Graduate Student Spotlight: Q&A with Andrew Pulvermacher
Congratulations to Andrew Pulvermacher for receiving a Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council – Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s Program grant!
Speaker Series: Dr. Jerome Cranston
Dr. Jerome Cranston, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Regina will be presenting his recent book, Beyond the Classroom Walls: Teaching in Challenging Social Contexts.
Graduate Student Spotlight: Q&A with Jennifer Kelly
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Kelly who graduated with her PhD in June 2019.
Graduate Student Spotlight: Award Recipient & Recent Graduate Donna Kozak
Our 2019 Doctoral Studies Outstanding Dissertation Award recipient is Donna Kozak with her dissertation on Parents with teachers re-authoring the home-school interface: a critical participatory action research study. A familiar face around UBCO, Donna Kozak (or Dr. Donna Kozak we can officially say!) has been an adjunct professor co-teaching a literacy course for our Bachelor […]
Graduate Student Q&A: Award Recipient Spotlight on Leslie Shayer
Our 2019 Outstanding Master-Level Graduate Student Award recipient is Master of Arts student, Leslie Shayer. An award that’s not often bestowed, Leslie has gone above and beyond since joining us at the Okanagan School of Education (OSE). She is a Grad Student Representative, the Secretary for the Stress, Coping, and Resilience Special Interest Group in […]
What does it means to flourish? A Q & A with Sabre Cherkowski on her recent book
UBC Okanagan Education associate professor Sabre Cherkwoski recently wrapped up a three-year study that culminated in her latest book: “Perspectives on Flourishing in Schools” (edited with Keith Walker, University of Saskatchewan). The third book to emerge from this study was a slight departure from Dr. Cherkowski’s earlier work. This time, contributions came from the educators […]
Exceptional FoE Faculty Members Recipients of Teaching Excellence Awards
Earlier this month, professors, teaching assistants and tutors who went above and beyond in 2017-18 were honoured at the 11th annual Teaching Awards Reception on UBC’s Okanagan campus. One of the big awards for the night— the Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation— was presented to the Faculty of Education’s Leyton Schnellert. Dr. Schnellert was […]
UBC Okanagan becomes home for Father and Son researchers
Faculty of Education welcomes Iranian academic to UBC’s Okanagan campus The apple does not fall far from the tree in the Okanagan valley this year. Hamid Javdani says it is “a fortunate coincidence” that he has joined his son Assistant Professor Mohsen Javdani at UBC’s Okanagan campus as a visiting scholar in the Faculty of […]