Education students host health fair at Kelowna primary school
UBC Okanagan teacher candidates recently introduced healthy living activities at Quigley Elementary school Child health is a growing concern for parents of young kids. That’s why on Nov. 25 UBC Okanagan students addressed that concern—and they did it in a fun, interactive way. Elementary education teacher candidates created a health fair at Quigley Elementary school, […]
Philosopher in Education asks the question, “What does it mean to be a person in the role of teacher today?”
Columbia University’s David Hansen visits UBC’s Faculty of Education, Okanagan Campus When you can learn anything by looking it up online, what does it mean to be a person in the role of teacher today? For Dr. David Hansen, that’s the question that informed his “Person in the World” project. David Hansen is the Wineberg […]
Renowned educator talks about teaching in a globalized world
Columbia University’s David Hansen is Faculty of Education guest speaker.
Internationally renowned philosopher of education to speak at UBC
Summer Institute in Education Speaker Series features Nel Noddings.
UBC Convocation celebrates success of lessons learned
More than 1,600 degrees conferred in 10th Okanagan graduation After five Convocation ceremonies stretched over two days, degrees were conferred on more than 1,600 students from UBC’s Okanagan campus, now launching into the next chapter of their lives. Among them is Caitlyn Makins, recipient of the Governor General’s Gold Medal Award for top graduate student. She […]
UBC celebrates passionate teachers who make a difference
Students help select winners of annual teaching excellence awards.
UBC’s TEDx offers up a super slate of inspirational presenters
Speakers include an Olympic medallist and the professor who speaks Kryptonian
UBC Okanagan animal therapy program launches BARK2GO
Building Academic Retention through K9s expands across campus.
UBC prof. heads back to school to study workplace well-being
New funding helps research on organizational well-being in school settings.
UBC Okanagan faculties adopt mindfulness to improve learning
Stress Management and Resiliency Techniques become part of curriculum As the New Year approaches, many people take time to make resolutions. At UBC Okanagan, mindfulness has not only become a resolution, but a fast-growing movement to improve education—in and outside the classroom. Promoting Stress Management and Resiliency Techniques (known as SMART), smartUBC is a program […]