Learning With, From, and Alongside Syilx Community Members
PHOTO: One of the tiny beaded orange shirt pins created by Okanagan School of Education staff. Photography by Amanda Lamberti. Project Name Learning With, From, and Alongside Syilx Community Members Team Members Danielle Lamb, Kristin Schuppener Unit Okanagan School of Education Project Summary Members of the Syilx community are leading a series of experiential learning […]
Sk’emel Iya’7yulh: The Paddle Journey
Candice Halls (left) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw Elder Yeltsilewet—Faye Halls (right). Project Name Sk’emel Iya’7yulh: The Paddle Journey Team Members Lynne Tomlinson, Peyvand Fralick Unit Professional Development and Community Engagement (PDCE) Project Summary Sk’emel Iya’7yulh (The Paddle Journey) is an interactive educational workshop that teaches the history of Coast Salish People through Elder storytelling and role […]
Queer Competency Training with QMUNITY
Project Name Queer Competency Training with QMUNITY Team Members Michael Murphy, Vanessa Smith Unit Office of the Dean (DNSO) Professional Development and Community Engagement (PDCE) Project Summary QMUNITY—a non-profit organization that works to improve queer, trans, and two-spirit lives—led an experiential workshop, based on its popular Queer Competency Training, at a Faculty of Education staff […]
Making: Hands-on Inclusive Learning
Project Name Making: Hands-on Inclusive Learning Team Members Yvonne Dawydiak, Simone Hausknecht, Dr. Keri Ewart, Dr. Marianne McTavish, Wendy Traas Units Teacher Education Office (TEO) Educational Technology Support (ETS) Project Summary It is through the activity of making—and considering the needs of those for whom we make—that we can understand and appreciate more deeply a […]
Antiracist Images: Screening and Discussing EDID Values in Canadian Workplaces
Project Name Antiracist Images: Screening and Discussing EDID Values in Canadian Workplaces Team Members Liliana Castaneda, Natsuko Kamikawara, Simon Lam, Louise Chen Unit English Language Institute (ELI) Project Summary This lunch & learn workshop series uses film to evoke meaningful conversations about equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization (EDID) in the workplace. The first lunch & […]
Learning, Teaching, and Reclaiming Language: Centering Linguistic Diversity in Teacher Education
Project Name Learning, Teaching, and Reclaiming Language: Centering Linguistic Diversity in Teacher Education Team Members Dr. Meike Wernicke Nicole George Project Summary This project focuses on the redesign and delivery of a required teacher education course that prepares elementary and middle school teacher candidates to teach French-as-a-second-language as part of the mandated grades 5-8 curriculum […]
Re-imagining Social Institutions of Adult Education Through Learning Videos
Project Name Re-imagining social institutions of adult education through learning videos Team Members Dr. Jude Walker Dr. Carolina Palacios Project Summary This project will update the course ADHE 328: Social Institutions of Adult Education to focus more on the hidden histories and marginalized places and peoples of adult education, in the context of five social […]
Braiding Indigenous and Anti-Racist Perspectives Through Human Development, Learning and Culture’s Core with Contributions to the Teacher Education Office
Project Name Braiding Indigenous and Anti-Racist Perspectives Through Human Development, Learning and Culture’s Core with Contributions to the Teacher Education Office Team Members Dr. Jennifer Vadeboncoeur Dr. Surita Jhangiani Dr. Johanna Sam Dr. Barbara Weber Project Summary Human Development, Learning and Culture (HDLC) offers graduate programs, and contributes to the preparation of pre-service teachers. This […]
A Language Teachers’ Guide to Enhancing Social Justice Through UBC Indigenous Campus Features
Project Name A Language Teachers’ Guide to Enhancing Social Justice Through UBC Indigenous Campus Features Team Members Andrew Scales Cheyenne Cunningham Leah Meunier Lozen Osecap Project Summary This initiative will develop two place-centered, experiential language learning resources that enhance international learners’ critical awareness of anti-racism, indigeneity and decolonization in Canada and their home countries. One […]
Orange Shirt Project: Acts of Remembrance, Respect and Reconciling
Project Name Orange Shirt Project: Acts of Remembrance, Respect and Reconciling Team Members Dr. Shannon Leddy Dr. Lorrie Miller Dr. Kerry Renwick Heather Clarke Project Summary The Orange Shirt Project is an art installation developed to acknowledge the impact of residential schools for Indigenous people in Canada. It is a pedagogy of the public, providing […]
