Smallest circles first: Exploring reconciliatory praxis through drama education

Smallest circles first: Exploring reconciliatory praxis through drama education

Dr. Mindy Carter | Associate Professor, McGill University, Canada Friday, October 20, 2023 | 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. (PST) | via Zoom Faculty Host: Dr. Rita Irwin Vie the Seminar Poster Abstract This research focuses on the experiences of elementary and post-secondary pre- and in-service drama teacher’s agency in Montreal, Quebec. It looks at how […]

The Calling of Nonviolence in Curriculum Studies

The Calling of Nonviolence in Curriculum Studies

Dr. Hongyu Wang | Oklahoma State University, USA Friday, September 29, 2023 | 12:30 – 2:00 pm (PST) | via Zoom Faculty Host: Dr. William Pinar View the Seminar Poster Abstract In this presentation, Wang starts with a brief autobiographical inquiry of how nonviolence has become a calling in curriculum studies. She further introduces several major […]

Storying A Curriculum Theory in-the-Making

Storying A Curriculum Theory in-the-Making

Dr. Nicholas Ng-A-Fook | University of Ottawa, Canada Friday, May 5, 2023 | 3:30 – 5:00 pm (PST) | via Zoom Faculty Host: Dr. William Pinar View the Seminar Poster Abstract What is curriculum theory in-the-making at this place and moment in time? For this presentation, Dr. Ng-A-Fook will draw on Janet L. Miller’s memorable essay English Education […]

The 2022-2023 Peer Advisors

The 2022-2023 Peer Advisors

We are pleased to announce the 2022-2023 Peer Advisor Team: Rodrigo Dos Santos PhD Student August – December, 2022 Rodrigo is a Ph.D. candidate in Curriculum Studies. He has taught in public schools in Brazil where he obtained a MA in education and a BA in Biology. His research focuses on teachers’ resistance to educational […]

Rodrigo Santos

I am a PhD student in Curriculum Studies at the University of British Columbia, in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), specializing in Curriculum. I am from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where I worked as a public-school science teacher and completed an MA in Education at Fluminense Federal University. My research interests include critical […]

Dr. Sandrine Han Named the Recipient of the 2022 CSEA/SCÉA Provincial/Territorial Affiliate Award for British Columbia

Dr. Sandrine Han Named the Recipient of the 2022 CSEA/SCÉA Provincial/Territorial Affiliate Award for British Columbia

Dear Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating Dr. Sandrine Han who has been named the recipient of the 2022 CSEA/SCÉA Provincial/Territorial Affiliate Award for British Columbia. The Canadian Society for Education through Art aims to promote excellence in art education, and therefore, presents awards to art educators who achieve excellence in art education. The  CSEA/SCÉA Provincial/Territorial Affiliate Award acknowledges excellence in […]

Enacting critical and place-based pedagogies in Bay Area youth sports projects: A capital and field analysis

Enacting critical and place-based pedagogies in Bay Area youth sports projects: A capital and field analysis

Dr. Matthew Atencio | California State University, East Bay, USA Dr. E. Missy Wright | California State University, East Bay, USA Friday, April 29, 2022 | 12:30 – 2:00 pm (PST) | via Zoom Faculty Host: Dr. Yuen Sze Michelle Tan View the Seminar Poster Abstract In this discussion, the co-directors of the Center for Sport […]

Dr. Jillianne Code receives UBC Killam Teaching Prize

Dr. Jillianne Code receives UBC Killam Teaching Prize

Dear Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating Dr. Jillianne Code who is one of the recipients of the 2021-2022 UBC Killam Teaching Prize. Read more Congratulations on this significant achievement, Jillianne! Sincerely, Samson Dr. Samson Nashon, EdD Department Head & Professor of Science Education

The 9th Education Graduate Students (EGS) Conference

Theme: Inhabiting In-betweenness Date: Friday, March 18, 2022 | 12:00-4:30 p.m. Location: Hybrid (Virtual & In-person in Scarfe 1128 & 1130)   Download a copy of the EGS 2022 program Download a copy of the EGS 2022 schedule   The 9th Education Graduate Students (EGS) Conference is an annual conference organized by students from the […]

Portrait of an Antiracist, Hypermasculine Black Male Pedagogue: Race, Gender (Performance), and Antiracist Pedagogy in U.S. Teacher Education

Portrait of an Antiracist, Hypermasculine Black Male Pedagogue: Race, Gender (Performance), and Antiracist Pedagogy in U.S. Teacher Education

Dr. Esther Ohito | Rutgers University, USA Friday, March 25, 2022 | 12:30 – 2:00 pm (PST) | via Zoom Faculty Host: Dr. Harper Keenan View the Seminar Poster No Recording Permission Abstract Scholarship on antiracist pedagogy has proliferated the white world of U.S. teacher education; however, studies scrutinizing this phenomenon from the perspective of […]

A Pedagogy of Insurgency in Troubling Times: The Imperative of Teaching and Organizing for Educational and Social Justice

A Pedagogy of Insurgency in Troubling Times: The Imperative of Teaching and Organizing for Educational and Social Justice

Dr. Wayne Au | School of Educational Studies, University of Washington Bothell, USA Friday, January 28, 2022 | 12:30  – 2:00 pm (PST) | via Zoom Faculty Host: Dr. E. Wayne Ross To view seminar poster, click here. Abstract Teachers are on the frontline of ongoing social, economic, and community health crises. Using the organizing […]

Lori Huston

Lori Huston

Lori Huston (she/her), a doctoral student in the Graduate Program in Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education, the University of British Columbia. I am of mixed descent, Métis, Scottish and British. My cumulative research experiences and graduate studies have focused on Indigenous ECE leadership, highlighting Indigenous pedagogies connected to reconciliation, place, and land-based teachings. My MEd portfolio examined the […]

Reflective, Transformative, and Relational Practices in Integrating Arts Curriculum

Reflective, Transformative, and Relational Practices in Integrating Arts Curriculum

Dr. Yichien Cooper | Washington State University, Tri-Cities, USAChair, Asian Arts and Culture Interest Group, National Art Education Association Friday, November 26, 2021 | 12:30  – 2:00 pm (PST) | via Zoom Faculty Host: Dr. Sandrine Han View the Seminar Poster No Recording Permission Abstract This seminar invites participants to discuss how the practice of […]

Ariane Faria dos Santos

Ariane Faria dos Santos

I am a Ph.D. student at the University of British Columbia Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy. My research interests include curriculum implementation and teaching practices to improve learning opportunities for students with different backgrounds. I am particularly interested to understand how to better connect both micro (classroom/schools) and macro (policymakers) actors to design and implement […]

Gabrielle Edwards

Gabrielle Edwards

Gabrielle (she/her) is a PhD candidate in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy Studies. Her research interests revolve around whole school approaches to school food education, food literacy and food citizenship. Gabrielle has a background in agriculture and food security holding a B.Sc. in Agriculture from the University of Saskatchewan and a M.A. in Human […]