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Important Dates for BCEd 

• January 15 – Black Shirt Day
• ​January 24 – International Day of Education
• February  11 – National Moose Hide Online Campaign Day
• February 24 – Pink Shirt Day  / Day of Pink 
• March  – Ministry issues Capital Plan Response Letters to districts (responding to Capital Plan Requests they submitted previous June 30)
• Mid March – ​Ministry of Education Funding Announcement
• March 21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• April 2 – World Autism Awareness Day 
• April 22 – Earth Day
• First week of May – BC Youth Week
• ~First week of May – Emergency Preparedness Week;  Mental Health Week
• May 7 – National Child and Youth Mental Health Day
• May 17 – International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
• late May – BCCPAC Parent Education Conference
• First week of June – National AccessAbility Week
• First week of June – Bike to School Week
• June 12 – World Day Against Child Labour
• June 21 – National Indigenous Peoples Day
• June 27 – Canadian Multiculturalism Day
• June 30 – DPAC/PAC Gaming Grant Applications due
• July 1 – Canada Day
• First Monday in August – BC Day
• August 9 – International Day of the World's Indigenous People
• August 12 – International Youth Day
• First Monday in September – Labour Day
• September 8 – International Literacy Day 
• September 30 – Nat'l Day for Truth & Reconciliation; Orange Shirt Day
• September 30 – Districts complete Form 1701: Student Data Collection for the Ministry on enrolment which determines their FTEs for funding purposes, tracing student movement, and monitoring enrolment trends based on enrolment on this date.
• First week of October – International Walk to School Week
• October 5  – World Teacher's Day
• Second Monday in October – Thanksgiving
• October 10 – World Mental Health Day
• October 11 – National Coming Out Day
• October 16 – World Food Day
• October 17 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
• October 31 – Hallowe'en
• November 1 – Musqueam Day
• November 8 - Indigenous Veterans Day
• November 11 – Remembrance Day
• Third week of November – Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week 
• November 19 – World Day for Prevention of Abuse and Violence against Children
• November 20  – Trans Day of Visibility
• Fourth week of November – International Restorative Justice Week
• December 3 – International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Complete Calendar

PAN Action: Statements, Media

CONTACT A PAN MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE

>ICYMI
February 6, 2017​ - presentation by Maggie Milne Martens, PAN, at 'BC Public Education: Keeping the Covenant with Future Generations?' forum hosted by SFU's Your Education Matters (YEM)

>June 2020
June 12, 2020​ - Submission to the Select Standing Committee on Finance & Government Services for Budget 2021

>June 2019
June 21, 2019​ - Submission to the Select Standing Committee on Finance & Government Services for Budget 2020
Committee Recommendations (education starts on page 55)

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Take Action!

• Check out our #bcedinred campaign to bring awareness and encourage action to stop the underfunding of BC's public schools
• Be involved. Parents, ensure your PAC, DPAC, and district are talking about BCED issues that you value and advocating as necessary. Share on social media. Talk to your MLAs.

Learn More

Ministry District Operating Grants

• K-12 Public Education Funding Review
  
• In March, the Ministry of Education (MoE) announced district Operating Grants for 2021/22.

​ Ministry District Capital Funding

• webpage under construction
  

Seismic, Capital & School Closures

• ​School Closures
• Seismic Safety
• PAN's Brief to the MoE Calling for an Area Standards Review (October 2018)​
  • PAN's Area Standards Fact Sheet
  • BCTF's Motion of Support of PAN's Area Standard recommendations

• Long Range Facilities Plans
  • Ministry of Education Guidelines (2017) (2019)
  • Vancouver  (draft)
  • ​Richmond  (draft)

Advocacy Specific

• Arts Advocacy
• Gifted Education Advocacy
• Special Needs / Complex Learners Fact Sheet​

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What is PAN?

The Parent Advocacy Network for Public Education (PAN) is a non-partisan grassroots collective of parents and community members who share a commitment to public education. We are working to address the chronic underfunding and devaluing of public education in Vancouver and across British Columbia by creating a strong network of parents who support one another in advocacy.

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