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Faculty of Education - Special Events
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Dr. Blye Frank, Dean and Professor, Faculty of Education, encourages all members of the Education community to attend the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture. Limited seating available at the door.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2019 | 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre, Jack Poole Hall
Join the Faculty of Education and the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada for this year's Dean's Distinguished Lecture. This year's speaker, Senator Murray Sinclair, former Chief Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, will be speaking from the heart about truth and reconciliation.
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Dean Blye Frank invites all members of the Faculty of Education community to review and reflect on our new strategic plan, Learning Transformed. Learning Transformed represents the Faculty’s commitment to educate and serve the next generation of educators and researchers and will guide the Faculty’s priorities, activities, and commitments for the next five years.
Achieving the vision set out in Learning Transformed is a responsibility shared by all members of the Faculty of Education community. To ensure that the vision is achieved, the Faculty has designated a pool of funds for new projects that will advance the vision presented in the strategic plan.
Please visit educ.ubc.ca/learningtransformed to download the strategic plan as well as the call for proposals and the project proposal template.
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Dean Blye Frank and the Faculty of Education Development & Alumni Engagement team extend their gratitude to the Quan family who have generously established an endowment of $100,000 in the memory of their beloved mother and grandmother, Suzanne Lee.
The Suzanne Lee Teachers’ Education Bursary provides support for women who wish to pursue teacher education. The Quan family received their philanthropic inspiration from Suzanne Lee who, during her lifetime, inspired many people including her daughter Pat Quan.
Read more here.
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Congratulations to Dr. Bonny Norton, LLED, who is one of only four UBC faculty members to receive the Public Humanities Course-Release Award. The award supports research excellence among Humanities scholars in the Faculty of Arts, Law and Education at UBC and helps to develop and highlight public-facing research in the humanities.
Read more here.
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The UBC Education Library has launched its new Great Reads collection and is looking for suggestions on new books to add. The collection was created with the purpose of supporting the practice of leisure reading.
Located on the main level of the library, the collection features fiction and non-fiction books for adult and young adult audiences.
Read more and submit your suggestions here.
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The Department of Language and Literacy Education (LLED) is pleased to share the next installment of its Scholarship Stories, an on-going video series highlighting the distinctive and diverse scholarly work taking place within the department. This installment features the work of Dr. Victoria Surtees.
Watch the Dr. Surtees’ video and others here.
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Awards & Funding Opportunities
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Deadlines:
December 3, 2019: Submit RPIF and application to UBC Office of Research Services.
December 10, 2019: Submit application through ResearchNet.
More details here.
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Full Application Deadlines
December 4, 2019, 8:30am: UBC e-submission
December 10, 2019; 4:30pm: NFRF Full Application
More details here.
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Deadline: December 6, 2019
More details here.
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Deadline: December 15, 2019
More details here.
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Deadline: February 7, 2020
More details here.
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Deadline: February 7, 2020
More details here.
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Deadline: Minimum one month prior to your proposed workshop date
More details here.
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Upcoming Events & Conferences
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Every Wednesday, until December 11, 2019 | 11:00 am – 1:30 pm
Neville Scarfe Building, Room 1007
More details here.
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Every Tuesday, until December 10, 2019 | 12:00 am – 1:30 pm
Neville Scarfe Building, Main Foyer
More details here.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Neville Scarfe Building, Room 2415
More details here.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Multipurpose Room (2012), Ponderosa Commons Oak House, 6445 University Boulevard
More details here.
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Thursday, November 21, 2019 | 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
More details here.
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Monday, November 25, 2019 | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Multipurpose Room (2012), Ponderosa Commons Oak House, 6445 University Boulevard
More details here.
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Tuesday, November 26, 2019 | 6:15 pm – 8:30 pm
Great Hall, AMS NEST, UBC, 6133 University Blvd.
More details here.
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Tuesday, November 26, 2019 | 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
18th floor lounge, Ponderosa Commons Oak House, 2075 West Mall
More details here.
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February 17 – February 21, 2020
Loon Lake Lodge and Retreat Centre 14500 Silver Valley Road Maple Ridge, British Columbia
On-campus non-residential retreat option also available
More details here.
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Monday, December 2, 2019 | 9:00 am – 5:30 pm
Loon Lake Lodge and Retreat Centre 14500 Silver Valley Road Maple Ridge, British Columbia
On-campus non-residential retreat option also available
More details here.
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February 19 – February 21, 2020
Submission Deadline: November 8, 2019
UBC
More details here.
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Follow Dr. Blye Frank, Dean and Professor, Faculty of Education, UBC, on Twitter to see updates from the Dean's recent community engagement. View the Dean's latest activities on Twitter >
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November 7, 2019
Dr. Blye Frank hosted members of our Faculty of Education community a reception and viewing of short films focusing on Faculty of Education priority areas and a revamped introductory Faculty of Education video. The event also marked the formal launch of Learning Transformed, our new strategic plan.
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Have something to share with the Faculty of Education community? Please submit it by completing this form. All submissions are verified before publication.
You are invited to share:
- Timely news items and announcements
- Upcoming events and workshops
- Stories about interesting work/research you or your students are doing
- New publications
- Notable achievements or recognition of faculty, staff and students
- Announcements of new faculty and staff appointments
- Upcoming award or grant deadlines
- Calls for proposals
- Upcoming graduate defenses
- Other items of interest to the Faculty community
For feedback or assistance, please contact communications.educ@ubc.ca.
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