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Child and Youth Care Educational Accreditation Board of Canada (CYCEAB of Canada)

This wiki is edited and maintained by the Child and Youth Care Educational Accreditation Board of Canada (CYCEAB of Canada). If you would like to join the wiki and therefore be able to comment on the pages, please send a request for access. (Try to sign in and the request for access page will come up.)  Please check the proposed by-laws for the Board (see sidebar) and comment.  The final report of the task force and a final version of the Accreditation Model was presented at the pre-conference Educators Day in Winnipeg (May 2010) and discussion about the implementation process occurred.

See the powerpoint summary here.

The recommendation of the task force was accepted, with an expanded board membership and as 2010 drew to a close the work of a Founding Board for CYC Accreditation began.

Final Recommendation: Create a Founding Board to incorporate an organization responsible for Educational Accreditation. The founding board will consist of 8 members.  Members will come from an equal representation of colleges and universities (at least one of which will have a graduate program) (6 educator members with regional representation from West, Atlantic, Central) and 2 professional members representing the CCCYCA.  The Founding Board is charged with creating the initial by-laws for membership of the organization, governance structure (i.e.  Board of Directors) incorporating and guiding the initial work of the organization. 

Founding Board Members (bios available -see sidebar) are:

Chair:

Carol Stuart, Dean, Health and Human Services, Vancouver Island University. Nanaimo, B.C.

Secretary:

Dawne MacKay-Chiddenton, Red River Community College, Child and Youth Work Program

Members of the Founding Board:

Heather Modlin-Newfoundland and Labrador, Director, Key Assets NL; Memorial University of Newfoundland, CYC Development Committee

Varda Mann-Feder- Quebec, Board Member, Quebec Association of Educators; Associate Professor,  Department of Applied Human Sciences, Concordia University

David Connolly – Ontario,  Chair, Council of Canadian Child and Youth Care Associations; Child and Youth Worker Program, Seneca College.

Wendy Weninger-Alberta,  Child and Youth Care Diploma Program, Lethbridge College.

Rob Bates-British Columbia, B.C.  Child and Youth Care Association, Douglas College Child and Youth Care Diploma and Degree Program

Doug Magnuson-British Columbia, University of Victoria,  School of Child and Youth Care.

Kelly Shaw-Nova Scotia Child and Youth Care Association, Nova Scotia Community College,  Child and Youth Work Diploma.

Anne Black-Ontario, George Brown College, Child and Youth Work Diploma.

Margaret Sullivan-New Brunswick, New Brunswick Community College, Child and Youth Work Diploma.

Click on Background and Mandate to learn more about the work of the Task Force