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Title:

Advancing Pandemic Recovery and Gender Equality in BC: Implementing an Early Childhood Educator Wage Grid

Agreement Number:

BC21207

Agreement Value:

$329,525.00

Agreement Date:

Oct 25, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024

Description:

This 30-month project will implement a systemic change strategy to achieve a competitive provincial Early Childhood Educators (ECE) wage grid to support a feminist response and recovery to address the current impacts of COVID-19. The Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C. will achieve this by implementing an advisory group, conducting an environmental scan, and engaging key early childhood education stakeholders in the mobilization and integration of policy and funding to create a public system of $10 a day childcare in BC of which the ECE wage grid is a central component of quality. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources, increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power, and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes. With input and advice from a range of equity -seeking groups across BC, including Indigenous colleagues, this project will partner with the Early Childhood Educators of BC and Pacific Immigrant Resources Society to engage ECEs in advocating for the full implementation of a provincial ECE wage grid.

Organization:

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Expected Results:

Women and stakeholders have access to supports to address issues relating to equality between women and men.

Location:

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V5M 1Y8

Reference Number:

001-2021-2022-Q3-00020

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C.

Program:

Women's Program

Program Purpose:

The purpose of the Women’s Program is to advance equality for women in Canada by working to address or remove systemic barriers impeding women’s progress and advancement. The WP supports the Government of Canada’s goal of advancing gender equality in Canada. It is consistent with Government of Canada priorities related to economic prosperity, and supports Canada’s international commitments related to gender equality.