UVic needs child care and is considering Kids & Co

There is a desperate need for additional child care spaces in the Victoria area. According to a recent report submitted to the Board of Governors; Kids & Co (a national provider of corporate child care services) are being considered.

This has resulted in mixed reactions here in BC.  Here are some links to recent postings regarding this issue:

UVic Child Care Action Group

From the group's Facebook Page –

As you may be aware, faculty, students and staff with young children
face a particular challenge of finding adequate childcare to support
their families and their careers. While childcare facilities on campus
are excellent, they come nowhere near to meeting the demand; incoming
faculty are told that the wait-list is two years or more, and many are
never called. As a result, we have formed a group of concerned faculty,
students and staff – the University Childcare Action Group – to
organize an awareness campaign across campus, with the long-term goal
of creating more childcare spaces on campus. We have been inspired by a
similar initiative at the University of British Columbia, which
succeeded in doubling the size of the childcare programme. We are
moving in several directions to increase awareness of this issue,
bringing scores of individual stories, needs and concerns to the
attention of the administration.

Child Care Advocates of BC – BC government inaction invites big box, corporate child care at University of Victoria