BC’s Path to Universal Child Care
24 episodes - English - Latest episode: 25 days ago -A podcast featuring interviews with child care advocates, government officials, policy makers, educators, parents and child care organisations in BC, exploring the move toward a universal child care system.
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Season 3, Episode 4: Carrie McCormack - Heart Changing Learning Through Communities of Practice
March 22, 2024 19:00 - 30 minutes - 18.3 MBTune in to Episode 4 in Season 3 of our BC's Path to Universal Child Care Podcast. Today we welcome you back to our podcast with our special guest: Carrie McCormack, a Program Coordinator with the Child Care Resource and Referral Program in Williams Lake. We are honoured and grateful to welcome Carrie McCormack to share insights on exploring how to create and sustain meaningful, relevant, and what Carrie describes as “heart changing” professional development through communities of practice...
Season 3, Episode 3: Morna Ballantyne & Child Care Now - The Importance of High Quality Universal Child Care
December 19, 2023 18:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBWelcome to Episode 3 in Season 3 of our BC's Path to Universal Child Care Podcast. Today we welcome you back to our podcast with our special guest: Morna Ballantyne, the Executive Director of Child Care Now, Canada’s national child care advocacy organization. We are honoured and grateful to welcome Morna Ballantyne to share insights on her involvement in the childcare profession, her national organization Child Care Now, and guidance and advice for childcare activists and advocates. Learn...
Season 3, Episode 2: Sharon Gregson - Advocating for Accessible Child Care
October 27, 2023 16:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBWelcome to Episode 2 in Season 3 of our BC's Path to Universal Child Care Podcast. Today we welcome you back to our podcast with our special (and familiar) guest: Sharon Gregson, the provincial spokesperson for the $10aDay Child Care Campaign. We are honoured and grateful to welcome Sharon Gregson to share insights on the wage grid, expansion of new programs, and how to reduce fees to provide accessible, and affordable child care. Learn more by listening to the episode now!
Season 3, Episode 1: Derek Dubois & Tatiana Abi-Farrage - A Student’s Perspective on Early Childhood Education
September 27, 2023 21:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBWelcome to Episode 1 in Season 3 of our BC's Path to Universal Child Care Podcast. Today we welcome you back to our podcast with our special guests: Derek Dubois & Tatiana Abi-Farrage, two early childhood education students from Vancouver Community College. We are honoured and grateful to welcome Derek Dubois & Tatiana Abi-Farrage to share insights and personal experiences with us as they continue their education and career path in the childcare field. Learn more by listening to the episod...
Season 2, Episode 9: Friday Bailey, Norma Stokes, and Katie Wahl - Child Care System Changes and the Impact on Rural Communities
May 30, 2023 18:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBWelcome to Episode 9 in Season 2 of our BC's Path to Universal Child Care Podcast. Today we welcome our special guests: Friday Bailey, Norma Stokes and Katie Wahl. We are honoured and grateful to welcome Friday Bailey, Norma Stokes and Katie Wahl to share how all the child care system changes are impacting rural communities from three Early Childhood Educators currently working in the field. Learn more by listening to the episode now!
Season 2, Episode 8: Minister Debra Fisher, Métis Nation BC
April 19, 2023 22:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBWelcome to Episode 8 in Season 2 of our BC's Path to Universal Child Care Podcast. Today we welcome our special guest: Minister Debra Fisher, Métis Nation BC. Minister Debra Fisher is a loving daughter and wife who has hosted and cared for numerous international students, as well as children in foster care and short and long term emergency care. For over 26 years, she has worked in the educational setting, primarily as an Indigenous Education Support Worker. When Debra was given the title o...
Season 2, Episode 7: Eric Swanson - Founding Partner of Third Space Planning and Co-Author of Childcare Policy
March 17, 2023 18:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBWelcome to Episode 7 in Season 2 of our BC's Path to Universal Child Care Podcast. Today we welcome our special guest: Eric Swanson. Eric Swanson is a founding partner of Third Space Planning, where they support local governments and not-for-profit organizations with planning and policy development. Eric also co-authored the policy note, ‘Child Care and the Environment: Intersections and Opportunities in BC’, with Lynell Anderson for ECEBC and the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC. I...
Season 2, Episode 6: Grace Lore - Minister of State for Child Care
February 24, 2023 18:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBWelcome to Episode 6 in Season 2 of our BC's Path to Universal Child Care Podcast. Today we welcome our special guest: Grace Lore. Grace Lore was elected the MLA for Victoria-Beacon Hill in 2020. She is also the Minister of State for Child Care. She has been a dedicated anti-violence advocate, academic instructor and researcher, and community housing organizer. Prior to the election, she taught in the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria and previously at the Univ...
Season 2, Episode 5: Maria Rodrigues and Linda Fong - Recipients of the Prime Ministers Award for Excellence in Early Childhood Education
January 25, 2023 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBWelcome to Episode 5 in Season 2 of our BC's Path to Universal Child Care Podcast. We start off the new year with 2 very special guests: Maria Rodrigues and Linda Fong. Maria and Linda are both recipients of the Prime Ministers Award for Excellence in Early Childhood Education. In this episode, we welcome back Gyda Chud to help us acknowledge the incredible changes and practices that Maria and Linda have developed for children, families and educators. Throughout the podcast, we discuss Mar...
Season 2, Episode 4: Inspiring & Insightful Stories with Gyda Chud
December 13, 2022 00:00 - 34 minutes - 12 MBWelcome to Episode 4 in Season 2 of our BC's Path to Universal Child Care Podcast. Today we turn the tables on our Interviewer Extraordinaire Gyda Chud, and ask her about her experiences and learning from her many years in the Child Care Sector. Gyda discusses the importance of sharing stories in retaining and embedding learning, for both children and adults, and then shares with us some of the wonderfully insightful anecdotes she has gathered from her time in the BC early years sector. Gy...
Season 2, Episode 3: Adrienne Montani, First Call Child & Youth Advocacy Society
November 15, 2022 08:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBWelcome back to Season 2! We are so grateful for your support and interest in this Podcast, as we follow BC's Path to Universal Child Care, along with a series of special guests from the child care community. In Episode 3, Gyda, Nora and Crystal chat with Adrienne Montani - social justice activist, child and youth advocate, past Vancouver School Board chair and Executive Director of First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society. First Call’s work is guided by the 4 Keys to Success for Child...
Finding Connection and Meaning through Communities of Practice
October 25, 2022 00:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBIn this episode, we explore how we find and sustain professional connections and meaning through communities of practice. We talk with Jacqueline Ewonus, Jen Vanderberg, Lisa Nicholson, and Nicky Byres who are working as community of practice mentors with the ECE Professional Development Bursary Program. They share their powerful stories about participating in and leading communities of practice and the transformation that happens. Follow up with Jacqueline, Jen, Lisa, and Nicky through Inst...
Finding Connection and Meaning through Communities of Practice
October 25, 2022 00:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBIn this episode, we explore how we find and sustain professional connections and meaning through communities of practice. We talk with Jacqueline Ewonus, Jen Vanderberg, Lisa Nicholson, and Nicky Byres who are working as community of practice mentors with the ECE Professional Development Bursary Program. They share their powerful stories about participating in and leading communities of practice and the transformation that happens. Follow up with Jacqueline, Jen, Lisa, and Nicky through Inst...
Season 2, Epsiode 1: A look at WCCRC's Beginnings and Impact on Child Care Today
September 21, 2022 22:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBWestcoast Child Care Resource Centre is absolutely thrilled to be celebrating our 35th year and to be able to say that funding child care is finally a priority for all levels of government. We are excited to revisit the government's promises and commitments with a look back at the past 35 years of Westcoast. Our former Executive Directors Maryann Bird, Dianne Liscumb, and Pam Preston discuss how Westcoast both affected change and was impacted by government policy over the past 35 years. Fo...
Season 2 Update
July 20, 2022 20:00 - 4 minutes - 2.87 MBThis is a short update on what to expect with our podcast BC’s Path to Universal Child Care in September. It’s been a couple of months since our last episode and we wanted to let all our listeners know what to look forward to.
Episode #8: Stephanie Smith - BCGEU
May 26, 2022 16:00 - 30 minutes - 20.6 MBIn Episode 8 Gyda introduces Stephanie Smith from BC General Employees Union (also known as the BCGEU) to discuss the role of Unions in supporting child care sector during this time of change. Stephanie has been President at the BCGEU since May 2014, but previous to that she had a long career working as both an Early Childhood Educator and as a child care advocate. Stephanie and Gyda chat about the history of the BCGEU in supporting child care professionals, Stephanie's personal experien...
Episode #7: Karen Isaac - BC Aboriginal Child Care Society
April 28, 2022 13:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBEpisode 7 of Universal Child Care Podcast welcomes Karen Isaac from BC Aboriginal Child Care Society (BCACCS) to discuss the impacts of the federal Early care and Learning plan and the $10aDay child care plan on Indigenous children and families in BC. Karen joins us to discuss specific challenges facing early care and learning educators working in Indigenous contexts. We examine the provincial and federal child care plans and how they address the needs of Indigenous families and educators, ...
Episode #6: Sharon Gregson - Child Care Activism & Advocacy
March 24, 2022 18:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBIn episode 6 of our podcast charting BC’s Path to Universal Child Care, we explore Child Care Activism and Advocacy with Sharon Gregson, the provincial spokesperson for the $10aDay Child Care Campaign. Sharon shares her journey to becoming a child care activist and what spurs her on in the campaign for a more equitable child care strategy for children and families. We discuss the history and successes of the 10aDay campaign, what the Federal Government's commitment and funding means for ...
Episode #5: Lynell Anderson - BC's Provincial Wage Grid
February 10, 2022 23:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBWelcome to episode 5! In this episode Gyda welcomes Public Policy Researcher and Community Engagement Specialist Lynell Anderson. In June, 2020 ECEBC and the Coalition published the report Next Step: A Competitive, Publicly Funded Provincial Wage Grid is the Solution to BC’s ECE Shortage which was researched by Lynell. Lynell joins us to discuss the development of a wage grid for the early childhood education sector in BC and to update us on the latest steps toward implementation. You can ...
Episode #4: Rita Chudnovksy from the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC
January 20, 2022 12:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBWelcome back to our Podcast and Happy New year! In Epsiode 4, Gyda welcomes her very own 'in real life' sister, Rita Chudnovsky! A tireless child care advocate, Rita talks us through the Roadmap for $10aday Child Care in BC, which is shortly to be released and encompasses over a decade of knowledge and support for high quality, affordable and accessible child care from the Coalition. Rita and Gyda discuss recent updates to the Roadmap, recommendations for action and the next steps in sharing...
Episode #4: Rita Chudnovksy from the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC
January 20, 2022 12:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBWelcome back to our Podcast and Happy New year! In Epsiode 4, Gyda welcomes her very own 'in real life' sister, Rita Chudnovsky! A tireless child care advocate, Rita talks us through the Roadmap for $10aday Child Care in BC, which is shortly to be released and encompasses over a decade of knowledge and support for high quality, affordable and accessible child care from the Coalition. Rita and Gyda discuss recent updates to the Roadmap, recommendations for action and the next steps in sharing...
Episode 3: Early Childhood Pedagogy Network (ECPN)
December 02, 2021 15:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBThank you for joining us on the BC’s Path to Universal Child Care podcast! In Episode 3, Gyda welcomes our colleagues from the Early Childhood Pedagogy Network, also known as the ECPN, to discuss the ways their work brings families and early childhood professionals together in purposeful, mutually beneficial learning situations. Supporting professional development and pedagogical networks and partnerships to implement BC’s Early Learning Framework is part of the four building blocks in the ...
Episode #2: Early Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC)
October 26, 2021 17:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBWelcome back to BC’s Path to Universal Child Care podcast! In Episode 2, Gyda interviews Emily Gawlick, Executive Director and Sue Irwin, Interim Director of Programs from Early Childhood Educators of BC also known as ECEBC. ECEBC has been the collective voice of Early Childhood Educators in BC since 1969. Emily and Sue give us the current context for issues in the field, the Wage Enhancement incentive, the ECE labour market and also offer some insights into future initiatives and programs f...
Episode #1: Minister Chen
September 16, 2021 00:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBIn this episode, hosted by the incomparable Gyda Chud, our longstanding advocate and expert in child care and founding board member of Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre, we interview the Honourable Katrina Chen, Minister of State for Child Care. Gyda and Minister Chen chat about the benefits of a Universal Child Care System to many stakeholders, including parents, child care providers and ECE students.