2025 UBC Faculty of Education Staff Wellness Afternoon | July 15, 2025
Faculty of Education staff are invited to the 8th annual Staff Wellness Afternoon, held in person at both the UBC Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. This event celebrates our staff and offers an opportunity to relax and enjoy wellness activities with colleagues. We encourage you to take this opportunity to enjoy some fun activities with your colleagues – you’ve earned it!
LDDI Summer Institute 2025 | July 15–17, 2025
Join us for the LDDI Summer Institute, a free in-person professional development event that showcases and celebrates emerging approaches to teaching and learning. This year’s theme — Mobilizing Knowledge around Sustainability, Accessibility, and Learning Analytics — highlights the creative and impactful ways that educators, staff and students are critically integrating these areas into their practice. […]
Faculty of Education’s Spring Graduation Reception | May 22, 2025
Event Description The Faculty of Education alumni engagement team invites you to attend a reception at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre on Thursday, May 22 – directly after your convocation! The event will include a photographer, light fare, tea & coffee, and a chance to celebrate alongside friends, family, and fellow graduates. Date Thursday, […]
Book Talk with Jody Wilson Raybould and Carolyn Roberts | June 9, 2025
Event Description The UBC Faculty of Education and Peter A. Allard School of Law invite you to attend a powerful fundraising evening in support of the Hemas Kla-Lee-Lee-Kla Memorial Fund, featuring a thought-provoking book talk with Jody Wilson-Raybould, BA’96, JD’99, former Canadian Minister of Justice and author of “Indian” in the Cabinet, and Carolyn Roberts, BEd’14, […]
Faculty of Education Alumni Reception at the 2025 CSSE | June 2, 2025
Event Description The Faculty of Education alumni engagement team invites you to attend the alumni reception hosted by Dean Jan Hare, PhD’01, after the Canadian Society for the Study of Education’s 2025 Conference in Toronto, Ontario. CSSE’s annual conference is Canada’s largest gathering of researchers, scholars, graduate students, and practitioners in education. The conference mandate […]
Staff Appreciation Lunch | June 10, 2025
Event Description Dean Jan Hare warmly invites all Faculty of Education staff members to join us for a special lunch celebration. This gathering will honour the exceptional leadership, remarkable achievements, and invaluable contributions of our staff. It is a wonderful opportunity for us to come together, express our gratitude, and celebrate our collective accomplishments. The […]
Faculty Retirement Celebration | May 8, 2025
Event Description Faculty, instructors, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, staff and members of our community are invited to a social gathering following the Faculty Meeting to celebrate the careers of the UBC Faculty of Education faculty members who are retiring this year. Join our community in recognising these brilliant and dedicated scholars and educators who have […]
Staff Professional Development Session: Co-creating Effective Conversations | May 6 or 8, 2025
Workshop Do you want to have better, more successful conversations each and every day? Conversations that are productive, encourage creativity and engagement, generate solutions, improve relationships, and help attain goals? These are just a few of the benefits of co-creating effective conversations in the workplace. But what does it mean to be more curious, to […]
Fireside Chat with Prof. Emerita Verna J. Kirkness and Dean Jan Hare | March 26, 2025
Event Description Join us for a fireside chat with Prof. Emerita V. J. Kirkness, LLD’94 and Dean Jan Hare, PhD’01, hosted by Marny Point, BEd’02, MET’04! Prof. Emerita Verna J. Kirkness, also fondly known as Ni-Jing-Jada, the “Longhouse Lady”, was the first Indigenous director of the First Nations House of Learning at UBC, serving from 1987 to 1993. She […]
Breakfast with the Dean | Staff Social | March 18, 2025
All Faculty of Education staff are cordially invited to this year’s breakfast social with Dean Jan Hare. Join us for an hour of conversation over freshly brewed coffee, a selection of teas and a continental breakfast spread. Date Tuesday, March 18, 2025 Time 9:00 – 10:00 am Location Room 2414 (fourth floor lounge) Neville Scarfe […]
