Standing Strong Together
Since September 2018, the Early Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC), in partnership with the Province of British Columbia, enhanced and expanded the ECE Bursary Program, now known as the ECE Education Support Fund (ECE ESF). This program consists of two funding streams:
You can create an account anytime. View the semester details below for application start/intake information.
The Fall 2023 semester bursary intake is now closed – thank you to all who applied. The bursary staff will now be reviewing these applications and will let you know if we require any further information. If your application is complete you will receive an ‘accepted’ notification from us.
When funding is approved, an email will be sent out and your transcripts, showing the courses you applied for are complete with a passing grade, are required before 11:59pm on January 15th 2024.
Intake dates for the Winter 2024 bursary will be announced in the new year.
We appreciate your patience during the bursary process.
Please contact the Bursary Team on bursary@ecebc.ca or phone 604 709 6063 ext.1
View a list of post-secondary education ECE programs recognized by the Early Childhood Educator (ECE) Registry.
For news, announcements along with information on the different streams and the eligibility criteria please visit the Education Support Fund page on the ECEBC website.
Please Note: If you already have an account and have filled in your profile you can log in and follow Steps 3 to 6.
Provide your email and password to create an account on the ECEBC ESF Bursary Application portal.
An an email will be sent to the address provided with a link that will need to be used to confirm your address and complete the account registration process.
Log in to the online platform. Finish completing your account set up and fill out your profile by filling in the required and additional fields. These details will be utilized in your bursary application.
The application guide contains important information about the application process and required documents that may change between semesters.
Once you have confirmed you have read the application guide for the semester the bursary application will become available.
There are 3 application streams and each have their own online application form.
Each semester you can apply for ONE of the following bursary types: Student, Workforce Development - Employee or Workforce Development Employer / Owner.
Visit the ESF page on the ECEBC website for more information on the types or email bursary@ecebc.ca
You can start an application, save your progress and come back to it at a later time. Please ensure your documents are in the .png, .jpeg or .pdf file type.
Workforce - Employee Applicants: Please ensure you download the form your employer will need to fill out as this will need to be uploaded here.
If all of the required fields for your bursary application have been filled in a submit button will appear when the bursary submission window has opened.
Don't forget to come back to submit it as soon as the window opens. The system will not submit the application for you.