Current Events

  • Where Embodied Cognition Fits in a Broader Theory of Science Concept Learning

    Dr. Tamer Amin | Associate Professor, American University of Beirut Friday, June 20, 2025 | 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. (PST) | Via Zoom  * for Zoom details, please email edcp.educ@ubc.ca View the Seminar Poster Host | Dr. Samia Khan Abstract: The perspective of embodied cognition has inspired new ways of thinking about how we learn […]

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  • Museum Education in China: My Personal and Cultural Story

    Dr. Jiao Ji | Visiting Scholar, Central South University, China Friday, May 23, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (PST) | Via Zoom  * for Zoom details, please email edcp.educ@ubc.ca View the Seminar Poster Host | Dr. David Anderson Abstract: China boasts a civilization that spans thousands of years, rich with countless cultural heritages […]

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  • 2025 Indigenous Math Education K-12 Symposium

    FROM STARS ABOVE TO WATER BELOW: Indigenous Stories of STEM Education for Mathematical Flourishing May 13 and May 20, 2025 | Virtual * Note: Limited free student registration is now closed. Please register using the payment link The skies hold stories, the Elders say. Looking up, maybe you’ve experienced the Northern Lights as Spirits dancing across […]

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  • Learning with the Land Symposium

    Please join us for the Learning with the Land Symposium  Saturday, June 14, 2025 | UBC Vancouver Campus, Scarfe Room 1128 Hosted as part of the SSHRC-funded Learning with the Land international research partnership, this one-day free public symposium brings together artists, educators, and researchers exploring how art education can respond to the climate crisis and support decolonial […]

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  • World Refugee Day Symposium 2025

    Friday, June 20, 2025 | 8:30 A.M – 2:30 P.M.Irving K. Barber Learning CentreDodson Room (302) In recognition of World Refugee Day, this symposium centers the experiences of Afghan women shaped by forced displacement, political upheaval, and gendered exclusion. We aim to explore the complex constructs of “Afghan Women” nationally and internationally, focusing on how […]

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  • Seminar | Curriculum: living and Indigenous 

    Abstract: This seminar by Drs. Bronwyn Frederick and Tracey Bunda is framed as a conversation with and for the intent of reconciliation. This conversation is centered around Indigenous knowledges embodied in Drs. Frederick and Bunda’s experiences and insghts as champions for the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice Referendum and their critical theoretical approaches around race and […]

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  • Visual Culture in Art Education: Pedagogical Approaches and Practices in Turkey

    Dr. Nuray Mamur | Visiting Professor, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey Friday, April 25, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (PST) | Hybrid | Scarfe, Room 1328 *Note: this seminar is Hybrid (attend via Zoom, or join us in Scarfe 1328) For Zoom details, please email edcp.educ@ubc.ca View the Seminar Poster Host | Dr. Anita Sinner […]

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  • Learning from queer and trans youth in research

    Dr. LJ Slovin | School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria Dr. Sam Stiegler | Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne Thursday, April 17, 2025 | 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (PST) | Hybrid | Scarfe, Room 1209 *Note: this seminar is Hybrid (attend via Zoom, or join us in Scarfe 1209) For Zoom […]

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  • Mapping Stories Through Textile Cartographies

    Join Us for the Opening of Mapping Stories Through Textile Cartographies Message sent on behalf of Dr. Elly Yazdanpanah, Post-Doctoral Fellow I am thrilled to invite you to the opening of “Mapping Stories Through Textile Cartographies,” an exhibition that intertwines cultural origins and reflections through the universal language of textile art. Presented by the Department of […]

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  • The 12th Education Graduate Students (EGS) Conference

    Theme: Cultivating Togetherness: Envisioning Transformative Pedagogy for a Shared Future Friday, March 21, 2025 | 11:30 a.m. onwards | Room 310, Scarfe Building Download a copy of the EGS 2025 poster The Education Graduate Students (EGS) Conference, an annual event organized by the students of the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, is set to take place […]

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  • In EDCP | Volume 6: Undisciplined Conversations

    Disrupting Norms: Beyond Representation Wednesday, March 5th, 2025 | 12:00 p.m. | Room 310, Scarfe Building *If attending in person is not possible, you are welcome to join virtually. For the meeting link or any other inquiries, please email Elly at elly.yazdanpanah@ubc.ca Undisciplined Conversations, a dynamic space for transdisciplinary dialogues between the arts, education and […]

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  • 47th UBC Physics Olympics

    The 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 Astronomy and the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at UBC. […]

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