The Capturing Health and Resilience Trajectories (CHART) lab is currently seeking passionate young people interested in youth health and well-being to join the 2025/2026 YAC. The CHART lab is based at Simon Fraser University and collaborates with schools, public health organizations and youth partners to improve youth mental health and well-being. The CHART Youth Advisory …
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 …
The Ministry of Education and Child Care has been working with partners since early 2023 to develop and implement the K–12 Workforce Plan. Information on this Plan and progress to date can now be found on our K-12 Workforce development web page. Information for individuals aspiring to work in K-12 education, as well as inspirational …
A reminder that the Framework in Action session Sharing District Practices to Support Indigenous Learners is on May 27 from 10:30 am–12:00 pm PDT. In this session, three district teams will present and answer questions on their promising practices for supporting Indigenous learners. To join this session, register to receive the Zoom link. Please share this Framework …
Please join us May 29 at 3:10 pm PDT for the seventh Analytics Engagement and Information-Sharing Session of the 2024-25 school year for an overview of the Graduation Assessments Power BI report. See the poster for more information and the registration link. Please contact EDUC.ReportingUnit@gov.bc.ca if you have any questions. The recording for this session …
School districts are required to complete the year-end financial report (.xlsx) for the Feeding Futures Fund and the National School Food Program. Completed reports must be submitted to ECC.schoolfood@gov.bc.ca by July 31. Please read the instructions carefully, as the reporting template includes a report for each of the following: Instructions can also be found on the …
The 2024/25 Classroom Enhancement Fund year-end reporting template is now available. Preliminary templates must be submitted by July 18. Final reports are due September 29 and should align with financial statements.
