COVID-19: Faculty of Education Update
We are suspending all in-person, Faculty-sponsored events effective immediately. This suspension applies to all events. For more information, please visit the COVID-19: Faculty of Education Update webpage.
In partnership with the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada and British Columbia’s Representative for Children and Youth, the UBC Faculty of Education presents the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture and the Janusz Korczak Medal for Children’s Rights Advocacy Award Ceremony.
Host
Dr. Blye Frank, Dean, UBC Faculty of Education
Special Guest
Her Honour, the Honourable Janet Austin, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
Distinguished Speaker
Dr. Jennifer Charlesworth, Representative for Children and Youth, Province of British Columbia
Topic
Rights and Belonging: Bringing Janusz Korczak’s Legacy to Life in Contemporary Times
How do we ensure children’s rights and a sense of belonging are at the centre of our work? Join Dr. Charlesworth as she discusses rights-based education for those who work with children and youth.
Featuring
Mr. Jerry Nussbaum, President, Janusz Korczak Association of Canada
Dr. Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, Professor, UBC Faculty of Education and NoVo Foundation Endowed Chair of Social and Emotional Learning, University of Illinois Chicago
Cayley Burton, Recipient of the 2020 Janusz Korczak Association of Canada Graduate Scholarship
Date
Wednesday, January 27, 2020
Time
7:00 – 8:30 pm PST
Location
Virtual
Registration
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2021 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture
In partnership with the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada and British Columbia’s Representative for Children and Youth, the UBC Faculty of Education presents the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture and the Janusz Korczak Medal for Children’s Rights Advocacy Award Ceremony.
Host
Dr. Blye Frank, Dean, UBC Faculty of Education
Special Guest
Her Honour, the Honourable Janet Austin, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
Distinguished Speaker
Dr. Jennifer Charlesworth, Representative for Children and Youth, Province of British Columbia
Topic
Rights and Belonging: Bringing Janusz Korczak’s Legacy to Life in Contemporary Times
How do we ensure children’s rights and a sense of belonging are at the centre of our work? Join Dr. Charlesworth as she discusses rights-based education for those who work with children and youth.
Featuring
Mr. Jerry Nussbaum, President, Janusz Korczak Association of Canada
Dr. Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, Professor, UBC Faculty of Education and NoVo Foundation Endowed Chair of Social and Emotional Learning, University of Illinois Chicago
Cayley Burton, Recipient of the 2020 Janusz Korczak Association of Canada Graduate Scholarship
Date
Wednesday, January 27, 2020
Time
7:00 – 8:30 pm PST
Location
Virtual
Registration
- Mr.Mrs.MissMs.Dr.Prof.Rev.
- AlumniUndergraduate StudentGraduate StudentFacultyProfessor EmeritiStaffOther
December 16, 2020
Congratulations to the new Canada Research Chairs in the Faculty of Education
- Dr. Cash Ahenakew, CIHR Tier II Canada Research Chair in Indigenous People’s Wellbeing
- Dr. Jan Hare, SSHRC Tier I Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Pedagogy
- Dr. Bruno Zumbo, SSHRC Tier I Canada Research Chair in Psychometrics and Measurement
Renewed Canada Research Chair in the Faculty of Education
- Dr. Eli Puterman, CIHR Tier II Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Health
Canada Research Chairs in the Faculty of Education
- Dr. Vanessa Andreotti, SSHRC Tier II Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change
- Dr. Guofang Li, SSHRC Tier I Canada Research Chair in Transnational/Global Perspectives on Language and Literacy Education of Children and Youth
Canada Research Chairs are world-class scientists and scholars from diverse backgrounds who are working on new discoveries and innovations that help our environment, health, communities and economy thrive. – Government of Canada
Canada Research Chairs in the Faculty of Education
December 16, 2020
Congratulations to the new Canada Research Chairs in the Faculty of Education
- Dr. Cash Ahenakew, CIHR Tier II Canada Research Chair in Indigenous People’s Wellbeing
- Dr. Jan Hare, SSHRC Tier I Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Pedagogy
- Dr. Bruno Zumbo, SSHRC Tier I Canada Research Chair in Psychometrics and Measurement
Renewed Canada Research Chair in the Faculty of Education
- Dr. Eli Puterman, CIHR Tier II Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Health
Canada Research Chairs in the Faculty of Education
- Dr. Vanessa Andreotti, SSHRC Tier II Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change
- Dr. Guofang Li, SSHRC Tier I Canada Research Chair in Transnational/Global Perspectives on Language and Literacy Education of Children and Youth
Canada Research Chairs are world-class scientists and scholars from diverse backgrounds who are working on new discoveries and innovations that help our environment, health, communities and economy thrive. – Government of Canada
November 27, 2020
Congratulations Dr. Handel Kashope Wright on his appointment as the Senior Advisor to the President on Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence
We congratulate Dr. Handel Kashope Wright on his appointment as the Senior Advisor to the President on Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence.
In addition to advising President Ono on addressing issues of race, racism, representation and inclusive excellence, Dr. Wright will liaise with senior leaders, support the implementation of the Inclusion Action Plan, and develop an effective outreach strategy to the UBC community to advance understanding of race, racism and anti-racist strategies and facilitate town/gown relationships with anti-racism groups and communities of colour.
The Senior Advisor on Indigenous Affairs and the Senior Advisor on Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence will work together to find intersections and collaborative opportunities.
Dr. Wright is a Professor at the Faculty’s Department of Education Studies, as well as the Director of Centre for Culture, Identity and Education. His work focuses on continental and diasporic African cultural studies, critical multiculturalism, anti-racist education, qualitative research, and cultural studies of education. Dr. Wright’s current research examines post multiculturalism, youth identity, and belonging in the Canadian context.
Dr. Wright received a B.A. from the University of Sierra Leone, an M.A. from the University of Windsor, and an M.Ed from Queens University. He completed a Ph.D. in Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Also, Dr. Wright has been Canada Research Chair of Comparative Cultural Studies and David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education.
Dr. Handel Kashope Wright Appointed as Senior Advisor on Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence
November 27, 2020
Congratulations Dr. Handel Kashope Wright on his appointment as the Senior Advisor to the President on Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence
We congratulate Dr. Handel Kashope Wright on his appointment as the Senior Advisor to the President on Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence.
In addition to advising President Ono on addressing issues of race, racism, representation and inclusive excellence, Dr. Wright will liaise with senior leaders, support the implementation of the Inclusion Action Plan, and develop an effective outreach strategy to the UBC community to advance understanding of race, racism and anti-racist strategies and facilitate town/gown relationships with anti-racism groups and communities of colour.
The Senior Advisor on Indigenous Affairs and the Senior Advisor on Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence will work together to find intersections and collaborative opportunities.
Dr. Wright is a Professor at the Faculty’s Department of Education Studies, as well as the Director of Centre for Culture, Identity and Education. His work focuses on continental and diasporic African cultural studies, critical multiculturalism, anti-racist education, qualitative research, and cultural studies of education. Dr. Wright’s current research examines post multiculturalism, youth identity, and belonging in the Canadian context.
Dr. Wright received a B.A. from the University of Sierra Leone, an M.A. from the University of Windsor, and an M.Ed from Queens University. He completed a Ph.D. in Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Also, Dr. Wright has been Canada Research Chair of Comparative Cultural Studies and David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education.
Dr. Samuel Rocha
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Studies UBC
Friday, November 27, 2020 | 12:30 – 2:00 pm (PST)
Host: Dr. Rita Irwin
Via Zoom
View EDCP November Seminar Poster
Abstract
Sam Rocha will introduce and expound one of the core claims of his newest book, The Syllabus as Curriculum. This claim is simply the fact that things are made; objects are born through poesis, through making. This claim extends his prior work in Folk Phenomenology into the realm of curriculum theory by suggesting that phenomenological attention to the syllabus as an object of the poetic teacher can reconceptualize the reconceptualization of curriculum. Three distinct, yet interrelated objects emerge from this claim and its extension. The syllabus as curriculum, Rocha claims, reveals itself through pedagogical correspondence, essay, and outline in an analogically triadic relation to art, low, and order.
Bio
Sam Rocha is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at UBC. He is the author of four books: A Primer for Philosophy and Education (2014), Folk Phenomenology (2015), Tell Them Something Beautiful (2017), and, most recently, The Syllabus as Curriculum: A Reconceptualist Approach (2020). Rocha has also released six albums and singles of music including, most recently, Anamnesis (2019) and The Freedom of Dialectic (2020).
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The Syllabus as Curriculum and the Poetic Secret of Objects
Dr. Samuel Rocha
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Studies UBC
Friday, November 27, 2020 | 12:30 – 2:00 pm (PST)
Host: Dr. Rita Irwin
Via Zoom
View EDCP November Seminar Poster
Abstract
Sam Rocha will introduce and expound one of the core claims of his newest book, The Syllabus as Curriculum. This claim is simply the fact that things are made; objects are born through poesis, through making. This claim extends his prior work in Folk Phenomenology into the realm of curriculum theory by suggesting that phenomenological attention to the syllabus as an object of the poetic teacher can reconceptualize the reconceptualization of curriculum. Three distinct, yet interrelated objects emerge from this claim and its extension. The syllabus as curriculum, Rocha claims, reveals itself through pedagogical correspondence, essay, and outline in an analogically triadic relation to art, low, and order.
Bio
Sam Rocha is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at UBC. He is the author of four books: A Primer for Philosophy and Education (2014), Folk Phenomenology (2015), Tell Them Something Beautiful (2017), and, most recently, The Syllabus as Curriculum: A Reconceptualist Approach (2020). Rocha has also released six albums and singles of music including, most recently, Anamnesis (2019) and The Freedom of Dialectic (2020).
Register to receive the Zoom meeting information
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Imagine a future where world leaders have grown up with a deep understanding of the natural environment that sustains us, knowledge that informs responsible decisions that advance our planetary health.
UBC believes in this vision and has committed to taking climate action. In December 2019, the UBC Board of Governors responded to community advocates and joined organizations around the world by unanimously endorsing a Declaration on the Climate Emergency. Our undergraduate students of all disciplines can now pursue a pathway in sustainability with a curriculum envisioning simultaneous improvements in human and environmental wellbeing.
Through teaching and learning, research, engagement and operations, we will shift the imbalance between humanity and nature into a relationship of mutual prosperity.
“At this pivotal moment, the decisions and actions we take today will reverberate beyond our own borders and lifetimes.”
-Professor Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor, UBC
Join UBC Faculty of Education experts for a discussion about the importance of preparing teachers and students of all ages to impart environmental empathy to the world.
Featuring Faculty of Education Experts:
Sandra Scott, BA’80, Cert (Teacher)’83, MA’97 PhD’07 – Associate Professor of Teaching, Science & Environmental Education Area Coordinator, Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, UBC Faculty of Education
Vanessa Andreotti PhD– Professor and Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change, UBC Faculty of Education
Moderated by:
George Radner, BA’20 – Executive Director, Be The Change Earth Alliance
When: Tuesday, October 20th: 11am-12pm
Click HERE to register.
WEBINAR – Environmental Education: How can we make a difference?
Imagine a future where world leaders have grown up with a deep understanding of the natural environment that sustains us, knowledge that informs responsible decisions that advance our planetary health.
UBC believes in this vision and has committed to taking climate action. In December 2019, the UBC Board of Governors responded to community advocates and joined organizations around the world by unanimously endorsing a Declaration on the Climate Emergency. Our undergraduate students of all disciplines can now pursue a pathway in sustainability with a curriculum envisioning simultaneous improvements in human and environmental wellbeing.
Through teaching and learning, research, engagement and operations, we will shift the imbalance between humanity and nature into a relationship of mutual prosperity.
“At this pivotal moment, the decisions and actions we take today will reverberate beyond our own borders and lifetimes.”
-Professor Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor, UBC
Join UBC Faculty of Education experts for a discussion about the importance of preparing teachers and students of all ages to impart environmental empathy to the world.
Featuring Faculty of Education Experts:
Sandra Scott, BA’80, Cert (Teacher)’83, MA’97 PhD’07 – Associate Professor of Teaching, Science & Environmental Education Area Coordinator, Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, UBC Faculty of Education
Vanessa Andreotti PhD– Professor and Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change, UBC Faculty of Education
Moderated by:
George Radner, BA’20 – Executive Director, Be The Change Earth Alliance
When: Tuesday, October 20th: 11am-12pm
Click HERE to register.
July 7, 2020
Dear Colleagues,
As UBC looks towards preparing for the Fall term, UBC Library continues to support faculty in ensuring students have high-quality learning experiences through access to online course materials.
Due to COVID-19, UBC Library branches will remain closed for at least the start of Winter term and print course reserve items will not be available to students. Staff and librarians are focusing on materials and formats that are accessible in an online environment.
Some materials that instructors wish to use may not be available electronically. Approximately 85% of textbooks are not available for sale to libraries in online formats. Much of the non-English language materials do not have online equivalents. Some audiovisual material currently available on DVD may not be accessible through streaming services or via licensed databases.
The Library will purchase online equivalents to print resources, where possible. The Library will license streaming versions of DVDs if they exist. If there are no online versions of a print or physical resource available, you can work with your subject librarian to identify reasonable alternatives. These options include purchasing eBook versions of alternative titles, identifying open-source textbooks, scanning and uploading select print content (subject to copyright), or digitizing DVD content (subject to copyright).
UBC Library encourages you to review your course reading lists as soon as possible so that the course materials your students need are available to them online and in time.
After you have reviewed your course materials, please submit your content into the Canvas-integrated Library Online Course Reserves (LOCR) system to ensure compliance with copyright and license agreements.
1. For a full-service option, faculty and instructors can email Microsoft Word or PDF versions of course reading lists or syllabi to syllabus.service@ubc.ca
2. Faculty or instructors who prefer to upload their own content can do so via https://services.library.ubc.ca/borrowing-services/using-course-reserves/
UBC Library staff review content submitted to LOCR, obtain materials, make copyright determinations, secure licenses where necessary, and upload the content on your behalf. Each item must be assessed individually for copyright clearance each time the course is offered, even if clearance was obtained for the course in a previous term.
The Library will continue to communicate about in-person service options on the advice of provincial health authorities. To stay informed of any change in our services, please check the Library Service Updates linked from the UBC Library home page.
Sheldon Armstrong
AUL Collections, University of British Columbia Library
For further information, your contacts at UBC Education Library are:
Wendy Traas wendy.traas@ubc.ca &
Emily Fornwald emily.fornwald@ubc.ca
UBC Library Support in Making Course Materials Available Online for the Fall
July 7, 2020
Dear Colleagues,
As UBC looks towards preparing for the Fall term, UBC Library continues to support faculty in ensuring students have high-quality learning experiences through access to online course materials.
Due to COVID-19, UBC Library branches will remain closed for at least the start of Winter term and print course reserve items will not be available to students. Staff and librarians are focusing on materials and formats that are accessible in an online environment.
Some materials that instructors wish to use may not be available electronically. Approximately 85% of textbooks are not available for sale to libraries in online formats. Much of the non-English language materials do not have online equivalents. Some audiovisual material currently available on DVD may not be accessible through streaming services or via licensed databases.
The Library will purchase online equivalents to print resources, where possible. The Library will license streaming versions of DVDs if they exist. If there are no online versions of a print or physical resource available, you can work with your subject librarian to identify reasonable alternatives. These options include purchasing eBook versions of alternative titles, identifying open-source textbooks, scanning and uploading select print content (subject to copyright), or digitizing DVD content (subject to copyright).
UBC Library encourages you to review your course reading lists as soon as possible so that the course materials your students need are available to them online and in time.
After you have reviewed your course materials, please submit your content into the Canvas-integrated Library Online Course Reserves (LOCR) system to ensure compliance with copyright and license agreements.
1. For a full-service option, faculty and instructors can email Microsoft Word or PDF versions of course reading lists or syllabi to syllabus.service@ubc.ca
2. Faculty or instructors who prefer to upload their own content can do so via https://services.library.ubc.ca/borrowing-services/using-course-reserves/
UBC Library staff review content submitted to LOCR, obtain materials, make copyright determinations, secure licenses where necessary, and upload the content on your behalf. Each item must be assessed individually for copyright clearance each time the course is offered, even if clearance was obtained for the course in a previous term.
The Library will continue to communicate about in-person service options on the advice of provincial health authorities. To stay informed of any change in our services, please check the Library Service Updates linked from the UBC Library home page.
Sheldon Armstrong
AUL Collections, University of British Columbia Library
For further information, your contacts at UBC Education Library are:
Wendy Traas wendy.traas@ubc.ca &
Emily Fornwald emily.fornwald@ubc.ca
May 25, 2020
UBC Faculty of Education expresses our deepest gratitude towards The Edith Lando Charitable Foundation. The Edith Lando Charitable Foundation has gifted $1,000,000.00 towards the UBC Faculty of Education’s first ever Professorship in Refugee and Immigrant Youth & Family Counseling.
The number of refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people around the world is at historically high levels. At this moment, one in every 113 people on earth is now displaced due to persecution, violence or human rights violations. More than half of these refugees are children.
With the generosity of The Edith Lando Charitable Foundation, UBC Faculty of Education has been able to take the lead in establishing the Professorship in Counselling for Immigrant and Refugee Youth and Families to better understand and respond to current problems and needs of the immigrant children and families in settling in Canada. Faculty of Education will be a national leader in transforming the way Canadian classrooms welcome and educate refugee and immigrant students.
We are honored to recognize The Edith Lando Charitable Foundation’s leadership in creating this critical position by naming it The Edith Lando Professorship in Counselling for Immigrant and Refugee Youth and Families. With better research, informed policy-making, thoughtfully trained educators, and national leadership, we can give refugee students the best chance possible to thrive in their new home.
Celebrating the inspired philanthropy of The Edith Lando Charitable Foundation
May 25, 2020
UBC Faculty of Education expresses our deepest gratitude towards The Edith Lando Charitable Foundation. The Edith Lando Charitable Foundation has gifted $1,000,000.00 towards the UBC Faculty of Education’s first ever Professorship in Refugee and Immigrant Youth & Family Counseling.
The number of refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people around the world is at historically high levels. At this moment, one in every 113 people on earth is now displaced due to persecution, violence or human rights violations. More than half of these refugees are children.
With the generosity of The Edith Lando Charitable Foundation, UBC Faculty of Education has been able to take the lead in establishing the Professorship in Counselling for Immigrant and Refugee Youth and Families to better understand and respond to current problems and needs of the immigrant children and families in settling in Canada. Faculty of Education will be a national leader in transforming the way Canadian classrooms welcome and educate refugee and immigrant students.
We are honored to recognize The Edith Lando Charitable Foundation’s leadership in creating this critical position by naming it The Edith Lando Professorship in Counselling for Immigrant and Refugee Youth and Families. With better research, informed policy-making, thoughtfully trained educators, and national leadership, we can give refugee students the best chance possible to thrive in their new home.
In early April, CIHR announced a three-month pause on existing and new strategic funding opportunities (FO), with the exception of FOs related to COVID-19, in order to allow CIHR to focus its efforts on supporting the Government of Canada’s response to the pandemic.
Please read the full message from Adrian Mota, Associate Vice-President of Research Programs at CIHR on the progress related to these strategic FOs.
Key points:
- All strategic FOs will remain available on ResearchNet, including all applications that were in progress and submitted, but with a new placeholder date of December 31, 2021
- FOs with application deadlines that have closed, but which have not been peer reviewed, will not be re-opened to accept additional applications.
- As competition timelines are confirmed, applicants will be provided with at least two months advance notice to allow them to prepare their applications.
- Please note that FOs that do not have a placeholder date of December 31, 2021 will move forward according to posted timelines. New FOs will also be launched (e.g., the Fall 2020 Project Grant competition).
CIHR Update on Strategic Funding Opportunities
In early April, CIHR announced a three-month pause on existing and new strategic funding opportunities (FO), with the exception of FOs related to COVID-19, in order to allow CIHR to focus its efforts on supporting the Government of Canada’s response to the pandemic.
Please read the full message from Adrian Mota, Associate Vice-President of Research Programs at CIHR on the progress related to these strategic FOs.
Key points:
- All strategic FOs will remain available on ResearchNet, including all applications that were in progress and submitted, but with a new placeholder date of December 31, 2021
- FOs with application deadlines that have closed, but which have not been peer reviewed, will not be re-opened to accept additional applications.
- As competition timelines are confirmed, applicants will be provided with at least two months advance notice to allow them to prepare their applications.
- Please note that FOs that do not have a placeholder date of December 31, 2021 will move forward according to posted timelines. New FOs will also be launched (e.g., the Fall 2020 Project Grant competition).
When: Tuesday, July 7, 2020 | 01:00 pm – 03:00 pm
Where:
UBC Support Programs to Advance Research Capacity (SPARC) and the Faculty of Applied Science research development will host an information session on the Alliance grant, NSERC’s flagship research partnerships program. The session will be held online and available to all interested participants at both UBCV and UBCO campuses. The two-part session will provide an overview of the program and updates that have occurred since its launch.
The first part of the session will review key aspects of the program including funding options and elements of proposal development. The second part will consist of a panel discussion/Q&A with faculty members who will share their hands-on experience with the program – Drs Purang Abolmaesumi (ECE), Sara Knox (Geography), Mina Hoorfar (SOE), Andre Ivanov (ECE) will serve as panelists. Please find details and link to registration page below.
Session Date/Time: July 7th 1-3pm
Please register here
Note: Registration is mandatory and registrants will receive a Zoom link to the event prior to July 7th.
NSERC Alliance Grants Info Session
When: Tuesday, July 7, 2020 | 01:00 pm – 03:00 pm
Where:
UBC Support Programs to Advance Research Capacity (SPARC) and the Faculty of Applied Science research development will host an information session on the Alliance grant, NSERC’s flagship research partnerships program. The session will be held online and available to all interested participants at both UBCV and UBCO campuses. The two-part session will provide an overview of the program and updates that have occurred since its launch.
The first part of the session will review key aspects of the program including funding options and elements of proposal development. The second part will consist of a panel discussion/Q&A with faculty members who will share their hands-on experience with the program – Drs Purang Abolmaesumi (ECE), Sara Knox (Geography), Mina Hoorfar (SOE), Andre Ivanov (ECE) will serve as panelists. Please find details and link to registration page below.
Session Date/Time: July 7th 1-3pm
Please register here
Note: Registration is mandatory and registrants will receive a Zoom link to the event prior to July 7th.