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News

Invitation to participate in the Workplace Preferences Survey

As COVID-19 continues to impact the way we work in the Faculty of Education and across UBC, we are inviting faculty and staff to share feedback through a Workplace Preferences Survey. This survey is an opportunity to share feedback on your experiences in the workplace over the last year as well as what you’d like your workplace to look like in the future. The survey closes end of day on Wednesday, March 3. Learn more

UBC Sustainability: Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Week

Organized by the UBC Sustainability Ambassadors, SDG Week runs from March 1st to March 5th and seeks to increase awareness of and engagement with the goals from diverse perspectives. From science and technology to public health, business, and politics, we’ll discuss challenges and solutions to turn talk into action. Learn more

2021 LLED Research Grant Recipients

Please join us in congratulating the recipients of this year's research grants: Dr. Ryan Deschambault, Dr. Reg D’Silva, Dr. Candace Galla, Dr. Kedrick James, and Dr. Melanie Wong. Learn more

Media

Promoting Second Language Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Parents’ and Teachers’ Coping Strategies

Dr. Guofang Li (LLED) spoke to the Globe and Mail about how students who are second language (L2) learners of French or English face additional challenges amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Globe and Mail

Pink Shirt Day raises awareness about bullying

Dr. Shelley Hymel (ECPS) discussed the importance of Pink Shirt Day in raising awareness about and preventing bullying. Global News Morning Calgary

Events

New

UBC Reads Sustainability with Amitav Ghosh
Thursday, March 11th, 2021 | 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm PST

The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. Join Ghosh for a conversation on his book The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable and examine our inability—at the level of literature, history, and politics–to grasp the scale and violence of climate change. Learn more

Faculty-wide Town Hall
Thursday, March 11th, 2021 | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm PST

Please join us at a Faculty-wide town hall discussion of scenario planning for Winter Term 1 (September, 2021). Faculty, sessional faculty and staff are invited to attend. Learn more

Staff Town Hall
Monday, March 15th, 2021 | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm PST

All Faculty of Education staff are invited to attend a staff-only town hall as a follow-up to the Faculty-wide town hall. Staff will have the opportunity to ask questions and express their opinions on the return to on-campus work. Note that as of yet, there is no planned or anticipated return date. A survey will be circulated to staff shortly. Learn more

Reminders

Climate Justice Webinar Series:“Just is” ≠ Justice
Friday, March 5, 2021 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm PST

Countries and peoples that are least responsible for causing climate change are the ones suffering most from its effects. Learn about climate justice in Africa, climate justice as a threat to Indigenous sovereignty, BC’s oil tanker and pipeline projects and climate justice, and the global policy framework for acting on climate. Learn more

The impacts of COVID-19: What’s happening with BC’s children and families?
Monday, March 8, 2021 | 9:30 am – 12:30 pm PST

Through stories and data gathered from the multiple perspectives and experiences of parents, teachers, service providers, and children, this panel discussion will explore the lasting impacts of COVID-19 across the province. Learn more

Through the Lens: Anti-Blackness after 2020–Invisibility, hyper-visibility, & mental health
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm PST

The workshop, facilitated by registered clinical counsellor Sacha Médiné, will explore the experience of Blackness, and the toll of anti-Blackness, in the aftermath of events in 2020. Participants will be invited to explore the impacts of and responses of Black folks to these dynamics, and to engage with their own participation in, or resistance to, ongoing anti-Blackness in its new context. Learn more

Massy Reads: Arts-based approaches to well-being education
Thursday, March 11th, 2021 | 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm PST

Please join us for a book launch and conversation with UBC authors, Drs. Derek Gladwin and George Belliveau. Co-hosted by UBC-V Public Humanities and Massy Arts Society, this event will be moderated by Dr. Karen Ragoonaden (OSE). Learn more

SOGI UBC’s Transformative Education Speaker Series presents: Drag Pedagogy - Queer Performance as Educational Practice
Monday, March 15th, 2021 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm PST

Do you ever wish school had a little more … sparkle? Join us for a lively panel on the queer art of drag as a form of public pedagogy with Lil Miss Hot Mess, Maiden China & Grace Towers, facilitated by Dr. Harper Keenan (EDCP). Learn more

Graduate Workshop Series: Engaging in difficult conversations
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 | 11:30 am – 1:30 pm PST (Rescheduled)

The Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education (ECPS) is offering a series of workshops to support new, prospective and returning graduate teaching assistants (GTAs). Learn more

Alumni UBC's Online Book Club: Eat a Peach, Momofuku chef David Chang's new memoir
Thursday, March 18th, 2021

David Chang is the famed chef behind the Momofuku restaurant empire and star of the Netflix hit Ugly Delicious. But despite his enviable career success, Chang has struggled with suicidal thoughts, depression and anxiety. Join us as we follow Chang’s switchback journey in search of belonging. Learn more

Graduate Workshop Series: Creating and maintaining a respectful and inclusive environment
Thursday, March 25, 2021 | 11:00 am – 2:00 pm PST 

The Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education (ECPS) is offering a series of workshops to support new, prospective and returning graduate teaching assistants (GTAs). Learn more

Online Teaching Workshops

The Educational Technology Support (ETS) unit provides one-on-one consultations, video tutorials, workshops, resources, and more for instructors in the Faculty of Education. Each week, Education Update will highlight a selection of the many offerings ETS has designed to support your teaching in an online environment. 

This week’s ETS events:

Recording Lectures with Kaltura Capture and Zoom
Thursday, March 4, 2021 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm PST

Learn all about Kaltura,a video platform for instructors and students to record and share video content, and Zoom best practices in using these tools for teaching remote classes. Learn more

Video Editing with Camtasia
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm PST

Learn how to create video content for courses by incorporating cuts, text headers, simple graphics, and more with Camtasia–a comprehensive video editing software that is useful for producing educational videos, screen recordings, and voiceovers. Learn more

Facilitating Peer Review in Online Classes
Thursday, March 18, 2021 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PST

This session will cover the design principles for peer reviewed assignments, as well as an orientation to navigating, building, and grading assessments with peer review. Learn more

Open Pedagogies, Practices and Resources
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm PST

This event will focus on ways to embed open scholarship into your own practice, including the creation of open resources, implementation of existing open resources, or creating open assignments where students contribute to global understanding of their topic. Learn more

Learning Design Studio
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PST
Thursday, March 25, 2021 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PST
Friday, March 26, 2021 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PST

This session will cover time-tested strategies for improving the student experience in digital learning spaces, and will empower you with resources to meet your students' needs. We have offered three dates for more flexibility–we look forward to providing you with one-on-one support! Learn more

See the full list of ETS workshops and events.

Information on research and awards funding opportunities may now be found in the Research Funding Bulletin, published every Monday. For a list of current opportunities, visit the research and funding opportunities repository.