Grants and Contributions:

Engaging Underrepresented Women’s Voices to Scale Up $10aDay Child Care in BC

WP230444

$600,000.00

Jul 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2026

Through this 21-month systemic change project, the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC will scale the $10aDay Child Care initiative to advance women’s economic security and prosperity and representation in organizational leadership and decision-making roles. It will scale the measurable public policy and funding progress achieved to date, prioritizing equitable access to flexible $10aDay child care in BC staffed by fairly compensated educators. It will address intersectional barriers facing women who are disproportionately impacted in their search for and/or work in child care. To do so, the project will engage underrepresented women to co-develop system-building solutions and recommendations, develop a Provincial Advocates’ Network, convene inclusive Policy Tables and Childcare Dialogues across BC, and promote leadership opportunities within the childcare sector for racialized women, women living on low-incomes, with disabilities, and in northern and rural communities.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V5M 1Y8

001-2024-2025-Q2-00222

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C.

Women's Program

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.