Dr. Wendy Carr – BCTF Honorary Life Membership Recipient
Dr. Wendy Carr receives BCTF Honorary Life Membership for active and retired members who have given outstanding service to education.
Reappointment of Dr. Sterett Mercer – Chris Spencer Foundation Professorship in Dyslexia
Please join the Faculty of Education in congratulating Dr. Sterett Mercer on his reappointment as the Chris Spencer Foundation Professor in Dyslexia, effective July 1, 2018.
Neville Scarfe Meeting Room Renovations
As of April 1, 2018, the Neville Scarfe meeting rooms 304A and 304C will be closed and undergo renovations to be re-purposed to better support our growing Office of the Senior Advisor International.
Dr. Dónal O’Donoghue to Receive 2018 International Edwin Ziegfeld Award
Dr. Dónal O’Donoghue (EDCP) will be receiving the 2018 International Edwin Ziegfeld Award from The United States Society for Education through Art.
Healthy Workplace Funding
Do you and your colleagues have a great idea for boosting the health and wellbeing of your team? Consider applying for the UBC Healthy Workplace Initiatives Program (HWIP). Deadline: April 18, 2018.
Congratulations: Dr. Jan Hare, Dr. Darren Warburton & Team Receive CIHR Development Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Jan Hare, Dr. Darren Warburton and their team on receiving a Development Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Indigenous Component of Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative.
Conference Board of Canada Report
The History Education Network (Dr. Penney Clark, Director) and the Historical Thinking Project (Dr. Peter Seixas, Director) were featured in a new report from the Conference Board of Canada, Making the Connection: Growing Collegiality and Collaboration Between K-12 and PSE Educators.
40th Annual UBC Physics Olympics
The 40th annual UBC Physics Olympics event was held at UBC’s Vancouver campus on Saturday, March 11, 2018, with a record number of teams and students attending from all over BC.
Congratulations to Dr. Ryan Deschambault and Dr. Reginald D’Silva
The Department of Language and Literacy Education is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Ryan Deschambault to a tenure-track position in Educational Leadership and the promotion of Dr. Reginald D’Silva to the position of Senior Lecturer with tenure.
2018 YWCA Women of Distinction Awards Nominees
The Faculty of Education is pleased to congratulate Education alumni Rosalind Poon (BSc 1999, BEd (Sec) 2000, Dip Ed 2006, MEd 2010), and Colleen Vaughan (BComm 1991, MEd 1998) on being nominated for the 2018 YWCA Women of Distinction Awards.