An Intimate Images Public Information Campaign is running May 25 to July 5, 2026, to increase awareness of available supports through the Intimate Images Protection Service and reinforce that non-consensual sharing of intimate images is illegal. To support the campaign, districts are encouraged to promote the Take Back Your Images website and related materials within …
To plan for the coming school year, schools and districts are reminded that home educators are required to register homeschoolers with a school by September 30 each year and that public schools are required under the School Act to register homeschoolers. Schools may wish to remind homeschooling families of the requirement to register in end-of-year …
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport is sharing new School Access Guidelines to help schools, school districts, and sport organizations enable more consistent community use of school facilities for sport and recreation when the facilities are not required for school use. The guidelines offer practical ideas and solutions, intended to help organizations engage …
The 16th annual BC Child and Youth in Care Week will take place from June 1-7, 2026. You are invited to register for the Kick-Off Celebration, which will be held virtually on Monday, June 1, from 6:00-7:00 pm. Registration is free and open to anyone interested in attending. Hosted by the Federation of BC Youth in Care Networks, this event will highlight the …
Please join us on May 28 at 3:00 pm for the seventh Analytics Engagement and Information Sharing Session of the 2025-26 school year for an overview of the Graduation Assessments Power BI report and the Workforce report. Please see the poster for more information and the registration link. If you have any questions, feel free …
Updated Official Languages in Education Programs (OLEP) school district French funding allocations for 2026-27 are now available on the Ministry website. French Programs OLEP End of Year Reporting Form – FP-01 is due by July 31, 2026. For questions, contact EDUC.French.Education@gov.bc.ca
To strengthen assessment security, the ministry is introducing Assessment Lock, a new secure browser for graduation assessments. Assessment Lock will replace the current Safe Exam Browser (SEB) and Kiosk browser and will become mandatory starting with the November 2026 graduation assessment administration session. For the April and June 2026 sessions, Assessment Lock will be optional; …
The Ministry of Children and Family Development has completed a revision of Everyday Anxiety Strategies for Educators (EASE) for educators supporting K-7 students, in collaboration with B.C. educators, families, and experts on childhood anxiety. In response to educator feedback and to ensure its ongoing relevance, EASE K-7 was revised to reflect current themes in B.C. …
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food has developed a new Local Food In K-12 video series to highlight local food in school food programs. Check out the video series on the Feed BC in K–12 web page to see how school districts throughout the province are strengthening their school food programs by sourcing B.C. foods, …
The Healthy Schools BC website is now hosted and maintained by HealthLink BC under the Ministry of Health for easier access to provincial school health promotion information and resources alongside other evidence-based health information. Additional information is provided in these FAQs.
