Book Launch: Indigenous Methodologies: Characteristics, Conversations and Contexts
Indigenous Methodologies (University of Toronto Press) is a groundbreaking text. Since its original publication in 2009, it has become the most trusted guide used in the study of Indigenous methodologies and has been adopted in university courses around the world. It provides a conceptual framework for implementing Indigenous methodologies and serves as a useful entry […]
Education about and for the Amazon rainforest and Indigenous rights
The Last Warning educational initiative is an extension of a long-term research collaboration between the Huni Kui Indigenous People’s Federation in the Amazon and researchers from the Department of Educational Studies, including Dr. Vanessa Andreotti, Dr. Cash Ahenakew and Dr. Sharon Stein.
Dr. Derek Gladwin appointed as Senior Editor for Environmental and Sustainability Education in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education
July 30, 2021 Dr. Derek Gladwin was recently appointed as Senior Editor for Environmental and Sustainability Education in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education, published with the Oxford University Press. Peer-reviewed and regularly updated, the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education is part of the larger online Oxford Research Encyclopedia, a dynamic digital encyclopedia continuously updated […]
Dr. Michelle Stack Receives Public Engagement Award
July 13, 2021 Dr. Michelle Stack, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education, was recently awarded a Public Engagement Award by UBC’s Public Humanities Hub. The Public Engagement Awards were created to honour individuals who have exhibited outstanding public humanities engagement in the past two years. Dr. Stack, who was selected for the award from […]
Dr. Ali Abdi Receives David N. Wilson Award for Distinguished Service
July 12, 2021 Please join us in congratulating Dr. Ali Abdi, Professor in the Faculty of Education, who is the 2021 recipient of the David N. Wilson Award for Distinguished Service. The award, which is bestowed by the Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESC), recognizes outstanding achievement and contribution in research, mentorship and […]
Dr. Jason Ellis Publishes “A Short History of K-12 Public School Spending in British Columbia, 1970-2020”
Has spending on public education really declined over the past fifty years? The answer may be surprising. Dr. Jason Ellis (EDST) recently published a study in the Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy entitled, “A Short History of K-12 Public School Spending in British Columbia, 1970-2020.” The article examines fifty years of data on public K-12 education spending and tracks how expenditure has changed over time.
Congratulations to our SSHRC and NSERC Grant Recipients
June 15, 2021 The Faculty of Education extends its congratulations to the faculty members who have won awards in recent external research grant competitions The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) supports postsecondary-based research, research training and knowledge mobilization activities in the social sciences and humanities. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of […]
Dr. Cynthia Nicol reappointed as the David F. Robitaille Professor of Mathematics and Science Education
June 15, 2021 Congratulations to Dr. Cynthia Nicol on her reappointment as the David F. Robitaille Professor of Mathematics and Science Education for a three-year term beginning September 1, 2021 Endowed in 2000, the David F. Robitaille Professorship in Mathematics and Science Education was established to support Faculty initiatives focusing on the application of technology […]
Dr. Sandra Scott receives an NSERC PromoScience program grant
Dr. Scott’s Intergenerational Landed Learning Project partners children with community gardeners, educators and scientists, to grow food and learn how environmental and agricultural sciences can improve the health of the planet and ourselves. NSERC’s PromoScience program grant will help fund the project to reach more schools and elementary children, more Indigenous youth, integrate Indigenous ways, knowledges, and traditions, and provide professional development, both face-to-face and virtually, for more educators, preparing them to bring an inclusive living science component to students in their schools.
Dr. William (Bill) Sheel appointed as a Distinguished University Scholar
April 30, 2021 Congratulations to Dr. William (Bill) Sheel on his appointment as a Distinguished University Scholar Dr. William (Bill) Sheel, Professor, School of Kinesiology, UBC Faculty of Education, has been appointed as a Distinguished University Scholar in UBC for his innovative research examining the intersections of age, sex and gender and the effects of […]
