Using a child-inspired approach, the Fulmer Family Centre for Childhood Studies will be Western Canada’s only purpose-designed, integrated Centre of Early Childhood Care, research, and Lab School education.
Designed and built by Vancouver firm Public Architecture, the 23,000 sq. ft. building is at the north end of our main North Vancouver Campus and opens in the spring of 2025.
This state-of-the-art learning environment aids in expanding our ECCE programs, supports a range of interdisciplinary research by ECCE instructors at CapU and doubles the number of childcare spaces on campus, meeting an urgent need on the North Shore.
"The dark exterior of the building is meant as a disruption—a challenge to false narratives about early childhood education. Childcare centres are conventionally painted in pastel hues and bright colours. But nothing conventional will take place here. The Fulmer building will be a site of innovation, imagination and experimentation, where leading practice and research redefine the field."
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Centre for Childhood Studies Fast Facts
20
more practicum placement spots for ECCE students
74
new childcare spaces (24 infants and toddlers and 50 preschooler spaces)
143
childcare spaces on the main campus
23,000
square foot
two-storey building
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About the Centre
Sustainably built and surrounded by forest, the Centre solidifies CapU as a major hub for Early Childhood Care & Education.
About the Centre
School of Education & Childhood Studies
Gain the skills to work supporting young people in educational environments. Degree, diploma and certificate program options available.
School of Education & Childhood Studies
How the Centre got its name
The name recognizes CapU Chancellor Yuri Fulmer and his family's generous support for early childhood education at CapU and their $2-million donation to the centre.
Centre for Childhood Studies gets a nameNew horizons for ECCE students, staff and faculty
Practical learning
With expanded capacity for teaching, learning and childcare, students will have a new set of practical learning options.
Experiential Learning at CapU
Children's Centre
The Children's Centre is a not-for-profit childcare centre operated by CapU and licensed by the B.C. Government.
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