Early Childhood Development ( ECD ) Research and Community Building

UBC Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP)
Led by Dr. Clyde Hertzman, The Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) is an interdisciplinary research network of faculty, researchers and graduate students from British Columbia's six major universities that facilitates the creation of new knowledge, and helps apply this knowledge by working directly with government and communities. www.earlylearning.ubc.ca 

Creating Communities for Young Children:
A Toolkit for Change
Produced by the Human Early Learning Partnership

This toolkit is designed to help communities understand the work of the ECD
Mapping Project and to use the information in their neighbourhoods to create positive
change for children. It is intended to support communities within BC, although
many of the ideas will be adaptable to other jurisdictions.

The toolkit includes information about the importance of early child development,
the history of the Early Development Instrument and its administration in BC, as
well as details regarding child development indicators and related policy and
program considerations

Download the entire Toolkit ( in PDF )

Maps of Services and Amenities for Children 0-5 years old:

Network 3
Network 4
Network 5
Network 6

Early Child Development Advocacy

Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC - www.cccabc.bc.ca

A voluntary organization of interested citizens – parents, child care providers, community    organizations and unions - working together for a community-based, non-profit child care system that is: high quality, affordable, accessible, publicly funded and accountable.

First Call: BC Child & Youth Advocacy Coalition - http://www.firstcallbc.org/ - First Call is a cross-sectoral, non-partisan, coalition. The coalition is made up of 90 provincial organizations and 25 mobilized communities, in addition to a network of hundreds of community groups and individuals.