Month: October 2013

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Funding and Awards

Upcoming External Award Competitions

Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation are offered by The Simons Foundation and The International Security Research and Outreach Programme (ISROP) of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD). The primary objective of the Graduate Research Awards is to enhance Canadian graduate level scholarship on disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation issues.

Deadline: Tuesday, October 15, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/graduate-research-awards-disarmament-arms-control-non-proliferation

 

 

Northern Scientific Training Program

The Northern Scientific Training Program supports student research in the North by supplying supplementary funds to offset the additional costs of Northern research.

Deadline: Friday, November 15, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/northern-scientific-training-program

 

 

IODE War Memorial Scholarship

The National Chapter of Canada IODE initiated War Memorial Doctoral Scholarships in 1918 to commemorate Canadians who sacrificed their lives for peace and freedom. Initially, bursaries were granted to children of men and women who lost their lives or who were permanently disabled while fighting for Canada. Today, applicants are judged on academic excellence and potential. Candidates must be Canadian citizens and in at least their second year of doctoral program at a Canadian or Commonwealth university.

Deadline: Sunday, December 1, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/iode-war-memorial-scholarship

 

These awards are externally reviewed. Please contact the awarding agencies with any questions.

 

POGO Research Fellowship Program

The PhD/Post Doctoral Fellowship will be awarded to either an applicant working toward a PhD or to a post doctoral research candidate, with a background in any of the relevant disciplines including medicine and nursing. While applicants may have training and/or experience in areas not directly related to POGO activities, they will be required to demonstrate relevance to pediatric oncology. The award includes a yearly salary of $45,000 and the ability to apply for $5,000 in project-specific one-time operating support.

Deadline: Registration emails must be received by October 15; completed applications must be received by Nov 25, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/pogo-research-fellowship-program

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Announcements

NewsFlash #642, October 11, 2013‏

For more information on any of the items below or copies of previous NewsFlashes, please e-mail: educ.ogpr@ubc.ca, or call: 604-822-5512, Fax: 604-822-8971.  The NewsFlash is also posted online at http://ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/newsflash. For UBC-wide events, please visit Live @ UBC: http://www.liveat.ubc.ca.

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Announcements Graduate Program Opportunities

Oct 22 Invitation to a Mock Defense

YOU ARE INVITED

To attend a mock PhD defence and discussion next Wednesday afternoon 16th October in room 2108 from 3:00 pm-4:15pm with:

 

Pamela Hagen

PhD Candidate

EDCP

 

RSVP (pamelahagen@elus.net)

 

(The actual defence is on Tuesday 22nd October at 9:00 am in FoGs 203).

Listening to Students’  – An Examination of Elementary Students’ Engagement in Mathematics Through the Lens of Imaginative Education

 

Abstract

This dissertation investigates the problem of student engagement in elementary mathematics with a particular theoretical framework of imaginative education (IE) (Egan, 1997, 2005).  The question at the centre of this study is what the use of imaginative education and imaginative lesson planning frameworks means to children and for their engagement in elementary mathematics.

 

For this study, five intermediate aged elementary students were tracked through a unit of shape and space (geometry).  The unit framed with the binary opposites of vision and blindness asked students how they might come to understand shape and space as a sighted and visually impaired person.  Thus a humanized perspective was brought to learning of mathematics.  After the unit five focus students took part in an individual and a whole group semi-structured interview with the teacher/researcher.

 

Using qualitative instrumental case study methods, data sources included students’ mathematics journals, activity pages, transcripts of audio and videotaped semi-structured individual and group interviews, a teacher/researcher diary and a detailed unit overview and lesson plans.  The study gathered rich descriptive data focused on bringing out the students’ perspective of their experience.

 

Results indicate the students’ demonstrated positive engagement with mathematics and that use of the IE theory utilizing the students’ imagination and affective responses allowed multiple access points to connect with the mathematical concepts.  Three conclusions of the study were that the students expanded their mathematical awareness through making a variety of connections, they were able to develop self-confidence in their learning of mathematics through using emotions and imagination, and they were able to use cognitive tools, particularly a sense of wonder, to engage with mathematics.  The dissertation concludes with a discussion of implications and recommendations in four areas.  This includes further research in different contexts, in the interaction of imagination and affective responses, and into characteristics of mathematical engagement such as self-confidence.

Recommendations for how future pedagogical practice might include use of the IE theory and how expansion of student’s perspectives in classroom practice could be embraced bring the dissertation to a close.

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Announcements

VHEC – Reception & School Program‏

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s acclaimed traveling exhibition explores the Third Reich’s efforts to destroy all internal biological threats to the “Aryan” nation’s health, leading to the imprisonment and deaths of thousands of homosexual males.

Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933 – 1945 was produced by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The United States  Holocaust Memorial Museum’s exhibitions program is supported in part by the Lester Robbins and Sheila Johnson Robbins Traveling and Special Exhibitions Fund established in 1990. Exhibition and School Program is co-presented by the VHEC and Egale Canada Human Rights Trust.

The Opening Reception will be held:  Tuesday, October 29 • 6 – 8 PM

 

The School Program, recommended for grades eight to twelve, promotes human rights and social responsibility through the lens of the exhibit. Teachers’ Guide available in October.

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Announcements Graduate Program Opportunities

GSS Weekly Newsletter

From: Ngwatilo Mawiyoo [mailto:communications@gss.ubc.ca]
Sent: October-09-13 2:41 PM
Hello Folks,

I hope you are enjoying this particularly lovely week in Vancouver, weather-wise anyway. Vitamin D is the best! So, Halloween’s coming up, and we’ll have a party. Who/what will you be? Here’s what we’re up to:

– Volunteer & DJ Opportunities ahead of Nov. 1st GSS 2013 Halloween Party & Pumpkin Carving Event (bring the kids!)

– Coffee’ll Fix It tomorrow, and Next week too!

– Whodunit? A GSS Murder Mystery Party on Halloween (Oct. 31st)

– Opportunities: Become a GSS Advocacy Officer

– Want to learn visual art? Take a GSS Art Class

– You can still Learn Mandarin

– You Should Join our mailing list

Thanks for reading. So did you see this comic strip on data privacy?
Yes, why not, send me your favorite chuckles too.

Until next week!

Ngwatilo

—

GSS Communications Coordinator

communications@gss.ubc.ca

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Graduate Program Opportunities Speakers

Instructional Skills Workshop October 29, 31, November 2

Registration is open for the Instructional Skills Workshop October 29, 31, November 2, 2013.  Please note that participants must be able to attend the entire 24 hour workshop.

 

The Instructional Skills Workshop is an internationally recognized program and students receive transcript notation for their participation.  It is a 3-day intensive workshop that develops participant’s teaching skills and confidence.  It is appropriate for first time teachers or those with years of experience.  Join the thousands of students who have taken this workshop.

 

This workshop is always in high demand. To register for the October 29, 31, November 2 ISW, please go to:

http://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/view/2953

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Publication Opportunities

Call for Submissions – Historical Encounters

Call for Submissions

Historical Encounters is a new interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the empirical and theoretical study of: 

  • historical consciousness (how we experience the past as something alien to the present; how we understand and relate, both cognitively and affectively, to the past; and how our historically-constituted consciousness shapes our understanding and interpretation of historical representations in the present and influences how we orient ourselves to possible futures);
  • historical cultures (the effective and affective relationship that a human group has with its own past; the agents who create and transform it; the oral, print, visual, dramatic, and interactive media representations by which it is disseminated; the personal, social, economic, and political uses to which it is put; and the processes of reception that shape encounters with it);
  • history education (how we know, teach, and learn history through: schools, universities, museums, public commemorations, tourist venues, heritage sites, local history societies, and other formal and informal settings).

We welcome submissions from across the various public history, history didactic/education, cultural studies, narrative theory, curriculum studies, and historical theory fields, where such topics are typically debated. 

The journal seeks to promote conversations within and across national borders, and therefore invites contributions from around the globe.

The journal editors are particularly interested in presenting a variety of voices from scholars at various career stages, and therefore encourages early career researchers to submit their work for review.


Historical Encounters is a new interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the empirical and theoretical study of historical consciousness, historical cultures, & history education. Submissions from across the fields of public history, history didactics, curriculum & pedagogy studies, cultural studies, narrative theory, and historical theory fields are all welcome.

For more details, please visit http://hej.hermes-history.net/index.php/hej

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Announcements Graduate Program Opportunities Service Opportunities

Graduate Student Society Caucus

Are you interested in getting involved at UBC? Have you thought about representing the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy on the GSS Council? You can find more information on the council at http://gss.ubc.ca/main/get-involved . Please contact Kristie Nevill <aa@gss.ubc.ca> if you are interested in standing for one of the two positions on the Council.

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Conferences Speakers

Oct 25 Leadership for Indigenous Education Symposium

Please join us for this symposium that presents Indigenous perspectives and facilitates dialogue.

Friday October 25, 2013
1:00 – 4:30 PM
UBC Robson Square
Theatre Room C300, Downtown Vancouver

Keynote Presenters:
Dr. Jaqueline Ottman, University of Calgary
Dr. Verna Billy-Minnabarriet, Nicola Valley Institute of Technology

Attendance is FREE

RSVP to roweena.bacchus@ubc.ca for catering purposes by October 16, 2013

Sponsors: The Office of Indigenous Education, Educational Administration and Leadership program, Ed.D. in Educational Leadership 
and Policy in the UBC Faculty of Education
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Employment

TEMPORARY TEACHING POSITION -Online MED ECE cohort‏

The Institute for Early Childhood and Research (IECER),  Office of Graduate Programs and Research (OGPR), in the Faculty of Education, UBC, Pt. Grey campus, is looking for a temporary instructor to teach:

ECED 531 (3) Supporting Young Children’s Social Emotional Learning in Early Childhood Programs 

for the 2013/14 Winter Term 2 (January to April, 2014). This course will be offered online. This is a restricted course offered to the current Online M.Ed. cohorts in Early Childhood Education.

Deadline for application is November 7, 2013. Application Package Information

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Funding and Awards

UBC Endowed Graduate Student Funding Opportunity‏

Dear Graduate Students:

We are pleased to announce the call for applications for a number of UBC endowed scholarships and prizes available to our Faculty of Education graduate students who are making the most outstanding contributions in their fields of study.  These awards are for take-up in December 2013.  The awards included in this call are:

THE DEAN OF EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP

THE JIMMAR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN EDUCATION

THE JOHN FRANCIS LIDSTONE SCHOLARSHIP

THE MARY ELIZABETH SIMPSON SCHOLARSHIP

THE JOSEPH KATZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

THE LOMCIRA HAROLD COVELL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

THE DONALD AND ELLEN POULTER SCHOLARSHIP

Graduate students should discuss whether they meet the criteria for these awards with their Supervisor or Graduate Advisor prior to application.

The deadline for application packages to your academic unit is 4:00pm, Monday, October 28, 2013.

Please note: it is the responsibility of the student to ensure that the cover page is completed in full, with acknowledgement and signature from referee or supervisor(s) and department head’s signature before you submit to OGPR. 

Also note that past awardees were successful due to: 1) a strong student statement; 2) CV; 3) gpa.

All application packages must be complete with the signed Award Cover Sheet, the student statement, and a completed graduate student CV.  Incomplete application packages will not be accepted by the OGPR.

Please visit the following web page for award eligibility guidelines, application instructions, award descriptions and criteria, application forms and a graduate CV template at: http://ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/grad/funding/apply/

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Funding and Awards

Upcoming External Award Competition‏

Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship

Microsoft Research PhD Fellowships support students in the third and fourth years of their PhD studies in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Electrical Engineering.

Deadline: Wednesday, October 9, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/microsoft-research-phd-fellowship

Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation – BC/Yukon Region Post-Graduate Fellowship Competition

The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation – BC/Yukon Region Annual Breast Cancer Research Doctoral and Postgraduate Fellowships are awarded every year to the most qualified breast cancer research projects in BC. These awards are intended for qualified PhD students, health care professionals, MD graduates or recent PhD graduates to provide assistance in launching a career as independent, social, clinical or basic science investigators in breast cancer research.

Deadline: Thursday, October 10, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/canadian-breast-cancer-foundation-bcyukon-region-post-graduate-fellowship-competition

University of Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study Residential Fellowships

The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study offers residential fellowships for periods ranging from three weeks to a full academic year (fall and spring semesters, August through May).

Deadline: Tuesday, October 15, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/university-notre-dame-institute-advanced-study-residential-fellowships

Microsoft Research Graduate Women’s Scholarship

The Microsoft Graduate Women’s Scholarship supports women graduate students in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Mathematics.

Deadline: Wednesday, October 16, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/microsoft-research-graduate-womens-scholarship

Karl C. Ivarson Agricultural Scholarship

This scholarship is open to agricultural science students from the province of Alberta. Students may be enrolled in any post-secondary institution within or outside the province of Alberta. Candidates must hold Canadian Citizenship or Permanent Residence status in Canada and be enrolled in their graduate program for at least one semester beyond the application deadline.

Deadline: Friday, October 18, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/karl-c-ivarson-agricultural-scholarship

Transdisciplinary Understanding and Training on Research – Primary Health Care (TUTOR-PHC)

Transdisciplinary Understanding and Training on Research – Primary Health Care (TUTOR-PHC) is a one-year national interdisciplinary training program funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) with representation from the disciplines of Family Medicine, Nursing, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology and Education. This training program is aimed at students and their supervisors from Canadian universities who are interested in interdisciplinary primary health care research. Trainees will have a primary Mentor who will offer leadership and guidance to participants until they are established primary health care researchers.

Deadline: Thursday, October 31, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/transdisciplinary-understanding-training-research-primary-health-care-tutor-phc

Foreign Government Awards – Mexico

The Canada-Mexico awards are based on reciprocal agreements between the Government of Canada and the Government of Mexico. Under this agreement, the Mexican Grant program provides 15 awards to Canadian citizens wishing to pursue studies or research in Mexico and includes the possibility of preliminary language training.

Deadline: Thursday, October 31, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/foreign-government-awards-mexico

Azrieli Fellows Program

The Azrieli Fellows Program supports scholars who undertake postdoctoral research in Israel.

Deadline: Monday, November 4, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/azrieli-fellows-program

Canada-US Fulbright Program

The Canada-US Fulbright Program is a bi-national program of educational exchange, with a mandate to enhance mutual understanding between the people of Canada and the people of the United States of America. Available to graduate students, faculty, professionals and independent researchers, successful applicants conduct research, lecture, or enroll in formal academic programs in the United States. Fulbright Canada offers various scholarship awards within this program, with further information on the various award opportunities made available through the Canada-US Fulbright Program website.

Deadline: Friday, November 15, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/canada-us-fulbright-program

Fulbright Scholar Awards

Traditional Fulbright Scholar awards for Canadian scholars are open to scholars in all fields (excluding medical training) and are designed to enable emerging and established scholars, post-doctoral researchers and experienced professionals to conduct research, teach, or undertake a combination of both activities for one semester or a full academic year at a university or research centre of their choice in the United States.

Deadline: Friday, November 15, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/fulbright-scholar-awards

MITACS Elevate Industrial Fellowship Program

MITACS Elevate is a fellowship program for postdoctoral fellows to develop collaborations with local industry. Based out of a Canadian university, each MITACS Elevate PDF will carry out a research project with industrial relevance. However, MITACS Elevate is not simply funding for research. This competitive program includes a large training component with the intention of helping PDFs to develop the skills that they will need in their future careers.

Deadline: Deadline for Intent to Apply: November 4; Deadline for applications: November 19, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/mitacs-elevate-industrial-fellowship-program

Charles D. Gonthier Research Fellowship

The Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice provides funds for a $7500 Research Fellowship in order to support research related to the Institute’s annual conference theme. The completed research is expected to be presented at the Institute’s annual conference in 2013 in Toronto and published with its proceedings. For the 2012 competition, the annual conference theme is:”How Do We Know What We Think We Know: Facts in the Legal System.” Open to faculty and graduate students at Canadian universities.

Deadline: Saturday, November 30, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/charles-d-gonthier-research-fellowship

BC Food Protection Association Scholarship Award

British Columbia Food Protection Association (BCFPA) offers two scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students each year.

Deadline: Saturday, November 30, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/bc-food-protection-association-scholarship-award

IODE War Memorial Scholarship

The National Chapter of Canada IODE initiated War Memorial Doctoral Scholarships in 1918 to commemorate Canadians who sacrificed their lives for peace and freedom. Initially, bursaries were granted to children of men and women who lost their lives or who were permanently disabled while fighting for Canada. Today, applicants are judged on academic excellence and potential. Candidates must be Canadian citizens and in at least their second year of doctoral program at a Canadian or Commonwealth university.

Deadline: Sunday, December 1, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/stanton-nuclear-security-fellowship

Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship

The Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship (SNSF) Program, made possible by a generous grant from the Stanton Foundation, offers younger scholars studying nuclear security issues the opportunity to spend a period of twelve months at the Council on Foreign Relations’ (CFR) offices in New York or Washington, DC, conducting policy-relevant research.

Deadline: Tuesday, December 16, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/stanton-nuclear-security-fellowship

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Courses Graduate Program Opportunities Speakers

Human Early Learning Partnership – Fall Expo and 2 grad courses

1) HELP FALL RESEARCH EXPO: October 21 at UBC Robson Square
For details and registration please use this address:
http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=3Dff5a335143a00900d87de4831&id=3D3b3309c598&e=3D1d46044efd
(free event)

2) Course for graduate students:

On behalf of Agata Stefanowicz, at HELP, I am forwarding you some information about our HELP seminar course in hopes that perhaps it may be of interest for the students in your department.

SPPH 581M (3) Seminar Series in Early Child Development
This advanced course provides students with a unique opportunity to learn in depth about critical controversies and current research trends in early
child development, from interdisciplinary, applied, cross-cultural, and ecological perspectives.
Term 2: January –  April, 2014

Course syllabus:
http://spph.ubc.ca/files/2012/12/SPPH581M.pdf

Course description:
This advanced course provides students with a unique opportunity to learn
in depth about critical controversies and current research trends in early
child development, from interdisciplinary, applied, cross-cultural, and
ecological perspectives. This innovative course combines weekly seminars
with research retreats at one of UBC=B9s world-class interdisciplinary
research consortia, the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP). Students
will be exposed to methodological, ethical, and theoretical debates in
regard to early child development research that draws from life course
paradigms as well as Indigenous Knowledge approaches. The course will be
co-taught by HELP faculty. Emphasis will be placed on critically examining
how current research knowledge can be mobilized into community-based
action and policies.

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Speakers

Oct 17 – CIRCA

Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration in Autism (CIRCA)

presents

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) in the Preschool Classroom: Infusing Core Language Intervention

Presenter:
Carole Zangari, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Professor and Director of the Tyler Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Thursday October 17, 2013
1:00 pm  – 2:30 pm
Neville Scarfe Building
2125 Main Mall =AD Room 308A
http://tinyurl.com/MaptoScarfe

RSVP:  http://tinyurl.com/CIRCA-CZangari

Description: Speech-language pathologists and educators supporting preschoolers with autism and other developmental disabilities often need to infuse AAC interventions into classroom activities and routines. In many therapeutic settings, however, there is not a systematic process for teaching core vocabulary. This presentation describes a curricular approach in which core language is taught using early literacy activities, such as shared reading and writing lessons, typical classroom routines, and play/learning activities.

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Employment

Professor of Curriculum Theory in Science, Technology or Mathematics at the University of Tasmania

The appointee will develop and implement strategies to build curriculum the theory into an area of recognised strength for the University.  This will include undertaking collaborative research in curriculum theory, providing policy and practical advice to local and national curriculum debates, working with schools and teachers  to implement curricula and relevant pedagogy, and communicate with system-level authorities and professional associations about curriculum changes and their implementation.

I would welcome an opportunity to speak with you about suitably qualified and experienced individuals within the field whom you may know are looking to make a significant career move and/or discuss any personal interest you may have in the position.  Please let me know by return email a suitable time to call you.

Applicants will have a PhD, significant research achievement in curriculum theory and extensive experience in university learning and teaching.  Demonstrated success in securing research funding, building successful research teams and supervising higher degree students, together with proven academic leadership skills, are considered essential.

This continuing position is located on the University’s Launceston campus.

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