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Dr. Peter Arthur has received the 2023 Killam Teaching Prize.

UBC offers yearly awards from the Killam Endowment Fund to faculty and teaching assistants who demonstrate excellence in teaching. The Killam Teaching Prize is awarded annually to faculty nominated by students, colleagues and alumni in recognition of excellence in teaching.

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Dr. Wendy Klassen, Director of Undergraduate Programs, has received an Association of British Columbia Deans of Education (ABCDE) Teacher Educator Award. The award is presented to someone at the school or university level who has distinguished themselves in partnering with a teacher education program in B.C.

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Dr. Sabre Cherkowski has been awarded a Tier 1 Principal’s Research Chair in Leadership, Learning, and Wellbeing.

In her role as Chair, Dr. Cherkowski will focus on research that examines wellbeing from an organisational perspective, paying attention to leadership and professional learning from the perspective of work cultures, organisational systems, as well as team and individual processes for promoting and sustaining flourishing in schools.

Committee Membership

  • Wendy Klassen, Chair
  • Scott Douglas
  • Rob Johnson
  • Desiree Marshall-Peer
  • Andrew Calhoun
  • Bill Cohen
  • Catherine Broom
  • Giselle Sanderson, Recorder
  • John Tyler Binfet, Chair
  • Sabre Cherkowski
  • Robert Campbell
  • Lynn Bosetti
  • Bill Cohen
  • Lindsay Cox, Recorder
  • Scott Douglas, Chair
  • Peter Arthur
  • Rob Johnson
  • Stephen Berg
  • Lindsay Cox, Recorder

Behavioural Research Ethics Board, Departmental Reviewer

Scott Douglas

Conflict of Interest Reviewer

Scott Douglas

Faculty Curriculum Chair

Scott Douglas

Faculty Merit and Study Leave Committee

Margaret Macintyre Latta, Chair
Peter Arthur
Lynn Bosetti
Christopher Martin
Karen Switzer

Academic Planning Committee

Margaret Macintyre Latta

At Risk Behaviour Policy Committee

Robert Campbell

Awards Committee – Distinguished Visitor Fund

Chris Martin

Behavioural Ethics Research Board (ORS)

John Tyler Binfet (applied)

Behavioural Research Ethics Board

Wendy Klassen, Co-Chair

College of Graduate Studies Scholarship and Awards Committee

Robert Campbell

Council of Senates

Peter Arthur

Council of Senates Budget Committee

Peter Arthur, Vice-Chair

Council of Senates Executive Committee

Peter Arthur

DVC’s Advisory Committee on Positive Space

John Tyler Binfet

Graduate Program Council

Sabre Cherkowski
John Tyler Binfet

Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies Committee

Sabre Cherkowski

ORS Standing Review Committee

Margaret Macintyre Latta

Positive Space Committee

John-Tyler Binfet
Jordy Decker

Research Advisory Committee

Sabre Cherkowski

Senate Academic Buildings and Resources Committee (Okanagan Campus)

Peter Arthur, Vice-Chair

Senate Agenda Committee

Peter Arthur, Chair

Senate Curriculum Committee

Peter Arthur, Chair
Scott Douglas

Senate Nominating Committee

Peter Arthur, Vice-Chair

Senate Policy Sub-Committee

Peter Arthur

Standing and Discipline, Okanagan Senate Sub-Committee

Robert Campbell, Chair

Student Academic Success Committee

Peter Arthur

UBC Okanagan Gathering Space/Outdoor Classroom Committee

Robert Campbell

UBC Okanagan Senate

Robert Campbell

UBC Okanagan Senate, Joint Faculty Representative

Peter Arthur

UBC Student Evaluation of Teaching Working Group

Peter Arthur, Co-Chair

SD23 Joint New Teacher Network Steering Committee

Wendy Klassen

BCCampus Advisory Committee

Peter Arthur