UBC Child Care adds five new daycare centres
Daycares facilitate meeting of minds
UBC Reports | Vol. 55 | No. 8 | Aug. 6, 2009
By Lissa Cowan

UBC’s Child Care service marks its 40th anniversary this month and there’s plenty to celebrate: five new daycare facilities have opened in 2009, with others on the drawing board for the near future.

“The need to expand has been clear for a number of years, but the demand was so great we’ve had to open a number at once,” says Darcelle Cottons, director of UBC Child Care Services. “Even doing that hasn’t shortened our waiting list as much as it should.”

Staff turnover and a demographic change on campus are driving the demand. As well, new housing on campus may mean a rise in the number of young families in the near future, Cottons says.

The waiting list for one of the child care spaces is now 15-18 months, down from a recent high of three years. About 500 children, from the age of four months to 12 years, are enrolled in the centres….

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