A sketch of the aleged attacker has been posted on the UBC Stay Safe site: http://www.ubc.ca/staysafe/

Hi All, We had a wonderful community turnout at our first book club event. We have another book club discussion set for Thursday Nov. 14th from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Staff Room at Point Grey Secondary School (5350 East Blvd). The focus of this book club discussion will be on gender, harassment and […]

The SFU Vancouver Speaker Series returns on November 22, with “Climate Wars,” a lecture by Dr. Gwynne Dyer. Moderated by Georgia Straight editor Charlie Smith, Climate Wars is based on Dyer’s book of the same name. Drawing on interviews with scientists, policy-makers, and military strategists, in a dozen different countries, it explores the grave geopolitical […]

Good Afternoon CATE Membership          In 2012 CATE created an award to publicly recognize and reward the accomplishments of scholars who have contributed substantively to teacher education in Canada over their careers; people whose research has been focused on teacher education and who is recognized for this work nationally and internationally. This award is called […]

Dear Faculty of Education members: Just a reminder that the Call for Papers for the STEM 2014 Conference is quickly approaching on December 9, 2013. We hope those of you engaged in STEM Education are planning to submit a proposal and join the conference here on campus next July.  Detailed information on the submission process and […]

United Way works with over 150 community partners to prevent social problems like child poverty, bullying, and senior isolation. This year, the Faculty of Education will work together to raise funds to create a better future for children and seniors by hosting a fundraising BBQ on Wednesday, November 13, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm. To streamline the process we are […]

Dear CSSE/SIGEM members, faculty, museum professionals and graduate students, As president and vice-president of the Special Interest Group in Education and Museums (SIGEM), we invite you to submit a presentation proposal for our May 2014 Annual Symposium day which reunites since 1993, professionals, scholars and graduate students involved in research and/or working in museum and […]

Message send on behalf of Colin Sharwood: Dear Students, Effective Tuesday November 12th, Education AV Services will transition to UBC IT.  The following changes may impact you: The print pilot to the library printers on the ground floor will be implemented.  The printers in Room 1 will be de-commissioned, and not be available for printing […]

Greetings! Attached here is the latest FINE newsletter (FINE Newsletter 12 – November 2013).  I want to thank everyone for the strong showing of UBC graduate students at last year’s FINE meeting at AERA.   I  encourage you to take a look at the newsletter and check out future FINE events.  FINE is truly a hidden […]

Dear Faculty of Education Community, The Office of Graduate Studies and Research is delighted to invite you to the first session of the Education Research and Teacher Practice: Inspiring Educators Series. Throughout this cycle of round tables and discussion panels, current incumbents of our Faculty Chairs and Professorships will share how their research is informing […]

UBC Faculty of Education NewsFlash for Graduate Students #645 November 1, 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.  Please visit http://ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/newsflash for all new and current NewsFlash items. For UBC-wide events, please visit Live @ UBC: http://www.liveat.ubc.ca.

Dear Graduate Students, It’s almost All Hallow’s Eve! This week, the GSS Weekly Newsletter comes early and nutty because there are things you ought to know now: The GSS Halloween Party is this Friday. Our resident spook has questions. I like to play nice with the spooks where I can, so I have my ticket. You can […]

If you are considering applying for the SSHRC/AF for 2014/2015 academic year please be advised that: Only full-time students are eligible to apply, Students are eligible for these scholarships for their FIRST TWO years of study. Students MUST have 1st class standing in their last two years of full-time studies. All domestic students who want […]

The Research Commons invites graduate students from any discipline – engineers, philosophers, computer scientists, writers, neuroscientists, artists, psychologists, social theorists, and others – to explore the boundary between mind and machine. Join us for the next FIREtalk (bit.ly/firetalk), Learning Machines. When: Wednesday, November 27, 4-6 pm Where: Koerner Library, Room 216 About the Topic What […]

Dear Member: On behalf of the CSSE Board of Directors, I would like to take this opportunity to invite faculty, staff and graduate students from your institution to submit a presentation proposal for the 2014 CSSE Annual Conference in St. Catharines, Ontario on 24 – 28 May 2014 (pre-conferences on 24 May 2014). Held in […]