Danny Bakan  University of British Columbia   “Song and Social Justice: Music and Activism” Thursday, September 26th, 2013 12:30 – 1:30 pm Forum, Allard Hall, Faculty of Law (1822 East Mall)

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission events in Vancouver support reconciliation between Aboriginal people and wider Canadian society. To continue the conversation, Xwi7xwa Library and the Research Commons at Koerner Library invite you to participate in a FIREtalk at the First Nations House of Learning Hall on Oct 23, 4-6 pm. (Note new date) How can the […]

1) CHANGE OF COVERAGE: Sept. 3 – 24, 2013 All AMS and GSS members are automatically enrolled in the AMS/GSS Health & Dental Plan, including international students and part-time students. Note that incoming exchange students, 3rd/4th year medical students, midwifery students, and students aged 65+ are not automatically enrolled, but may self-enroll during the Change […]

Dr. Jessica Ringrose of the Institute of Education at the University of London will be speaking in EDST on October 3rd from 2-4 pm in WMAX 110. Please see attached flyer for her talk Gender dualism machines and intensive body parts: Towards a new public pedagogy of youth ‘sexting’. Dr. Ringrose is a co-editor of the […]

Dear Faculty and Students, I am very pleased to announce that two candidates for nomination as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Transnational/Global Perspectives on Language and Literacy Education of Children and Youth have accepted our invitation for on-campus interviews in September. The two candidates and dates for their presentations are: Dr. Bonny Norton […]

Please join Dr. Margaret Macintyre Latta on Thursday, September 26th from 1-3 pm in Scarfe 1021 for an informal conversation about her book Curricular Conversations: Play is the (Missing) Thing. See the attached invitation for more details, and RSVP to Elsa Lenz Kothe at elsalk@alumni.ubc.ca by September 24th if you plan to attend.

On Oct 8th from 1 – 2 PM we will be hosting a keynote presentation by Alexandra Samuel, VP of Social Media at Vision Critical, titled “Create Your Career Opportunities in Graduate School”.  This will be part of a 3-hour graduate student workshop (details to be posted soon, registration for students to open Monday, September […]

Andrea Woody, Department of Philosophy, University of Washington “Chemistry’s Periodic Law: Rethinking Explanation and Representation through the Turn to Practice” Thursday, September 12, 5:00-6:30, Buchanan Tower 1197 Abstract: In this talk, I reflect on the significance of “the turn to practice” for contemporary philosophy of science. After briefly characterizing the practice turn and its inherent […]

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 […]

Seminars will be held Thursdays from 2-3:30pm, most often in Room 154 in MacMillan (unless otherwise stated).  For clickable links (under speaker info) please visit the schedule on the website. This email is also a reminder that we will start off the term with a small gathering, this coming Thursday, Sept 5th, at 2pm in […]