Early Years Community Consultations
From January to March, MCFD, ECL Early Childhood Consulting, and The Federation of Community Social Services of BC are teaming up to host brand-new training and dialogue sessions for early years providers across BC.
We’ll be coming to locations across the province (see below for a full list of dates and communities) and each date will feature two interactive sessions—one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
MORNING SESSIONS – From 9:00–12:00 you can participate in a community dialogue with the new MCFD Director of Operations for the Early Years. You can meet the new DOO, learn about their role, and share information about service needs in your community.
AFTERNOON SESSIONS – From 1:00-4:00 join a creative, inviting, and supportive workshop, led by Indigenous and non-Indigenous facilitators about cultural safety, respect, and sensitivity—as well how to incorporate it into service delivery in your place of work. Please note that these cultural safety sessions are designed for non-Indigenous service providers.
Sign up to participate
Organizations are asked to limit participation to two representatives each; however, the same person does not need to attend both the morning and afternoon session.
Click here to RSVP for sessions in your community. Further details about the exact location of the sessions will be sent out in mid-January. For more info, please contact kathy@fcssbc.ca.
Participants are also being encouraged to complete this short survey which will help the facilitators plan a session that is best suited to the needs of those taking part.
Participation in these sessions is funded by MCFD and is free of charge to Early Years providers in the SDA. There is also a budget to support travel and accommodation costs—please contact kathy@fcssbc.ca if you would like to access this support.
Community Schedule
Click here to RSVP for sessions in your community.
1. SDA 12 Okanagan – January 25, Kelowna (CLOSED)
AM Dialogue Session with MCFD Early Years Director of Operations
PM Cultural Safety session with Dr. Margo Greenwood and Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
2A. SDA 11 Kootenays – January 28, Nelson (CLOSED)
AM Dialogue Session with MCFD Early Years Director of Operations
PM Cultural Safety session with Dr. Margo Greenwood and Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
2B. SDA 11 Kootenays – April 11, Cranbrook
PM Dialogue Session with MCFD Early Years Director of Operations
3. SDA 42 North Central – February 7 & April 4, Prince George*
AM Dialogue Session (April 4) with MCFD Early Years Director of Operations
PM Cultural Safety session (February 7) with Dr. Margo Greenwood and Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
4. SDA 41 Northwest – February 8 & April 2, Terrace*
AM Dialogue Session (April 2) with MCFD Early Years Director of Operations
AM Cultural Safety session (February 8) with Dr. Margo Greenwood and Dr. Sarah de Leeuw**
5. SDA 31 South Vancouver Island – February 19, Victoria (CLOSED)
AM Dialogue Session with MCFD Early Years Director of Operations
PM Cultural Safety session with Dr. Margo Greenwood and Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
6. SDA 32 North Vancouver Island – February 20, Nanaimo (CLOSED)
AM Dialogue Session with MCFD Early Years Director of Operations
PM Cultural Safety session with Dr. Margo Greenwood and Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
7. SDA 13 Thompson Cariboo Shuswap – February 25, Kamloops (FULL)
AM Dialogue Session with MCFD Early Years Director of Operations
PM Cultural Safety session with Dr. Margo Greenwood and Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
8. SDA 43 NorthEast – February 11 & April 9, Fort St. John*
AM Dialogue Session (April 9) with MCFD Early Years Director of Operations
PM Cultural Safety session (February 11) with Dr. Margo Greenwood and Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
9. SDA 21 East Fraser- March 11, Abbotsford (FULL)
AM Dialogue Session with MCFD Early Years Director of Operations
PM Cultural Safety session with Dr. Margo Greenwood and Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
10. SDA 22 North Fraser – March 12, Burnaby (FULL)
AM Dialogue Session with MCFD Early Years Director of Operations
PM Cultural Safety session with Dr. Margo Greenwood and Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
11. SDA 23 South Fraser – March 13, Surrey (FULL)
M Dialogue Session with MCFD Early Years Director of Operations
PM Cultural Safety session with Dr. Margo Greenwood and Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
12. SDA 24 Vancouver/Richmond – March 14, Vancouver (FULL)
AM Dialogue Session with MCFD Early Years Director of Operations
PM Cultural Safety session with Dr. Margo Greenwood and Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
13. SDA 25 Coast/North Shore – March 15, North Shore (FULL)
AM Dialogue Session with MCFD Early Years Director of Operations
PM Cultural Safety session with Dr. Margo Greenwood and Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
Click here to RSVP for sessions in your community.
*Please note: For SDA 41, SDA 42, and SDA 43 the two different sessions are on two separate dates.
**The Cultural Safety session for SDA 41 in Terrace will be in the AM on February 8th