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Our programs offer current theory, research and practice so you'll gain the skills and knowledge to work effectively with 21st century children and youth.

Why study education and childhood studies at CapU? 

In the School of Education and Childhood Studies at CapU, you'll develop the skills to work with children and create an enduring love of learning. We offer programs in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) as well as Education Assistant (EA).

CapU's Early Childhood Care and Education programs – diploma, bachelor and post baccalaureate – foster intellectual curiosity and critical thinking relevant to advocacy and leadership in early childhood education careers, advanced study and lifelong learning.

The ECCE Diploma meets the requirements of the Early Childhood Educator Registry for the ECE Certificate to Practice, Infant/Toddler Certificate to Practice and/or the Special Needs Certificate to Practice.

You can also connect your passion for supporting children and youth with a career in the school system as an Education Assistant. In CapU's Education Assistant program, you'll learn how to support students in Kindergarten-Grade 12 who present with a wide range of abilities.

EAs are in high demand, as there's a critical shortage of certified and trained practitioners for on-call, part-time or full-time positions.

Centre for Childhood Studies

The Centre for Childhood Studies (CCS) is housed in the Faculty of Education, Health and Human Development at Capilano University. The CCS includes a partnership between faculty, the Early Childhood Care and Education Department students and the educators at CapU’s Children’s Centre.

As a member of the Canadian Early Years Lab School Association, the CCS works with the assumption that a lab school and other partner early learning centres are lively pedagogical spaces for young children, their families, students, faculty and researchers to work together on reconceptualising early childhood education practices.

The CCS engages in research that works with educators and children as co-researchers to explore what is possible and yet unknown in education. The CCS welcomes all research that acknowledges the common worlds the 21st-century child will inherit, including colonization, racism, climate change, poverty, societal inequities and other social justice issues.

Journal of Childhoods and Pedagogies

The logo for the Journal of Childhoods and Pedagogies at CapU.

The CCS also publishes the Journal of Childhoods and Pedagogies.

This open-source publication provides a forum for students, educators, and researchers (of local and global scholarship) to engage with exploratory and innovative approaches to early childhood education, particularly childhoods, pedagogies and curriculum.

Adrienne Argent
Early Chilhood Care & Ed, Instructor
Early Childhood Care & Education
School of Education & Childhood Studies

604 983 7530 ext. 7530
Cedar Building, room CE378
aargent@capilanou.ca
Allen Stevens (On Leave)
Instructor, Education Assistant
Education Assistant Program
School of Education & Childhood Studies

604 986 1911 ext. 7379
Cedar Building, room CE353
astevens@capilanou.ca
Ana Chicoine
Divisional Supervisor
School of Allied Health
School of Education & Childhood Studies
Faculty of Education
Health & Human Development

604 986 1911 ext. 7327
Cedar Building, room CE377
anachicoine@capilanou.ca
Ann Copp
Instructor, Education Assistant
School of Education & Childhood Studies
Faculty of Education
Health & Human Development
Education Assistant Program

Cedar Building, room CE353
elizabethcopp@capilanou.ca
Annabella Cant
Instructor, Early Childhood Care & Ed.
Early Childhood Care & Education
School of Education & Childhood Studies

604 986 1911 ext. 3042
Birch Building, room BR339
annabellacant@capilanou.ca
Barbara Mathieson (On Leave)
Instructor, Early Childhood Care & Ed.
Early Childhood Care & Education
School of Education & Childhood Studies

604 986 1911 ext. 3417
Birch Building, room BR332
BMathies@capilanou.ca
Bo Sun Kim
Instructor, Early Childhood Care & Ed.
Early Childhood Care & Education
School of Education & Childhood Studies

604 986 1911 ext. 3441
Birch Building, room BR 332
bosunkim@capilanou.ca
Cheryl Norris
Divisional Departmental Assistant 2
School of Education & Childhood Studies

604 986 1911 ext. 7238
Cedar Building, room CE376
cherylnorris@capilanou.ca
Chloe Humphreys
Early Childhood Care & Education
Early Childhood Care & Education
School of Education & Childhood Studies

Birch Building, room BR 328
chloehumphreys2@capilanou.ca
Debra Walsh
Instructor, Education Assistant
Education Assistant Program
School of Education & Childhood Studies

604 986 1911 ext. 7384
Cedar Building, room CE353
dwalsh@capilanou.ca
Diana Kilby
Instructor, Education Assistant
Education Assistant Program
School of Education & Childhood Studies

604 986 1911 ext. 7449
Cedar Building, room CE353
dkilby@capilanou.ca
Jiyeon Kim
Instructor
School of Education & Childhood Studies
Early Childhood Care & Education

604 986 1911 ext. 3412
Cedar Building, room CE378
jessicakim2@capilanou.ca
Julia Black
Coordinator, Early Childhood Care & Educ
Early Childhood Care & Education
School of Education & Childhood Studies

604 986 1911 ext. 3519
Birch Building, room BR339
jblack1@capilanou.ca
Kathleen Kummen BA, PDP (Early Childhood Education), M.Ed., PhD
Chair, Education & Childhood Studies
Early Childhood Care & Education
School of Education & Childhood Studies

604 986 1911 ext. 3418
Birch Building, room BR331
kkummen@capilanou.ca
Rachel Yu
Instructor, Early Childhood Care & Ed.
Early Childhood Care & Education
School of Education & Childhood Studies

604 986 1911 ext. 3442
Cedar Building, room CE374
hyu@capilanou.ca
Stephanie Murphy
Instructor, Education Assistant
School of Education & Childhood Studies
Education Assistant Program

604 986 1911 ext. 3715
Cedar Building, room CE353
stephaniemurphy@capilanou.ca
Susan Altman
Instructor, Education Assistant
School of Education & Childhood Studies
Education Assistant Program

604 986 1911 ext. 7376
Cedar Building, room CE353
saltman@capilanou.ca
Sylvia Kind
Instructor, Early Childhood Care & Ed.
Early Childhood Care & Education
School of Education & Childhood Studies

604 986 1911 ext. 3570
Birch Building, room BR333
skind@capilanou.ca
Tahmina Shayan
Instructor, CFA Job Steward
School of Education & Childhood Studies
Early Childhood Care & Education

Cedar Building, room CE378
tahminashayan@capilanou.ca
Yvette Hong
Instructor, Education Assistant Program
School of Education & Childhood Studies

604 986 1911 ext. 7337
Cedar Building, room Cedar Building, 353
yvettehong@capilanou.ca

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About this program

School of Education & Childhood Studies
604 984 4960
604 984 4993 (fax)
Cedar Building, room CE376
ecce@capilanou.ca

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Student Information Services
Library Building, room LB152

604-984-4900
604-984-1798 (fax)
registration@capilanou.ca