Across British Columbia children are thriving, parents are able to be at work or school, and communities are prospering in a multitude of ways, all because of quality licensed child care programs.

BC Budget 2023 Consultation Submission on June 14, 2022 via Zoom from the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC To the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services

With funding from Women and Gender Equality Canada we are undertaking a 30 month project to advance a competitive provincial ECE wage grid, which is key to achieving a well-educated, fairly paid and respected ECE profession.

Submission to Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services $10aDay Child Care Recommendations for BC Budget 2022 September 30, 2021

The Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC (CCCABC) is in solidarity with the peaceful land defenders in unceded Wet’suwet’en territory, adding our voices to the many calling for an end to violence against Wet’suwet’en people and their allies.

“This half century of struggle”: A brief look back at child care advocacy in Canada over the last 50 years and how that created the political moment we’re in today. A short article worth reading by Lisa Pasolli an assistant professor of history at Queen’s University. She researches the history of gender,...

The Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC stands in mourning with the Tk’emlúps te Secwepémc Nation on uncovering the deaths of 215 Indigenous children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. In this horror and grief, we are reminded again of our country’s genocidal actions towards Indigenous peoples and the racist...

$10aDay Child Care NOW For British Columbia and Canada to forge a resilient and just future, building a quality, affordable child care system with fairly compensated early childhood educators must be a priority. Increasing the public investment in child care now will play a central role in building a sustainable...

June 2020 – We stand in solidarity with Black communities. Our goal of a child care system that reflects, respects and honours Black people, Indigenous people, and people of colour cannot be achieved without dismantling the systems of privilege and power that exist within our organization and our society. We are committed...

On November 8, 2019, BC’s Minister of Education hosted a very significant Early Learning Summit. The Summit brought together school district leaders, teachers, and representatives from child care organizations from across BC to hear about the current research and evidence on the social and financial benefits of investing in early...