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.
To contact Child Care - Let's Make It Happen campaign co-ordinators, e-mail to: makechildcarehappen@bcgeu.ca
End child poverty in BC
First Call has released the BC Campaign 2000 Child Poverty Report Card. BC 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 Speak up for a universal child care solution in BC! Community Tool Kit: Backgrounder sheets on a universal child care system for BC. 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. 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 Check out these humorous views of current child care issues facing many BC families, produced by the BCGEU ‘in response’ to the BC government’s 2008 Budget. View from the booster seat The Waiting Game Click to view "Kids Can't Wait" webcast To organize a screening in your community, Or, call BCGEU Communications at: A MILLION STEPS FOR CHILD CARE Campbell River to Victoria; Oct. 9-16, 2007 Click here for a short video about Shelagh Germyn's inspiring run! Click here for CHILD CARE NEWS WHAT MORE CAN YOU DO? Personal Action Plan :
'Child Care – Let’s Make It Happen!' Campaign Materials:
Join Us! Parent groups for child care
Child care providers!
A humorous one-minute spiel from a BC mom who’s spent a year driving around looking for child care.
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A 41 second animated cartoon about child care waitlists in BC.
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Click a link below for an inspiring video look at Child Care - Let's Make It Happen! highlights, including the BC tour with Code Blue! (please be patient for some file downloads)
email: makechildcarehappen@bcgeu.ca
604-291-9611
Toll-free: 1-800-663-1674
