The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is now accepting applications for the School Health Grant for Youth. This grant provides Canadian youth in Grades 9-12 with the opportunity to apply for funding to develop youth-driven and youth-inspired initiatives that encourage and promote healthy living in schools. Project initiatives must align with one or more of …
The Regional Coordinator service roles have been redefined and renamed Service Area Coordinators as of April 1, to align with the new service areas identified in the recent CCRR solicitation. Child Care Resources and Referral Centre (CCRR) regional supports will continue to be provided by CCRR host agencies who have provided these services in the …
Earlier this week, Minister of State for Child Care Mitzi Dean reminded the sector that effective April 1, families looking for licensed child care can no longer be charged a fee to put their children’s names on waitlists. Eliminating waitlist and waitlist-related fees at government-funded child care centres makes access to child care more equitable …
More B.C. families will save thousands of dollars every year as over 930 child care spaces moved into the $10 a Day ChildCareBC program during March and April. This brings the total number of $10 a Day child care spaces in B.C. to over 15,000. With these newly converted spaces, offered at 27 additional child …
The general solicitation for new CCRR service providers is now complete, with all applicants being informed of the outcomes. The ministry has applied best practices at every step of the process to ensure the new contracts were awarded in a competitive, fair, and transparent manner. New contracts took effect on April 1.
B.C. educators and K-12 staff are invited to register for the Introduction to Compassionate Systems Framework workshop facilitated by Dr. Mette Boell, Trina Haygaru, and Dr. Peter Senge. Hosted by the Ministry of Education and Child Care and the Center for Systems Awareness, this workshop supports the ministry’s Mental Health in Schools Strategy.
Please share this letter with families/guardians of students in kindergarten to Grade 4 to let them know their child may be eligible for a $1,200 B.C. Training and Education Savings Grant for their post-secondary education.
Grants are available to help school districts and their post-secondary partners administer early childhood education dual credit programs in the 2025 calendar year. Grants provided equal $25,000 per school district partner, plus per course funding. Districts are invited to review and submit an expression of interest questionnaire by May 3 to be considered as a potential project site. …
Boards must update their code of conduct for school trustees and related policies and procedures to align with the Provincial School Trustees Code of Conduct Criteria Guidelines, released in June 2023. Board-approved, updated school trustees codes are to be submitted to EDUC.governance.legislation@gov.bc.ca by April 30. If you require support or have questions, please send inquiries …
School districts are reminded to complete the Indigenous teacher hiring practices survey by April 19. This survey is part of a project co-led by the ministry and the First Nations Education Steering Committee to explore ways to better attract, recruit, and retain First Nations teachers. A summary of findings will be shared with school districts …
