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BARTER, Kathleen
May 13, 2022

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Nicole Lee Received Two Outstanding Dissertation Awards
May 03, 2022

Dear Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating Dr. Nicole Lee, a recent EDCP PhD graduate, who has won two outstanding dissertation awards: The 2022 Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies (CACS) Outstanding Dissertation Award – to be presented at the upcoming CSSE conference in mid-May. The UBC Ted T. Aoki Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Curriculum Studies. Nicole was supervised by Dr. Rita Irwin and her committee members were Dr. Sandrine Han and Dr. William Pinar. Congratulations Nicole and commendation to Dr. Irwin and the supervisory committee for mentoring Dr. Lee. Sincerely, Samson Dr. Samson Nashon, EdD Department Head & Professor of […]
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Dr. Jillianne Code receives UBC Killam Teaching Prize
Apr 14, 2022

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
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Congratulations to Dr. Lorrie Miller
Apr 06, 2022

Dear Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating Dr. Lorrie Miller and co-editor, Wenona Giles, who will be receiving The Jackie Kirk Award from the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) on April 7, 2022 for the edited book collection entitled: Borderless Higher Education for Refugees: Lessons from the Dadaab Refugee Camps. They will accept the award on behalf of all of the contributors to the book. As with the book royalties, the award will be sent to Windle Trust International to support refugees in Kenya who are studying in university programs. The Jackie Kirk Award annually honours a published book that […]
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Congratulations to Dr. Stephen Petrina
Apr 04, 2022

Dear Colleagues, Congratulations to Professor Stephen Petrina, recently elected to the office of Vice President of the Faculty Association of UBC. The FAUBC has about 5,000 members, including faculty and librarians. Professor Petrina previously served on the FAUBC as a Member-At-Large for four years and thus brings extensive experience to the office of VP. Professor Petrina is known to advocate for improvement of member services and contracts and we wish him the all best in this new responsibility and appointment for which he has been elected. Congratulations Professor Petrina! Sincerely, Samson. Dr. Samson Nashon, EdD Department Head & Professor of Science […]
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Dr. Rita Irwin Receives the Sir Herbert Read Award
Mar 29, 2022

Dear Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating Dr. Rita Irwin who will be receiving the Sir Herbert Read Award from the International Society for Education through Art (InSEA) at their upcoming World Congress 2022 to be held later this spring. Sir Herbert Read was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher best known for his many books on art and art in education. One of his best known books is ‘Education through Art’ (1943) where he articulated how every child and adult had creative and artistic capacity that needed to be expressed. Dr. Irwin is selected for this award […]
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Congratulations to Dr. Nicole Lee
Mar 21, 2022

Dear Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating Dr. Nicole Lee, a recent EDCP PhD graduate, who has won the UBC Ted T. Aoki Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Curriculum Studies. It is so fitting for her work.  Also, she is the lead editor for the recently published Routledge book “Lingering with the Works of Ted T. Aoki: Historical and Contemporary Significance for Curriculum Research and Practice” that focuses on Aoki’s work. Commendation to Professor Rita Irwin and the supervisory committee for mentoring Dr. Lee. Congratulations Nicole! Sincerely, Samson Dr. Samson Nashon, EdD Department Head & Professor of Science Education
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Congratulations to Dr. Jillianne Code
Mar 17, 2022

Dear Colleagues, Dr. Jillianne Code and Mr. Marc Bains, co-founders of the HeartLife Foundation, have received a “World Heart Award for Effective Voice of the Year” from the World Heart Federation for their advocacy and education for the Canadian Heart Failure Patient and & Caregiver Charter of Rights. Sincerely, Samson. Dr. Samson Nashon, EdD Department Head & Professor of Science Education
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The 9th Education Graduate Students (EGS) Conference
Mar 15, 2022

Theme: Inhabiting In-betweenness Date: Friday, March 18, 2022 | 12:00-4:30 p.m. Location: Hybrid (Virtual & In-person)   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 Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP) in the Faculty of Education, UBC. The main purpose of the conference is to showcase the work undertaken by graduate students within the Faculty of Education. This year’s theme is Inhabiting In-betweenness. We invited participants to consider the following comments on the theme. As we […]
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Congratulations to Dr. Nicole Lee and Dr. Blake Smith
Mar 01, 2022

Dear Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating two recent EDCP PhD grads who will be receiving doctoral research awards at the National Art Education Association Annual Conference in New York City in early March! Dr. Lee has won the Elliot Eisner Doctoral Research Award in Art Education and Dr. Smith has won the Runner Up for the same distinction! This is quite remarkable to have not only one, but two UBC art education students recognized. Both were supervised by Dr. Rita Irwin. Dr. Lee’s committee members were Dr. Sandrine Han and Dr. William Pinar. Dr. Smith’s committee members were Dr. Karen […]
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