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Deadline for nomination in all B.Ed. options: May 30, 2020.
BEd teacher candidates are eligible for a number of scholarships and awards. These scholarships and awards recognize outstanding performance in coursework, practicum, and the BEd program overall. On the evening prior to graduation in November, award and scholarship winners are recognized at the Bachelor of Education Awards Ceremony.
Course instructors and faculty advisors may nominate teacher candidates, and TCs may nominate themselves for an award or scholarship by submitting completed nomination forms.
General Awards information: teach.educ.ubc.ca/students/awards
By Kate Castelo

Active Kids launches new virtual intro to gymnastics classes for 4 to 6-year olds on April 29th. Click here to join the live stream.
We are currently planning future sessions and would like your feedback.
Please complete this short survey so we can offer classes based on your preferred activities and schedules.
These online gymnastics classes are being presented in partnership with UBC Camps as part of their Play and Learn Live initiative!
Contact Dylan Brown for more details.
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Congratulations to Dr. Peter Arthur for receiving a UBCO 2020 Golden Apple Award!
The Golden Apple Awards are a student-led initiative to acknowledge teachers that are supporting wellbeing in the academic environment.
The Award recognizes Dr. Arthur’s dedication to fostering instructor-student relationships.
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The Conversation
By: Dr. Derek Gladwin
April 20, 2020
Celebrating Earth Day 2020 with Dr. Derek Gladwin’s latest article: “We could power a new green movement by talking about energy change”, via The Conversation.
Link to full text.
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Congratulations to Dr. Rob Bedi, ECPS, recipient of the UBC and University of Washington Collaborative Research Mobility Award (CRMA), which supports activities that establish or enrich research partnerships between faculty at the two institutions.
By domansky
April 16, 2020

Short messages to the LLED and Faculty of Education community from our faculty members!
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Deadline
Please submit complete applications by email to Education Research by 4:00 PM, Monday 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.
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)
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Deadline
Submit complete applications by email to Education Research by 4:00 PM, Monday 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.
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
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On March 19 UBC President Dr. Santa Ono and VP Research & Innovation Dr. Gail Murphy released a statement on the curtailment of on-site research at UBC and of fieldwork involving human subjects (see message and FAQ: https://research.ubc.ca/covid-19-curtailing-research-activities-ubc-campuses).
While the Faculty’s Office of Research in Education (ORE) is proceeding with most of our internal research funding competitions, the nature of the activities that the International Research Visiting Fellowships typically support (visits, lectures, lab work, etc.) compels us, regrettably, to postpone the competition, likely into the fall.
Details about a new deadline will be announced in the coming weeks.
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