Date:             Thursday, Oct 30th 2014 Venue:          Scarfe Room 310 Time:             4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Title:              The Medicalized Paradigm of Contemporary Empirical Research and Its Effects on Education Policy & School Reform Speaker:       Dr. Daniel Tröhler, University of Luxembourg Abstract: This paper argues that educational research today is subjected to […]

September 10, 2014 @ 4pm   On Wednesday September 10 at 4pm, Critical Studies in Sexuality (CSIS) is co-sponsoring a speaking event featuring Dr. Amin Ghaziani.   Gay neighborhoods, like the legendary Castro District in San Francisco and Vancouver’s Davie Village, have long provided sexual minorities with safe haven in an often unsafe world. But as our […]

Date:             Friday, Sept 12th 2014 Venue:          Scarfe Room 310 Time:             12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Title:              Curriculum Studies in India Speaker:       Dr. William Pinar, Professor and CRC Chair in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy   To study the state of curriculum studies in India, Pinar worked with five scholars […]

Public Lecture: Toward a Research-based Pedagogy 12:00PM, Tuesday, August 5, 2014 Neville Scarfe Building, Room 310   Dr. Zhang Hua, Professor & Dean, Curriculum Studies, Teacher Education, Foundations of Education, Graduate School of Education Studies, Hangzhou Normal University, Zhejiang Province, China   Bio: Dr. Zhang Hua is a professor and the dean of Graduate School […]

All are welcome to the following LLED Research Seminar (Apologies for any cross-posting) The Beauty in Teaching   Invited talk by Dr. Peter O’Connor, University of Auckland Wed. April 30th at 12:30 Digital Learning Centre, PON F, room 103 Abstract By overcoming the constraints imposed on teaching in recent years, there remains the possibility teaching […]

  Invitation to register 2014 HISTORICAL THINKING SUMMER INSTITUTE Museum of Vancouver & UBC Vancouver   July 7­-12 | pdce.educ.ubc.ca/htsi2014   Stunning vistas from the Museum of Vancouver meet with critical perspectives at our Historical Thinking Summer Institute, from July 7-12. Bursaries are available to help participants join us for this unforgettable experience.   Historical […]

Please find below a list of upcoming Canada Research Chair candidate presentations that will take place this April in the Faculty of Education.  All are invited to attend and provide feedback. Canada Research Chair Tier II: Indigenous Health, Healing and Psychological Wellness in Education Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education Candidate Presentation […]

Approaching the Past 2014 Vancouver The next Approaching the Past event in Vancouver will take place Thursday, May 8, 2014 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. This free public event sponsored by The History Education Network/Histoire et éducation en réseau (THEN/HiER) will be discussions about the history of policing in Vancouver’s Aboriginal and Chinese communities with special guests from the Vancouver […]

Registration is open for the Instructional Skills Workshop May 9, 10, 11, 2014.  Please note that participants must be able to attend the entire 24 hour workshop.  Please find attached the new policy for registration in the ISW. The Instructional Skills Workshop is an internationally recognized program and students receive transcript notation for their participation.  It is a 3-day […]

Hi Education Graduate Students! Ready, set, present! Would you like an opportunity to present your research questions? Can you present your findings in 3 minutes or less? On May 14th, as part of the Office of Graduate Programs and Research’s “Research Week 2014”, you are invited to submit proposals to present your work in 3 […]

FIREtalk: Tools of the Trade The Research Commons invites graduate students from any discipline to participate in our next FIREtalk, Tools of the Trade. To be part of the discussion, submit your proposal for a 5-minute presentation by April 16th, 2014. Or, if you don’t want to present, attend as an audience member and join the discussion […]

Date:            Friday, April 11th 2014 Venue:         Scarfe Room 1107 Time:            12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Title:             Some Questions Concerning Ethics Speaker:       Dr. Bill Doll, Visiting Professor UBC, Emeritus Professor, LSU Light lunch served at noon in Scarfe 1223.  The Lecture commences at 12:30 pm in Scarfe 1107.  There is no need […]

Registration is now open for: GPS Webinar: Time Management April 08, 2014, 10:00am to 11:30am For complete session information see: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/11467-gps-webinar-time-management Please register at: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g32a6 GPS Workshop: Building Effective Supervisory Relationships April 09, 2014, 9:30am to 12:30pm For complete session information see: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/11451-gps-workshop-building-effective-supervisory-relationships Please register at: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g32a7

Please join students and faculty in supporting GRSJ PhD candidate Joshua M. Ferguson by attending the Vancouver film festival premiere of their short film Whispers of Life at the Reel 2 Real Film Festival. This is the most recent in a series of film festival showings of the film, and a terrific series of awards […]

Link to the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration in Autism (CIRCA) media page to view the most recent lectures: http://circa.educ.ubc.ca/media Laura Grow, PhD, BCBA-D, Assist. Prof., Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, UBC (November 21, 2013) Using Preference and Reinforcer Assessments in Clinic, School, and Home Settings Mary McKenna, MSc, CCC-SLP, […]