Bursary programs will aid early childhood educators
The Daily News (Nanaimo)
March 12, 2008

The B.C. government took aim at the shortage of early childhood educators and introduced a new bursary program to reduce the students' financial burden and encourage growth in the industry.

Students may be able to reduce their debt load while in school, but the much larger issue of low wages still deters many people from entering the profession, according to Nancy McInnes, chairwoman of the ECE program at Malaspina University-College…