Auckland, New Zealand

Nanaimo, Canada

IMEC Sisters around the world shared experiences of the pandemic in their contexts. I feel more connected once again.

We’ve both made it home and have been served with a 14 day quarantine. Our neighbors and coworkers have been taking care of us.

As if no time has passed! The only difference: missing our sisters around the world and ice cream at busy bee…

Not so fast, we’re still in Vancouver with our family! The flight was delayed until tomorrow.

“Thank you to the Ministry of Children and Family Development for funding this important initiative to introduce the new role of pedagogist across British Columbia,” said Antje Bitterberg, an Instructor with VIU’s ECEC program and now a pedagogist through the province’s Early Childhood Pedagogy Network. “As a pedagogist, I will work alongside children, educators, practicum students and families. I will support educators to explore the BC Early Learning Framework. This ongoing access to rich professional development will, I hope, lead to increased retention of educators in this field. Working collaboratively, we will be able to question conventional structures in education and wonder together how we might see things anew.”

VIU News Announcement https://news.viu.ca/new-teaching-network-win-eces-quality-child-care