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Oct 9 OGPR WELCOME BACK OPEN HOUSE!

Dear Graduate Students,

Welcome back to UBC and the Faculty of Education!  We would like to celebrate your return to the Faculty and also welcome new graduate students to the Office of Graduate Programs and Research (OGPR).

Please drop by and see us at our WELCOME BACK OPEN HOUSE!
Date: October 9th
Time: 2:00-4:00pm
Location: Room 309, Scarfe Bldg.

This event is open to all graduate students in the Faculty of Education . We look forward to seeing you.

Cheers,
OGPR Team
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Office of Graduate Programs and Research
UBC Faculty of Education
T: 604.822.5512 |E: educ.ogpr@ubc.ca<mailto:educ.ogpr@ubc.ca>
www.ogpr.educ.ubc.ca<http://www.ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/>

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Important announcement – Online Autism Course Available Starting in January 2014‏

ONLINE AUTISM COURSE AVAILABLE STARTING IN JANUARY 2014!
UBCs Dept. of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education and Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration in Autism (CIRCA) are pleased to offer EPSE 449: Educating Students with Autism ONLINE for the first time in the January-April 2014 semester.
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Call for TLEF Proposals for 2014-15‏

The Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic invites proposals for funding from the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) for the year 2014-15.  Please find attached a memo from Dr. Anna Kindler, Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President Academic.  Please ensure that this information is made available to all faculty and students in your unit.

The deadline for units to submit applications to the Office of the Provost and VP Academic is Wednesday, November 21, 2013 at 4:30pm.  Application forms can be downloaded from the TLEF website at http://tlef.ubc.ca/.

Applicants are asked to carefully review the TLEF Criteria (http://tlef.ubc.ca/tlef-criteria/) and the Application Procedures (http://tlef.ubc.ca/application-process/) as there have been some important changes added for this year.

A workshop for Standard TLEF funding applicants will be held on Monday, October 7th, 12:00-2:00p.m., in Room 2.22 (CTLT) of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.  Applicants should click here to register.  There is also assistance for Flexible-Learning TLEF funding applicants as noted in Dr. Kindler’s memo.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Selina Fast at selina.fast@ubc.ca.

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Oct 3 Gender dualism machines and intensive body parts

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Announcements Speakers

Oct 25 Leadership for Indigenous Education

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3R Workshops Announcements Speakers

3R Workshop – Thursday Sept 26 12:30pm

It’s a well known fact that the average grad student manages to de-forest a small country, not to mention lose litres of blood due to paper cuts, from the paper they generate during the grad school process.  It is possible to manage much of it with technology; different software and apps can help streamline the process of collecting, sorting, and reading literature, and make writing a less stressful process.  This workshop is a chance to share tips and tricks, learn about some of these tools, and test out some of the ways you can tame your literature pile into a more manageable beast.

 

Taming the paper

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Sept 26 – Understanding Dyslexia & other Learning Disabilities

To celebrate National Dyslexia Awareness month, 
 
Pacific Educational Press is very pleased to invite you to the book launch of:
 
Understanding Dyslexia and Other Learning Disabilities
                                                                          by Dr. Linda Siegel
 
When: September 26, 2013 from 2:30 pm–4:30 pm
Where: Room 2414, 2125 Main Mall, UBC (Neville Scarfe Building, Faculty and Student Lounge)
 
Refreshments will be served.
 
This invitation is directed to all faculty and staff, teachers, parents, helping professionals, and students. You are welcome to invite friends to this event.
 
This is no ordinary event! You will surely be inspired and we hope that this event will deepen your appreciation for this cause. 
 
“Linda Siegel’s richly informative and highly readable book shows that untreated learning disabilities lie behind anti-social behaviour, teenage ‘acting out,’ and widescale social problems. Yet many are remarkably successful despite learning disabilities. This book demonstrates both sides, pointing to practical, inexpensive measures. Educators and policy-makers everywhere should take heed. It is a ‘must-read.'”
 
 —W. Wesley Pue, Professor of Law, University of British Columbia
 
RSVP: Kaye Banez at kaye.banez@ubc.ca or 604-822-9499.
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Announcements Department Events

Oct 17 EDCP Welcome Back Barbeque

Reminder to send your Welcome Back Barbecue RSVP to kalie.fong@ubc.ca by Friday October 7th, 2013!

Also, please let her know if you are vegetarian.

This is a great opportunity to meet the EDCP faculty and your fellow students.

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Sept 26 3pm Coffee’ll Fix It! Social

Coffee’ll Fix It! Socials

In addition to providing a much needed tea and coffee break, the Coffee’ll Fix It! social will run every Thursday afternoon from 3pm and include activities such as information sessions, guest speakers, forums, speed dating, and games days.

This week’s topic:

Meet the GSS President and Vice-President Services

Do you have questions about what the Graduate Student Society (GSS) has to offer graduate students? Would you like to become involved? Are you interested in some of our upcoming events including the Halloween Party, Spanish or Zumba classes, or perhaps you would like to find out how to became the representative for your department?

GSS President, Christopher Roach and Vice-President Services, Yuanyuan Liu will be available to answer any questions you may have, or just to say hello!

Please join us:

Thursday, from 3 pm

Seedlings Café, GSS Penthouse

Thea Koerner House 6371 Crescent Road

For enquiries, please contact aa@gss.ubc.ca

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Funding and Awards

CGSM Competition materials (SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR Master’s ONLY)‏

This is a notice to confirm that the materials for the Master’s CGS competitions (SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR) are online and ready for students to begin their applications.

Both the application portal and Master’s CGS Canadian Common CV are accessible from the CGS Harmonization page on NSERC’s website: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/CGSM-BESCM_eng.asp

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Oct 26 Celebrate Science 2013 Making Science Fun‏

As part of Celebrate Learning Week and Year of Teacher Education
 
 Join us for Celebrate Science 2013  Making Science Fun! at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. 
 
 October 26, 2013
 9:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
 
 For teachers, librarians, writers, parents and teens.
 Come hear Dr. Andrew Trites, UBC scientist who was part of the team that brought the blue whale skeleton to the Beaty.  
 Special tribute to Gordon Gore founder of the Big Little Science Centre in Kamloops.
 
 Also learn from science writers for kids and teens as they talk about their books--featuring Shar Levine, Leslie Johnstone, Carol McDougall, E. Paul Zehr, and Claire Eamer to mention a few.
 
 Free admission and tour of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum!  
 
 Register:  Go to CelebrateScience.eventbrite.com
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September 27 Children’s Sleep Network Event

Sleep2Treat Networking 
<http://www.childrenssleepnetwork.org/WP/next-steps/sleep2treat-workshop/sleep2treat-registration-form/>
 
VENUE:  UBC Robson Square Theatre
 
Friday, September 27 | 6 - 10 pm
 
Consequence of Sleep Problems in Children with Neurodevelopmental Conditions: How to Improve Clinical Outcomes
 
 
Saturday, September 28 | 8:30 am - 12:15 pm
 
How to Screen for Chronic Sleep Problems? How to Structure the Public Discussion
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October 17 Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) in the Preschool Classroom

"Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) in the Preschool Classroom: Infusing Core Language Intervention" presented by 
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration in Autism (CIRCA)
 
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 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.
 
Contact:  pat.mirenda@ubc.ca or joanne.oconnor@ubc.ca
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Graduate Program Opportunities

Registration Now Open for the 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/2937

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October 2 – Dr. Pat Tarr, Public Lecture

If the Environment is the "Third Teacher", What is it Teaching Us?
Dr. Pat Tarr, University of Calgary

October 2nd, 2013, 3:00 - 4:00pm
Scarfe 209

One of the key principles of the Reggio philosophy is the creation of an intentional, richly prepared environment that serves as 
the "third" teacher for the children.  This seminar will take participants on a journey through early childhood classrooms 
beginning with the 1970s and how they reflected the values and beliefs held about children and teaching as a provocation for 
seminar participants to examine their own early childhood settings.

Dr. Pat Tarr, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Calgary. Her research interests currently 
focuses on classroom environments, pedagogical documentation in Canadian settings, and ethical issues in in documentation.  This 
presentation is based on her book chapter in Thinking Critically About Environments for Young Children: Bridging Theory and 
Practice edited by Lisa Kuh and Melissa Rivard, published by Teachers College Press due out in late spring 2014.

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