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We will do our best to regularly update this page to keep you informed of the most current UEY project activities, results and reports!
| Activity | What's Happening | Related Documents |
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| Early Years Community Appreciation Awards | In May 2008, the inaugaral Early Years Community Appreciation Awards will be launched. We are seeking input from parents with young children about their favourite parks, playspaces, restaurants, free services, parenting supports, places to connect with other parents and family friendly workplaces. All nominations will receive a Children Welcome window decal and be placed on our map of parenting supports. |
see map of parenting supports |
| Parent Interviews & Direct Assessment of Children Survey (PIDACS) | 757 Parent Interviews and 846 Child Assessments were completed by the end of June 2007. Thanks to all the parents, children, school districts, assessors, interviewers and Malatest for your participation and support. We will do our best to get information to communities as soon as possible. | Report Due in 2008 |
| Child Care and Early Learning Information Project |
Read the Child Care Information Action report to learn about the child care situation in BC's Capital Region. It represents a colloborative initiative of over 25 participants to document three major issues constraining the delivery of child care to children and parents in our region: staff recruitment & retention, child care spaces, and funding. Thanks to contributors for their hard work on this! In January 2008, we updated numbers on child care spaces since March 2007. View the brief to read about changes over the last 10 months. |
Child Care Information Action Report 2007
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| Early Years Reports |
The Early Years Report Series is now available on-line. Seven sub-regional reports share early childhood baseline information on: community assets, EDI, child care, census information and more for the City of Victoria, Oak Bay, Saanich, Esquimalt-View Royal, Western Communities, Peninsula and Southern Gulf Islands. |
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| Asset Inventory |
A excel inventory of over 1000 community assets that support healthy early childhood development is on the PLAY website. |
Visit the Asset Inventory page for databases of early childhood assets by municipality. |
| Communications | Our first PLAY UEY newsletter was disseminated to over 5,500 teachers and parents in kindergarten and grade one classes in May 2007. A second edition of the newsletter has not been confirmed. | May Newsletter |
| Municipal Child Care Briefs | A short brief is being prepared for six municipalities in the region to provide them with up to date child care information and a direct request for action to support the creation and expansion of child care in the region. | Will be available the end of May 2008. |
| Community Events | There are no events scheduled at this time. | |
| UEY Advisory Committee | Interested in joining our advisory? Email the UEY coordinator. Our Next meeting will be May 6th, 2008. Meetings are held once a month, from 2:30 to 4:30. |
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| Municipal Planning Updates | The City of Victoria Council reviewed the Child Friendly Community Policy on July 12, 2007, submitted by the Social Planning Advisory Committee (see page 20). It was moved that the Policy would be referred to staff for review and to develop an implementation strategy. Additionally, Council agreed to submit the resolution on child care to the September Union of BC Municipalities convention. Unfortunately, the deadline had passed for submitting resolutions to the 2007 convention and will have to wait until 2008. |
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Last Updated April 28, 2008
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This project was developed with funding from Human Resources and Social Development Canada under the Understanding the Early Years Initiative.
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