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This interactive workshop explores the transformative power of intentional language in early childhood education, offering practical tools to foster confidence, emotional intelligence, and meaningful connections with children. Participants will learn how everyday words shape young minds, build resilience, and influence lifelong learning habits. Through engaging discussions, real-life examples, and hands-on activities, attendees will gain actionable strategies to communicate more effectively and empathetically with children. This session aligns with the conference theme by emphasizing the vital role of communication in creating nurturing, inclusive, and developmentally supportive environments for young learners.

Presenter: Reena Kukreja

Every line, every mark on a creation, tells a story. Drawing skills foster the language of art as an expressive medium for meaningful conversations through storytelling and self-reflection. Drawing skills expand on the multiple modes of communication where educators listen to and honour the incredible range of expressive languages children use to communicate. Learning to draw enhances an educator's communication skills, using the visual language of art to create dynamic teachers.

1. Develop your cognitive skills, improve your self-confidence, and learn how to teach your new drawing skills to children in simple fun ways, every day.
2. Explore how to see with an artist’s eye.
3. Understand how basic geometric shapes govern our understanding of what we see.
4. Discover how light sourcing influences what we see and how light wraps form.
5. Appreciate how our emotional state is affected by our environment and expressed in our art.

This is a beginner workshop, no previous art skills required.

Presenter: Kathleen Tonnesen

In this workshop come hear about cutting-edge neuroscientific research findings of early brain development associated with early years, explore how you can apply these research insights to co-design activities to help brain development and suggest ideas to enhance practices, policies and guidelines.

Presenter: Dr. Zahra Ofoghi

Come and make a special Nature Story that speaks to deeper meaning about Self and where you are in your Life's Path. Erin supports safe creativity space to explore important themes of Renewal and Restoration--essential elements for those giving so much of themselves to the care and education of precious young ones. Play with hand felted Chrysalis, Nests & Eggs and more...Offering an abundance of creative material to choose from, Erin supplies beautiful local wool, felted symbolic pieces, affirming words, found/foraged Nature pieces and Treasure. Participants leave our workshop with their own unique handcrafted art piece as a meaningful anchor and touchstone for the classroom or home or as a gift!

Presenter: Erin Bruchet

If you are looking to have a better understanding of your rights to a fair and just workplace this session is for you. The Justice Education Society (JES) has designed a workshop to help early childhood educators and their employers/managers navigate their legal rights and responsibilities. Participants will learn about:

• Human rights in the workplace
• How to create a more inclusive workplace
• What to do if you experience discrimination or harassment at work
• How to provide a safe, fair and compliant workplace

Presenter: Nora Bergh

In this workshop we’ll dive into bold, brave and impactful examples that are fostering real change within learning spaces. To ignite transformation, we’ll first explore cultivating a space that welcomes open and courageous dialogues on equity, drawing in diverse perspectives. This inclusive approach lays the groundwork for addressing the complexities of implementing widespread cultural shifts that resonate throughout the entire educational community. At the heart of this discussion is the concept of a sustainability culture—an ethos that not only champions our planet's well-being but also embodies core values of equity and inclusion. Discover how a sustainability culture sparks joy and optimism within early learning spaces, offering safe, healthy environments that promote ecological responsibility. This culture, in turn, fosters holistic child development and paves the way for a more equitable and just future for all. Join us as we share a best-practice framework that educators can use to support leadership, environment, inclusion and equity efforts, and discover the transformative potential that awaits within our learning spaces.

Presenter: Bridgitte Alomes & Dr. Sandra-Lynn Shortall

This workshop provides opportunities for those in the ECE sector to explore ways of being politically active educators. This workshop will encourage educators to learn about the ways in which being is implicated by policy, and how they might find pathways to have their voices heard. This is a continuation of previous workshops at ECEBC's annual conference that explored the power of collective student action and student- educators' role within ECEBC.

Presenter: Aryanna Chartrand

For the last 4 years BC Aboriginal Child Care Society (BCACCS) has been working in partnership with the Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia (ECEBC) and the Social Research Demonstration Corporation (SRDC), to develop and deliver the Learning Outside Together Project.

The LOT project aims to transform approaches to learning for educators and the children they care for. Born of the global pandemic, LOT integrates Indigenous wisdom and promising practices, centering outdoor play and the Indigenous concept "land as teacher." Grounded in Albert Marshall's conceptual framework of “two-eyed seeing” and a decolonized approach to curriculum and pedagogy, LOT blends asynchronous online content and a collaborative mentorship model which centers plurality, relationality, and storytelling. LOT commits to authentic Indigenous and non-Indigenous partnership and reducing barriers to access to ensure equitable participation across British Columbia's diverse ethnic and geographic landscape.

Join us to learn about this unique project that has be delivered to nearly 800 educators in the province of BC and has taught us so much about working in authentic partnerships. As a part of this workshop, we will be making tea with traditional plant medicines.

Presenters: In partnership with staff from BC Aboriginal Child Care Society (BCACCS) and Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia (ECEBC)

This workshop will empower participants in developing comprehensive manuals that foster inclusive learning and strengthen community ties. Highlighting the necessity of regularly updating guidelines to reflect community needs, regulatory requirements, and the diverse cultures of the children and families served. Through collaborative discussions and practical exercises, participants will discover inspired practices for crafting policies that promote culturally reflective and responsive programs. This approach ensures a consistent and unified standard of high-quality care, allowing all children to be seen, valued, and connected to their cultural identities.

Presenters: Joan Gignac & Daina vanRijit

See description for A2, you must register for both workshops.

This workshop will underscore that social and emotional learning is essential to children's well-being, incorporating physical, mental, social, family, and spiritual aspects. Social and emotional learning includes the skills needed to form relationships, resolve conflicts, and express and regulate emotions. The resource recognizes that there is no single image of a socially and emotionally competent child, and rather emphasizes that skills should be used effectively and appropriately according to a child's identity, culture, context and situation.

Presenter: Sue Hone

This interactive workshop guides early childhood educators in moving beyond superficial "tourist" approaches to diversity through an anti-oppressive framework. Drawing from contemporary educational theory and the BC Early Learning Framework, participants will explore strategies for creating genuinely inclusive environments. Through collaborative discussion and practical scenarios, educators will learn to identify systemic barriers and develop anti-oppressive practices that honor diverse perspectives, including Indigenous ways of knowing and being. The session will demonstrate how pedagogical narration and the BC Early Learning Framework's Living Inquiries can be used to challenge dominant narratives and create meaningful change in early learning spaces.

Presenter: Oshrat Zemel

In this workshop, we will share our journey of building curriculum that is community and site specific. Employing a lens of social justice, equity and diversity, we will deconstruct 'universalized' holidays. Participants will be supported to reflect on their own practices, and to re-create celebrations that feel rich, authentic and memorable in their own Early Years settings.

Presenters: Emily Vera & Kate Dawson

“We are all storytellers. We all live in a network of stories. There isn’t a stronger connection between people than storytelling.”

Jimmy Neil Smith

Children make sense of this world through play and stories, through exploration, testing their theories and most of all through connections and relationship building. In this interactive and experiential workshop, we will explore ways and secrets of story time that support and embrace our connection with children.

Presenter: Ewa Boss

Practices in early education settings have shifted and a key learning is, compliance is not the goal. This session will explore the move from behaviour management to emotional regulation and will provide attendees with a toolbox of strategies to ensure all children have a story that values their unique profile. Strategies will focus on changes to the learning environment and the adult interactions that support development to teach concepts such as emotional awareness, use of proactive breaks, and building a foundation of trust.

Presenter: Kelsey Penney