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Congratulations to Dr. Rita Irwin – Recipient of the National Higher Education Art Educator Award of the Year
Dear Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating Dr. Rita Irwin who has been awarded the National Higher Education Art Educator Award of the Year by the National Art Education Association (NAEA) for her lifetime achievement. The award will be presented to Dr. Irwin at the upcoming NAEA conference in Minneapolis at the end of March […]
Introduction: STEM teachers and teaching in the digital era
Editors: Kolikant, Martinovic, & Milner-Bolotin, M. 2020. STEM Teachers and Teaching in the Era of Change (pp. 1-18). Switzerland: Springer.
The Trans Educators Network: A Reflection on Community Building and Knowledge Production
Harper Keenan 2020. Teaching Education. Read more
Successful Pro-D Day @ UBC
BC Association of Physics Teachers, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, UBC Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy and UBC Teacher Education organized a very successful Professional Development event on UBC campus on Saturday, February, 22nd. The goal of the event was to share with science teachers educational resources provided by the Perimeter Institute and discuss how […]
The problem of democracy in the time of Trump
Ross, E. W. 2019. Educazione Aperta, 6, 139-151. Retrieved from
Negotiating meaning and engagement: Socially shared strategic processing
Butler, D. L. & Schnellert, L. 2020. In Dinsmore, D, Fryer, L. & Parkinson, M. (Eds.) Handbook of strategies and strategic processing. New York, NY: Routledge, 63-81. Read more
Congratulations to Dr. Peter Gouzouasis – Recipient of the 2020 AERA Outstanding Achievement in Arts and Learning Award
Dear Colleagues, It gives me tremendous pleasure to share with you the incredible news that Dr. Peter Gouzouasis will be receiving the 2020 AERA Outstanding Achievement in Arts and Learning Award from the AERA Arts and Learning SIG. The jurors were greatly impressed with Peter’s work and shared the following feedback: “Peter Gouzouasis has made […]
Congratulations to Dr. Dónal O’Donoghue – Recipient of the 2019 Sam Black Award for Education and Development in the Visual and Performing Arts
Dear Colleagues, It gives me tremendous pleasure to share with you the incredible news that Dr. Dónal O’Donoghue received the 2019 Sam Black Award for Education and Development in the Visual and Performing Arts. The award is given in recognition of faculty who have made outstanding education and development contributions to (and performances in) art, […]
Congratulations for Successful MITACS Funding
Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating Drs. Stephen Petrina, Sandrine Han, and Postdoctoral Researcher Jennifer Zhao, for their successful MITACS Accelerate application. The team was funded $165,000 for their project titled “Case Study Scenarios and Videos for Intercultural Competence Acquisition.” Well done Steve, Sandrine and Jennifer and best wishes launching your project! Best, Samson. Dr. […]
Community engagement is … : revisiting Boyer’s model of scholarship
Renwick, K., Selkrig, M., Manathunga, C. and Keamy, K. 2020. Higher Education Research and Development. Read more
Too many apps to choose from: Using rubrics to select mobile apps for preschool
Ralph, R., Pennefather, P., Code, J., & Petrina, S. 2020. In S. Papadakis, & M. Kalogiannakis (Eds.), Mobile learning applications in early childhood education (pp. 20-38). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. Read more
Curriculum and Structural Violence: Teaching Social Studies in Latin America’s Secondary Schools
Dr. Sebastián Plá | National Autonomous University of Mexico (Visiting Scholar, Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy) Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | 12:30 – 2:00 pm, Scarfe 1214 Host: Dr. E. Wayne Ross View the Seminar Poster Abstract My research seeks to understand how social studies and citizenship education respond to structural violence that characterizes contemporary Latin […]
Keening for Carl: Mentor and Poetry Man
Lee, K. V. 2019. Journal of Loss and Trauma. DOI: 10.1080/15325024.2019.1693771
Living Culturally Responsive Mathematics Education with/in Indigenous Communities
Editors: Editors: Nicol, C., Dawson, A.J., Archibald, J., & Glandfield, F. 2019. Brill/Sense Publishers. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004415768
Pedagogy and the A/r/tographic Invitation
Triggs, Valerie & Irwin, Rita L. 2019. In Richard HickmanJohn Baldacchino, Kerry Freedman, Emese Hall and Nigel Meager (Eds). The International Encyclopedia of Art and Design Education (pp. 1-16). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. Read more
Provoking Curriculum (Studies): Intellectual Interpolations
Teresa Strong-Wilson, Jayne Malenfant, Erika Hasebe-Ludt, Rita L. Irwin, Ingrid Johnston, Carl Leggo, Nicholas Ng-a-Fook, Antoinette Oberg & Hans Smits. 2019. In Strong-Wilson, T., Ehret, C., Lewkowich, D., & Chang-Kredl, S. (Eds.). Provoking Curriculum Encounters Across Educational Experience: New Engagements with the Curriculum Theory Archive (pp. 206-220). New York: Routledge/ Taylor Francis.
Site/sight/insight: Becoming a socioecological learner through collaborative artmaking practices
Rousell, D., Lasczik Cutcher, A., Irwin, R. L., Peisker, J., Ellis, D. & Hotko, K. 2019. In Cutter-Mackenzie, A., Lasczik, A., Ferreira, J., Wilks, J. Logan, M. & Turner, A. (Eds.)., Touchstones for Deterritorializing Socioecological Learning: The Anthropocene, Posthumanism and Commonworlds as Creative Milieus (pp. 163-186). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave MacMillan.
A/r/tography
LeBlanc, N. & Irwin, R. L 2019. In Noblit, George (Ed.). Oxford Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods in Education. (1-21). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.393 Read more
Sub/versing mentoring expectations: Duration, discernment, diffraction
LeBlanc, Natalie Triggs, Valerie & Irwin, Rita L. 2019. Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, 39, pp. 2-17. Read more
Editorial. International Journal of Education Through Art
Editors: Irwin, R. L., Kalin, N. & Sinner, A. 2019. 15(2), 129-131.
Editorial. International Journal of Education Through Art
Editors: Irwin, R. L., Kalin, N. & Sinner, A. 2019. 15(3),261-263.
UBC Physics Olympics: Forty-one years of province-wide physics outreach
Milner-Bolotin, M., Liao, T., & McKenna, J. 2019. International Newsletter on Physics Education: International Commission on Physics Education – International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, 70(November), 5-6.
Pushing the boundaries of science demonstrations using modern technology
Milner-Bolotin, M., Aminov, O., Wasserman, W., & Milner, V. 2019. Canadian Journal of Physics, 8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjp-2019-0423
The challenges of teaching social studies: What teachers? What citizenship? What future? A tribute to Joan Pages
Ross, E. W. 2019. In Ballbé, M., González-Monfort, N., Santisteban, A. (Eds.), Quin professorate, quina ciutadania, quin future? Els reptes de l’ensenyament de les ciències socials, la geografia i la història (pp. 39-52). Barcelona, Spain: GREDICS, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
STEM outcomes of second-generation immigrant students with high-skilled parental backgrounds
Authors: Chachashvili-Bolotin, S., Lissitsa, S., & Milner-Bolotin, M. 2019. International Journal of Science Education, 41(17), 2465-2483. doi:10.1080/09500693.2019.1686549
“The Most Just of all Educational Legislation”: Provision of Free Textbooks in the Province of Ontario, 1846-1967
Author: Clark, Penney 2019 Journal of Canadian Studies, 53(2), 392-422. Doi.org/10.3138/jcs.2018-0024
Congratulations to Dr. Rita Irwin – Recipient of the 2019 Murray Elliott Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teacher Education
Colleagues, Congratulations to Dr. Rita Irwin who received the 2019 Murray Elliott Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teacher Education. This prestigious award was presented to Dr. Irwin at the 2019 Bachelor of Education Student Awards Reception and Ceremony on November 26th. Congratulations, Rita on this outstanding recognition! Best, Samson. Dr. Samson Nashon, EdD Department Head […]
In situ hybrid spaces as generative sites for teacher preparation
Schnellert, L., & Kozak, D. 2019. McGill Journal of Education, 54(1), 1-23. Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/9564.
Exploring diversity and nurturing generativity through in situ teacher education
Schnellert. L., & Kozak, D. 2019. Exceptionality Education International, 29(1), 72-96. https://doi.org/10.5206/eei.v29i1.7780.
Enacting equity in higher education through critical disability studies: A critical community self-study
Schnellert, L.,Richardson, P., Roberts, E., MacDonald, S., MacHardy, C., Rosal, A., Smith, J., Rader, M., Frisque, J., & Hole, R. 2019. Disability Studies Quarterly, 39(2). 32 pages. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v39i2.6150.
Historical Studies in Education 2019 Fall Issue
Editors: Penney Clark and Mona Gleason 2019 Historical Studies in Education, 31(2). Read more
Weaving Slow and Indigenous Pedagogies: Considering the Axiology of Place and Identity
Leddy, S., & Miller, L. 2019. In Identity Landscapes: Contemplating Place and the Construction of Self, Ed. Ellyn Lyle. Brill/Sense (pp.268-280).
Home Economics: transformative practice, ecology and everyday life
Renwick, K. 2019. International Journal of Home Economics,12(2), 3-5.
Youth connecting: Mental health and gardens
Renwick, K., Romses, K. and Lam, V. 2019. International Journal of Education Through Art, 15(3), 387-406. Read more
Focusing the literacy in food literacy: practice, community and food sovereignty
Renwick, K. & Powell, L. 2019. Journal of Family and Consumer Studies,111(1), 24-30. Read more
“The world is our home”: Food literacy education and Vaines’ conceptualization of “ecology”
Powell, L. and Renwick, K. 2019. International Journal of Home Economics, 12(2), 46-54 (supported by SSHRC IDG grant)
Scholarship in the Second Century of FCS: Exploring the Past, Forecasting the Future
Hall, S.S., Anderson, C.L., Koukel, S.D., Renwick, K. & Rogus, S. 2019. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences. 11(4), 7-13. Read more
Fall 2019 Issue of Historical Studies in Education/Revue d’histoire de l’éducation
Co-editors Penney Clark (EDCP) and Mona Gleason (EDST) announce the publication of the Fall 2019 issue of Historical Studies in Education/Revue d’histoire de l’éducation. Table of Contents Abstract James Miles, “Historical Pageantry and Progressive Pedagogy at Canada’s 1927 Diamond Jubilee Celebration,” 1–26. Bruce Curtis, “Colonization, Education, and the Formation of Moral Character: Edward Gibbon Wakefield’s A Letter […]
Congratulations to Drs. Lindsay Gibson and Harper Keenan
Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating Drs. Lindsay Gibson and Harper Keenan for receiving 2019 UBC Hampton New Faculty Grants. These awards are designed to provide start-up funding to new scholars seeking to establish their initial research programs. Dr. Lindsay Gibson, Assistant Professor, EDCP History Teachers’ Thinking about Commemoration Controversies $10,000View Post Dr. Harper Keenan, […]
Congratulations to RISS Fund Recipients
Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating the STEM 2020 Conference (July 9 – 11, 2020) Organizing Team for their successful grant application to the Research Infrastructure Support Service (RISS) Fund. The team was recently awarded $8,250 for “STEM 2020 Conference: Postdoctoral Research Associate for Advance Assistance with Proceedings.” Well done: co-Chairs David Anderson and Marina […]
Tetsuo Aoki Professorship in Curriculum Studies
Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating Bill Pinar, Professor in EDCP, on his appointment as the Tetsuo Aoki Professor in Curriculum Studies, effective September 1, 2019. The Tetsuo Aoki Professor in Curriculum Studies has a term of five years. This honorary Professorship is established in memory of the late Tetsuo Aoki whose life-long work has […]
Celebration of Joy Butler’s Life
There will be a celebration of Professor Joy Butler’s Life (1957-2019) on Thursday, November 7, 2019 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm in Ponderosa Commons Ballroom. Professor Butler passed away at age 62 after battling cancer. Please join us in the celebration of the life of one of the great scholars in EDCP. Please RSVP through […]
Interview with Professor E. Wayne Ross
2019. Revista Educacíon y Pedagogía, 27(69-70), 147-158. Read more
Towards a conceptual-based, student centred pedagogy: Teacher candidates’ experiences of designing the objects of learning
Authors: Miechie, M., Tan, Y. S. M., & Adler, D. 2019. International Journal for Lesson and Learning Study, 8(4), 334-346. Read more
9th Family Math & Science Day Highlights
We would like to thank you for supporting 2019 Family Math and Science Day that took place at our Faculty on October 19, 2019. It was a big success. We had an unprecedented number of guests – 627 and almost 150 volunteers. We had many Chinese Educators from our international programs visiting us as well. […]
Technology as a catalyst for 21st century STEM teacher education
Milner-Bolotin, M. 2019. In S. Yu, H. M. Niemi, & J. Mason (Eds.), Shaping Future Schools with Digital Technology: An International Handbook (pp. 179-199). Switzerland: Springer. ISBN: 978-9811394386. Read more
9th Family Math and Science Day
Saturday, October 19, 2019 10:00 am – 12:30 pm UBC Math and Science Education Labs 2nd Floor, Scarfe Building, 2125 Main Mall, UBC Registration Link Event Details Link Volunteers Needed | Contact Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin (marina.milner-bolotin@ubc.ca)
Using collaborative action research to resolve practical and philosophical challenges in educational neuroscience
Authors: Amiel, J. J. & Tan, Y. S. M. 2019. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 16, 1-7. Read more
STEM Outcomes of Second-Generation Israeli Immigrant Students with High-Skilled Parental Backgrounds
Dr. Svetlana Chachashvili-Bolotin | Ruppin Academic Center, Israel (Visiting Scholar, Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy) Friday, September 20, 2019 | 12:30 – 2:00 pm | Scarfe 1209 Host | Dr. M. Milner-Bolotin View the Seminar Poster No Recording Permission Abstract Israel is a multicultural society that has experienced waves of Jewish immigration since its foundation […]
Navigating the Lows to Gain New Heights: Constraints to SoTL Engagement.
Author: Webb, A.S. 2019. Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2019.1.8173
SoTL Stories: Phenomenology as a methodology for SoTL research
Authors: Webb, A.S. & Welsh, A.J. 2019. Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 7(1), 168-181. http://dx.doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.7.1.11
Investigating support for scholarship of teaching and learning; we need SoTL educational leaders
Authors: Webb, A.S. & Tierney, A.M. 2019. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, doi:10.1080/14703297.2019.1635905. Published online June 27, 2019. Read more
‘What’s disability got to do with it?’: Crippin’ educational studies at the intersections
Editors: Loutzenheiser, L. W., & Erevelles, N. 2019. Educational Studies, 55(4), 375-386. doi:10.1080/00131946.2019.1630131.
Science, Technology, and World War II: The Case of the US Air Force
Dr. Stephen Petrina has published a major research article detailing the mobilization of science and technology for establishing independence of the US Air Force. The article which comes out of years of researching, refining, and revising data on the convergence of Operations Paperclip and LUSTY with the Air Force’s Scientific Advisory Groups during and immediately following World […]
“Scientific Ammunition to Fire at Congress:” Intelligence, reparations and the US Army Air Forces, 1944-1947
Author: Petrina. S. 2019. Journal of Military History, 83(3), 795-829.
Lee Iskander
I am a PhD student in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at UBC. Prior to beginning my doctoral studies, I completed my BA (history), B Ed (secondary education), and M Ed, all at York University in Toronto. My research has explored young people’s activism about education, the experiences of gender non-conforming K-12 teachers, and […]
Welcome to Dr. Harper Keenan
Colleagues, We are delighted to welcome Dr. Harper Keenan to the Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy. He joins us from Stanford University on September 1, 2019 as an Assistant Professor specializing in gender and diversity education. Dr. Keenan is also appointed as the inaugural Quartermain Professor in Gender and Sexuality in Education. Please join me […]
Teaching as Research Award
Colleagues, Join me in congratulating our MA student Fabian Froehlich, supervised by Dr. Jillianne Code, for being a recipient of the ‘Teaching as Research’ (TAR) Award by UBC’s Centre for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL). Fabian’s project investigates the impact of Learning Analytics on students’ learning behaviour. Once again, congratulations Fabian! Best, Samson. Dr. Samson […]
Successful Partnership Grant
Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating Dr. Penney Clark and Dr. Lindsay Gibson for being successful co-applicants in a pan-Canadian research project entitled “Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future” that has been awarded a seven-year, $2.5 million SSHRC Partnership Grant. Led by former UBC EDCP PhD student Dr. Carla Peck (University of Alberta), this collaborative research […]
InSEA 2019 Conference
Colleagues, Join me in welcoming InSEA Conference participants to our Department, Faculty and University. Please note that to attend any of the presentations, you must have paid for registration. See https://www.insea2019.org/ for details. I am pleased to see that many of our faculty and graduate students are presenting at this conference. Best, Samson. Dr. Samson […]
Media discourse on Guhn, M., Emerson, S., & Gouzouasis, P. (2019) research publication
We are pleased to share a media coverage reports for the research publication, Guhn, M., Emerson, S., & Gouzouasis, P. (2019)., “A population-level analysis of associations between school music participation and academic achievement,” in the Journal of Educational Psychology as indicated in the select list from over 200 such articles in newspapers, magazines, and e-publications around the […]
Welcome to Dr. Lindsay Gibson
Colleagues, We are delighted to welcome a new tenure-track appointment to the Department. Dr. Lindsay Gibson comes to us as an Assistant Professor of Social Studies Education from the University of Alberta. His research focuses on various aspects of history and social studies education including curriculum design, assessment, historical thinking, historical consciousness, teacher education, inquiry, […]
Congratulations to Dr. Susan Gerofsky
Dear Colleagues, Yesterday Dr. Susan Gerofsky was interviewed on the CTV Morning show on an item about ‘summer slide’ and what parents could do to help their kids stay engaged with math in the summer. Please join me in acknowledging Dr. Gerofsky’s continued knowledge mobilization through such important outreach media. Here is the link to […]
Congratulations to Dr. Peter Cole
To EDCP Community, Please join me in congratulating Dr. Peter Cole for being appointed to the On Sustainability Advisory Board. For more information, please see link below: https://onsustainability.com/news/peter-cole-joins-the-advisory-board?fbclid=IwAR2LAyorxQmfD3kmieOH2iJderi3b2USDDAfZxx6zLVW9u5CmkE05vONau8 Best, Samson. Dr. Samson Nashon, EdD Department Head & Professor of Science Education
Exploring the Relationship between School Gardens, Food Literacy and Mental Well-Being in Youth Using Photovoice
Authors: Lam, V., Romses, K. and Renwick, K.. 2019. Nutrients, 11(6), 1354 Read more
What Is Curriculum Theory?
Author: Pinar, W. 2019. What Is Curriculum Theory? (3rd edition) New York, NY: Routledge. Read more
Exploring the Relationship between School Gardens, Food Literacy and Mental Well-Being in Youth Using Photovoice
Lam, V., Romses, K., & Renwick, K. 2019. Nutrients, 11(6), 1354. Read more
Congratulations to Drs. Gerofsky, Han and Petherick
To EDCP Community: Please join me in congratulating Dr. Susan Gerofsky and Dr. Sandrine Han for being promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure. As well, join me in congratulating Dr. LeAnne Petherick for being reappointed to the tenure track Assistant Professor position. Once again, congratulations Drs. Gerofsky, Han and Petherick! Best, Samson. […]
Professor Joy Butler’s Perspectives on Bullying and Dodgeball Game
Dear Colleagues, Professor Joy Butler has over the last five days been interviewed by various local, national and international media (TV, radio and newspaper) on an important topic of bullying as regards Dodgeball game, common in many school PE curricula. Please listen to as well as read the perspectives Professor Joy Butler is offering at […]
History education research in Canada: A late bloomer
Author: Clark, Penney 2019. In M. Köster, H. Thüemann, & M. Zülsdorf-Kersting (Eds.). Researching history education: International perspectives and disciplinary traditions, Second, completely revised and updated edition, 89-117. Frankfurt: Wochenschau Verlag.
International Perspectives on Visual Arts Dissertations in Education: Provoking the Field
Editors: Sinner, A. Adams, J. & Irwin, R. L. 2019. Bristol, UK: Intellect.
Qualities of art making in arts-based educational research dissertations
Authors: Shields, Alison & Rita L. 2019. In Sinner, A. & Irwin, R. L. (Eds.). International Perspectives on Visual Arts Dissertations in Education: Provoking the Field (pp. 243-254). Bristol, UK: Intellect.
Historical Studies in Education 2019 Spring Issue
Editors: Penney Clark and Mona Gleason 2019 Historical Studies in Education, 31(1). Read more
Spring 2019 Issue of Historical Studies in Education/Revue d’histoire de l’éducation
Co-editors Penney Clark (EDCP) and Mona Gleason (EDST) announce the publication of the Spring 2019 issue of Historical Studies in Education/Revue d’histoire de l’éducation. Table of Contents Articles A Middle Class Farming Family Negotiates “the Rural School Problem” in Interwar Australia Kay Whitehead Bringing Education to the Wilderness: Teachers and Schools in the Rural Communities of British […]
On Sustainability Advisory Board Appointment
To EDCP Community, Congratulations to Dr. Pat O’Riley , an Honorary Associate Professor in our Department, for being appointed to the On Sustainability Advisory Board effective May 1, 2019. For more information, please see link below: https://onsustainability.com/news/pat-oriley-joins-advisory-board?fbclid=IwAR1AIFr7XcZDy-VW6VqMyOuoYwrwjzmIMVoTAcATD_eimA0X0EVGoa4mZNo Best, Samson. Dr. Samson Nashon, EdD Department Head & Professor of Science Education
Canadian Viewpoints: Concealed and Revealed
Natalie LeBlanc, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, EDCP, UBC With Panel | Dr. Rita L. Irwin | Dr. George Belliveau | Dr. Peter Gouzouasis | Dr. Ching-Chiu Lin, Research Facilitator, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University | Dr. William Pinar, Canada Research Chair and Professor, Curriculum Studies, EDCP, UBC | Dr. David Beare, Handsworth Secondary Drama Educator […]
9th Indigenous Math Symposium
M in STEM: Exploring Mathematics in all Kinds of Places Tuesday, May 14, 2019* | 8:30 am – 3:00 pm First Nations Longhouse, Sty-Wet-Tan Hall, 1985 West Mall Please join us for the 9th Indigenous Math Symposium at the First Nations Longhouse, UBC on May 14, 2019. This symposium is an opportunity for teachers, administrators, Ministry representatives, community members, […]
Congratulations to Dr. Leyton Schnellert
Dear colleagues, Please join me in congratulating Dr. Leyton Schnellert and his team for being awarded a $195,075 SSHRC Partnership Development Grant. The grant will support their partnered research project Growing Innovation in Rural Sites of Learning. The project aims to investigate the potential for networked approaches to professional development for rural/remote educators, schools and systems […]
Mathematics, Archaeology, Time and Music
Presented by the David F. Robitaille Professorship in Mathematics & Science Education Sara de Rose | Independent Music Archaeologist April 18, 2019 | 2:15-4:15 p.m. | Scarfe 1223 Faculty of Education, 2125 Main Mall Sara de Rose invented Musicircle (http://musicircle.net/), a tool that teaches modern music theory using geometric shapes and a sequence of seven […]
Leadership and Mentorship: A “Hybrid Configuration of Practice”
Awneet Sivia, Vandy Britton, Sheryl MacMath, Janet Carroll | University of the Fraser Valley Friday, April 26, 2019 12:30 – 2:00 pm Scarfe 1214 * Light refreshments will be served at 12:00 pm. * Lecture will commence at 12:30 p.m. Host: Dr. P. Grimmett Abstract In the current climate of K-12 educational reform and innovation, […]
Allpanchikpa Shunkun / El Mundo Kichwa / Kichwa World
Tradition, Ceremony and Sustainability in the High Amazon of Peru Monday, April 8, 2019 | Scarfe Room 310 | 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Film screening and discussion hosted by Dr. Peter Cole and Dr. Pat O’Riley to share some of the SSHRC-funded research with Kichwa-Lamista communities in the San Martin district of Peru (High Amazon) […]
Congratulations to David F. Robitaille Endowment Research Award Successful Applicants
Dear colleagues, Please join me in congratulating the following for being successful applicants for the David F. Robitaille Endowment Research Awards. PI: Stephen Petrina Co-I: Douglas Adler, David Anderson, Hartley Banack, Jillianne Code, Marina Milner-Bolotin, & Sandra Scott Title: STEM 2020 Changing the Story Amount: $11,000 PI: David Anderson Co-I Marina Milner-Bolotin Title: Investigating […]
ARTS (Artists, Researchers and Teachers Society) Publication Award
Dear colleagues, Join me in congratulating Dr. Carl Leggo (posthumously) and Dr. Rita L. Irwin who have been awarded the ARTS (Artists, Researchers and Teachers Society) Publication Award for their refereed article: Leggo, C. & Irwin, R. L. (2018). Ways of attending: Poetry and art. Canadian Review of Art Education, 45(1), 50-76. See: http://crae.mcgill.ca/article/view/48/108 This […]
41st UBC Physics Olympics Highlights
We held our 41st UBC Physics Olympics on Saturday, March 9, 2019. This is a unique collaboration that makes a big contribution to science teaching in BC. We had 72 teams from all over BC with 734 students participating. We had schools from the interior of BC (Kelowna, Nelson, Invermere, etc.) as well as from […]
Soil, Soul, Society: Regeneration From The Vital-Core
Dr. Heesoon Bai| | Simon Fraser University Friday, March 29, 2019 | 12:30 – 2:00 pm | Scarfe 310 Host | Dr. P. Grimmett View the Seminar Poster Abstract My talk will focus on examining the ontological and epistemological basis for our major cultural practices, such as child-rearing, schooling, and work life. The focus of […]
41st UBC Physics Olympics
March 9, 2019 | UBC, Vancouver Campus Join us at UBC! Physics Olympics is a high school physics competition held annually at UBC in Vancouver. This annual outreach event attracts over 600 high school students, competing in teams, and over 70 teachers/coaches from across the province. This competition, organized by the Department of Physics and […]
15th Canadian Symposium – Home Economics Highlights
What happens when you get Home Economics educators into one space? You have a symposium where there is an exchange of ideas around families, food textiles, design, technology, and truth and reconciliation. UBC hosted the XV Canadian Symposium – Home Economics on February 22 – 24, 2019 in The Nest. Attended by over 70 delegates […]
15th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability Highlights
From Pedagogies for Sustainability to Transformative Social Change The Dept. of Curriculum & Pedagogy partnered with the On Sustainability Research Network (https://onsustainability.com/about) to sponsor the 15th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability that was held at UBC Robson Square January 17-19, 2019 (https://onsustainability.com/about/history/2019-conference). Dr. David Humphries, Professor of Environmental Policy at The […]
Congratulations to Dr. Alison Shields
Dear colleagues, Join me in congratulating Dr. Alison Shields, our recent graduate who worked with Dr. Rita L. Irwin (supervisor) and Dr. William Pinar (EDCP) and Landon McKenzie (Emily Carr University of Art and Design) as committee members, for being this year’s recipient of “Dissertation of the Year Award” from the Arts and Learning, an […]
Congratulations to Dr. Sam Stiegler
Dear colleagues, Please join me in Congratulating Dr. Sam Stiegler, our recent EDCP graduate supervised by Dr. Lisa Loutzenheiser, for receiving this year’s “Honourable Mention, Outstanding Dissertation Award”, Division B (Curriculum Studies) American Educational Research Association (AERA). Once again, congratulations Sam and Lisa! Samson Dr. Samson Nashon, EdD Department Head & Professor of Science Education
The Impact of a Shared Vision on the Culture of a School District
Dianne Turner | formerly Superintendent of the Delta School district, Chief Educator for the province of British Columbia, Official Trustee and Special Advisor of the VSB educational leadership consultant Friday, February 22, 2019 | 12:30 – 2:00 pm | Scarfe 1214 Host | Dr. P. Grimmett View the Seminar Poster Abstract This presentation will share […]
Gwen E. Leslie Memorial Health Protection Lecture
Dr. Nancy Turner | Emeritus Professor, University of Victoria Febuary 22, 2019 | 7:00 p.m | UBC, AMS Student Nest Faculty Host: Dr. Kerry Renwick View the Seminar Poster No recording permission Abstract Our Food is Our Medicine: Traditional plant food, traditional ecological knowledge and health in a changing environment Presented by | 15th Canadian Symposium […]
Gwen E. Leslie Memorial Health Protection Lecture
Our Food is Our Medicine: Traditional plant food, traditional ecological knowledge and health in a changing environment PRESENTED BY | 15th Canadian Symposium on Home Economics/Family Studies Education Dr. Nancy Turner | Emeritus Professor, University of Victoria Febuary 22, 2019 The University of British Columbia, AMS Student Nest, Nest 3500, 6133 University Blvd Open to […]
Stages of Life and Stages of Career for Education Faculty: A Discussion with Educators
Paul Shaker | Professor Emeritus, Simon Fraser University Friday, January 25, 2019 | 12:30 – 2:00 pm | Scarfe 1214 Host | Dr. E. Wayne Ross View the Seminar Poster View the seminar handout View the Supplemental Materials Abstract Academic careers inevitably are affected by the stages and passages of professors’ lives. Just as the […]
Social Studies Education – Presentation by Dr. Lindsay Gibson, Candidate for Assistant Professor Position
Dr. Lindsay Gibson Thursday, January 17, 2019 | 10:15 – 11:45 am | Scarfe Room 1107 Presentation Title Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future Short Bio Dr. Lindsay Gibson is Assistant Professor of Social Studies Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. He has published several journal articles and book chapters about historical […]