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2020 Ted T Aoki Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in Curriculum Studies
Mar 24, 2021

Congratulations The 2020 Ted T Aoki Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in Curriculum Studies has been awarded to: Dr. Blake Smith | Supervisor: Dr. Rita Irwin Dissertation Title: Being Against Disappearance: A Photographic Inquiry Through an A/r/tographic Lens Dr. Joanne Mary Price | Supervisor: Dr. Susan Gerofsky Dissertation Title: Journeying with abeyance: A Welsh Cultural Approach to Contemplative Connection with the Living World Dr. Sandra Delgado | Supervisor: Dr. E. Wayne Ross Dissertation Title: The Pedagogical Potential of Student Activism: Narratives of Economics Students The Ted T Aoki Prize has been endowed in honour of the lifetime contributions of Professor Ted T. […]
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Reappointment of Dr. Leyton Schnellert as Eleanor Rix Professor for Rural Teacher Education
Mar 09, 2021

Dear Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating Dr. Leyton Schnellert for being reappointed as Eleanor Rix Professor for Rural Teacher Education for a second three-year term beginning September 1, 2021. The mandate of the Eleanor Rix Professorship is to better understand and respond to current problems and needs that exist in rural education, and to recruit, prepare and support new and practicing teachers who work in small and rural communities in British Columbia. Once again, congratulations to Leyton on his reappointment! Best, Samson Dr. Samson Nashon, EdD Department Head & Professor of Science Education
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Welcome to Dr. Shawn Forde
Jan 04, 2021

Dear Colleagues, The Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP) welcomes a new faculty, Dr. Shawn Forde, as an Assistant Professor of Physical Education within the Health, Outdoor and Physical Education (HOPE) Program effective January 1, 2021. Welcome Dr. Forde! Best, Samson Dr. Samson Nashon, EdD Department Head & Professor of Science Education
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Congratulations to Dr. Samson Nashon
Dec 18, 2020

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Samson Nashon on his reappointment as the Head of the Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy for a second five-year term beginning July 1, 2021. As a department, we look forward to five more years of carrying out our work under Dr. Nashon’s wise leadership.
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Congratulations to Dr. Karen Meyer on Her Retirement
Dec 17, 2020

Dear Colleagues, Please join me in extending sincere thanks and gratitude for what Dr. Karen Meyer has contributed to our Department, Faculty of Education and The University of British Columbia over the years. Dr. Karen Meyer has served in many capacities including Director of CCFI, Acting Department Head as well as Deputy Head, Director of the famous Urban Learner Cohort that lasted for over 10 years and of course one of the highly regarded teachers (Professors) in this Faculty. Most recently, Dr. Karen Meyer was a key instructor in the Dadaab Refugee Camp Teacher Education Program as well as a co-Investigator […]
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LJ Slovin Receives the “2020 Pat Clifford Award” from the EdCan Network
Oct 26, 2020

Dear Colleagues, Join me in congratulating LJ Slovin, a PhD candidate under Dr. Lisa Loutzenheiser’s supervision for being the PhD level co-recipient of the “2020 Pat Clifford Award” from the EdCan Network. Link to EdCan Network announcement: https://www.edcan.ca/articles/2020-pat-clifford-award-winners/ Once again, congratulations to LJ and Dr. Loutzenheiser on this outstanding recognition! Best, Samson Dr. Samson Nashon, EdD Department Head & Professor of Science Education
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Congratulations to Drs. Susan Gerofsky and Kerry Renwick

Dear Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating Drs. Susan Gerofsky and Kerry Renwick for their respective successful $10,000 grant applications to the Research Infrastructure Support Service (RISS) Fund. This award provides matching funds for them to hire a Graduate Research Assistant in support of their SSHRC Partnership Development Grant proposals. Dr. Kerry Renwick’s Grant Proposal for which $10,000 RISS funding was awarded is titled: “Growing a Transnational Food Literacy Educational Partnership”. This project brings together researchers from across the world with the aim of analysing approaches to food literacy education across Early Childhood-12 classrooms, to differentiate strategies for teaching and learning […]
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In the Media
Sep 01, 2020

Dear Colleagues, The education community has been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.  I am proud to learn of the important public intellectual role played by our faculty members – Hartley Banack, Susan Gerofsky, Lindsay Gibson, Marina Milner-Bolotin, and probably many others, who appeared in various outreach media since March 2020 sharing their views on this important topic “Education during COVID-19.” To celebrate and acknowledge our faculty members’ continued knowledge mobilization through important outreach media, raise our visibility and also build a repository of our knowledge mobilization media exploits, I am pleased to announce the launching of the In the Media page on the EDCP website. This format should reduce the […]
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Congratulations to Dr. Hartley Banack and Team
Aug 05, 2020

Dear Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating Dr. Hartley Banack, EDCP, Faculty of Education, Dr. Mariana Brussoni, Department of Paediatrics & School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, and team, which includes Kailee Hirshe, one of the HOPE MEd students, for being awarded $10,000.00 from the Peter Wall Institute to host virtual roundtables on outdoor learning for Early Childhood Education. Best wishes to Hartley and team! Best, Samson. Dr. Samson Nashon, EdD Department Head & Professor of Science Education
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Jul 20, 2020

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