Neville Scarfe Meeting Room Renovations
As of April 1, 2018, the Neville Scarfe meeting rooms 304A and 304C will be closed and undergo renovations to be re-purposed to better support our growing Office of the Senior Advisor International.
New sports, physiotherapy facility opens at UBC
News 1130 reported on the Chan Gunn Pavilion, a new sports and physiotherapy facility at UBC which will be used by faculty and students from the School of Kinesiology.
Dr. Dónal O’Donoghue to Receive 2018 International Edwin Ziegfeld Award
Dr. Dónal O’Donoghue (EDCP) will be receiving the 2018 International Edwin Ziegfeld Award from The United States Society for Education through Art.
Healthy Workplace Funding
Do you and your colleagues have a great idea for boosting the health and wellbeing of your team? Consider applying for the UBC Healthy Workplace Initiatives Program (HWIP). Deadline: April 18, 2018.
Congratulations: Dr. Jan Hare, Dr. Darren Warburton & Team Receive CIHR Development Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Jan Hare, Dr. Darren Warburton and their team on receiving a Development Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Indigenous Component of Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative.
Canada’s globally top-ranked university programs, according to QS
Huffington Post reported that UBC has several top-ranked programs in the world, including the School of Kinesiology under sports-related subjects.
40th Annual Physics Olympics Held in Vancouver
Xinhua highlighted the 40th annual Physics Olympics that took place at UBC on March 10, 2018.
Cram for Exams Tuition Contest
Studying is hard work. Make it easier and enter alumniUBC’s Cram for Exams Tuition Contest to win $2,500 towards tuition. Open to all currently registered UBC students!
Conference Board of Canada Report
The History Education Network (Dr. Penney Clark, Director) and the Historical Thinking Project (Dr. Peter Seixas, Director) were featured in a new report from the Conference Board of Canada, Making the Connection: Growing Collegiality and Collaboration Between K-12 and PSE Educators.
World Association of Lesson Studies (WALS) International Conference 2018
Call for proposals is now open for the World Association of Lesson Studies (WALS) International Conference 2018, to be held November 23-26, 2018 at Beijing Normal University. Deadline: June 30, 2018.
