Codie Shiels and her partner had been in Canada for less than a month when the Covid-19 pandemic was declared. Codie is Irish, but instead of ducking out on her [ … ]
Category: Staff
September Staffing
September is right around the corner, and Sarah, Ehlssie, and I are cautiously optimistic that the fall schedule is coming together… Thank goodness for Aïda, and Tomomi, and Kez, for [ … ]
Anna shows us the world!
This season, Anna Hasonova joins the Big Kids Club team, with a delightful program that’s had the kids hopping around Europe, exploring various cultures with their own insider’s guide. They learned [ … ]
Conservation with Kezia
Since she joined our team… OVER A YEAR AGO!! Kezia Antholyka has become an indispensable individual at both of our daycares, where she assists with the admin, manages the marcom, [ … ]
Ehlssie’s Story Continues at Storybook
June 1st marks the end of a beautiful journey… but the best is yet to come. Read on! My journey as the Big Kids Club coordinator at Buddings Broadway [ … ]
Satur-daycare with Florence Tsai
This season, fan fave, and daycare darling Florence Tsai will be taking her radiant energy, degree in nutrition, and desire to care out beyond our tiny walls. She’s been accepted into Nursing at [ … ]
Welcome to Buddings, Anna Hasonova!
“Vitajte” to Buddings, Anna! That’s Slovakian for “welcome,” and while she’s only just arrived, we’re extremely glad she’s here. Anna has a degree from the Faculty of Pedagogy at the University [ … ]
Aïda Soldevila is here to help!
Aïda (three syllables: “I-E-Da”) Soldevila’s arrival, also with a degree in Pedagogy (a Masters, no less!), is the cherry to top off our Spring team. Aïda hails from Spain, Catalonia to [ … ]
Ayumi is always smiling!
Ayumi Kato is into her second season on our team, and she’s a supportive smile among the staff and a warm heart for all the kids. She completed an associate degree in [ … ]
Ehlssie has super powers… so she’s the assistant manager
Ehlssie Tecson is the daycare dream teacher who catches on quickly and intuits the problems that loom large for kids and toddlers, and families, and her co-workers too! Her background in [ … ]
Sarah MacDonald: Not a paid actor
Sarah MacDonald joined our centre in 2014, and has been managing since the end of 2015. She comes from a family of educators, and taught preschool in her hometown in [ … ]
Tomomi’s Drama class is on Thursdays!
This spring, Tomomi Ito also moves into her own Big Kids Club day, and brings all her experience and education (including ECE in Canada and Japan, as well as a degree in [ … ]
Kezia makes marcom possible!
Kezia Antholyka joined our team in May 2017, and after under a year, we don’t know what we’d do without her! Her degree in Psychology from UBC, and experience in [ … ]
Talia’s spending the spring at Storybook
Talia Erickson created the concept and has been on the management team at Buddings flexible occasional Daycare since 2011. She holds a Combined Honours degree in Psychology and Journalism from [ … ]