RSVP to INFO@VHEC.ORG On her 13th birthday, Anne Frank receives a diary as a gift. Just weeks later her family enters into hiding in Amsterdam. For more than two years, Anne carefully records her thoughts, feelings, and observations in her now-iconic diary, one of the most widely read books in the world today. Through photos, […]

Date:            Friday, Jan 10th 2014 Venue:         Scarfe Room 1107 Time:            12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Title:             Socially Responsible Approaches to Global Education Initiatives – First, Do No Harm Speaker:       Dr. Shafik Dharamsi, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Abstract: Participation in global education and international engagement initiatives can provide students the […]

Working the Ruins of Educational Policy: Post-Structuralism for a Complex World Referencing the groundbreaking and continually relevant Working the Ruins: Feminist Poststructural Theory and Methods in Education (1999, St. Pierre & Pillow, Eds.), this Public Lecture/panel discussion will explore the ways in which education policy can be viewed through poststructural policy analysis. Detailed information can […]

Registration is open for the Instructional Skills Workshop February 8, 15, 16, 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 […]

Tuesday, February 25, 2014 5:30 – 7:30 pm Barber Learning Centre <http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?locat13D516> Room 182 1961 East Mall Anniversary Lecture by Dr. Joerg Roche, Professor, Ludwig Maximilians Universitaet, Munich, Germany Intercultural Language Studies: Looking Back, Looking Forward. Featuring a screening of the CILS Twentieth Anniversary multimedia presentation, and refreshments. Wednesday, February 26, 2014 3:00 – 4:30 […]

3MT 2014: heat organizer packages are ready.  If you are interested in hosting a heat, please e-mail graduate.pathways@ubc.ca to receive the information package. 3MT coaching sessions have been scheduled for January 21th and February 12th, see http://3mt.grad.ubc.ca/schedule/ .   Please alert your incoming graduate students of New Graduate Student Orientation.  The complete schedule is available […]

Registration is open for the Instructional Skills Workshop January 25, 26, and February 1, 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 […]

upcoming Library workshops geared toward graduate students. ___________________________________________________________________________ Tips and Tricks for Formatting Your Thesis: Little Things Mean A Lot! Are you worried about getting your thesis/dissertation into the format required by the Faculty of Graduate Studies? Would you like to know more about how to use the formatting features in Microsoft Word? Research Commons […]

Date:            Friday, Dec 13th 2013 Venue:         Scarfe Room 1107 Time:            12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Title:             The Meaning of Curriculum is a Complicated Conversation: The Purpose of Curriculum is to render a Complicated Worldview Speaker:       Peter Grimmett, Professor and Head, EDCP Abstract: When we are caught off-guard or in our dark […]

This is a gentle reminder that the Office of Graduate Programs and Research will be presenting the first session of the “Education Research and Teacher Practice: Inspiring Educators Series” this week. Throughout this cycle of round tables and discussion panels, current incumbents of our Faculty Chairs and Professorships will share how their research is informing […]

There are still spaces available in this week’s workshops: GPS/Mitacs Step: Networking (@VGH site) Wednesday, Nov 27th, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM For a complete session description, please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/9909-gpsmitacs-step-event-networking To register, see: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2da2   GPS/CSI&C: Resume Clinic (@MCLD) Thursday, Nov 28th, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM For a complete session description, please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/10597-gpscsic-event-resume-clinic To register, […]

The Centre for the Study of Historical Consciousness  Visiting Scholars Program David Rosenlund Malmö University, Sweden “Large Scale Assessment in Swedish History Education: An Attempt to Assess Students’ Historical Consciousness” Tuesday 19 November 2013, 4:30-6:00 p.m. UBC, Scarfe building, room 310   The Swedish school system has been subject to many reforms in recent years. […]

Please join the SFU History Department on November 28th for the third installment of our public lecture series, Heroes & Villains: Rethinking Good and Evil in History. Trudeau 2.0: Pierre’s Legacy. Justin’s Future. A panel discussion with Elise Chenier, Nicolas Kenny, and Allen Seager, hosted by Roxanne Panchasi. November 28, 2013 | 5:30 PM Fletcher […]

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 […]