UVic Childcare Action Group
for Expanded Quality Childcare at UVicEvents
Upcoming:
Why kindergarten for three to five year olds?
Prof. Emerita Margie I. Mayfield explores the current controversy of Kindergarten for 3-5 year olds in B.C. as part of the Masterminds Series (April 21).
April C.A.G. visioning meetings (McPherson Library Room 210)
- Mon. April 19 @ 9:30-10:30 a.m.
- Tues. April 27 @ 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Past
Initial Working Group meeting (ASB Boradroom 220)
- Tues. April 13 @ 8:00 a.m.
March 4 meeting w/Jim
- minutes
Illuminating Examples: Moving the UVic Childcare Discussion Forward. Thursday, February 25th, 4:00 to 5:30, MacLaurin Building, Room D116,University of Victoria
Join us in this panel discussion of how other institutions have successfully expanded their childcare services. The panel includes:
- Janet MacDonald, Capilano University Children’s Centre – a lab school
- Nicky Byres, Society of Richmond Children’s Centres – a non-profit society founded by community volunteers, working in cooperation with Community Partners and the City of Richmond
- Darcelle Cottons, UBC – considered a number of options prior to their expansion
- Sarah Amyot, University of Winnipeg – a partnership btw the Students’ Association and the University (with initial provincial involvement
- The moderator is Jane Beach, Early Childhood Research and Policy Consultant (Victoria).
Documents
Jan meeting w/ Jim
- minutes
Dec CAG meeting
- minutes
Nov. BOG decision
- CAG BOG submission Nov 2009
- CUPE FAC PEA UVSS GSS letter to BOG Nov 09
- Fleming letter
- Coalition of Child Care Advocates letter
- REACH letter
Troubling Lessons: Corporate Childcare in Canada and Abroad, Monday, November 23, 2009, 4:00 – 5:15 pm
- Poster
- PowerPoint
Sponsored by UVic Childcare Action Group, REACH (Research in Early Childhood, Care, Education and Health – UVic branch of the Human Early Learning Partnership, HELP) and Canadian Union of Public Employees,
in cooperation with the UVic Academic Women’s Caucus, UVic Faculty Association and UVic
Graduate Students’ Society
Don’t Burst our Bubble Sept 24, 2009 Play-in
Early Sept, 2009: Survey Results
- CAG Survey-Summary Report, Sept 2009
- CAG Survey-Appendix A-Sept 2009
- CAG Survey-Appendix B-Sept 2009
Summer 2009 letter-writing campaign
- Template
- Sample Letters