FICE (pronounced “feet-say”, or “feech-ay” or “fees-ay” depending on linguistic preference), stands for the International Federation of Educative Communities; FICE is the abbreviation of the French version (Fédération Internationale des Communautés Educatives).
FICE-International was formed under the auspices of UNESCO in 1948 to support children’s villages that sprang up throughout Europe to care for the children orphaned and traumatized as a result of World War II. During the post-war period, social pedagogues and éducateurs/éducateurs spécialisé (equivalent to CYCs) emerged, and post-secondary education programs focussed on child and youth work were developed in many European countries.
Today, FICE has evolved to address a wide-range of child and youth care/child welfare issues and programmes, and member sections include countries beyond Europe.
FICE-Canada was formed as a Canadian not-for-profit organization to give Canadian child and youth care work (broadly defined) a presence and voice on the global CYC stage and to offer Canadian CYC practitioners, educators, students, researchers and organizations ready access to international CYC colleagues, agencies, perspectives and events. Reciprocity, mutual understanding and sharing with respect to children’s needs and supports across cultures and nations are at the heart of FICE’s ongoing work.
More information on FICE-Canada can be found here:
FICE-Canada.
FICE Canada aims to be immediately and acutely relevant to Indigenous, Black, racialized, gender-diverse, neuro-diverse, disability-impacted, and intersectionally-positioned individuals, groups, movements, and organizations and invites leadership from, membership in, and partnership with, all communities across Canada/Turtle Island.
The FICE network enables its members to exchange knowledge, experiences and good practices, to join forces in project activities, to look for innovative solutions to new challenges, to set higher goals for services, and achieve changes for promoting the well-being of vulnerable children in out-of-home care around the world.
By joining FICE-Canada, member organizations agree to act in alignment with the goals and values of FICE-Canada and FICE-International. FICE-Canada is a non-profit organization committed to living and working according to the values of justice, inclusion, anti-oppression, anti-racism and social equity for all residents of Canada and the world. Members should familiarize themselves with the governing By-laws of FICE-Canada.
If you wish to apply for membership with FICE CANADA, please complete the following form. Following your submission, a FICE-Canada representative will be in touch.
