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Formed in 2005, we have a diverse and fascinating history of events and initiatives. Read on for details on some of the things we have done…
2008
Environmental Education Caucus is working in support of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) sustainability initiative during the National Conference on Education
May 31st – June 3rd 2008.
2007/2008: New 30-credit, pre-service elementary teacher education cohort in Social and Environmental Responsibility offered through UBC’s teacher education program. For more information contact charlene.morton@ubc.ca.
2007
How Do You Teach Environmental Sustainability?
Pragmatic Perspectives on Environmental Sustainability Panel
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Rethinking Education for Global Citizenship w/ Bill Pinar as Discussant
Friday, March 30, 2007
Public Lecture @ UBC
Re-storying Curriculum: Narrative Experiments & Playful Pedagogies
Free Curriculum Workshop with Australian Professor Noel Gough
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Educational Research and/as Popular Fiction: From CSI to Cyberspace and Beyond
Public Lecture at UBC with Australian Professor Noel Gough
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007: “Transgressing Genres: Research and Creative Scholarly Practices in Environmental Cultural Studies,” a public lecture with Rishma Dunlop, Professor of English and Education, York University and Poet-in-Residence at CCFI, UBC Faculty of Education.
Saturday, February 24th, 2007: “Multigenre Discursive Practices in Environmental Education Research,” an interactive writing workshop with Rishma Dunlop.
2006
Wednesday, January 18, 2006: Learning City presentation by Janet Moore & Rob Van Wynsberghe. The Learning City is an inter-institutional project of SFU, UBC, ECIAD, and BCIT that intends to reorient higher education toward sustainability by creating classrooms that engage with real world problems and events.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006: Dr. Diane Srivastava, of the Biodiversity Research Centre, Dr. Charles Menzies, of the faculty of Anthropology and Sociology, and Dr. Kurt Grimm, of the faculty of Earth and Ocean Sciences, will present on EE oriented programs currently underway in their respective faculties, and on ways in which Faculty of Education members might participate in such programs, or collaboratively develop new programs.
2005
Tuesday, September 27, 2005: “Research and Vision of Environmental Education” Faculty Panel (12-1pm) Speakers: Dr. Daniel Vokey & Dr. Michael Marker
Friday, November 18, 2005: Bi-monthly EE Caucus Meeting and presentation “Environmental Education in the Faculty of Education at UBC” Speakers: Dr. Herbert Rosengarten, Executive Director of the President’s Office; Dr. Rob Tierney, Dean of the Faculty of Education; & Dr. Rita Irwin, Associate Dean of Teacher Education
