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When: Friday, October 4 - Saturday, October 5, 2019 | 08:30 am – 03:30 pm
Where: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Room 260, 1961 East Mall
Join UBC students and faculty to discuss what secondary students need to know to be successful in the post-secondary environment. By making connections between inquiry-based learning in the K-12 context and information literacy in the post-secondary environment, attendees will explore opportunities for educators to support student transition between K-12 and higher education.
The full program will take place over two days – Friday, October 4 and Saturday, October 5. Attendees are invited to join for one or both days.
Day 1: Friday, October 4 (8:30-3:30)
A panel of undergraduate students and UBC teaching faculty will highlight skills and strategies for success at the post-secondary level. K-12 educators will be invited to share the strengths they see in elementary and secondary students. UBC Faculty, students, and attendees will collaboratively engage in interactive learning activities that will enhance our collective understandings of the competencies and dispositions required to support inquiry learning at the undergraduate level. Lunch and light refreshments provided.
Day 2: Saturday, October 5 (8:30-3:30)
Participants will put ideas into action in the form of learning design hackathon. We will collaboratively design lessons, activities, and curriculum that will strengthen the inquiry and research skills secondary students need to succeed in the post-secondary context. Lessons will be made openly available through TeachBC. Lunch and light refreshments provided.
Both days are free to attend. Limited funds are available for classroom teacher release on Friday, October 4. Honoraria will be provided to hackathon attendees on Saturday, October 5.
Registration for both days is limited. RSVP early to reserve your spot!
Consequential Transitions: Literacy, Inquiry and Student Success K-12 to Post-Secondary
When: Friday, October 4 - Saturday, October 5, 2019 | 08:30 am – 03:30 pm
Where: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Room 260, 1961 East Mall
Join UBC students and faculty to discuss what secondary students need to know to be successful in the post-secondary environment. By making connections between inquiry-based learning in the K-12 context and information literacy in the post-secondary environment, attendees will explore opportunities for educators to support student transition between K-12 and higher education.
The full program will take place over two days – Friday, October 4 and Saturday, October 5. Attendees are invited to join for one or both days.
Day 1: Friday, October 4 (8:30-3:30)
A panel of undergraduate students and UBC teaching faculty will highlight skills and strategies for success at the post-secondary level. K-12 educators will be invited to share the strengths they see in elementary and secondary students. UBC Faculty, students, and attendees will collaboratively engage in interactive learning activities that will enhance our collective understandings of the competencies and dispositions required to support inquiry learning at the undergraduate level. Lunch and light refreshments provided.
Day 2: Saturday, October 5 (8:30-3:30)
Participants will put ideas into action in the form of learning design hackathon. We will collaboratively design lessons, activities, and curriculum that will strengthen the inquiry and research skills secondary students need to succeed in the post-secondary context. Lessons will be made openly available through TeachBC. Lunch and light refreshments provided.
Both days are free to attend. Limited funds are available for classroom teacher release on Friday, October 4. Honoraria will be provided to hackathon attendees on Saturday, October 5.
Registration for both days is limited. RSVP early to reserve your spot!
September 25, 2019
For the 4th episode of the Scholarship Stories, we explore topics related to multilingualism, language learning, and linguistic anthropology with Dr. Patricia (Patsy) Duff, Associate Dean, Research, in the Faculty of Education and Professor in LLED. During the interview, Patsy shares with us her thoughts about language socialization across bilingual and multilingual settings; qualitative research methods in applied linguistics; issues in the teaching, learning, and use of English, Mandarin, and other international and heritage languages in transnational contexts.
You can watch the full interview on our website or Youtube channel.
If you are interested in learning more about Dr. Patsy Duff, please visit her website: https://pduff.lled.educ.ubc.ca/
LLED Scholarship Stories: Dr. Patsy Duff
September 25, 2019
For the 4th episode of the Scholarship Stories, we explore topics related to multilingualism, language learning, and linguistic anthropology with Dr. Patricia (Patsy) Duff, Associate Dean, Research, in the Faculty of Education and Professor in LLED. During the interview, Patsy shares with us her thoughts about language socialization across bilingual and multilingual settings; qualitative research methods in applied linguistics; issues in the teaching, learning, and use of English, Mandarin, and other international and heritage languages in transnational contexts.
You can watch the full interview on our website or Youtube channel.
If you are interested in learning more about Dr. Patsy Duff, please visit her website: https://pduff.lled.educ.ubc.ca/
The Faculty of Education and the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada are pleased to announce the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture.
Event Details
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
6:30 p.m. – Registration
7:00 p.m. – Program
8:30 p.m. – Reception
Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre, Jack Poole Hall
6163 University Boulevard
Light refreshments will be provided.
Distinguished Speaker
- Senator Murray Sinclair, Former Co-Chair of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry in Manitoba and former Chief Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Senator Sinclair served the justice system in Manitoba for over 25 years. He was the first Aboriginal Judge appointed in Manitoba and the second in Canada.
He served as Co-Chair of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry in Manitoba and as Chief Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). As head of the TRC, he participated in hundreds of hearings across Canada, culminating in the TRC’s Report in 2015. He also oversaw a multi-million dollar fundraising program that supported TRC events and activities, including travel funds for survivors to attend TRC events.
He served as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Manitoba and remains active within his profession and his community. He has won numerous awards, including the National Aboriginal Achievement
Award, the Manitoba Bar Association’s Equality Award (2001) and its Distinguished Service Award (2016). He has received honorary doctorates from eight Canadian universities.
Senator Sinclair has been invited to speak throughout Canada, the United States and internationally, including the Cambridge Lectures for members of the judiciary of various Commonwealth Courts in England. He was appointed to the Senate on April 2, 2016.
You can watch the 2018 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture, featuring Marta Santos Pais, here.
Please register for the event below. Space is limited.
- Mr.Mrs.MissMs.Dr.Prof.Rev.
- AlumniUndergraduate StudentGraduate StudentFacultyProfessor EmeritiStaffOther
- Please note any dietary restrictions or allergies you may have. We plan to have tea, coffee, and pastries during the reception.
Dean’s Distinguished Lecture
The Faculty of Education and the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada are pleased to announce the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture.
Event Details
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
6:30 p.m. – Registration
7:00 p.m. – Program
8:30 p.m. – Reception
Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre, Jack Poole Hall
6163 University Boulevard
Light refreshments will be provided.
Distinguished Speaker
- Senator Murray Sinclair, Former Co-Chair of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry in Manitoba and former Chief Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Senator Sinclair served the justice system in Manitoba for over 25 years. He was the first Aboriginal Judge appointed in Manitoba and the second in Canada.
He served as Co-Chair of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry in Manitoba and as Chief Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). As head of the TRC, he participated in hundreds of hearings across Canada, culminating in the TRC’s Report in 2015. He also oversaw a multi-million dollar fundraising program that supported TRC events and activities, including travel funds for survivors to attend TRC events.
He served as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Manitoba and remains active within his profession and his community. He has won numerous awards, including the National Aboriginal Achievement
Award, the Manitoba Bar Association’s Equality Award (2001) and its Distinguished Service Award (2016). He has received honorary doctorates from eight Canadian universities.
Senator Sinclair has been invited to speak throughout Canada, the United States and internationally, including the Cambridge Lectures for members of the judiciary of various Commonwealth Courts in England. He was appointed to the Senate on April 2, 2016.
You can watch the 2018 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture, featuring Marta Santos Pais, here.
Please register for the event below. Space is limited.
- Mr.Mrs.MissMs.Dr.Prof.Rev.
- AlumniUndergraduate StudentGraduate StudentFacultyProfessor EmeritiStaffOther
- Please note any dietary restrictions or allergies you may have. We plan to have tea, coffee, and pastries during the reception.
When: Monday, November 18, 2019 | 04:00 pm – 06:30 pm
Where: PCOH BALLROOM
(Ponderosa Commons North Oak House)
6445 University Boulevard
When did we lose our capacity to sense and respond to these and other pressing threats to the possibility of continued life on the planet?
Record breaking forest fires, irreversible biodiversity loss, exponential deforestation, atypical floods, droughts, and extreme weather, toxic substances in the soil and the water, harmful carbon trading practices, illegal invasions of protected territories…
Ninawa Huni Kui will present the analysis and the wake-up call that has been issued by the Huni Kui people who, along with other Indigenous groups, are considered the Guardians of the Amazon forest in Brazil.
Talk sponsored by Dr. Vanessa Andreotti, CRC in Race Inequalities and Global Change, Department of Educational Studies, the Faculty of Education, and Indigenous Teacher Education Program.
“Nature is not a commodity. It is alive. And it is sacred! ”
Chief Ninawa Huni Kui is the President of the Federation of the Huni Kui People in Acre, Brazil. He is the spokesperson for nearly 15000 Indigenous people in 104 villages across 12 indigenous territories in the state of Acre, in Brazil. Ninawa is also a medical student at the Amazonian University of Pando, in Bolivia.
Suggested donation at the door: $10.
All proceeds go towards the Federation of the Huni Kui People in Acre, Brazil.
The Amazon Forest is Screaming – Seminar
When: Monday, November 18, 2019 | 04:00 pm – 06:30 pm
Where: PCOH BALLROOM
(Ponderosa Commons North Oak House)
6445 University Boulevard
When did we lose our capacity to sense and respond to these and other pressing threats to the possibility of continued life on the planet?
Record breaking forest fires, irreversible biodiversity loss, exponential deforestation, atypical floods, droughts, and extreme weather, toxic substances in the soil and the water, harmful carbon trading practices, illegal invasions of protected territories…
Ninawa Huni Kui will present the analysis and the wake-up call that has been issued by the Huni Kui people who, along with other Indigenous groups, are considered the Guardians of the Amazon forest in Brazil.
Talk sponsored by Dr. Vanessa Andreotti, CRC in Race Inequalities and Global Change, Department of Educational Studies, the Faculty of Education, and Indigenous Teacher Education Program.
“Nature is not a commodity. It is alive. And it is sacred! ”
Chief Ninawa Huni Kui is the President of the Federation of the Huni Kui People in Acre, Brazil. He is the spokesperson for nearly 15000 Indigenous people in 104 villages across 12 indigenous territories in the state of Acre, in Brazil. Ninawa is also a medical student at the Amazonian University of Pando, in Bolivia.
Suggested donation at the door: $10.
All proceeds go towards the Federation of the Huni Kui People in Acre, Brazil.
When: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 | 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Where: Ponderosa Ballroom, 6445 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC
Recipient name : Alumna and Professor Emerita, Dr. Thelma Cook, BEd’ 58
Please join us to celebrate Professor Emerita Dr. Thelma Cook, BEd’ 58, on receiving the 2019 Faculty of Education Alumni Builder Award. Dr. Cook is receiving this year’s award for her persistent efforts to make studying at UBC more accessible for Indigenous students and her strong commitment to the Faculty of Education.
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Alumni Builder Award Reception – 2019
When: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 | 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Where: Ponderosa Ballroom, 6445 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC
Recipient name : Alumna and Professor Emerita, Dr. Thelma Cook, BEd’ 58
Please join us to celebrate Professor Emerita Dr. Thelma Cook, BEd’ 58, on receiving the 2019 Faculty of Education Alumni Builder Award. Dr. Cook is receiving this year’s award for her persistent efforts to make studying at UBC more accessible for Indigenous students and her strong commitment to the Faculty of Education.
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AfghanistanÅland IslandsAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntarcticaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBouvet IslandBrazilBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBrunei DarrussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCambodiaCameroonCanadaCape VerdeCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaChristmas IslandCocos IslandsColombiaComorosCongo, Democratic Republic of theCongo, Republic of theCook IslandsCosta RicaCôte d'IvoireCroatiaCubaCuraçaoCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEswatini (Swaziland)EthiopiaFalkland IslandsFaroe IslandsFijiFinlandFranceFrench GuianaFrench PolynesiaFrench Southern TerritoriesGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuadeloupeGuamGuatemalaGuernseyGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHeard and McDonald IslandsHoly SeeHondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandIsle of ManIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJerseyJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKuwaitKyrgyzstanLao People's Democratic RepublicLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacauMacedoniaMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMartiniqueMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMexicoMicronesiaMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMontserratMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNiueNorfolk IslandNorth KoreaNorthern Mariana IslandsNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPalestine, State ofPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPitcairnPolandPortugalPuerto RicoQatarRéunionRomaniaRussiaRwandaSaint BarthélemySaint HelenaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSint MaartenSlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth GeorgiaSouth KoreaSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSvalbard and Jan Mayen IslandsSwedenSwitzerlandSyriaTaiwanTajikistanTanzaniaThailandTimor-LesteTogoTokelauTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayUS Minor Outlying IslandsUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuelaVietnamVirgin Islands, BritishVirgin Islands, U.S.Wallis and FutunaWestern SaharaYemenZambiaZimbabwe
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When: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 | 12:00 pm – 01:00 pm
Where: Ponderosa Commons, Room 2012, 6445 University Boulevard.
Come and meet a range of Trans and gender diverse young people and a parent who will share their strategies and tips so we can understand and plan for a truly inclusive learning environment. Light refreshments will be served.
The Trans Spectrum: Perspectives and Tips for All Educators
When: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 | 12:00 pm – 01:00 pm
Where: Ponderosa Commons, Room 2012, 6445 University Boulevard.
Come and meet a range of Trans and gender diverse young people and a parent who will share their strategies and tips so we can understand and plan for a truly inclusive learning environment. Light refreshments will be served.
When: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Where: Neville Scarfe Building, Room 2415
ShunFu Hu and Xuejun Ryan Ji, ECPS MERM area PhD students are presenting the Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL) Workshop on Wednesday, October 16th, 2019. SQL is a widely used language for storing, retrieving and updating data tables in relational database. With declarative and straightforward commands, SQL enables users to easily maintain the integrity of databases. This workshop will demonstrate how to create and manipulate database using basic SQL commands via SQL software and how to perform SQL queries with R.
Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL) Workshop: Data Querying and Management
When: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Where: Neville Scarfe Building, Room 2415
ShunFu Hu and Xuejun Ryan Ji, ECPS MERM area PhD students are presenting the Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL) Workshop on Wednesday, October 16th, 2019. SQL is a widely used language for storing, retrieving and updating data tables in relational database. With declarative and straightforward commands, SQL enables users to easily maintain the integrity of databases. This workshop will demonstrate how to create and manipulate database using basic SQL commands via SQL software and how to perform SQL queries with R.
October 16, 2019
For the next Scholarship Stories video interview, we sit down with Dr. Anthony Paré, Professor and previous Head of the Department of Language & Literacy Education. In our interview, we talk about Anthony’s research in academic writing, particularly in the context of doctoral education. He speaks also about his work in rhetoric and discourse, and in education.
You can watch the full interview on our website or Youtube channel.
If you are interested in learning more about Dr. Anthony Paré, please visit https://lled.educ.ubc.ca/profiles/anthony-pare/
(To be published on Oct 16) LLED Scholarship Stories: Dr. Anthony Paré
October 16, 2019
For the next Scholarship Stories video interview, we sit down with Dr. Anthony Paré, Professor and previous Head of the Department of Language & Literacy Education. In our interview, we talk about Anthony’s research in academic writing, particularly in the context of doctoral education. He speaks also about his work in rhetoric and discourse, and in education.
You can watch the full interview on our website or Youtube channel.
If you are interested in learning more about Dr. Anthony Paré, please visit https://lled.educ.ubc.ca/profiles/anthony-pare/
October 31, 2019
Venue: Ponderosa Commons Oak House, Multipurpose Room PCOH 2012Everybody welcome! No need to RSVP.
This event will take place at the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Musqueam people.
LLED Research Seminar Series: Cognitive Retroactive Transfer of Language Skills among Bilingual Readers
Dr. Salim Abu Rabia, Professor, University of Haifa, Israel
This talk will discuss the concept “Transfer of Skills” and suggests a better way to test it under experimental research design. This study examined the effects of an English intervention program helping struggling readers improve their reading and writing skills in English as a foreign language (FL). Transferring linguistic skills from L2/FL to L1 is termed “Cognitive Retroactive Transfer”.
Tests were administered to the experimental and control groups to assess orthographic knowledge, phonological awareness, morphological awareness, syntax awareness, reading accuracy and reading comprehension in Arabic and English. The experimental group received an intervention program in English, but not in Arabic or Hebrew the first language of the readers, and the assessments were administered before and after the intervention.
The findings indicated a significant improvement in most of the experimental group’s linguistic and meta-linguistic skills in both Arabic (Hebrew) and English after the English intervention program. The results will be discussed in relation to the “transfer of language skills” and the implications for learning and teaching.
Salim Abu Rabia is professor at the University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel. He obtained his PhD from The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education affiliated to the University of Toronto (1993). His research interests are: Reading and language learning, cross-cultural reading and learning, reading in different orthographies, social and cognitive aspects of language learning, intervention programs among at-risk populations.
LLED Research Seminar Series: Cognitive Retroactive Transfer of Language Skills among Bilingual Readers
October 31, 2019
Venue: Ponderosa Commons Oak House, Multipurpose Room PCOH 2012Everybody welcome! No need to RSVP.
This event will take place at the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Musqueam people.
LLED Research Seminar Series: Cognitive Retroactive Transfer of Language Skills among Bilingual Readers
Dr. Salim Abu Rabia, Professor, University of Haifa, Israel
This talk will discuss the concept “Transfer of Skills” and suggests a better way to test it under experimental research design. This study examined the effects of an English intervention program helping struggling readers improve their reading and writing skills in English as a foreign language (FL). Transferring linguistic skills from L2/FL to L1 is termed “Cognitive Retroactive Transfer”.
Tests were administered to the experimental and control groups to assess orthographic knowledge, phonological awareness, morphological awareness, syntax awareness, reading accuracy and reading comprehension in Arabic and English. The experimental group received an intervention program in English, but not in Arabic or Hebrew the first language of the readers, and the assessments were administered before and after the intervention.
The findings indicated a significant improvement in most of the experimental group’s linguistic and meta-linguistic skills in both Arabic (Hebrew) and English after the English intervention program. The results will be discussed in relation to the “transfer of language skills” and the implications for learning and teaching.
Salim Abu Rabia is professor at the University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel. He obtained his PhD from The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education affiliated to the University of Toronto (1993). His research interests are: Reading and language learning, cross-cultural reading and learning, reading in different orthographies, social and cognitive aspects of language learning, intervention programs among at-risk populations.
