Decolonizing Together Symposium
Decolonizing Together entails two day-long online symposia that will bring together faculty, faculty associates and staff at two post-secondary institutions in B.C., as well as school associates and educators from various school districts in Lower Mainland. These symposia will cultivate a diverse community that creates and sustains equitable and inclusive campuses by ensuring the inclusion of the perspectives and experiences of racialized and marginalized people previously absent in teacher education programming. By providing two sessions (one for teacher candidates on October 22, 2021, and the other for teacher educators and staff on January 28, 2022), we aim to connect practitioners at […]
6th International STEM in Education 2021 Virtual Conference
Changing the Story The 6th International STEM in Education Conference Hosted Virtually by the Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada July 5-9, 2021, Daily from 21:00 GMT to 01:30 GMT UBC Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy hosted the 6th International STEM in Education 2021 Virtual Conference between July 5-9, 2021. The conference attracted almost 400 delegates from 27 countries around the world and had more than 150 presentations and world-class keynote speakers. This was the first ever virtual international conference hosted by the Department and it was a resounding success. Please join me in […]
10th Indigenous Math Symposium
10th Indigenous Math Symposium | May 11 & May 18, 2021 Session 1 | Tuesday May 11, 3:30-4:30 (PDT) Looking to the past to change the future | Artist Nico Williams, Anishinaabe beadwork artist of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation, shares his beadwork to engage us in mathwork. Session 2 | Tuesday May 18, 3:30-4:30 (PDT) Sharing Projects Circle | Teaching mathematics with Indigenous perspectives and practices: What are we learning? 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 […]
16th Canadian Symposium
Home Economics | Family Studies | Human Ecology | Family & Consumer Science Education: Issues & Directions Virtual Symposium | February 27-28, 2021 The Canadian Symposium on Home Economics Education will celebrate its 30 year anniversary on 2021. It continues to grow in its representation of Canadian home economists as well as increasingly drawing in international home economics academics and practitioners. Usually offered in a location across Canada 2021 will see the first virtual symposium due to COVID-19. No country has remained unaffected by the pandemic. Everyday practices of personal hygiene especially hand washing, as well as social distancing and […]
InSEA 2019 Conference
Colleagues, Join me in welcoming InSEA Conference participants to our Department, Faculty and University. Please note that to attend any of the presentations, you must have paid for registration. See https://www.insea2019.org/ for details. I am pleased to see that many of our faculty and graduate students are presenting at this conference. Best, Samson. Dr. Samson Nashon, EdD Department Head & Professor of Science Education
9th Indigenous Math Symposium
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 […]
5th Aboriginal Mathematics K-12 Symposium: Mathematics, Students and Community
On Feb. 27, educators from across the province met at the UBC Longhouse to explore, imagine, and discuss new ideas for improving mathematics education for Aboriginal learners.
7th Biennial Provoking Curriculum Studies Conference at UBC
On February 20 and 21, 2015, the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia and the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies hosted the 7th Biennial Provoking Curriculum Studies Conference at UBC. The 1st Provoking Curriculum Studies Conference took place at UBC in 2003. That first conference was dedicated to Ted Aoki, whose life and work continue to inspire us. As we returned to UBC for the 7th Biennial Provoking Curriculum Studies Conference, we engaged in further adventures and challenges of learning how to live well and wisely in the world. Acknowledging that […]
EDCP Organized International Conferences, STEM 2014 and PME (2014) 38
Colleagues, The Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy has just finished hosting and organizing two fantastically well run international conferences, STEM 2014 and PME (2014) 38. The Third International Conference of Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM 2014) took place first (July 12-15), organized by Samson Nashon (chair), David Anderson, Ann Anderson, Stephen Petrina, and Marina Milner-Bolotin, assisted by Mark Edwards and the PDCE team, and volunteer EDCP faculty members (Doug Adler and Sandra Scott), EDCP staff members (Bob Hapke, Kirsty Robbins, and Scott Cartmill) and students (Ashley Welsh, Guopeng Fu, Winston Massam, and Latika Raisinghani). The conference attracted more than 300 […]