Alumni Strategic Plan

VISION
Create a vibrant and inclusive community at UBC’s Faculty of Education where alumni actively support each other and contribute to educational excellence, social justice, sustainability, and community impact. This vision explicitly prioritizes EDID values, striving to create spaces where alumni from all backgrounds feel welcome, valued, and supported.

PURPOSE

Strengthen alumni bonds to enrich student experiences, foster faculty innovation, and enhance community impact through engagement, networking opportunities amoung alumni and community, programs, recognition, and support. This purpose is underscored by a dedication to fostering a culture of equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization, ensuring all alumni have equitable opportunities to contribute and benefit from engagement initiatives.

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Events and Updates

Walk With Us: The Path Towards Reconciliation—A community dialogue inspired by Valley of the Birdtail | September 23, 2026 Join Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) and Andrew Stobo Sniderman, co-authors of the national bestseller Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation, for a conversation about reconciliation, equity and pathways forward. Their story of two communities, separated only by a river, reveals how education and government policies produce […]

Big Ideas, Bold Conversations – Public Education on the Ballot | September 17, 2026 Event Description Public education is at a pivotal moment, and informed civic engagement has never mattered more. As municipal and school board elections approach, our community needs clear, evidence-based understandings of the realities facing public schools now more than ever. Researchers, practitioners, teacher candidates, and representatives from the teachers’ union will join together for a […]

Kaleb Child Awarded the UBC Faculty of Education 2026 Reconciliation & Decolonization Award June 4, 2026 Dean Jan Hare is pleased to announce the 2026 UBC Faculty of Education Reconciliation and Decolonization Alumni Award recipient: Kaleb Child BEd’01 The award acknowledges extraordinary alumni who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, integrity, respect, and commitment to furthering decolonization efforts or reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples or communities, or who have inspired others […]