Early Childhood Educator, Now Eligible for BCPNP Skills Immigration (2022/03)

Quick Facts:

• More than $2 million of Early Learning and Child Care Agreement funding supported bursaries for the winter 2022 semester, and as much as $2.7 million has been disbursed to summer 2022 semester students.
• Bursaries are a key tool to support the Province’s ECE Recruitment and Retention Strategy to meet existing and future workforce demands for this rewarding and in-demand career.
• Through federal and provincial investments, British Columbia has surpassed 30,500 new child care spaces funded since the launch of ChildCareBC.
• The Government of Canada made a transformative investment to build a Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care system in partnership with provincial, territorial and Indigenous partners. This includes a historic federal investment of $3.2 billion for British Columbia.

Learn More:

For more information about post-secondary schools offering ECE programs:
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/early-learning/teach/training-and-professional-development/become-an-early-childhood-educator/recognized-ece-institutions

For more information and to apply for the ECE Support Fund, visit: https://www.ecebc.ca/ece-education-support-fund

For more information and to read the Early Care and Learning Recruitment and Retention Strategy, visit: www.gov.bc.ca/childcare/ecestrategy

For more information about the ECE dual credit program, visit: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022ECC0049-001215

For more information about ChildCareBC, visit: www.gov.bc.ca/childcare

For more information about the Canada-British Columbia Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement, visit: www.canada.ca/child-care

A backgrounder follows.