COVID-19: Faculty of Education Update
We are suspending all Faculty-sponsored events that have an expected attendance of 50 people or more. This suspension is in effect immediately and applies to all events scheduled between now and the end of April. The Faculty’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Team will re-assess the situation weekly and will provide updates as the situation evolves. For more information, please visit the COVID-19: Faculty of Education Update webpage.
When: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 | 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Where: Neville Scarfe Building, Room 2414
Faculty and Staff are invited to attend an afternoon of Tea with the Dean and presentation of the 2019-2020 Staff Excellence Awards.
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Scarfe 2414, 4th Floor Neville Scarfe Office Block
There is no need to RSVP and you are welcome to join as your schedule permits.
Tea with the Dean
When: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 | 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Where: Neville Scarfe Building, Room 2414
Faculty and Staff are invited to attend an afternoon of Tea with the Dean and presentation of the 2019-2020 Staff Excellence Awards.
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Scarfe 2414, 4th Floor Neville Scarfe Office Block
There is no need to RSVP and you are welcome to join as your schedule permits.
The Collaborative Research Mobility Awards (CRMA) are designed to facilitate collaboration on timely research opportunities between UBC researchers in Vancouver and the Okanagan. Competitions are held four times per year with a rapid review and decision process.
Funding can be used to:
- initiate new or strengthen existing research collaborations;
- enable travel to access unique infrastructure/core facilities at each location or to hold research meetings; and
- support travel, per diems, and accommodations for UBC researchers
- $100,000 is available to researchers across all disciplines at either campus to build or strengthen collaborations with the other campus.
Application deadline:
May 5, 2020
August 5, 2020
How to Apply
Researchers are invited to submit a free-form 1-page proposal that includes:
- a description of the purpose for the travel, including an identification of researchers involved at UBCV and UBCO. If travel outside UBC is proposed, then applicants have to make a strong case for the added value of meeting elsewhere;
- anticipated outcomes of the award, e.g., starting or strengthening a collaboration, accessing infrastructure or core facilities available at the other location, or initiating a collaborative grant proposal, undertaking a component of a research study; and
- a budget including a brief justification and the anticipated start and end date.
Eligibility
Faculty members from all disciplines who are eligible to hold research grants can apply.
Funding Details
A total funding envelope of $100,000 is available for this one-year funding cycle. Funding cannot be used for the direct costs of research or to support meetings that would have otherwise happened. The funding cap per proposal is $5,000. Applicants are able to hold a maximum of two awards per one-year funding cycle.
For more information on the submission and selection process, please visit the CRMA webpage.
Questions should be directed to Stacey Herzer (stacey.herzer@ubc.ca), 604-827-2379.
The Collaborative Research Mobility Awards
The Collaborative Research Mobility Awards (CRMA) are designed to facilitate collaboration on timely research opportunities between UBC researchers in Vancouver and the Okanagan. Competitions are held four times per year with a rapid review and decision process.
Funding can be used to:
- initiate new or strengthen existing research collaborations;
- enable travel to access unique infrastructure/core facilities at each location or to hold research meetings; and
- support travel, per diems, and accommodations for UBC researchers
- $100,000 is available to researchers across all disciplines at either campus to build or strengthen collaborations with the other campus.
Application deadline:
May 5, 2020
August 5, 2020
How to Apply
Researchers are invited to submit a free-form 1-page proposal that includes:
- a description of the purpose for the travel, including an identification of researchers involved at UBCV and UBCO. If travel outside UBC is proposed, then applicants have to make a strong case for the added value of meeting elsewhere;
- anticipated outcomes of the award, e.g., starting or strengthening a collaboration, accessing infrastructure or core facilities available at the other location, or initiating a collaborative grant proposal, undertaking a component of a research study; and
- a budget including a brief justification and the anticipated start and end date.
Eligibility
Faculty members from all disciplines who are eligible to hold research grants can apply.
Funding Details
A total funding envelope of $100,000 is available for this one-year funding cycle. Funding cannot be used for the direct costs of research or to support meetings that would have otherwise happened. The funding cap per proposal is $5,000. Applicants are able to hold a maximum of two awards per one-year funding cycle.
For more information on the submission and selection process, please visit the CRMA webpage.
Questions should be directed to Stacey Herzer (stacey.herzer@ubc.ca), 604-827-2379.
March 9, 2020
Advancing our new strategic plan, Learning Transformed, is a priority for our Faculty of Education community. Without a formal implementation process, strategic plans tend to sit on a shelf and gather dust. To ensure that our plan remains dynamic and influential, the Faculty designated a pool of funds for projects that advance the goals and strategies outlined in Learning Transformed. The call for proposals was open to faculty and staff in all units, departments and schools within our Faculty of Education community.
Please see the attached document that outlines the allocated funds to a variety of projects across the Faculty.
Learning Transformed Funded Proposals List
Learning Transformed Funding Pool
March 9, 2020
Advancing our new strategic plan, Learning Transformed, is a priority for our Faculty of Education community. Without a formal implementation process, strategic plans tend to sit on a shelf and gather dust. To ensure that our plan remains dynamic and influential, the Faculty designated a pool of funds for projects that advance the goals and strategies outlined in Learning Transformed. The call for proposals was open to faculty and staff in all units, departments and schools within our Faculty of Education community.
Please see the attached document that outlines the allocated funds to a variety of projects across the Faculty.
Learning Transformed Funded Proposals List
On March 10, 2020, Dean Blye Frank, UBC Faculty of Education, hosted a special talk and panel discussion on mental health, featuring Humble The Poet. Humble The Poet (Kanwer Singh) is a former school teacher turned into a best-selling author, hip-hop artist, designer, filmmaker, influencer and public speaker in the area of education, leadership and self-development. He has authored two best sellers that are thematised around mental wellbeing.
Recorded March 10, 2020, at UBC Robson Square in Vancouver, BC.
Presented by the UBC Faculty of Education.
Images for the event can be accessed here:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/187490271@N03/30WXB5
Check back in few weeks for more photos.
Spotlight on Mental Health – Featuring Humble The Poet
On March 10, 2020, Dean Blye Frank, UBC Faculty of Education, hosted a special talk and panel discussion on mental health, featuring Humble The Poet. Humble The Poet (Kanwer Singh) is a former school teacher turned into a best-selling author, hip-hop artist, designer, filmmaker, influencer and public speaker in the area of education, leadership and self-development. He has authored two best sellers that are thematised around mental wellbeing.
Recorded March 10, 2020, at UBC Robson Square in Vancouver, BC.
Presented by the UBC Faculty of Education.
Images for the event can be accessed here:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/187490271@N03/30WXB5
Check back in few weeks for more photos.
Deadline: May 4, 2020.
The SSHRC Explore Grant, formerly called the HSS Seed Grant, distributes funds from UBC’s annual SSHRC Institutional Grant to maintain or strengthen research capacity and research excellence in the social sciences and humanities. The primary goal of the Explore Grant is to support high-quality Faculty of Education humanities and social sciences research by providing small funds to support early stage research activities that will lead to the development of external research funding applications.
Terms of Reference
- Members of the Faculty of Education professoriate are eligible for this competition (Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors). Only one application per principal investigator is eligible.
- Funds are open to both newer and more established faculty.
- Applicants with open HSS Seed Grants (unspent funds and/or project reports to be submitted) are not eligible to apply.
- Preference will be given to proposals that include at least one of the following: opportunities for graduate student training/mentorship, collaboration within the Faculty of Education, or collaboration across disciplinary/faculty boundaries.
- Eligible seed activities include (but are not restricted to) pilot research; field/library/archival research; and synthesis or re-analysis of data collected through previously completed projects.
- Applicants must make a strong case for how the proposed activities will support the development of future research grant application(s).
- The maximum value of each award will be $7,000.
- The term of the grant is 12 months beginning from the date of the award notice. No funding extensions are available
- Neither conference travel nor teaching buy-out are eligible expenses for this funding program.
- Funds are not intended to complete or supplement Tri-Council or other currently funded projects.
- Only one Explore grant per research project will be awarded.
- Successful applicants must submit a report to the ORE within one month of the end of the term of the award describing how they used the funds and how the project has or will lead to future external research funding applications.
Deadline
Submit complete applications by email to Education Research by 4:00 PM, Monday May 4, 2020.
To Apply
Download the complete Terms of Reference and Instructions and Application Form.
For more information, please contact:
Office of Research in Education (ORE)
Education Research
SSHRC Explore Grant
Deadline: May 4, 2020.
The SSHRC Explore Grant, formerly called the HSS Seed Grant, distributes funds from UBC’s annual SSHRC Institutional Grant to maintain or strengthen research capacity and research excellence in the social sciences and humanities. The primary goal of the Explore Grant is to support high-quality Faculty of Education humanities and social sciences research by providing small funds to support early stage research activities that will lead to the development of external research funding applications.
Terms of Reference
- Members of the Faculty of Education professoriate are eligible for this competition (Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors). Only one application per principal investigator is eligible.
- Funds are open to both newer and more established faculty.
- Applicants with open HSS Seed Grants (unspent funds and/or project reports to be submitted) are not eligible to apply.
- Preference will be given to proposals that include at least one of the following: opportunities for graduate student training/mentorship, collaboration within the Faculty of Education, or collaboration across disciplinary/faculty boundaries.
- Eligible seed activities include (but are not restricted to) pilot research; field/library/archival research; and synthesis or re-analysis of data collected through previously completed projects.
- Applicants must make a strong case for how the proposed activities will support the development of future research grant application(s).
- The maximum value of each award will be $7,000.
- The term of the grant is 12 months beginning from the date of the award notice. No funding extensions are available
- Neither conference travel nor teaching buy-out are eligible expenses for this funding program.
- Funds are not intended to complete or supplement Tri-Council or other currently funded projects.
- Only one Explore grant per research project will be awarded.
- Successful applicants must submit a report to the ORE within one month of the end of the term of the award describing how they used the funds and how the project has or will lead to future external research funding applications.
Deadline
Submit complete applications by email to Education Research by 4:00 PM, Monday May 4, 2020.
To Apply
Download the complete Terms of Reference and Instructions and Application Form.
For more information, please contact:
Office of Research in Education (ORE)
Education Research
Deadline: May 4, 2020
Dr. John H. M. Andrews, former Dean of Education, UBC from 1973-79, and his wife Doris Andrews have generously endowed one award offered to tenure and tenure-track faculty in the Faculty of Education. This award is designed to support educational research and development projects that have an impact on the community and make a contribution to society. The research component must have a direct impact on the community and increase our knowledge and understanding of Canadian education. The development component must be conducted in collaboration with a community educational partner. The award is based on Dr. Andrews’ belief that teachers, in practicing their profession, are called upon to relate, not just to their students, but also to parents, fellow citizens and teachers, school administration, their professional association, staff groups, governmental agencies, as well as the broad range of social and political groups in the community.
Terms of Reference
- Members of the Faculty of Education (Assistant Professors, Associate Professor and Professors) are eligible to apply.
- Applicants must clearly demonstrate how their project will have an impact on the community and increase our understanding of Canadian education.
- The proposal must clearly identify community educational partner(s) and their roles.
- A total of $6,000 is available for this competition. The term of the awards is 12 months.
- Successful applicants are required to write a one page summary describing the outcomes of the project for the Faculty of Education Development Office. This summary may be shared with the donor.
Deadline
Please submit complete applications by email to Education Research by 4:00 PM, Monday May 4, 2020.
To Apply
Download the complete Terms of Reference and Instructions and Application Form
For more information, please contact:
Education Research
Office of Research in Education (ORE)
John and Doris Andrews Research and Development Award
Deadline: May 4, 2020
Dr. John H. M. Andrews, former Dean of Education, UBC from 1973-79, and his wife Doris Andrews have generously endowed one award offered to tenure and tenure-track faculty in the Faculty of Education. This award is designed to support educational research and development projects that have an impact on the community and make a contribution to society. The research component must have a direct impact on the community and increase our knowledge and understanding of Canadian education. The development component must be conducted in collaboration with a community educational partner. The award is based on Dr. Andrews’ belief that teachers, in practicing their profession, are called upon to relate, not just to their students, but also to parents, fellow citizens and teachers, school administration, their professional association, staff groups, governmental agencies, as well as the broad range of social and political groups in the community.
Terms of Reference
- Members of the Faculty of Education (Assistant Professors, Associate Professor and Professors) are eligible to apply.
- Applicants must clearly demonstrate how their project will have an impact on the community and increase our understanding of Canadian education.
- The proposal must clearly identify community educational partner(s) and their roles.
- A total of $6,000 is available for this competition. The term of the awards is 12 months.
- Successful applicants are required to write a one page summary describing the outcomes of the project for the Faculty of Education Development Office. This summary may be shared with the donor.
Deadline
Please submit complete applications by email to Education Research by 4:00 PM, Monday May 4, 2020.
To Apply
Download the complete Terms of Reference and Instructions and Application Form
For more information, please contact:
Education Research
Office of Research in Education (ORE)
Deadline: May 4, 2020
Funding for the Faculty of Education Jacqueline Farquhar Endowment for Children’s Mental Health is made available through a fund established by the Vancouver School Board and Jacqueline’s family and friends, and is specifically designed to carry on her passion for enhancing schools’ capacity to identify and respond to students struggling with depression and anxiety.
The primary goals of the Jacqueline Farquhar Endowment for Children’s Mental Health are to:
- translate completed research into accessible forms that community stakeholders and educators can utilize, disseminate and take into the classroom and/or community with a goal of impacting practice;
- find practical uses for completed research, for example, the production of a brochure, books, workshops, instructional materials, web sites, etc., with a clear potential for impact on practice (technology component as a tool for sharing); and
- increase the awareness of issues relating to children’s mental health.
Terms of Reference
- Funds are open to faculty/graduate student teams, consisting of at least one member of the Faculty of Education professoriate (Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors) and one or more graduate students registered in the UBCV Faculty of Education. The faculty member is expected to play a leadership role in the knowledge mobilization project. One grant per collaborative team project is available.
- Graduate students who are on leave or on extension are ineligible to apply for this funding.
- Funds are not intended to support data collection or analysis of research but rather to support activities designed to disseminate and mobilize research findings or outcomes to the community through an activity or product.
- A total of $6,000 is available for this competition. The term of the award is 12-months from the date of notification.
- Successful applicants are expected to communicate the results of their project to the Faculty of Education Development Office within one month of the end of the term of the award.
Deadline
Please submit complete applications by email to Education Research by 4:00 PM, Monday May 4, 2020.
To Apply
Download the complete Terms of Reference and Instructions and Application Form
For more information, please contact:
Education Research
Office of Research in Education (ORE)
Jacqueline Farquhar Endowment for Children’s Mental Health
Deadline: May 4, 2020
Funding for the Faculty of Education Jacqueline Farquhar Endowment for Children’s Mental Health is made available through a fund established by the Vancouver School Board and Jacqueline’s family and friends, and is specifically designed to carry on her passion for enhancing schools’ capacity to identify and respond to students struggling with depression and anxiety.
The primary goals of the Jacqueline Farquhar Endowment for Children’s Mental Health are to:
- translate completed research into accessible forms that community stakeholders and educators can utilize, disseminate and take into the classroom and/or community with a goal of impacting practice;
- find practical uses for completed research, for example, the production of a brochure, books, workshops, instructional materials, web sites, etc., with a clear potential for impact on practice (technology component as a tool for sharing); and
- increase the awareness of issues relating to children’s mental health.
Terms of Reference
- Funds are open to faculty/graduate student teams, consisting of at least one member of the Faculty of Education professoriate (Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors) and one or more graduate students registered in the UBCV Faculty of Education. The faculty member is expected to play a leadership role in the knowledge mobilization project. One grant per collaborative team project is available.
- Graduate students who are on leave or on extension are ineligible to apply for this funding.
- Funds are not intended to support data collection or analysis of research but rather to support activities designed to disseminate and mobilize research findings or outcomes to the community through an activity or product.
- A total of $6,000 is available for this competition. The term of the award is 12-months from the date of notification.
- Successful applicants are expected to communicate the results of their project to the Faculty of Education Development Office within one month of the end of the term of the award.
Deadline
Please submit complete applications by email to Education Research by 4:00 PM, Monday May 4, 2020.
To Apply
Download the complete Terms of Reference and Instructions and Application Form
For more information, please contact:
Education Research
Office of Research in Education (ORE)
March 3, 2020
The Alma Mater Society (AMS) will award this year’s AMS Great Trekker Award to Professor Emerita Dr. Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem, OC. The award is presented annually to UBC alumni who have achieved eminence in their chosen field of activity, made a worthy and special contribution to the community, and demonstrated keen and continued interest in UBC. The award will be presented later this month at the AMS All Presidents’ Dinner.
AMS Great Trekker Award Recipient, Professor Emerita Dr. Jo-ann Archibald
March 3, 2020
The Alma Mater Society (AMS) will award this year’s AMS Great Trekker Award to Professor Emerita Dr. Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem, OC. The award is presented annually to UBC alumni who have achieved eminence in their chosen field of activity, made a worthy and special contribution to the community, and demonstrated keen and continued interest in UBC. The award will be presented later this month at the AMS All Presidents’ Dinner.
Each year, the Dean extends the Faculty’s appreciation for the valuable contributions of our staff through an award for staff excellence. This year, the Dean is seeking nominations for awards in two categories.
- Outstanding Service
- Emerging Leadership
In recognition of excellence in personal achievements and contributions to the Faculty, UBC and to the vision and goals of the University, The Dean’s Award for Staff Excellence is presented to Faculty of Education staff. The winners will have their names, engraved on the Staff Excellence Award plaque, located in the Neville Scarfe foyer, and each will receive $1,000 as an honorarium.
- DEAN’S AWARD FOR STAFF EXCELLENCE – OUTSTANDING SERVICE:
The individual is to have accomplished some or all of the following award criteria:
- Displays a commitment to serving people in the Faculty and/or in the broader University community that is above and beyond the requirements of their position;
- Serves as role models to others through openness to new ways of doing things and consistently positive interactions;
- Establishes and maintained exemplary and inclusive people practices;
- Provides a sense of purpose, vision and mission for their co-workers and/or staff;
- Invests time and effort in coaching and/or mentoring students, or colleagues;
- Creates new, cost-effective and/or innovative methods for performing day-to-day activities;
- Positively influences others to build consensus and action around departmental or Faculty objectives; or
- Manages and lead change initiatives
2) DEAN’S AWARD FOR STAFF EXCELLENCE -EMERGING LEADER:
The individual is to have accomplished some or all of the following award criteria:
- Maintains a consistently high quality of service to faculty, staff, students and alumni;
- Provides a sense of purpose, vision and mission for their co-workers and/or staff;
- Contributes to making UBC and the Faculty of Education a better workplace in their own unit/department or more broadly;
- Is passionate about the role and clearly understands the impact of their role in the Faculty;
- Seeks professional growth and enriched work experiences through the collaboration with team members and other units in the Faculty; or
- Serves as role models to others through openness to new ways of doing things and consistently positive
Eligibility:
All permanent full-time and part-time staff with appointments of two years (2) or more in the Faculty of Education are eligible.
Process:
A complete award nomination package must include:
- Nomination Form, signed by the Unit Head/Director;
- Category for the nomination; and
- Letters of Support: A minimum of two (2) and maximum of five (5) support letters
PLEASE RETURN YOUR COMPLETED AWARD NOMINATION PACKAGE ON OR BEFORE APRIL 9, 2020 TO:
Faustina Cheung, Administrative Assistant, Dean’s Office
Room 2616, Neville Scarfe Building
faustina.cheung@ubc.ca (Electronic nomination packages are encouraged)
All nomination packages will be acknowledged. All information submitted will be kept strictly confidential. The winner will be announced and acknowledged at the Tea with the Dean event on May 12, 2020.
Selection Committee
The Selection Committee for the Dean’s Award for Staff Excellence is made up of the Dean, Assistant Dean, Finance and the previous year’s award winner. This Committee will administer, receive, evaluate and recommend the winner.
Dean’s Award for Staff Excellence 2019-2020
Each year, the Dean extends the Faculty’s appreciation for the valuable contributions of our staff through an award for staff excellence. This year, the Dean is seeking nominations for awards in two categories.
- Outstanding Service
- Emerging Leadership
In recognition of excellence in personal achievements and contributions to the Faculty, UBC and to the vision and goals of the University, The Dean’s Award for Staff Excellence is presented to Faculty of Education staff. The winners will have their names, engraved on the Staff Excellence Award plaque, located in the Neville Scarfe foyer, and each will receive $1,000 as an honorarium.
- DEAN’S AWARD FOR STAFF EXCELLENCE – OUTSTANDING SERVICE:
The individual is to have accomplished some or all of the following award criteria:
- Displays a commitment to serving people in the Faculty and/or in the broader University community that is above and beyond the requirements of their position;
- Serves as role models to others through openness to new ways of doing things and consistently positive interactions;
- Establishes and maintained exemplary and inclusive people practices;
- Provides a sense of purpose, vision and mission for their co-workers and/or staff;
- Invests time and effort in coaching and/or mentoring students, or colleagues;
- Creates new, cost-effective and/or innovative methods for performing day-to-day activities;
- Positively influences others to build consensus and action around departmental or Faculty objectives; or
- Manages and lead change initiatives
2) DEAN’S AWARD FOR STAFF EXCELLENCE -EMERGING LEADER:
The individual is to have accomplished some or all of the following award criteria:
- Maintains a consistently high quality of service to faculty, staff, students and alumni;
- Provides a sense of purpose, vision and mission for their co-workers and/or staff;
- Contributes to making UBC and the Faculty of Education a better workplace in their own unit/department or more broadly;
- Is passionate about the role and clearly understands the impact of their role in the Faculty;
- Seeks professional growth and enriched work experiences through the collaboration with team members and other units in the Faculty; or
- Serves as role models to others through openness to new ways of doing things and consistently positive
Eligibility:
All permanent full-time and part-time staff with appointments of two years (2) or more in the Faculty of Education are eligible.
Process:
A complete award nomination package must include:
- Nomination Form, signed by the Unit Head/Director;
- Category for the nomination; and
- Letters of Support: A minimum of two (2) and maximum of five (5) support letters
PLEASE RETURN YOUR COMPLETED AWARD NOMINATION PACKAGE ON OR BEFORE APRIL 9, 2020 TO:
Faustina Cheung, Administrative Assistant, Dean’s Office
Room 2616, Neville Scarfe Building
faustina.cheung@ubc.ca (Electronic nomination packages are encouraged)
All nomination packages will be acknowledged. All information submitted will be kept strictly confidential. The winner will be announced and acknowledged at the Tea with the Dean event on May 12, 2020.
Selection Committee
The Selection Committee for the Dean’s Award for Staff Excellence is made up of the Dean, Assistant Dean, Finance and the previous year’s award winner. This Committee will administer, receive, evaluate and recommend the winner.