ChildCareBC Bulletin

Reminder: Emergency Management Resource Package and Key Contacts

The Ministry of Education and Child Care has created resources to support child care facilities and school districts with emergency preparedness, response and recovery. The K-12 Education and Child Care: Emergency Management Key Contacts includes key contact information for ministry and partner staff in the event of emergency. This document is intended for child care facilities, school districts and independent schools.

The K-12 Education and Child Care: Emergency Management Resource Package Spring 2025 is a collection of information and resources for child care facilities, school administrators, independent schools, families and community regarding emergency management, wildfires, heat events, mental health and well-being, financial resources and droughts.

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Updates to the BC Provincial Nominee Program

The Province uses the BC Provincial Nominee Program, administered by the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills, to meet the most critical labour market and economic needs throughout B.C.

In April 2025, the Province announced an update to the BC Provincial Nominee Program in response to the federal government’s reduction of nomination allocation spots. This will impact professional groups including early childhood educators (ECEs) looking to immigrate to B.C. through the BC Provincial Nominee Program.

To focus on the roles most in need, only ECEs with a one- or five-year B.C. ECE certification will be eligible for future targeted child care invitations. ECE assistants continue to be eligible for the program and will be considered for future general BC Provincial Nominee Program draws.

International ECE applicants not yet certified by the B.C. ECE Registry will no longer be eligible for targeted invitations to apply to the BC Provincial Nominee Program. However, the Ministry of Education and Child Care is working towards amending the Child Care Licensing Regulation to align with the International Credentials Recognition Act and facilitate certification with the ECE Registry for experienced international applicants. 

More information about the BC Provincial Nominee Program changes and impacts to the child care sector can be found in the updated Skills Immigration Program Guide and the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills news release.

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CanAssist Leaders of Inclusive Child Care position statement now available

The Ministry of Education and Child Care has partnered with CanAssist at the University of Victoria on the Leaders of Inclusive Child Care Initiative.

The first resource of the project, a position statement to support early learning and child care leaders in inclusive practice, was released on May 15 at a virtual launch event. Thank you to those who attended the event and joined the discussion on inclusive leadership! Additional resources on inclusive child care, such as the Inclusive Child Care Toolkit and CanAssist’s inclusive toileting initiative are available on the ChildCareBC website.

If you have any questions about the position statement, please contact the special projects coordinator at canaspc@uvic.ca.

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