Actions and Commitments

Call to Action # 12 : Education (6-12)

Indigenous-focused programming at ECE Centres

June 14, 2018

$14.5 annually for three years.

Alberta children are learning about traditional language and culture, with five new $25-a-day children care centres offering Indigenous-focused programming. Six Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) centres across Alberta are implementing Indigenous-focused programming, including traditional drumming, storytelling and lessons in Michif, Blackfoot and Cree.

  • Calgary: Little Sundance (Métis Calgary Family Services) 54 childcare spaces
  • Edmonton:  1000 Woman Child Care Centre (56 child care spaces)
  • Lethbridge: Opokaa’sin Child Care Centre (56 child care spaces)
  • Slave Lake: Legacy Childcare (125 child care spaces)
  • Valleyview: Knowledge Tree (36 child care spaces)
  • Wetaskiwin: Wetaskiwin Early Learning and Childcare Centre (64 childcare spaces

Bilateral: Canada and Alberta Part of $136M Fed funding over 3 years + $14.5 annual from province