BC Child Care Needs Your Voice!
Anyone who knows me knows how much I believe it matters that everyone has a voice. Especially those who are part of the Early Learning and Child Care community. In British Columbia, the BC child care sector continues to go through a massive amount of change. Change is hard at the best of times; however when you are talking about massive public policy, funding and program transformation — it means there are a lot of things to understand.
With that in mind, I encourage early learning and care professionals, child care operators, community leaders, business leaders and families to speak out about anything that is on their mind related to BC child care.
Send emails, make phone calls, write letters and interact on social media.
Please refer to the list below for a wide range of media, government, association, civic and education contacts.
If you have something to say about BC child care — these people and organizations are all great starting points for you to reach out to.
Key Media Contacts
Below is a suggested list of contacts. This is not a full list, but is a comprehensive starting place.
- Assistant editor, and newsroom tip line – Julie MacLellan
- Email: jmaclellan@burnabynow.com or Phone: 604-444-3020
- Email: news@biv.com
CBC Vancouver
- Susana da Silva – TV Reporter/Video Journalist
- Email: susana.da.silva@cbc.ca
- Email: cbcnewsvancouver@cbc.ca
- Email: newswatch@chextv.com
- Email: bcassign@ctv.ca
- Editor – Ted Murphy
- Email: tmurphy@delta-optimist.com
Global News – Okanagan – okanagan@globalnews.ca
Global News – The Morning Show
- Email: ViewerContactTheMorningShow@globalnews.ca
Global News – West Block
- Email: ViewerContactWestBlock@globalnews.ca
Global News – Alerts
- Email: alerts@globalnews.ca
Global News – Richard Zussman
- Email: Richard.zussman@globalnews.ca
Global National
- Email: viewers@globalnational.com
- Editor – Layne Christensen
- Email: lchristensen@nsnews.com
- Entertainment releases, notices
- Email: jgoodman@nsnews.com
- Email: webfeedback@postmedia.com
Post Media (The Vancouver Sun and The Province) – V. Casselton
- Email: vcasselton@postmedia.com
Post Media – Vancouver Tips
- Email: vantips@postmedia.com
- Email: editor@richmond-news.com
- News Editor Phil Jang
- Email: pjang@timescolonist.com
- Local News Contact
- Email: localnews@timescolonist.com
- City Editor Michael Kissinger
- Email: mkissinger@vancourier.com
- Email: editor@vicnews.com
Long Media Lists for Reference
If you don’t see a media contact for your local community in the above contacts, please use any of the lists below for research to find contacts specific to your area.
- Long List of Newspaper and News Media Contacts in BC
- Long List of Black Press Media Contacts
- Long List of Online Newspapers in BC
- Newspapers that are available at Vancouver Public Library
- Wikipedia List of Newspapers in Canada
Association Contacts
BC Aboriginal Child Care Society
- Email: reception@acc-society.bc.ca
- Media Inquiries: communications@acc-society.bc.ca or call 604-913-9128 ext. 223.
BC Childcare Owners Association
2018-2019 Executive Board of Directors
As listed on the BCCOA website at the time this post was developed.
- Alisha Neuman – ECE, IT, BA, Bed, PBDID, MEd, ECE, MEd DE – (Island Health Region)
- Amanda Worms (Interior Health Region)
- Cari Shorrock – BSc, Msc (Fraser Health Region)
- Jennifer Maillet – LPN, ECE, MBA (Northern Health Region)
- Pamela Wallberg – ECE, Infant-Toddler, BFA, MA (Vancouver Coastal Health Region)
- Email for BCCOA Board Members
- Email: bcccoa@gmail.com
- Email for BCCOA Board Members
BC Family Child Care Association
Board of Directors
As listed on the BCFCCA website at the time this post was developed.
- Rena Laberge, Co-Chair
- Joanne Cruickshank, Director
- Rosangela Giacobetti, Director
- Tracie Bourgeois, Director
- Email: office@bcfcca.ca
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
- Brendan Rolfe
- Email: Brendan.Rolfe@cfib.ca
Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC
- Email: info@cccabc.bc.ca
Canadian Child Care Federation
- Don Giesbrecht, CEO
- Email: dgiesbrecht@cccf-fcsge.ca
Early Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC)
ECEBC Staff
- Emily Gawlick, Executive Director
- Email: Executive.Director@ecebc.ca
- Full List of ECEBC Staff Contacts
2018 – 2019 ECEBC Board of Directors
As listed on the ECEBC website at the time this post was developed.
- Charlene Gray (Comox) – Chair
- Email: cggray@shaw.ca
- Violet Jessen (North Vancouver) – Vice-Chair
- Email: vjessen@capilanou.ca
- Lynne Reside (Vernon)
- Email: lynnereside@gmail.com
- Sonia Tavares (Rossland)
- Email: Soniatavares025@gmail.com
- Ward Nakata (Richmond)
- Email: wardkate@hotmail.com
- Courtney DeJong (Vernon)
- Email: True_quartnea@hotmail.com
- Dawn Way (Kelowna)
- Email: dawn.way.ece@gmail.com
- Glenda Burrows (North Vancouver)
- Email: marie.booth@gmail.com
- Cari Rawling (Quesnel)
- Email: carolynmaeve1@gmail.com
Multi-Age Child Care Owners Association of BC
2019-2019 Board of Directors
As listed on the MACCABC website at the time this post was developed.
- Tracie Bourgeois, ECE
- Lindsay Vanatko
- Angela Heatley
- Teresa Blades
- Email: multiagechildcareassociationbc@gmail.com
Women’s Enterprise Centre (WEC) – Laurel Douglas
Members of the Legislative Assembly (BC)
Members of the Legislative Assembly in BC can be found here. You can look up your MLA by your postal code.
You can find the list of all of the Cabinet Ministers of BC here.
Below is a list of people that are known to be important for connecting with. Many of them are already familiar with the changes that are happening to child care in BC; so it is important you contact them in addition to your own MLA.
- Premier and President of the Executive Council
- Email: john.horgan.mla@leg.bc.ca and also try Premier@gov.bc.ca
- Leader of the Official Opposition
- Email: andrew.wilkinson.MLA@leg.bc.ca
- Leader of the Third Party
- Email – andrew.weaver.mla@leg.bc.ca
- Minister of Children and Family Development
- Email: MCF.Minister@gov.bc.ca and katrine.conroy.mla@leg.bc.ca
- Minister of State for Child Care
- Email: katrina.chen.MLA@leg.bc.ca
- Official Opposition Critic for Children and Family Development and Child Care and is a member of the Select Standing Committees on Children and Youth and Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills.
- Email: laurie.throness.MLA@leg.bc.ca also try – L.Throness@leg.bc.ca
- Minister of Education
- Email: rob.fleming.MLA@leg.bc.ca
- Assistant Deputy Speaker, Official Opposition Critic for Seniors Care and is a Member of the Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth.
- Email: – joan.isaacs.MLA@leg.bc.ca
- Official Opposition Health Critic
- Email: norm.letnick.MLA@leg.bc.ca
- Official Opposition Co-Critic for Citizens’ Services and Trade, and sits on the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs.
- Email: steve.thomson.MLA@leg.bc.ca
BC Government Staff (Related to Child Care & Early Years)
- Assistant Deputy Minister – Early Years and Inclusion
- Email: Christine.Massey@gov.bc.ca
- Executive Director, Child Care Capital, Community and ECER
- Email: Jonathan.Barry@gov.bc.ca
- Executive Director – Child Care Programs and Services Branch
- Executive Director – Child Care Subsidy Service Centre
- Email: Anne.Wetherill@gov.bc.ca
- Director, Community Care Facility Licensing, and Director Assisted Living Registry
- Phone: 250 952-1442
- Director, Early Years Policy and Programs
- Email: Jan.White@gov.bc.ca
- Executive Director, Early Learning
- Email: Tim.Winkelmans@gov.bc.ca
List of all MCFD Toll Free Phone Numbers
List of all Ministry of Education Toll Free Phone Numbers
Government of Canada (Related to Child Care & Early Years)
- Employment and Social Development Canada – Early Learning and Child Care
- Email: NC-SSP-ELCC-GD@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
Political Party Contacts (BC)
- BC Liberal Party
- Emails:
- General: contact@bcliberals.com
- Media contact: Carlie Pochynok – carlie.pochynok@leg.bc.ca or Phone: 250-634-4073
- BC Liberal MLA List
- Emails:
- BCNDP
- Email: contact@bcndp.ca
- BC NDP MLA List
- Greens of British Columbia
- Emails:
- Caucus – Macon McGinley, Press Secretary – Email: macon.mcginley@leg.bc.ca
- Party – Kendra Wong, Communications Coordinator – kendra.wong@bcgreens.ca
- Greens of British Columbia MLA List
- Emails:
BC Civic Contacts
Main Search for BC Civic Contacts
BC School/District Contacts
BC K-12 and District Contact Information
Independent School Authorities
Federation of Independent School Associations in British Columbia
- Email: info@fisabc.ca
Do you have suggestions or corrections for this list? Please send an email to jane@45conversations.com