Conference “spotlights” UBC Okanagan professors
Research and publications from the Faculty of Education were recognized nationally at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference (CSSE) on May 23rd, 2016. The annual CSSE conference gathers professors and students from across Canada to share in innovative, practice, praxis and research. This year the conference was held at the University of […]
Kids, kindness, and giant ears
UBC researches how schoolchildren learn the language of kindness The quality of being friendly and considerate with concern for others is the basis for a new study of Grades 1-8 to determine how Canadian kids perceive acts of kindness. John Tyler Binfet, a professor in The University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Education, is exploring […]
Faculty of Education professor to present B.A.R.K. at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Campus
Dr. John Tyler Binfet will present an overview of B.A.R.K.— the faculty’s dog therapy program. Dr. Binfet will share with the UBC Vancouver campus an overview of the B.A.R.K. Program. Standing for “Building Academic Retention Through K9’s”, B.A.R.K. is a dog therapy program that brings together UBC Okanagan students, trained therapy dogs and handlers, and […]