026/27 Capital Plan Instructions to inform upcoming capital project submissions are posted at Capital Planning web page. Please contact Michael.Nyikes@gov.bc.ca if you have any questions.
This is a reminder about recently announced updates to learning standards in the Social Studies 10 and Physical and Health Education 10 curricula that will take effect at the start of the new school year on July 1, 2025. The updates to Social Studies 10 include specifically requiring learning about: In addition, there will be …
Emergency Preparedness Week is May 4-10, 2025. To support emergency preparedness and planning across the education and child care sectors, the Ministry of Education and Child Care is sharing updated emergency management resources for the 2025 year. These resources support mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery planning. Districts are encouraged to review and share this information …
After a review of the enrolment totals from the February 2025 data collection, the ministry has confirmed there were data discrepancies affecting some districts’ operating grants for inclusive education enrolment growth and newcomer refugee enrolment. The operating grant tables have now been updated with the corrected enrolment and are available here Interim Operating Grants web …
Discipline outcomes are posted to enhance the transparency of the processes and decisions made with respect to complaints and reports about educators. Recently, an outcome was posted regarding Edward John Thomas Mulrooney, whose certificate was suspended for five days.
Providers have until April 30, 2025, as the last day to submit their application for renewal for funding starting April 1. The 2025-26 Funding Agreement has been available since February for eligible providers to review and agree to the terms. Providers must agree to the terms and conditions of the 2025-26 Funding Agreement by completing …
The Health and Justice Alliance has created a new, free resource to support family well-being during parental separation. This toolkit contains six key messages, images, social media posts and newsletter text that are linked to practical actions and tangible resources on an updated, interactive website to help parents and children navigate this stressful time and …
The ministry, with Dr. Hayley Watson, adolescent clinical psychologist from Open Parachute, is hosting three, free virtual sessions for parents, guardians and caregivers on creating a personalized, step-by-step plan for implementing substance use prevention skills in their home. Participants are required to register in advance for one of the sessions on April 29, May 7 or May 8 from …
The Enhanced Student Profile (ESP) dashboard is a new, comprehensive dashboard in Education Insights, offering nightly-refreshed visualizations of student-level data from MyEducation BC. By presenting both student and cohort views, the ESP dashboard allows users to explore data in greater detail and track a student’s educational journey over time. All Education Insights dashboards, including the ESP, …
