All Faculty of Education staff, students and faculty members are welcome to attend a Workplace Respect Keynote delivered by Paul Pelletier. Paul Pelletier is a corporate lawyer, international professional speaker, author, consultant and educator in workplace bullying management, workplace respect and leadership.
Join us on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. in Room 100, Neville Scarfe Building. Please reserve your seat and RSVP below.
Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Bundon, Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology (KIN), on being awarded a $24,805 SSHRC Connection Grant to support the 6th International Conference on Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise. Hosted by the School of Kinesiology from June 6-8, 2018, the conference will bring together scholars from a range of disciplines doing qualitative research in sport and exercise to share their research and to engage in discussions about the direction of research in this area.
Dr. Bundon’s team members on the grant include Co-Applicants: Drs. Michael Atkinson (U Toronto); Erica Bennett (KIN); Kerry McGannon (Laurentian U); Moss Norman (KIN); and Brian Wilson (KIN); and Collaborator: Negin Riazi (KIN).
Dean Blye Frank invites all Faculty of Education staff to a staff appreciation lunch on Wednesday, February 21, 2018* from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. in the Ponderosa Commons Ballroom. This will be a buffet-styled lunch with both meat and vegetarian style dishes available. If you have special dietary restrictions, please note them in the field below.
* Please note change in date.
We’re excited to announce that UBC’s Loon Lake Lodge and Retreat Centre is now offering affordable, adventurous, and adjustable programming for your next overnight school/youth group stay. Depending on your objectives, our programs can help youth learn about the natural environment, move their body, express their creativity, and practice their problem solving skills.
We refer to our fundamental programming pillars as: Learn, Move, Express, and Solve.
Located in the heart of UBC’s Malcolm Knapp Research Forest, all of our programs are UBC staffed and customized within the framework of your curriculum. Programs are anchored around natural studies, problem solving, creative expression, and movement.
Promotion: For any school or youth group that stay with us from now until May 31, 2018, the cost ($15/youth/day) will be waived in exchange for developmental feedback. Huge savings!
SSHRC has launched the Talent Achievement Report, a new, more user-friendly end-of-award electronic report that replaces the existing final report used by SSHRC fellowship and scholarship award holders. Similar to the Insight, Connection and Partnership Achievement Reports, this new report will improve SSHRC’s capacity to collect and measure outcomes and impacts of funded activities and reduce the administrative burden for award recipients. The information provided in these reports is of great value to SSHRC as it is a vital input to planning and strategy setting.
The new Talent Achievement Report is currently available to all doctoral and postdoctoral award recipients on SSHRC’s website. It is in a survey format on Fluidsurveys, a secure web platform, and must be submitted within six months of the end of the scholarship/fellowship period. More detailed information related to the Talent Achievement Report is available on SSHRC’s website.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact fellowships@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca.
Originally from Somalia, Jama Ahmed Mohamed has lived in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya for over 26 years. In 2016, he graduated from the UBC-Moi University Dadaab Secondary Teacher Education Diploma Program in the science cohort. Now a teacher in the Dadaab settlement, Jama, a father of five, is also completing his bachelor degree in health and social science from Moi University.
In August 2017, Jama visited his hometown of Kudhaa on the coast of Somalia and was shocked and frustrated to see that there was no formal education system in place. With support from local community leaders, Jama, in new role as director, began work on opening a primary school for the local children. In Fall 2017, the doors to Kudhaa Primary School welcomed its first pupils from surrounding communities.
The school is now attended by over 620 students from the ages of 7-15 years, half of whom are orphaned. Classrooms are in former Siad Barre army buildings that were renovated by the local community and since opening, the school has undergone major upgrades in comfort from having rocks as seats to proper benches and tables.
Despite lacking basic necessities like textbooks (teachers have text references), clean water on site, a kitchen, and there being only one toilet, students are excited to learn and attend school daily. In December 2017, at the end of the first term, the school held a recognition ceremony organized by Kudhaa community leaders, religious leaders and youth. The school’s top performers and outstanding pupils were rewarded with sealed envelopes containing books and pens. The ceremony was funded by global donors.
The parents and communities of Kudhaa recognize the importance of educational equity especially in the context of children growing up in war and drought. Student enrolment continues to grow with classrooms packed with eager learners. To support the continuing development of Kudhaa Primary School, donations are welcomed through Rebuilding Hope: Recovery Charitable Organization (RCO).
Since 2009, UBC Faculty of Education, Moi University in Kenya, and the Dadaab refugee camp (the world’s largest) have worked together to implement a teacher education program for secondary school teachers. To learn more, please visit dadaab.educ.ubc.ca.
Jama Ahmed Mohamed, graduate of the UBC-Moi University Dadaab Secondary Teacher Education Diploma Program.
Students at the Kudhaa Primary School Recognition Event.
Students at the Kudhaa Primary School Recognition Event.
Jama Ahmed Mohamed with female students from the Kudhaa Primary School in Khudhaa, Somalia.
Mapping the Early Literacy Ecology of Children with Disabilities in their Homes and Communities: Perspectives from Parents and Children’s Librarians
Supervisor: Dr. Jim Anderson
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 | 9:00 a.m. | Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Road, Room 200
Committee Members:
Dr. Jim Anderson (LLED)
Dr. Pat Mirenda (ECPS)
Dr. Suzanne Smythe (SFU)
University Examiners:
Dr. Denice Adkins (University of Missouri)
Dr. Margot Filipenko (LLED)
Dr. Janet Jamieson (ECPS)
Abstract:
While prior research has investigated the home and preschool literacy experiences of young children with significant disabilities (Craig, 1996; DesJardin, 2010; Flewitt, Nind, & Payler, 2009; Hadadian & Weikle, 2003; Marvin & Mirenda, 1993; Ricci, 2011), little is known about how families of children with disabilities interpret mainstream early literacy discourses, most of which presume normative child development, nor how they participate in community-based early literacy learning. While the work of children’s librarians has evolved to include a significant role in the early literacy movement (American Library Association, 2011; Ward, 2007), librarians’ impact on the early literacy experiences of children with disabilities remains largely unexplored. This critical study begins with an analysis of early literacy discourse (McTavish, 2012; Nichols, Nixon, & Rowsell, 2009; Smythe & Toohey, 2009) found in government, community and commercial spaces (including virtual spaces, i.e., websites) in a large urban community in British Columbia, Canada. The study then explores the perspectives of parents of children with disabilities as they consider how their children participate in early literacy experiences in the context of their daily lives and routines. The study concludes with an exploration of children’s librarians’ perspectives on providing early literacy programs and resources for young children with disabilities and their families, while parents share their experiences in public libraries with their children with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to explore how early literacy is supported by communities in the lives of families whose children have disabilities. The conclusion was that children with disabilities are under-represented in early literacy discourse and practice, and that enduring ableist practices may result in the exclusion of children from early literacy opportunities in their communities.
By: Steve Ewen
January 18, 2018
Kevin Hanson, head coach of the UBC Thunderbirds men’s basketball team and UBC Kinesiology alumnus (BPE ’88), has signed on to be the coach of the Under-17 boys provincial team this summer, The Province reported.
The role will help unite Basketball BC and the various clubs and academies across the province.
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Story via UBC News.
The Mitacs Globalink Research Award provides $6,000 for senior undergraduate and graduate students in Canada to conduct 12–24-week research projects at universities overseas.
The following opportunities support travel and research from Canada to universities in:
| Submit your application in: | For travel starting as early as: |
| January | The following summer |
| May | The following fall |
| September | The following winter |
Full details on the opportunity is available here. If you have any questions, contact Mitacs International at international@mitacs.ca
From Reena to Beti: A Critical Race Composite Counterstory Considering Structural Racism and Limitations in Feminist Nonprofit Organizations
Supervisor: Dr. Lisa Loutzenheiser
Thursday, February 8, 2018 | 9:00 a.m. | Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Road, Room 200
