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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ChildCareBC Pedagogy Services Town Hall with Parliamentary Secretary Arora

The Ministry of Education and Child Care is seeking feedback from early childhood professionals on accessing pedagogical services and resources. The Early Childhood Pedagogy Program, operated by the Early Childhood Pedagogy Network, offers support through a network of pedagogists that work directly with educators in child care programs, community learning circles and other professional development opportunities and through connections with Child Care Resource and Referral Centres. Their work is guided by B.C.’s Early Learning Framework.

Register by June 9 for the virtual Pedagogy Services Town Hall on Tuesday, June 10 with Rohini Arora, parliamentary secretary for child care, where you will have the opportunity to share your feedback on pedagogy services directly with the Parliamentary Secretary.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the virtual town hall. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Sector spotlight: Rhea Hubbard – Retirement appreciation  

Building and expanding child care takes tenacity, creativity and a passion for supporting children and families. Rhea Hubbard’s commitment to ensure that families can access quality, affordable, inclusive care for their children has clearly urged her to take up the cause. In the last five years alone, Rhea has been responsible for the operational development of 367 child care spaces in Surrey, most of which are already open, with another 63 still in progress. Anyone involved in child care knows how complex an undertaking it is to open a new child care program, and to do that again and again is heroic.

Rhea was one of the original cohort of child care operators selected to participate in the $10 a Day ChildCareBC program. Since the beginning, she has been a capable advocate for quality, affordable child care in Surrey. In addition, she has been a consistent voice and collaborative partner at the Surrey Child Care Task Group on behalf of Alex House, even throughout the most challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic. She has fostered relationships, built trust and connection with both the City of Surrey and Surrey School District to ensure that many more families have access to child care in new and renovated public spaces.

We send our warmest congratulations to Rhea Hubbard on her retirement from Alex House in June!