Contact Information:
Early Years Coordinator

Elizabeth Pennell
250-740-3516
epennell@sd68.bc.ca

The opportunity to address the issues of the early learners and their families in our community is exciting and promising.

Early Development Instrument (EDI) Community Summary

Early Years

|Programs for Children and Families
| StrongStart Early Learning Centres
| Early Years Home page
| SD68 Home page

Partnerships

Ladysmith Early Years Partnership
- Children First Eary Years Community Coordinator Amber Bruner
250 816-1699; mthrgoos@telus.net

The partnership is open to those with an interest in and ability to make a contribution toward positive early childhood development outcomes in Ladysmith.

Membership currently includes:
• Boys and Girls Club of Central Vancouver Island, Ladysmith
• Child Care Resource and Referral, PacficCARE
• Children First
• Ladysmith Early Years Community Coordinator HRSDC
• Ladysmith Family and Friends Society
• Mayor, Town of Ladysmith
• Ministry of Children and Family Development
• School District 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)
• Nanaimo Child Development Centre
• Nutsumaat Lelum Child Care Centre

Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP)

HELP is an interdisciplinary collaborative research network that is directing a world-leading contribution to new understandings of and approaches to early child development.

With funding from the Province of B.C. through the Ministry of Children and Family Development, and in partnership with school districts, HELP will collect data related to early human development every year, allowing baseline comparisons over time.

For more information visit the HELP website.

Greater Nanaimo Early Years Partnership
- School District 68 Early Years Coordinator Elizabeth Pennell
250 740-3516; epennell@sd68.bc.ca

The Greater Nanaimo Early Years Partnership is a group of concerned individuals and representatives of organizations that formed around an identified need to improve the health and development of children aged 0-6.

Our mission is to create a community that supports the optimal development of children and their families.

Membership includes:
• Boys and Girls Club of Central Vancouver Island
• Children First Initiative
• Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society
• Early Childhood Education and Care - Vancouver Island University
• Gabriola Hope Centre
• Literacy Nanaimo/Literacy BC
• Ministry of Children and Family Development
• Nanaimo Child Development Centre
• Nanaimo Men's Resource Centre
• Nanaimo Mother and Baby Society
• PacificCARE Child Care Resource and Referral Program
• Parks and Recreation, City of Nanaimo
• School District 68 Early Years Program
• Snuneymuxw First Nation
• Success by 6
• The Ferns Association
• Tillicum Lelum Health Centre
• United Way - Central and Northern Vancouver Island
• Vancouver Island Regional Library
• Vancouver Island Health Authority