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46th Annual UBC Physics Olympics
Mar 15, 2024

On Saturday, March 9th, 2024 more than 900 secondary students from all over BC travelled to UBC to participate in the 46th Annual UBC Physics Olympics.  Just to describe the scope of the event – we had 76 teams, 927 students participated in the event, a number of schools had 2 teams of 15 or more students, […] Read More

Book Launch Event | The Ethics of Becoming a Good Teacher in Conversation with Aristotle and Confucius
Oct 25, 2023

You are cordially invited to attend the book launch of The Ethics of Becoming a Good Teacher In Conversation with Aristotle and Confucius. (Routledge, 2023). Author: Ying Ma, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (PhD in Curriculum Studies, UBC, 2019) Date: Friday, November 10, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. (PST) | via Zoom For more information: see the attached […] Read More

The Story of Seeds
Oct 11, 2023

Lei Chen | Current PhD in Curriculum Studies  (Art Education) Art Exhibition: Oct 5 – Nov 3, 2023 Location: Lobby Gallery, Liu Institute for Global Issues → The exhibit is free and open to the public during regular building hours, 9am-5pm, and it’s located in the Lobby on the first floor. Learn more About the […] Read More

Book Launch Event | Schooling, Human Capital and Civilization
Sep 30, 2023

You are cordially invited to attend the book launch of Schooling, Human Capital and Civilization: A Brief History from Antiquity to the Digital Era. 1st Edition (Routledge, 202 Author: Bruce Moghtader, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (PhD in Curriculum Studies, 2021) Date: Friday, October 20, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. (PST) | via Zoom For more information: see […] Read More

The 2023-2024 Peer Advisors
Sep 08, 2023

We are pleased to announce the 2023-2024 Peer Advisor Team: Vicente Regis PhD Student September 2023 – April 2024 Vicente embraced artistic endeavours when he was a child, growing up playing with his brother and friends in the streets of São Paulo, Brazil. His professional life started as a legal educator, working with kids in […] Read More

My Broken Heart Documentary Premiere
Mar 24, 2023

Dr. Jillianne Code, assistant professor and researcher in the Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, is featured in a documentary that follows three heart transplant patients over five years. The documentary, My Broken Heart, premiers Sunday, March 26, 2023 at the HeartLife Foundation Canada Fundraiser at the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) Centre in downtown Vancouver. […] Read More

45th Annual UBC Physics Olympics
Mar 07, 2023

On Saturday, March 4th, 2023 more than 700 secondary students from all over BC travelled to UBC to participate in the 45th Annual UBC Physics Olympics. It was our first face-to-face post-pandemic event and I am so glad to report that it went exceptionally well. The event is a long time (almost half a century) collaboration […] Read More

FLIP Webinar Series #3 | ‘What is Food Literacy?’
Nov 15, 2022

The Food Literacy International Partnership (FLIP) Invites you to their third webinar featuring three food literacy scholars ‘What is Food Literacy?’ | Wednesday December 7th, 2022 | 7:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. *GMT * (Greenwich Mean Time) Time zone converter REGISTER Food literacy is a term that is increasingly being used by a number of […] Read More