By domansky
The Conversation
By: Dr. Bonny Norton
January 19, 2020
Global Storybooks: From Arabic to Zulu, freely available digital tales in 50+ languages
Globally, 750 million youth and adults do not know how to read and write and 250 million children are failing to acquire basic literacy skills. Literacy is central to education and plays an important role in development and peace.
In response to this global educational challenge, our team based at the University of British Columbia developed the open multilingual literacy portal Global Storybooks.
This portal hosts custom sites with multilingual open-licensed books for over 40 countries and regions on five continents. Our vision is to help democratize global flows of information and resources, to facilitate language learning — including Indigenous languages — and to promote literacy.
Read the full article here.
By dylbro
Dec 31, 2019
UBC Active Kids is pleased to announce our 2018/2019 Year In Review! It contains more information about who we are, and highlights some of our favorite success stories and initiatives of the last full academic year. We invite you to visit our website to view the full year in review: kin.ubc.ca/activekids
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By domansky
January 7, 2020
Applications are now open for UBC undergraduate and graduate students to join the Fall 2020 cohort of the Sustainability Ambassadors Program.
Bring your ideas for human and environmental wellbeing to life, develop your leadership skills and inspire the UBC community to create positive and meaningful change, while building your network and connections with other student leaders through the Sustainability Ambassadors Program.
Working as part of a team with the Manager, Sustainability Student Engagement, Sustainability Ambassadors deliver sustainability programming to students on UBC’s Vancouver campus, and network with student groups to promote sustainability education. Apply by February 10 at sustain.ubc.ca/ambassadors.
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By domansky
January 7, 2020
Are you a UBC graduate student interested in . . .
- – Solving real-world sustainability questions and challenges?
- – Getting paid while gaining valuable professional work experience?
- – Developing applied sustainability skills and knowledge under the guidance of a mentor?
- – Building a professional network of sustainability practitioners?
Apply to be a UBC Sustainability Scholar this summer and contribute to advancing the environmental, social, and economic sustainability goals of organizations across the region.
For information on available projects, visit our website at sustain.ubc.ca/scholars. Applications close February 2!
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By domansky
Submission deadline: January 15, 2020
Have you read the Faculty of Education’s new strategic plan, Learning Transformed? The plan represents the Faculty’s commitment to educate and serve the next generation of educators and researchers and will guide the Faculty’s priorities, activities, and commitments for the next five years.
To ensure that our shared vision is achieved, the Faculty has designated a pool of funds for new projects that will advance the vision presented in the strategic plan. All faculty and staff, either as individuals or in groups, are encouraged to submit proposals for projects that advance the goals and associated objectives of Learning Transformed.
More details and a project proposal template available here: https://educ.ubc.ca/learningtransformed/
Deadline to submit: January 15, 2020!
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By domansky
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ORE Deadline for faculty-level signature on requisite UBC Research Project Information Form (RPIF): email signed RPIF to Robert Olaj by 12 Noon Tuesday January 28 with a copy of the application. The RPIF will be returned to applicants by day’s end.
ORS Deadline for RPIF and these sections of the application: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 8:30 am
- Page 1-2 from MSFHR Full application including organization affiliation upto Requested Award Duration
- Project title and lay summary from MSFHR Full Application
- Supervisor and Co-Supervisor page from MSFHR Full Application
Deadline to submit your electronic application on ApplyNet: Friday, January 31, 2020 by 4:30pm
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UBC researchers interested in leading a NFRF Transformation application are encouraged to contact the SPARC office (via email to christy.mctait@ubc.ca) as soon as possible so we can appropriately communicate our support plan and disseminate resources.
SPARC will provide the following support to Transformation applicants:
- SPARC hosted viewing of NFRF webinar on January 21st, 2020 (slides and audio shared post event). Register here
- Information session focusing on high reward and feasibility criteria in early February
- Test Your Concept (TYC) sessions in mid to late February
- Peer-to-peer editing sessions for the EDI module
- Full review of LOIs
- Full application review for those invited to submit a complete application
Key NFRF Transformation webpages to familiarize yourself with in order to successfully submit a Notice of Intent to Apply are listed below:
UBC submission procedures and deadlines for the NFRF Transformation competition can be found on the relevant ORS office webpage: Vancouver | Okanagan.
SPARC Contact: Christy McTait
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There is a three-stage application process:
Notice of Intent (NOI: Online Convergence Portal deadline, February 14 8:30 AM; Agency deadline February 18, 2020)
Letter of Intent (LOI: Agency deadline April 15, 2020)
Full application (by invitation only, agency deadline November 18, 2020).
NOI Deadlines
- Applicant’s e-submission Deadline: Your electronic application should be submitted via the Convergence Portal no later than Friday, February 14, 2020 at 8:30 am
- Sponsor Deadline: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 4:30 pm
- Note: Internal signatures are waived at NOI Stage. ORS will do a cursory check on NPI eligibility prior submission.
The objective of the Transformation stream is to support large-scale, Canadian led interdisciplinary research projects that address a major challenge with the potential to realize real and lasting change. The challenge may be fundamental, leading to a scientific breakthrough, or applied, with a social, economic, environmental or health impact. Projects are expected to be world-leading, drawing on global research expertise, when relevant.
Transformation stream grants will support projects that:
- tackle a well-defined problem or challenge;
- propose a novel world-leading approach that is different from the current state-of-the-art approaches to the issue;
- are interdisciplinary, bringing different perspectives to the defined problem; and
- have the potential to be transformative, defined as the potential to create a significant and real change or impact—a noticeable leap or tangible breakthrough rather than an incremental advance.
The definition of transformative is linked to the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s proposed definition of convergence research (PDF, 726 KB), where “convergence research is increasingly seen as the way to solve pressing challenges.” It is aligned with the National Science Foundation’s definition of convergence research, focusing on research driven by a specific and compelling problem and deep integration across disciplines. It also has strong parallels to Horizon Europe in its reference to mission-oriented research and innovation with bold and concrete objectives to respond to societal challenges.
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By tara rogic
January 2nd, 2020
The Educational Technology Support Unit is growing in preparation to help you better! On January 2nd, 2020, ETS welcomed the newest addition to the team, Tara Rogic, as the new Educational Technology Support Coordinator.
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