Extension of Dr. Jan Hare’s appointment as Dean, pro tem for UBC Faculty of Education

November 29, 2022

We are pleased to announce the second extension of the appointment of Dr. Jan Hare, Dean, pro tem of the UBC Faculty of Education.

Dr. Hare, an Anishinaabe Anishinaabe scholar and educator from the M’Chigeeng First Nation, is the first Indigenous person and the second woman to serve as Dean of the UBC Faculty of Education. She has served as Dean pro tem for the Faculty since July 1, 2021. This second extension of her appointment is for the period July 1, 2023, until the earlier of June 30, 2024, or the appointment of the new Dean.

Dr. Hare is a professor in the Department of Language and Literary Education and holds a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Indigenous Pedagogy. She previously served as the Associate Dean, Indigenous Education and the director of the Indigenous Teacher Education Program (NITEP). Her work during those years in these capacities advanced local, provincial and national directives in Indigenous education, resulting in new programs and pathways for Indigenous learners, as well as transforming teaching, learning and research to be more responsive to Indigenous knowledges.

Dr. Hare is engaged in shaping UBC priorities, including serving on the Indigenous Strategic Plan Implementation Committee, the Indigenous Engagement Working Group on the Climate Emergency Task Force and the Joint Committee for Assessing Indigenous Scholarship. As Dean pro tem, Dr. Hare has led the Faculty-wide response to the report of the Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence (ARIE) Task Force and the Faculty of Education’s internal Report of the Task Force on Race, Indigeneity and Social Justice. She has launched an ambitious program of re-engagement with partner organizations, donors, alumni and learning communities in British Columbia and beyond.

On the national stage, Dr. Hare is co-leading the revision of the Association of Canadian Deans of Education’s Accord on Indigenous Education. A priority for the remainder of Dr. Hare’s term is the revitalization of and support for research across the Faculty of Education, including in the Okanagan School of Education.

The search for the next dean of the Faculty of Education will commence in the spring of 2023 and more information on that search will be announced in the new year.

We are grateful to Dr. Hare for her steady hand in this leadership role and look forward to continue working with her and the Faculty of Education leadership team.

Gage Averill
Provost and Vice-President, Academic, pro tem, UBC Vancouver

Rehan Sadiq
Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Okanagan

November 10, 2022

Dr. Rosalin Miles will be honoured with the Volunteer Leadership Award at the alumni UBC Achievement Awards gala dinner and silent auction on Monday, November 14, 2022.

The Volunteer Leadership Award honours an alum who has contributed significantly as a volunteer to the community over a sustained period. Through their leadership, they have enriched the lives of others with their generous gifts of time, talent, or treasure.

She has a combined 38 years of experience working in sports, fitness, education, and health as a coach, registered kinesiologist, Active Release Therapist, college and university instructor, researcher, Reiki practitioner, and nationally-awarded Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. She is also a national-level athlete.

Dr. Miles is the founder and volunteer executive director of the Indigenous Physical Activity and Cultural Circle (IPACC) through which she has led eight National Indigenous Physical Activity and Wellness Conferences across Canada as well as nine Active Spirit Walk and Runs with the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and international virtual community.

In 2019, she was nominated by Elder and past-Chief Gail Sparrow for the Vancouver Quadra’s Hidden Hero Award for her dedication and leadership with the national non-profit IPACC and was recognized with the award presented by the House of Commons.

Dr. Miles established four National Strength and Conditioning (NSCA) conferences at UBC. She was the volunteer provincial director of the NSCA of BC and volunteered as a UBC strength coach for the women’s soccer team for four years. She went on to work in two USA NCAA Athletics programs as strength and conditioning coach. Upon returning to Canada, she worked at the UBC First Nations House of Learning and was a sessional instructor at the UBC School of Kinesiology.

She continued her career as an external evaluator of Indigenous organizations for Health Canada before working with Lytton First Nation as a Band administrator. She continues to volunteer as a member of the College of Peer Reviewer of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Recently, she served on the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (ISPAH) and was the Chair for the ISPAH Pre-Congress Special Event dedicated to Indigenous Health and Wellness.

As a practitioner of bridging academia and Indigenous ways of knowing, Dr. Miles believes that education remains ongoing and that giving back to community is the best way to share what is possible.

A version of this story originally appeared on the alumni UBC website