Publications

From position papers, media and statements to articles and chapters please view a listing of publications below or visit ECPN's annual reports page.

Dialogues with the Gathering Tree

Pedagogical Narrations

Posted On: Feb 17, 2023

This documentation narrates children’s dialogues with a maple tree during four seasons that occurred at the Kamloops Child Development Centre located in the unceded Secwepemcúl’ecw.

ECPN Community Stream Profile

Evaluation Brief

Posted On: Feb 1, 2023

Profiles the reach and impact of the community stream and the community pedagogist role, between January 2020 and July 2022.

ECPN R&R Impact Snapshot

Evaluation Brief

Posted On: Feb 1, 2023

Highlights the positive impact that the ECPN project and pedagogist role is having toward the recruitment and retention of educators.

ECPN Snapshot 2020-2022

Evaluation Brief

Posted On: Nov 30, 2022

Highlights participation within the community and postsecondary streams, between January 2020 and July 2022

'With the Gathering Tree' on CFJC Midday, Kamloops

Interview with ECPN Pedagogist Teresa Smith

Posted On: Nov 7, 2022

ECPN pedagogist Teresa Smith visits CFJC Midday show to share 'With the Gathering Tree', a local Kamloops vision of quality child care seen through the lens of children and early childhood educators.  

What might ‘quality childcare’ look like in Kamloops?

CBC Kamloops Daybreak with Doug Herbert

Posted On: Oct 20, 2022

ECPN pedagogist, Teresa Smith discusses how ​​​​​Provincially-funded programs in Kamloops are creating a local vision of quality child care. In discussion with CBC Kamloops Daybreak host Doug Herbert, Teresa Smith shares what could engagements with place offer a new vision for quality child care in Kamloops? The interview focuses on the exhibition, Dialogues with The Gathering Tree, which narrates the children’s efforts over four seasons to live well with a 50-year-old maple tree in the centre of their yard.

ECPN Newsletter Issue 7: August 2022

The Here and Now: Reimagining Early Childhoods in Urgent Times

Posted On: Aug 8, 2022

Issue # 7 of the Here & Now begins by wishing our early childhood colleagues an enjoyable and restorative summer, and recognizing the seriousness currently faced by many, trying to stay safe during heat warnings and/or being confronted by painful trauma reignited by Pope Francis’ apology to survivors and families for harmful legacies wrought by the Catholic-run Residential School system. This month's Here & Now responds to an unprecedented year of federal and provincial governments making bold and necessary moves to support the creation of a nationally-funded early learning and child care (ELCC) system.