Community Update | February 2022
February 2022 | published once each term Message from Dr. Jan Hare, Dean pro tem Welcome to the Community Update’s first issue of 2022, which I hope will be a kinder and gentler year for our communities and our province. The past 22 months have taught us that even the most stable and orderly of […]
Neoliberalism and Public Education Finance in Canada: Reframing Educational Leadership as Entrepreneurship
Neoliberalism and Public Education Finance in Canada: Reframing Educational Leadership as Entrepreneurship is a new book by Faculty of Education authors Dr. Wendy Poole, Dr. Vicheth Sen and Dr. Gerald Fallon.
Situated in the world of BC’s school district administrators (SDAs), the book reports on research into a neoliberal public education policy environment that is characterized by retrenchment of government expenditure on public education, and the imperative for school districts to actively generate supplementary revenue through entrepreneurial and other means.
Native Northwest Award in Education for Indigenous Students
Awards totalling $2,000 have been made available annually through a gift from Native Northwest Reconciliation Fund for First Nations, Inuit and Métis students enrolled in the Indigenous Teacher Education Program (NITEP) program who have demonstrated good academic standing.
Congratulations to the Faculty of Education’s SSHRC grant recipients
The Faculty of Education is dedicated to advancing educational research in ways that celebrate diversity, equity and innovation. We are pleased to announce that four Faculty research projects have been awarded Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grants. SSHRC provides grants to support post-secondary-based research, research training and knowledge mobilization activities in the social sciences and humanities.
Dr. Vanessa Andreotti is appointed as the David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education
Congratulations to Dr. Vanessa Andreotti on her appointment as the David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education for a three-year term. As described in Dr. Andreotti’s exciting vision for the Chair, she will work in three different fronts of engagement (student-led activities, community collaborations, and curriculum development), with three cross-cutting thematic areas that will be emphasized in each year of her term as Chair.
The Faculty of Education welcomes Dr. Dustin Louie, incoming Director of NITEP
The Faculty of Education, together with the Office of Indigenous Education and the Indigenous Teacher Education Program (NITEP), is pleased to announce that Dr. Dustin Louie has joined the Faculty as Director of NITEP.
Dr. Donald McKenzie is appointed to the Order of Canada
Dr. Donald (Don) McKenzie, OC, MSM, Professor (Retired), Faculty of Education, is appointed to the Order of Canada as an Officer (OC), an honour bestowed in recognition of achievement and merit of a high degree, especially service to Canada or to humanity at large. Don has made considerable contributions to exercise and sports medicine, and his work with breast cancer survivors has had the most observable impact on our society.
Edith Lando Virtual Learning Centre
The Faculty of Education is proud to announce that the Edith Lando Virtual Learning Centre is open. The Edith Lando Virtual Learning Centre meets learners where they are—online—with innovative learning tools, resources, strategies, and support. Helping to remediate education inequities the pandemic has highlighted, the Centre designs and places current learning tools and evidence-informed technological practices into the hands of communities often overlooked and underserved by online education.
Six Questions with Dr. Anusha Kassan
In her research, Dr. Anusha Kassan, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, explores the migration experiences of same-sex binational couples, newcomer youth, 2SLGBTQIA+ newcomers and more. Dr. Kassan also investigates cultural and social justice competencies among graduate students and field supervisors. We asked Dr. Kassan six questions to learn more about her research interests.
Raising Nisga’a Language, Cultural Sovereignty, and Land-based Education with Traditional Carving Knowledge
Noxs Ts’awit Dr. Amy Parent of the Wilp (House) Ni’isjoohl, Assistant Professor in the UBC Faculty of Education, is the Principal Investigator of the Raising Nisga’a Language, Cultural Sovereignty, and Land-based Education with Traditional Carving Knowledge (RNL) multi-year research project with her Nation. The RNL project began in 2020 to support ongoing efforts to strengthen the Nisga’a language, culture, and ways of life.
