MESSAGE SENT ON BEHALF OF DR. SAMSON NASHON: Please join me in congratulating two of our graduate students: Yoriko Gillard (MA) and Natalie LaBlanc (Phd) for being winners of the Peter Wall Institute Arts-Based Initiative student competition entitled “Arts Based Conceptions of Water.” The competition is intended to showcase the important relationship between the performing […]

Registration is open for the Instructional Skills Workshop October 18, 19, 20, 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 […]

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 […]

This notice is being sent to HEADS-UP on behalf of Hubert Lai, Q.C, University Counsel. Please distribute this notice to all faculty members, staff, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in your units. UBC is required to have policies and systems that comply with all granting agencies. In addition to meeting this basic requirement, UBC’s policies […]

As an international student, there’s a lot to think about when moving to a new country. You are invited to attend a series of virtual information session on a range of topics that will help you prepare for your arrival to UBC. During these sessions, UBC’s extremely knowledgeable International Student Advisors will provide you with […]

UBC continues to develop close working relationships with Aboriginal communities and organizations, to expand its institutional awareness of development goals and the need to seek their advice and/or partnership on programs, program development, research priorities, and other matters.  Many of the current UBC Aboriginal initiatives and research areas can be viewed on the Aboriginal Portal […]

The first meeting is JUNE 7th from 12-1:30pm.  Graduate Students’ Education Researcher Network (GSERN) As a graduate student, it can be difficult to create a community around your research interests.  For those of us doing research at the intersections of disciplines, this is made even more complicated because we often do not know who is […]