RESOURCES
West Kootenay Family Magazines
Summer 2011
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Winter 2008
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Dad’s Manual
Finally a baby manual for dads! Learn about the safe operation of your new addition, and how to look after regular maintenance for top performance! The New Baby Manual for Dads is a public awareness product of the Understanding the Early Years (UEY) Research Project in the West Kootenay. To download a PDF copy of the Dad's Manual, please click HERE.
First Steps and Beyond - a guide to help parents and caregivers recognize the different stages your child will go through and how you can help them. Click HERE to download a copy.
Caregiving Articles
Forget the latest toys - All kids really need is love
Children and Nature Network
Early Learning and Childcare in BC Aboriginal Communities
UEY Community Mapping Report
UEY Community Action Plan Executive Summary
ADVOCACY
The Early Years Budget Presentation made on Sept.23, 2010. Click HERE to download a copy.
30 Quick Facts
Another good piece of background information is the “30 Quick Facts about Canadian ECEC”. Click HERE for a copy.
Children Are Everyone's Business
The Effects of Investing in Early Education on Economic Growth
Interior Health Final ECD Strategic Implementation Plan
The Looming Senior's Crunch - The Case for Early Childhood Funding
Impoving the Odds - Healthy Child Development
RESEARCH
The 15 x 15 report provides a comprehensive policy framework for Early Human Capital Investment in BC. Download the Report.
EDI results from our three school districts:
SD8 / SD10 / SD20
UEY’s overall purpose was to enable members of communities to work together to address the needs of young children by:
- Raising family and community awareness of the importance of family and community factors that can influence young children’s development; and by
- Strengthening their ability to use local data to help them to make decisions to enhance children’s lives.
The Initiative provided three years of funding to community-based, not-for-profit organizations, on behalf of their communities, to help them to learn to generate and use local information on:
- the development of kindergarten (the year before Grade 1) children;
- family and community factors that influence children’s development;
- local programs and services for young children and their families; and
- local socio-economic characteristics.
The West Kootenay Understanding the Early Years (UEY) project was hosted and managed by the Kootenay Boundary Community Services Cooperative, a cooperative made up of eleven member agencies that provide a wide range of supportive and preventative community social services. Project staff worked in collaboration with the UEY Steering Committee of community partners, including School District 8, Kootenay Lake, School District 10, Arrow Lakes and School District 20, Kootenay Columbia.
The “Growing Our Kids” research forum, held on Feb. 26 & 27, 2010, was a big success! Seventy-five people from around the West Kootenay region participated in networking, learning from the UEY research, and planning for the future. A highlight was the Friday night Showcase where well-known Canadian family entertainer Fred Penner spoke and sang. Fred Penner even composed a song just for the event, “Understanding the Early Years”. Click HERE to download the lyrics.
UEY Community Action Plan
Click HERE to download the short, executive summary of the report. Click HERE to download the full report.
UEY Community Mapping Report
Click HERE to download the short, executive summary of the report. Click HERE to download the full report.
UEY Community Capacity Building Report
This report gives a good summary of the work being done by our Early Childhood Development Coalitions around the province. Click HERE to download the report.
