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

2026–27 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture | November 17, 2026 The 2026–27 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture will feature Adam Kreek, Canadian Olympic gold medallist, extreme adventurer, health and wellness advocate, author and executive coach. Drawing on his experiences in elite sport, endurance challenges and leadership development, Adam will share what it takes to achieve at the highest level, whether in athletics, scholarship or professional practice. He […]

Diplômé·es et ami·es: Échanges et conversations | Alumni & Friends Conversations and Connections | October 22, 2026 Description de l’événement L’équipe chargée des relations avec les ancien·nes étudiant·es de la Faculté d’éducation de UBC vous invite à une réception en après-midi, Diplômé·es et ami·es: Échanges et conversations, qui se tiendra au Civic Hotel de Surrey. Joignez-vous à d’autres diplômé·es de la Faculté d’éducation de UBC afin de renouer avec des visages familiers […]

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 […]