Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre

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Rosa Ng 
Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre 
rng@wstcoast.org 
604-709-5661 EXT 221 

When

Wednesday, July 4, 2018 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM PDT
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Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre 
2772 East Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5M 1Y8 

 
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Reconciliation and Indigenous Place: Decolonizing Practice through Social Justice

Wednesday July 4, 2018       Time 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm       2 hours 

Fee: $35.00       FCC Fee: $20.00 (Promo Code)                                                                              

This workshop addresses ways in which Early Childhood Educators can introduce social justice issues to young children. The facilitators think that it is important to decolonize not only ourselves, but our early childhood practices as well. The current colonial approaches to our systems of education do not benefit those of our most vulnerable populations. Children should be seen as capable, and have such wisdom.

Objectives:

  • Gain knowledge on how to engage in social justice issues with children.
  • Explore how to create a curriculum that fosters understanding, belonging and empathy.
  • Appreciate how to bridge difficult topics in ways that children can understand.
  • Recognition of the TRC’s 94 calls to action, in particular that of education.
  • Explain how embracing social justice topics can enrich programming.

*Suitable for parents, students, adult instructors/administrators, novice, intermediate and experienced early learning child care professionals working with children of all ages.

Presenters: Kristin Webster and Lisa McArthur. Kristin Webster and Lisa McArthur are both long term senior educators for UBC Child Care Services (Salal and Raven). They are both passionate about decolonizing Early Childhood practices, and bringing social justice issues to their pedagogies within the workplace. In June of 2016, Kristin was honored to receive a BC Child Care award of Excellence in Innovation for her work on Reconciliation and Indigenous place at work.

 

Registration starts: May 10, 2018

Please mark this date on your calendar.


Refund and Cancellation Policy:

  1. Requests for cancellations must be received at least 3 business days prior to the workshop/course date to get a refund, minus any Administration Fees.
  2.  All refunds are subject to a $10 Administration Fee except for workshops/courses that are $100 or more, which have a $25 Administration Fee.
  3. No monies will be refunded or credits offered once the workshop/course starts, or if it's missed.
  4. Westcoast may cancel a workshop/course at any time. Registrants will be notified and receive a full refund.
  5. By submitting this online participants declare they have read, understood and agree with this policy.

 

Workshop Policies:
  1. It is the participants’ responsibility to read the workshop description and objectives and make sure the training selected is suitable to their learning needs. If you have a question, call us before registering.
  2. Only Vancouver CCRR Registered LNRs or Vancouver Licensed Family Child Care Providers qualify to pay the FCC Fee and will need a Promo Code received by email to register. Be sure to use this promo code when registering, as no fee adjustments can be made after registration is confirmed.
  3. Seats are limited. Registrations are accepted on a first come, first served basis.
  4. Payment must be made at time of registration to reserve your seat.
  5. Mark dates on your calendar. We will send you an email reminder. Check your email before the workshop.
  6. Doors close 15 minutes after start time in respect to presenter and participants.
  7. Latecomers who arrive after 15 minutes may not be admitted and will not receive a certificate.
  8. We are unable to accommodate children during workshop time. Please make child care arrangements.
  9. Participants must stay for the full workshop to receive a certificate of participation, which will be provided at the end.
  10. There is a $15 charge to reprint a certificate or receipt for up to 1 year from the workshop date.
  11. These are non-credit workshops (cannot be applied towards the completion of a certificate, diploma or degree).
  12. Receipts and handouts are always sent by email.
  13. If you have questions about a certificate being accepted by the ECE Registry, please contact them at 1-888-338-6622 or eceregistry@gov.bc.ca or at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/early-learning/teach/training-and-professional-development/become-an-early-childhood-educator/apply-for-ece-ecea-certificate

Note: If the workshop is full, you can phone us to be placed on the wait list.