The Roots of Empathy program, which arranges to have babies brought into classrooms to encourage respect and kindness among young students, will be expanded this year into 360 kindergarten classes in B.C., Premier Christy Clark announced today. Click here to read the full article, published by the Vancouver Sun.

In 1986, to recognize the importance of university teaching, the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and 3M Canada created the 3M National Teaching Fellowships. Ten university faculty members are recognized each year for their educational leadership and exceptional contributions to teaching. These winning professors have a single purpose—helping students to learn.  Maclean’s, the program’s media sponsor has created profiles for each of the winners. To read the profiles, click here.

Parent complaints about a draft policy intended to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) students from harassment have resulted in revisions, the Burnaby school district said Wednesday.

To read the full story, published in the Vancouver Sun click here.

UBC Library will launch Refworks 2.0 on Monday, July 4, 2011. The new interface provides a cleaner layout and clearer navigation, while retaining all the functionalities you’re familiar with in Refworks Classic.

For additional information, see the RefWorks at UBC Blog.

The presidents of B.C.’s four research universities have joined others in calling on the provincial Liberal government to improve financial assistance for post-secondary students to bring B.C. closer in line with what’s offered in other provinces. Read the entire story here.

A recent study by researchers at the University of Western Ontario indicates that full-day kindergarten may have a negative effect on the learning and personal development of some children. You can read the article, published in the Vancouver Sun, here.

On June 13th, Education Minister George Abbott will hold the first ever tweet-chat between a Minister of Education and members of the public. Click here to find out how to join the conversation.

A recent article in the National Post examined the politics of unschooling- a concept that offers no curriculum to conquer, no grade levels to pass and no rules to follow.  Click here to read the article.

New York City education officials are developing more than a dozen new standardized tests, but their main purpose will be to grade teachers, not the students who take them.

Read the full New York Times article here.

This workshop will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about cIRcle, UBC’s Institutional Repository. Would you like to have your academic work searched by Google Scholar? Or have your work archived in the UBC Library? Then come to this session to find out what cIRcle is, what it contains, how you can contribute and what permissions are required to submit your presentations, articles and reports.

This workshop is taking place today from 3:00-4:30 pm in Scarfe 155 (inside the Education Library).