Eligibility and priority admission
Operated by the University of British Columbia Okanagan, Child Care is part of Student Housing and Community Services, a unit in UBC’s Vice-President, Students portfolio.
As such, admission for UBC students, faculty and staff is our priority, although we do accept applications from any family who would like to enroll their child.
Priority admission order
As spaces for child care become available, we provide admission in the following priority order:
- Internal transfers—children who are already enrolled and are graduating to the next age group.
- Sibling Priority—siblings of children who maintain ongoing enrolment with us.*
- Children of full-time UBC students, faculty or staff
- Community and alumni families-if students, faculty and staff decline available spaces, they are then offered to families in the community.
All vacancies are filled in accordance with UBC policies and the university’s commitments to our priority groups—and in compliance with provincial licensing regulations.
*The primary intent of the sibling priority policy is to help families keep siblings together during their early years and to reduce drop-off and pick-up challenges for our currently enrolled families.
Confirming your student or employee status
Confirmation of your student or employee status will be required at the time that you receive and accept your offer of enrolment. You will be asked to provide your student or staff identification number, so we can verify your status.
Additional questions?
If you have any questions about your eligibility or priority group placement, please contact our Operations Manager.