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 Columbia, 1936–45 Helen Raptis An Insurrection of Women: Deans of Women Confront Student Government after the Great War Sara Z. MacDonald Bonds of Empire: The Formation of the National Federation of Canadian University Students, 1922–1929 Nigel Roy Moses La langue française chez les Sépharades du Québec : une stratégie […]
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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, and academics to connect, explore, imagine and share new ideas, resources and research on Indigenous mathematics education from kindergarten to Grade 12. Together we hope to: Learn about new research in mathematics and Indigenous education Discuss and share approaches, research and educational projects for improving Indigenous math […]
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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 Vancouver Island (Nanaimo, Victoria, Campbell River). We also had a professional development event for physics teachers attended by 33 teachers during the day. More than 70 volunteers supported the event. The scoring of the activities was led by Prof. Tom Mattison. Professors Mike Hasinoff, Aaron Boley, […]
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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 that arrived from across Canada as well as a growing international contingent from Malta, Egypt, Kenya Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, and Japan. Beginning with a keynote presentation by Dr. Nancy Turner, Emeritus Professor University of Victoria speaking on “Our food is our medicine”, additional presentations across the […]
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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 Open University (UK), Dr. Peter Cole (EDCP) and Dr. Pat O’Riley (EDCP) were the co-chairs of this conference at which there were over 285 delegates from 35 countries, including faculty and graduate students from the Faculty of Education. This annual international transdisciplinary conference draws renowned researchers […]
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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 the general public (free) | RSVP for catering purposes (canadiansymposium@gmail.com) Program | 7:00 p.m. Welcome and Lecture Short Bio Nancy Turner is an ethnobotanist, Professor Emeritus and former Hakai Professor in Ethnoecology with the School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria. She has worked with First […]
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Congratulations to Marina Milner-Bolotin, Cynthia Nicol and everyone involved in the successful 8th Math & Science Family Day on Saturday, November 3rd. 400 guests and 130 volunteers attended. The large turn out on a rainy day is a demonstration of how popular this Family Math and Science Day has become. Thank you all for making our institution a magnet of educationally engaging hands-on math and science activities. Thanks to Marina Milner-Bolotin & Cynthia Nicol (Co-Chairs), Ann Anderson, Fred Brown, Hartley Banack, Yvonne Dawydiak, Leslie Johnstone, Lorrie Miller, Valery Milner, Gerald Tembrevilla, David Wilkie, and all UBC undergraduate, teacher education and graduate […]
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Co-editors Penney Clark (EDCP) and Mona Gleason (EDST) announce the publication of the Fall 2018 issue of Historical Studies in Education/Revue d’histoire de l’éducation. Table of Contents Front Matter Articles Canadian Schools, the League of Nations, and the Teaching of History, 1920–1939 Ken Osborne “Some Reckoning of Gains Is Made”: Theories of Assessment in Alberta’s Child-Centred Curricula, 1936–1950 James Rempel, Amy von Heyking Exceptional Educators: Canada’s First Special Education Teachers, 1910–45 Jason Ellis Fouetter les structures et « éduquer à l’unité ». Les Travailleurs étudiants du Québec et l’action sociale (1959-1967) Daniel Poitras Le rôle de l’État dans l’encadrement de la […]
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