The School of Kinesiology in the UBC Faculty of Education, together with the UBCO School of Health and Exercise Sciences, is ranked 1st in North America and 3rd globally, according to the 2022 QS World University Rankings by Subject
These stellar rankings reflect the dedication and support of the Faculty’s leading researchers, faculty, students, staff, donors and more, as well as our commitment to inclusion and innovation.
QS World University Rankings develops and successfully implements comparative data collection and analysis methods used to highlight institutions’ strengths. To learn more about QS World University Rankings, visit their 2022 rankings by subject web page. To learn how QS World University Rankings compiles rankings, visit their methodology web page.
The UBC Faculty of Education is ranked 7th in North America and 14th globally according to the 2022 QS World University Rankings by Subject
These stellar rankings reflect the dedication and support of the Faculty’s leading researchers, faculty, students, staff, donors and more, as well as our commitment to inclusion and innovation.
QS World University Rankings develops and successfully implements comparative data collection and analysis methods used to highlight institutions’ strengths. To learn more about education and training QS World University Rankings, visit their 2022 rankings by subject web page. To learn how QS World University Rankings compiles rankings, visit their methodology web page.
Dr. Vadeboncoeur’s work focuses on imagining and moral imagining in both imaginative play and student-teacher relationships in alternative programs, including how relationships enable children and youth to imagine and work toward more equitable social futures. Her work builds from critical ethnographic research in Canada, Australia and the United States with young people and teachers in alternative programs examining the ways in which they can both become safe spaces and perpetuate inequity. Dr. Vadeboncoeur has edited three books and authored one, most recently Vygotsky and the promise of public education (New York: Peter Lang). Learn more about Dr. Vadeboncoeur’s work.
UBC Faculty of Education launches Professorship in Counselling for Refugee and Immigrant Youth and Families
Edith Lando Professor in Counselling for Refugee and Immigrant Youth and Families
“At least 82.4 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes. Among them are nearly 26.4 million refugees, around half of whom are under the age of 18.” – Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
There is limited research focusing on refugee children from war-torn countries and their transition to Canadian schools. Similarly, there is limited research on the impact migration and refugeehood have on children and their families, and on the role that counselling might play in overcoming their psychological isolation and trauma.
The Edith Lando Professor in Counselling for Refugee and Immigrant Youth and Families—the first of its kind in the UBC Faculty of Education—will provide leadership in research to understand and respond to the current needs of immigrant and refugee children, youth and their families settling in Canada, and to further knowledge on the delivery of education and counselling services for these groups of people in British Columbia schools and beyond. Learn more.
“It is timely and significant that this position is dedicated to leadership addressing the current needs of immigrant and refugee children and youth and their families settling in Canada to extend the knowledge based on the delivery of education and counselling services. I think that now more than ever, with the current geopolitical crises unfolding, this role will make a difference to so many. The Faculty of Education is pleased and honoured to be able to support this work in the name of refugee and immigrant children and families with this generous donation.” – Dr. Jan Hare, Dean pro tem
Appointment
Dr. Kenneth Miller is appointed the Edith Lando Professor in Counselling for Refugee and Immigrant Youth and Families. The appointment will commence on June 1, 2022 for a five-year term.
Throughout his career, Dr. Miller has taken a unique approach to academia, centering his research, teaching, and service as opportunities to effect change through working with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in war-affected countries.
Dr. Miller is currently a Senior Researcher at War Child Holland, a Netherlands-based, international non-profit organization that works to improve the resilience and wellbeing of children living with violence and armed conflict. He joined War Child in 2015 to help establish the organization’s Research and Development Department, where he develops and evaluates psychosocial interventions for conflict-affected communities. Previously, Dr. Miller was an Associate Professor of Psychology at Lesley University (2012–14), Pomona College (2005–08), and San Francisco State University (2004–05) where he was initially an Assistant Professor (1999–2004). He has published extensively on the mental health effects of armed conflict and displacement, and co-edited the book The Mental Health of Refugees. His book War Torn explores resilience and its limits in six war-affected communities. He also writes a popular blog on PsychologyToday.com named The Refugee Experience.
The Faculty of Education offers sincere thanks to the Edith Lando Charitable Foundation.
Send your completed nomination package to Shelly Liu at info.educ@ubc.ca.
Registration
Award Winners and Nominees
Congratulations to last year’s award winners and nominees.
2020-21 Award winners
Emerging Leader: Kai Kaufman, Research Coordinator, Kinesiology
Outstanding Service: Jesse Liang, Administrative Manager, ECPS
2020-21 Nominees
Kristin Schuppener, Administrative and Operations Manager, OSE
Natalie Simkin, Program Administrative Support, NITEP
Vicki Domansky, Senior Program Assistant, PDCE
Thank you for joining us at the AERA 2022 Conference!
We hope you enjoyed the event!
Dr. Jan Hare, Dean pro tem, is pleased to host the annual UBC Faculty of Education Reception for faculty, graduate students, alum and friends at the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) 2022 Conference. If you are interested in attending, please fill out the form below. We look forward to seeing you there!
When
Friday, April 22, 2022 | 5:30 – 7:00 pm PDT
Where
San Diego Convention Center, 111 W. Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101
Room: West Terrace
Questions? Please contact Michael Murphy, Manager, Alumni Engagement at education.alumni@ubc.ca.
Congratulations to Dr. Robinder Bedi and Dr. Jason Ellis, who are among the ten UBC recipients of 2021-22 Killam Research Fellowships. The Killam Research Fellowships celebrate scholarly achievements and research excellence of faculty from across UBC.
Dr. Bedi, an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education, runs a Counselling/Psychotherapy Research, Teaching, and Service Lab that provides support and mentorship for students, faculty and professionals seeking to gain experience and expand their competence in scholarly, didactic or professional service endeavors. Dr. Bedi’s research focuses on multicultural counselling and psychotherapy, particularly with individuals of Punjabi Sikh descent, as well as ways to envision counselling as a Western cultural healing practice. Learn more about Dr. Bedi’s work.
Dr. Ellis, Associate Professor and historian in the Faculty of Education, explores how the educational past shapes the educational present. He is the author of the award-winning book, A Class by Themselves: The Origins of Special Education in Toronto and Beyond (University of Toronto Press, 2019), and editor of the journal Historical Studies in Education/Revue d’histoire de l’education. Dr. Ellis seeks to use the province’s educational past to explain, from a unique perspective, critical challenges in education in British Columbia today. Learn more about Dr. Ellis’ work.
The Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters are designed to support emerging and established networks of researchers, spanning multiple disciplines at UBC. These networks form and nurture interdisciplinary teams that foster partnerships and collaborations, develop new research questions, address key societal and cultural problems and work together to solve challenges that transcend traditional boundaries.
Beyond Window-Dressing Reconciliation in Health: Settler-Clinician Responsibilities will be led by Dr. Ahenakew, and he will be joined by Dr. Stein, Dr. Andreotti and thirteen other cluster members from UBC, Simon Fraser University and the University of Calgary to explore the topic. The work of this research cluster will lead to the creation of educational resources that support settler-clinicians to confront colonialism in healthcare by moving beyond tokenistic and symbolic approaches to reconciliation, and toward deeper forms of accountability, in order to ultimately support the improved health and well-being of Indigenous peoples. The team was awarded a $100,000 grant for this interdisciplinary research collaboration.
Dr. Ahenakew has spent his career searching for ways to understand how local knowledges and practices can inform the resurgence of Indigenous wisdom, knowledge, education, well-being and healing practices. As Canada Research Chair in Indigenous People’s Well-Being, Dr. Ahenakew is focused on decolonizing health-related research, practices and education, and revitalizing Indigenous health practices.
When: Monday, April 4, 2022 | 10:00 – 11:00 am
Where: Zoom
Reappointment of the Quartermain Professor of Gender & Sexuality in Education: Public Presentation
As part of the reappointment process of the Robert Quartermain Professorship of Gender & Sexuality in Education, Dr. Harper Keenan will deliver a public presentation via Zoom in which he will discuss his achievements, and accomplishments as holder of this professorship since 2019. Dr. Keenan will also outline his vision for the work associated with this professorship and how it will continue to further Sexual Orientation Gender Identity (SOGI) Inclusive Education in the Faculty, UBC and beyond in the next three years. The formal presentation will be followed by an opportunity for questions from the attendees. A video recording of the presentation will be made available for a brief period should you be unable to attend.
We encourage the Faculty of Education community, including all faculty, students, and staff, to attend the presentation and provide feedback to the Reappointment Committee before 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 8, 2022. Your feedback is important for the reappointment process. The feedback form will be circulated to attendees in advance of the presentation.
We hope to see you at the presentation.
A short biography of Dr. Keenan and his work is included below:
Dr. Harper B. Keenan was appointed as the inaugural Robert Quartermain Professor of Gender & Sexuality in Education at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Education in 2019. In this role, he leads SOGI-Inclusive Education in the Faculty, which aims to support self-determination in gender and sexuality within PK-12 schools. Spanning multiple disciplines, his scholarship analyzes what schooling, curriculum, and pedagogy teach children about how society is organized. Dr. Keenan’s work investigates the management – or scripting – of children and childhood, and ways that educators and their students might work together to interrupt that process and imagine something different. His current research projects study conditions that enable or foreclose gender self-determination for students and workers in PK-12 schools. Dr. Keenan’s work has been accepted for publication in peer-reviewed academic journals like Educational Researcher, Harvard Educational Review, Gender and Education, Teachers College Record, and Curriculum Inquiry, and has been featured or published in popular press outlets like Reuters, Slate, Teen Vogue, and NBC National News.
