The BCGEU is proud to be partners with the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C. in the Child Care - Let's Make It Happen campaign. We are working with many organizations in our communities towards building a quality, non-profit, universal and accessible child care system.

End child poverty in B.C.

First Call has released the BC Campaign 2000 Child Poverty Report Card for 2009. B.C. has had the worst child poverty rate in Canada for six years in a row.

Click here for the report card.

November 20 - Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

November 20 is National Child Day, which marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The UNICEF web site has detailed information on how Canada is doing with regards to the UNCRC, and is taking this opportunity to mobilize in favour of a national Children's Commissioner.

Reports and Submissions

• ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN - Read the BCGEU's response (July 2008) to the B.C. government's request for input on the concept of all-day kindergarten for 3-5 year olds - click here.
• FEDERAL BUDGET SUBMISSION - Read the BCGEU's submission (August 2008) to the federal Committee on Finance, urging support for a national day care program. - click here

Click here for CHILD CARE NEWS

Speak up for a universal child care solution in BC!

Community Tool Kit: Backgrounder sheets on a universal child care system for B.C.

• Community Tool Kit (full package)
• Achievable
• Accountable
• Affordable
• False Fixes
• Lets Make it Happen Campaign
• Child Care is Good for Business

Read them. Circulate them. Talk about them.

Use them for discussions in your communities and workplaces. Organize neighbourhood meetings. Talk to your local federal, provincial, and municipal politicians.

Child care providers!

To join the BCGEU as a direct union member or as a special associate member, please click here BCGEU - A United Voice for Child Care

WHAT MORE CAN YOU DO?

Personal Action Plan :

• Contact your BC Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA)
• Contact your Federal Member of Parliament (MP)
• Sample letter for parents (PDF)
• Sample letter for employers (PDF)
• Write a letter to the editor (PDF)
• Contact BC community newspapers (A-Z)
• Campaign Planning Toolkits:
  • Getting Started (PDF)
  • Lobbying Campaign (PDF)
  • Building a Network (PDF)
  • Town Hall Meetings (PDF)
• Sample Town Hall poster (PDF)

'Child Care – Let’s Make It Happen!' Campaign Materials:

• Introduction to campaign (PDF)
• Facts & Fairytales (PDF)
• Special Associate Member (PDF)
• Union Advantage (PDF)
• Child Care is Good for Business
• Equity for Working Families
• Early Learning and Child Care - What's Needed
• Municipal Lobby Kit (PDF)
• Schoolboard Lobby Kit (PDF)
• Colour stickers for printing (Avery 5164 labels)
  • Sticker1 (PDF)
  • Sticker2 (PDF)
  • Sticker3 (PDF)
  • Sticker4 (PDF)

Join Us!

• Join the BCGEU (PDF)
• Join the Coalition of Child Care Advocates

Child Care Links:

• Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC
• Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada
• Code Blue for Child Care
• First Call (BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition)
• Child Care Advocacy Forum
• Early Childhood Educators
• Canadian Child Care Federation
• Human Early Learning Partnership
• Canadian Labour Congress - Child Care
• BC Aboriginal Child Care Society
• Child Care Resource and Research Unit