Drs. Samson Nashon, George Belliveau, Elizabeth Jordan, Joanne Melville, Lisa Loutzenheiser, Karen Meyer, Marina Milner-Bolotin & Cynthia Nicol
Thursday, Sept. 29th, 12:30 – 2:00 | 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Scarfe Rm. 310
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Abstract:
In the summer of 2011, a group of eight faculty members from the Faculty of Education at UBC (six of them are from EDCP) visited Dadaab Refugee camp in North-Eastern Kenya. As of September 2011, more than 400,000 refugees are residing in this camp and despite the dire need for education there are only six secondary schools in the camps. Moi University in Kenya, UBC Faculty of Education and Windle Trust Kenya are collaborating on providing a two-year diploma for Somali refugee teachers at the secondary level. This seminar will provide an opportunity to share experiences on the visit, to discuss issues and questions related to the project.