British Columbia

DOCUMENTS

2006

Child care services: Investing in a sustainable future for BC
2007 Budget Presentation and Submission to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
SOURCE: Human Early Learning Partnership. University of British Columbia, 1 Oct 06

Child care update for the school year
by Reid, Linda
SOURCE: Government of British Columbia. Ministry of Children and Family Development, 12 Sep 06

Government supports child care with $2-million grant
SOURCE: Government of British Columbia. Ministry of Children and Family Development, 9 Jun 06

Better late than never. Minister Reid needs to push hard for child care
SOURCE: B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union, 31 May 06
Press release in html

Support for child care (Vancouver City Council Motion)
SOURCE: City of Vancouver, March 2, 2006

Balanced Budget 2006: Growing with confidence
SOURCE: Government of British Columbia. Ministry of Finance., February 21, 2006.

BC Solutions Budget 2006: Budgeting for women's equality
SOURCE: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - BC Office, February 16, 2006

2005

A town hall meeting on child care: Framing the BC action plan
SOURCE: Working TV, Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C. & the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union, October 7, 2005.
Video clips in Real Player, Windows, or Quick Time.

Moving forward on early learning and child care: Agreement-in-principle between the government of Canada and the government of British Columbia
SOURCE: Government of Canada & Government of British Columbia, September 29, 2005.
Agreement and press release

Major child care funding to benefit families, providers
SOURCE: Government of British Columbia. Ministry of Children and Family Development, September 9, 2005.
Press release and backgrounder

Healthy early childhood development in British Columbia: From words to action
by Jane Morley
SOURCE: Government of British Columbia. Office of the Child and Youth Officer for British Columbia, September 9, 2005.
Report in pdf

Funding creates child care spaces, supports providers
SOURCE: Government of British Columbia. Ministry of Children and Family Development. August 10, 2005.
Press release in pdf

Take back the language: Appreciating the culture of early childhood education
by Linda McKinlay, Linday Leone & Margaret MacDonald
SOURCE: Coalition of Child Care Advocates of British Columbia, May 1, 2005
Position paper in pdf

Our child care plan
SOURCE: Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC, June 1, 2005.
Document in pdf

British Columbia
in Early childhood education and care in Canada 2004
by Martha Friendly & Jane Beach
SOURCE: Childcare Resource and Research Unit, June 16, 2005
Report chapter in pdf

Human rights denied: Single mothers on social assistance in British Columbia
by Gwen Brodsky, Melina Buckley, Shelagh Day & Margot Young
SOURCE: Poverty and Human Rights Centre, April 29, 2005.
Report in pdf

For the record: Pre-election advocacy tools
SOURCE: Coalition of Child Care Advocates BC, May 2005
Fact sheets in pdf

Pre-election fact sheets
SOURCE: Child Care Advocacy Forum, May 2005
Fact sheets in pdf

Child and youth issues in BC: An election advocacy tool
SOURCE: First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition, March 31, 2005.
Document in pdf

Losing ground: The effects of government cutbacks on women in British Columbia, 2001-2005
by Gillian Creese & Veronica Strong-Boag
SOURCE: British Columbia Federation of Labour, March 8, 2005
Report in pdf

2004

Victoria’s child care priorities go from bad to worse
SOURCE: Coalition of Child Care Advocates of British Columbia, December 1, 2004
Document in pdf

$33 million to improve child care acess, flexibility
SOURCE: British Columbia. Ministry of Children and Family Development, October 26, 2004
Press release

'Choice' discourse in BC child care: Distancing policy from research
by Paul Kershaw
SOURCE: Childcare Resource and Research Unit, September 17, 2004
Report in pdf

Submission to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
SOURCE: Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC, September 15, 2004
Document in pdf

Consultations on adult, child care regulations launched
SOURCE: British Columbia. Ministry of Health Services, Community Care Facilities Branch, September 10, 2004
Press release in pdf

BC families to benefit from child care spending
SOURCE British Columbia. Ministry of Children and Family Development, July 27, 2004
Press release in pdf

Hidden fragility: Closure among child care services in BC
by Paul Kershaw, Barry Forer & Hillel Goelman
SOURCE: Canadian Political Science Association, June 1, 2004
Paper in pdf

BC’s annual reporting on early childhood development: Analysis of impacts on child care
by Lynell Anderson
SOURCE Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC, March 2004
Full report in pdf

Child care and labour: Working together for publicly funded child care strategy session
by Coalition of Child Care Advocates of British Columbia (CCCABC) and the BC Government and Service Employee’s Union (BCGEU)
SOURCE Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC, February 2004

Bringing out the best in BC?”: Not for child care! -- The Coalition responds with disappointment to the BC 2004 provincial budget
SOURCE: Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC, February 2004
Letter in pdf

2003

Child care forum
Presentations by James Cavalluzo, Sharon Gregson, Susan Harney, George Heyman, Jamie Kass and Libby Davies
SOURCE Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC & BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU), November 2003
Webcast highlights available for download

Child care forum: How to advance a progressive child care agenda in the next federal and provincial elections
Presentations by James Cavalluzo, Sharon Gregson, Susan Harney, George Heyman, Jamie Kass and Libby Davies
SOURCE Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC, November 7, 2003
Webcast highlights for download in video and audio

2003 pre-budget consultation to the Select Standing Committee on Finance
SOURCE Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC, October 10, 2003
Submission in pdf

The Coalition responds with strong concerns to 'Child Development: Strengthening the Infant Development/Child Development Continuum'
SOURCE Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C., September 15, 2003
Response in pdf

Coalition submission to the Standing Committee on Finance
SOURCE Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C, September 5, 2003
Submission in pdf

They can afford it!
The latest release from the Advocacy Forum explaining how the provincial government can indeed afford to reverse the cuts to child care
SOURCE Child Care Advocacy Forum, August 2003
Document in pdf

A path to poverty: A review of child and family poverty conditions in British Columbia
by Michael Goldberg and Andrea Long
SOURCE B.C. Federation of Labour, August 27, 2003
Full report in pdf

Child development: Strengthening the infant development/child development continuum
(A Ministry of Children and Family Development discussion paper which proposes refocusing the Supported Child Care Program in B.C.)
SOURCE Ministry of Children and Families, August 2003.
Full document in pdf. Background information in html

Letter to Jane Stewart, Minister of Human Resources Development Canada regarding B.C.'s use of new federal funding for regulated child care from the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C.
by the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC
SOURCE Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada, July 28, 2003
Letter in pdf

Protecting the availability of child care spaces and programs: An administrative report
by Carol Ann Young
SOURCE City of Vancouver, Department of Social Planning, July 24, 2003
Report in html

Widening the gulf: Child care for B.C. children
by Veronica Strong-Boag
SOURCE Friends of Women and Children in B.C, Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Relations, University of British Columbia, July 15, 2003
Report card in pdf

Anything but child care
SOURCE Child Care Advocacy Forum, June 2003
Brief in pdf

A bad time to be poor: An analysis of British Columbia's new welfare policies
by Seth Klein and Andrea Long
SOURCE Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Social Planning and Research Council of B.C., June 2003
Full report in pdf

May is child care month, but B.C. has nothing to celebrate
by Rita Chudnovsky
SOURCE Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-B.C., May 2003
Document in html

Early childhood development in B.C: First Call's framework for action
SOURCE First Call: B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition, March 2003
Full report in pdf

Where are the children?
(Results of the Child Care Advocacy Forum's Caregiver Survey)
SOURCE Child Care Advocacy Forum, January 2003
Paper in pdf

2002

British Columbia,
in Early childhood education and care in Canada 2001
by Martha Friendly, Jane Beach and Michelle Turiano
SOURCE Childcare Resource and Research Unit, December 2002
Report section in pdf

Child-care operating funding program launched
SOURCE Government of British Columbia, November 27, 2002
Backgrounder in html

Diversity or disparity? Early childhood education and care in Canada.
ECEC Community Indicators Project report
SOURCE Campaign 2000, ECEC Community Indicators Project, October 2002
Background information and report

A new era in British Columbia: A profile of budget cuts across social programs
SOURCE Caledon Institute of Social Policy, July 2002
Full report in pdf

Changes to child care subsidy program
SOURCE Government of British Columbia, May 9, 2002
Fact sheet in pdf

Final report of the 2001 provincial child care survey
SOURCE Government of British Columbia, 2002
Full report in html. Summary in pdf

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