A reminder that access zones are in place to protect students, staff and families from disruptive and harmful protest activities at school. Police can arrest or issue tickets to anyone found impeding access, disrupting or interfering with educational activities or attempting to intimidate an individual within 20 metres (66 feet) of school property. These zones …
Developed with the help of Grades 8-12 students who sit on the McCreary Centre Society’s BC Health and Wellness Youth Advisory Council, the 2025 Youth Vaping Survey is a great way for students to share their views and experiences with vaping and nicotine pouches, and suggest how schools and community services can better support students …
Schools throughout BC are invited to take part in the provincewide Bike to School Week from May 31–June 6. This annual event inspires students and families to choose cycling over driving. It also helps boost physical fitness and mental focus, cut down on carbon emissions and foster a stronger sense of school community. Two participating …
The 15th annual BC Child and Youth in Care (CYIC) Week is from June 2-8, 2025. You are invited to register for the kick off celebration, which will be held on Zoom on Monday, June 2 from 6:00–7:00 pm PDT. This event will highlight the amazing history of Children and Youth in Care Week, honour this year’s Recognition Award Recipients and …
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 Evgueni Vladimirovitch Melnik, who agreed to a reprimand.
StudentAid BC has YouTube video resources to help students and their supporters learn about the student financial aid journey from start to finish. These videos will help K-12 educators and students understand how student financial aid works. Be sure to check out the complete series to learn about the different types of financial aid, basic …
In response to recent events, the Ministry of Children and Family Development’s Child & Youth Mental Health team has organized a free webinar with two date options to provide essential tools and information to support children and youth after frightening events. This informative webinar is designed to equip parents, caregivers and community members with strategies …
Nursing Support Services (NSS), with support from the Ministries of Health and Education and Child Care, has updated their approach to supporting students who receive tube/enteral feeding through an act of delegation at school. For the 2025-26 school year, families will be required to obtain an updated order form from a physician/dietitian. This order form …
Premier David Eby will be hosting a virtual call with two graduating students from each BC secondary school on the afternoon of Friday, June 20. Premier Eby will speak to the graduates and respond to questions. The ministry invites secondary schools to nominate two Grade 12 graduating students who would want to take part in …
My ECE Registry is a new digital platform that streamlines early childhood educator (ECE) certification by enhancing transparency and reducing wait times for applicants. Since the My ECE Registry platform was launched in December 2024, the ministry has continued to add new features to the platform to enable more ECEs to start work sooner. My …
