Bachelor of Early Childhood Care & Education Degree
The degree offers advanced academic courses that blend theory and practice in the early years, engaging deeply with current research and theory.
ECCE DEGREEOur programs offer current theory, research and practice, so you'll gain the skills and knowledge to work effectively with children and youth in the context of 21st-century realities.
Why study ECCE at CapU?
In the School of Education and Childhood Studies at CapU, you'll develop the skills to work with children and support their learning and growth.
We offer programs in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) and Education Assistant (EA).
CapU's Early Childhood Care and Education diploma and degree programs foster intellectual curiosity and critical thinking relevant to advocacy and leadership in early childhood education careers, advanced study and lifelong learning.
Early Childhood Care & Education Diploma
The diploma gives students the competencies and knowledge to work with children under five in licensed preschools and childcare centres.
ECCE DIPLOMA
Education Assistant Certificate
This 16-month, part-time program trains you in the theories and practical strategies to help children and young people in the school system.
EA CertificateOur facilities and research
Fulmer Family Centre for Childhood Studies
The Fulmer Family Centre for Childhood Studies is Western Canada’s only purpose-designed, integrated Centre of Early Childhood Care, research and Lab School education.
Fulmer Family Centre for Childhood Studies
Journal of Childhoods and Pedagogies
This open-source publication provides a platform for students, educators, and researchers—locally and globally—to engage with innovative and exploratory approaches to early childhood education.
Journal of Childhoods and PedagogiesSchool of Education and Childhood Studies
Adrienne Argent
School of Education & Childhood StudiesAdrienne Argent has worked in CapU's ECCE department for more than 30 years and is also the pedagogist at the CapU Children's Centre.
Tia Smith
School of Education & Childhood StudiesTia Smith has been an Early Childhood Educator since 1992 and teaches in the ECCE Department at CapU. She is a member of the NSCR Board of Directors and a member of ECEBC.
Annabella Cant
PhD
School of Education & Childhood StudiesAnnabella Cant is Convenor of the Centre for Research and Childhood Studies (CRCS) as well as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Childhoods and Pedagogies.
