Lisa Beare, Minister of Education and Child Care; Annie Smith, executive director at McCreary Centre Society; B.C. Association of School Business Officials; B.C. Teachers’ Federation; CUPE BC; B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils; First Nations Education Steering Committee; Métis Nation B.C.; and the First Nations Schools Association have issued the following statement about substance-use education and prevention in B.C.’s K-12 system: 

Lisa Beare, Minister of Education and Child Care, has issued the following statement about returning to learning:

Rachna Singh, Minister of Education and Child Care, has issued the following statement as students return to school:

Recruitment and training initiatives are underway for the coming school year to get more certified teachers into B.C. classrooms and build B.C.’s K-12 workforce.

Mitzi Dean, Minister of State for Child Care, has released the following statement marking May as Child Care Month: