On Oct 8th from 1 – 2 PM we will be hosting a keynote presentation by Alexandra Samuel, VP of Social Media at Vision Critical, titled “Create Your Career Opportunities in Graduate School”. This will be part of a 3-hour graduate student workshop (details to be posted soon, registration for students to open Monday, September […]
Andrea Woody, Department of Philosophy, University of Washington “Chemistry’s Periodic Law: Rethinking Explanation and Representation through the Turn to Practice” Thursday, September 12, 5:00-6:30, Buchanan Tower 1197 Abstract: In this talk, I reflect on the significance of “the turn to practice” for contemporary philosophy of science. After briefly characterizing the practice turn and its inherent […]
What is the Peer Mentor Program? The EDCP Peer Mentor Program is designed to ease your transition to graduate school and the UBC community. The Peer Mentor Program will match a new graduate student with an upper-year graduate student in the EDCP department. Your mentor is someone who can help you with questions about academic […]
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You’re invited to the first gathering of the Interdisciplinary Community of Practice! Date: Wednesday, October 2nd Time: 2:30-4:30pm Place: Fraser River Room in the Centre for Teaching and Technology at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Registration: http://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/view/2865 Description Please come join our first Interdisciplinary Community of Practice (ICoP) meeting for the new academic year to meet new and old community […]
There are lots of ways for students to get involved in sustainability at UBC. There are two ways you can get involved immediately: 1. Volunteer with Sort It Out: UBC Campus Sustainability is looking for volunteers to help the campus transition to the new recycling stations. Volunteers will be at the recycling stations during peak morning and noon times, highlighting […]
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Date: Friday, Sept 13th 2013 Venue: Scarfe Room 310 Time: 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Title: Ethical Engagements with Alterity Speaker: Dr. William Pinar, Professor and CRC Chair in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy After briefly discussing the lecture series title, Pinar will discuss his study […]
All continuing faculty with a clinical, tenure or grant tenure appointment at the UBC Vancouver Campus are eligible. The mid-career award recognizes faculty members with less than 12 years of university service and the senior award recognizes those with 12 or more years of university service. Nomination Deadline Departments may submit up to two nominations, […]
This award honours full-time and sessional faculty, staff and other persons associated with the Faculty of Education who have made an outstanding contribution to the Teacher Education Program at UBC. The recipient will receive a plaque along with a Pendleton blanket. In addition, the recipient’s name will be displayed in the Faculty alongside other recipients […]
Help needed. I have a number of children at kindergarten who have a developing interest in mail, post, and the wider world. Can I get people to post us a postcard from your place in the world. We will endeavour to reply with a kiwi postcard to as many as we can. Springlands Kindergarten 24 […]
Seminars will be held Thursdays from 2-3:30pm, most often in Room 154 in MacMillan (unless otherwise stated). For clickable links (under speaker info) please visit the schedule on the website. This email is also a reminder that we will start off the term with a small gathering, this coming Thursday, Sept 5th, at 2pm in […]
International Sociological Association XVIII World Congress of Sociology. Yokohama, 2014 13-18 July (Japan) Dear RC25 members and colleagues, This a reminder of the call for abstracts by the RC25 Language and Society for the upcoming ISA XVIII World Congress of Sociology to be held in Yokohama. Link for abstracts submission: https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2014/cfp.cgi. To submit an abstract […]