Angela Finley recipient of Faculty of Education’s Vicki Green Graduate Award
Interdisciplinary student connected to nature and sustainable practices.
Faculty of Education professor receives grant from the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Dr. Susan Crichton, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, in collaboration with colleagues in East Africa, was awarded a grant from the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, for her research in using technology to foster innovations in literacy. Crichton is the Director of the […]
From the London’s financial district to UBC’s Faculty of Education
Former banker Walid Muslih decided ‘I want to be in the classroom’ It wasn’t long ago that Walid Muslih toiled in the high-rises of London and New York, a successful banker analyzing debt capital markets. Working in the towers of big-city financial districts—suit and tie’d—his “exciting, always changing” career rode epic waves such as the […]
Whole School Improvement in a Challenging Context
Visiting PhD Candidate Brown Onguko presents A Whole School Improvement in a Challenging Context Brown’s presentation focused on implementation of three projects in his doctoral research school. Situated in a rural part of western Kenya, Brown’s research presented a challenging educational context. The three projects were: implementation of a STEM curriculum project between Lumbwa Primary […]
The Iranian Gifted Schools
Graduate Students (MA in Education) Sareh Karami and Mehdi Ghahremani presented The Iranian Gifted Schools at a glance Their presentation focused on the current Iranian education system. Mehdi began the presentation with a history of education in Iran. Sareh continued the presentation by explaining the Iranian organization for gifted students called The National Organization for Development of […]
Trials and tribulations of writing, peer review and revisions
Dr. Karen Ragoonaden presented Trial and tribulations of writing, peer review and revisions This interactive presentation focused on issues surrounding content and process of writing academic articles. Likening her journey to climbing Mount Everest, Dr. Ragoonaden encouraged graduate students and new faculty to become involved with the publishing process as quickly as possible. After Dr. […]
Stirring Minds: From STEM to SoTL
From STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) to SoTL (the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning): A Difficult Journey On February 23, 2012, Engineer Susan Nesbit and Scientist Niamh Kelly discussed their transition from STEM practitioners to SoTL scholars. The story of their journey inspired their audience of scholars and graduate students to begin a dialogue. […]
DIY Academic Journal Publishing
Dr. Lawrence D. Berg presented Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Academic Journal Publishing in the Age of the Knowledge Enclosure. This presentation outlined opportunities for creating new scholarly publication venues in the age of academic capitalism and the knowledge enclosure. Dr. Berg began his discussion about the wider cultural and political economic context within which one needs to […]
Congratulations to Starleigh Grass
Alumna and current master’s student Starleigh Grass receives the 2011 BC Aboriginal Student Award A self-described “teacher, blogger, and mother” from the Tsilhqot’in Nation received the 2011 BC Aboriginal Student Award from The Irving K. Barber British Columbia Scholarship Society, in partnership with the Victoria Foundation. The recipient, Starleigh Grass, is currently on leave from […]
4th Annual Interprofessional Workshop
On November 9th, UNC 200 will become a ‘village’ of over 140 students, faculty and community practitioners involved in nursing, social work and education. The purpose of the workshop is to model interprofessional practice through case studies and panel discussions that focus on issues of child welfare. As Dr. Judy Gillespie commented last year in […]