Eleven Aboriginal doctoral students will graduate from the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Education this year – the largest number to graduate from an education faculty in any Canadian university in one year.
“A doctoral degree is always a significant accomplishment, but the success of these eleven students is particularly meaningful because of the impact they will have in the community,” says Jo-Ann Archibald, associate dean of Indigenous Education. “We have made it a priority to provide students with the opportunity to learn about and do research using aboriginal knowledge perspectives to address pressing issues and now we are seeing the results.”
The graduates pursued research in areas where there has been very little or no research: indigenous language learning, leadership in postsecondary education, intergenerational learning, Aboriginal children in care, prison education, and Aboriginal family violence, intervention and healing.
“My graduate work has given me a sense of belonging and an understanding of the role I can play as a leader, mentor and representative of my community,” says Donna Lester-Smith, whose PhD research was about healing the wounds of family violence with indigenous traditional holistic practices. “The support and encouragement I got through this program allowed me to move forward as an academic and contributor to this field.”
Lester-Smith and her peers developed ground-breaking culturally responsive research methodologies that will be used in future investigations.
Congratulations to the following graduates:
Shelly Johnson, EdD, Educational Studies
Marie Anderson, EdD, Educational Studies
Verna Billy Minnabarriet, EdD, Educational Studies
Deborah Canada, EdD, Educational Studies
Kathy Michel, EdD, Educational Studies
Onowa McIvor, PhD, Language and Literacy Education
Aruna Gore, EdD, Educational Studies
Todd Ormiston, EdD, Educational Studies
Patricia Rosborough, EdD, Educational Studies
Madeleine MacIvor, EdD, Educational Studies
Donna Lester-Smith, PhD, Centre for Cross Faculty Inquiry
The Faculty of Education aims to increase the number of undergraduate and graduate educational opportunities through new programs and mentorship of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous faculty members. Including this year’s graduating class, 43 Aboriginal doctoral students have gradated from the Faculty of Education in the past 20 years.
The Faculty of Education is a leader in Canada in the field of Indigenous Education. It works with Aboriginal communities and organizations to develop its strategy on Aboriginal education and engagement. All students learn about Aboriginal perspectives, issues, and culturally responsive learning approaches. UBC’s Teacher Education program includes a mandatory course on Aboriginal perspectives. With 11 tenured or tenure-track faculty members, the Faculty of Education also has the highest number of Aboriginal faculty in Canada. The 38 year-old Native Indian Teacher Education Program (NITEP) has graduated 358 Aboriginal educators who now work in Aboriginal communities throughout B.C. and elsewhere.
To celebrate its success and knowledge in this field, the Faculty of Education has made 2012-2013 the Year of Indigenous Education. The year is an initiative to create dialogue, share insights, and develop individual and cooperative actions to accelerate the success of Indigenous education. For more information, visit: yie.educ.ubc.ca
In the Globe and Mail, Vancouver Sun
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Imogene Okes 2012 Award
Congratulations are in order to Drs. John Collins and Dan Pratt, recipients of the AAACE (American Association for Adult and Continuing Education) 2012 Imogene Okes award for Outstanding Research in Adult Education for their article “The Teaching Perspectives Inventory at 10 years and 100,000 Respondents: Reliability and Validity of a Teacher Self-Report Inventory,” published in Adult Education Quarterly, November 2011 (pp. 1–18). The award will be presented at the November 8 annual conference of AAACE.
In 1992 Professor Pratt received the Killam Teaching Prize at UBC. In 1999 his book Five Perspectives on Teaching in Adult and Higher Education won the Cyril O. Houle Award for most outstanding literature in adult education. In 2008 he received Canada’s most prestigious university teaching award—the 3M National Teaching Fellowship. In 2011, Dan was inducted into the Adult and Continuing Education International Hall of Fame.
During 2007–2008, he was invited as contracted researcher at Republic Polytechnic, the newest of Singapore’s five polytechnics and its only completely problem-based instructional institution. Currently, he evades retirement by collaborating on several research projects, writing, publishing, and advising students on thesis and dissertation committees across-campus and at other universities.
Dan Pratt, PhD, Professor and Senior Scholar, The University of British Columbia
Dan Pratt is Professor of Adult & Higher Education in the Department of Educational Studies and holds a cross-appointment to the Faculty of Medicine where he is a Senior Scholar in the Centre for Health Education Scholarship (CHES). He is a faculty member for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Educators’ Course and the Macy Institute for the Health Professions in the Harvard Medical School. He has been a visiting professor at universities across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.In 1992 Professor Pratt received the Killam Teaching Prize at UBC. In 1999 his book Five Perspectives on Teaching in Adult and Higher Education won the Cyril O. Houle Award for most outstanding literature in adult education. In 2008 he received Canada’s most prestigious university teaching award—the 3M National Teaching Fellowship. In 2011, Dan was inducted into the Adult and Continuing Education International Hall of Fame.
John B. Collins, PhD, Adjunct Professor, The University of British Columbia
John Collins is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia and collaborates with several schools and departments in the Health Sciences. He specializes in program evaluations of educational training and initiatives, especially for mid-career adults in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, law, education, and other social and health services. He maintains a particular focus in developing and validating surveys, scales, and custom-designed indices for large-scale information gathering and analysis.During 2007–2008, he was invited as contracted researcher at Republic Polytechnic, the newest of Singapore’s five polytechnics and its only completely problem-based instructional institution. Currently, he evades retirement by collaborating on several research projects, writing, publishing, and advising students on thesis and dissertation committees across-campus and at other universities.
Monday, November 5, 2012
IOP 2013 – Call for Proposals
Investigating Our Practices 2013, 16th annual conference. Saturday, May 11, 2013. Co-sponsored by the Faculty of Education and the BCTF. Neville Scarfe Building. Practicing teachers, graduate students, undergraduate students, and university educators from different educational contexts convene at UBC to share their investigations, understandings and questions. Registration fee: $25 ($15 for students). Breakfast, refreshments and lunch included. Proposals for presentations can be submitted online at http://pdce.educ.ubc.ca/iop-cfp. Submission deadline: February 26. For more information or to register for the conference, visit http://pdce.educ.ubc.ca/iop2013 or contact Judy Paley at 604.822.2733 judy.paley@ubc.ca.
Friday, October 12, 2012
CHEA Best Article Prize
Co-writers Mona Gleason (EDST), Penney Clark (EDCP, UBC), and Stephen Petrina (EDCP) were award the best article prize 2010–2012 from the Canadian History of Education Association. Congratulations! Winning citation:
Penney Clark, Mona Gleason and Stephen Petrina, “Preschools for Science? The Child Study Centre at the University of British Columbia, 1960–1997” History of Education Quarterly 52, 1 (2012): 29–61.
Penney Clark, Mona Gleason and Stephen Petrina, “Preschools for Science? The Child Study Centre at the University of British Columbia, 1960–1997” History of Education Quarterly 52, 1 (2012): 29–61.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Education in BC Radio Interview
Charles Ungerlieder talks about education in BC on CBC Radio, On the Coast. Listen from 51:20 minutes and 1:43:10 minutes.
Canada’s Education Ranking
“How does education in Canada compare to other countries around the
world? The answer, according to a benchmark international testing
program, is very well.” Charles Ungerlieder contributed to this Global News story.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Inter-University Graduate Seminar in Educational Research
Newly released: Video log from the 2012 Inter-University Graduate Seminar
The Inter-University Graduate Seminar in Educational Research is an annual graduate student scholarly event hosted by the Department of Educational Studies (EDST) in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The first Seminar took place as a pilot project in June 2012 at Thea’s Lounge at UBC. Convened by Dr. André Mazawi, Professor at the Department of Educational Studies, the Seminar brought together graduate students from various universities to celebrate and share their work in a collegial, inspiring, constructive, and supportive environment.
This year’s Seminar was organized around four thematic panels: (1) Indigenous Knowledge, Cultural Identities, Learning; (2) Media, Lived Experiences, Resistance; (3) Higher Education, Politics, Citizenship; and (4) Policies, Intentions, Consequences.
The Seminar is an inter-disciplinary space where participants productively engage new fields of study and innovative research methodologies. It is also a social space where participants establish contact and build meaningful intellectual engagements with peers beyond their respective home university and/or academic program.
The Inter-University Graduate Seminar in Educational Research is an annual graduate student scholarly event hosted by the Department of Educational Studies (EDST) in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The first Seminar took place as a pilot project in June 2012 at Thea’s Lounge at UBC. Convened by Dr. André Mazawi, Professor at the Department of Educational Studies, the Seminar brought together graduate students from various universities to celebrate and share their work in a collegial, inspiring, constructive, and supportive environment.
This year’s Seminar was organized around four thematic panels: (1) Indigenous Knowledge, Cultural Identities, Learning; (2) Media, Lived Experiences, Resistance; (3) Higher Education, Politics, Citizenship; and (4) Policies, Intentions, Consequences.
The Seminar is an inter-disciplinary space where participants productively engage new fields of study and innovative research methodologies. It is also a social space where participants establish contact and build meaningful intellectual engagements with peers beyond their respective home university and/or academic program.
Friday, August 17, 2012
E-books and Digital Borrowing
Dear Members of the EDST Community,
Online access to full-text e-books has become a viable option. Please be aware of various services at the UBC Library, including the following links:
You can access entire books online, and chapters in e-books/edited e-books, not just articles.
Equally, you may want to know that the Vancouver Public Library (VPL) allows e-book and audiobook borrowing and consultation for residents of Vancouver, and of BC more generally. More information is available at http://guides.vpl.ca/ebooks_audiobooks.
Not least, you may also want to be aware of the Reciprocal Borrowing for UBC faculty, students and staff agreements established between UBC and other university libraries across BC, Canada, and the United States. Consult http://services.library.ubc.ca/borrowing-services/reciprocal-borrowing/ubc-members. Reciprocal borrowing agreements may—under some circumstances—provide additional access venues to e-books and other digital materials not available at UBC.
As e-book and digital services expand, you may want to acquaint yourself with the way these services shape our access to scholarly materials, their use in class and in research, and the way they should be referenced/cited. The UBC Library provides an extensive information sheet to that effect at http://help.library.ubc.ca/evaluating-and-citing-sources/how-to-cite.
Remember to always consider copyright concerns. UBC’s copyright website has detailed information for the UBC community.
Online access to full-text e-books has become a viable option. Please be aware of various services at the UBC Library, including the following links:
- http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1800
- http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1546
- http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1484
You can access entire books online, and chapters in e-books/edited e-books, not just articles.
Equally, you may want to know that the Vancouver Public Library (VPL) allows e-book and audiobook borrowing and consultation for residents of Vancouver, and of BC more generally. More information is available at http://guides.vpl.ca/ebooks_audiobooks.
Not least, you may also want to be aware of the Reciprocal Borrowing for UBC faculty, students and staff agreements established between UBC and other university libraries across BC, Canada, and the United States. Consult http://services.library.ubc.ca/borrowing-services/reciprocal-borrowing/ubc-members. Reciprocal borrowing agreements may—under some circumstances—provide additional access venues to e-books and other digital materials not available at UBC.
As e-book and digital services expand, you may want to acquaint yourself with the way these services shape our access to scholarly materials, their use in class and in research, and the way they should be referenced/cited. The UBC Library provides an extensive information sheet to that effect at http://help.library.ubc.ca/evaluating-and-citing-sources/how-to-cite.
Remember to always consider copyright concerns. UBC’s copyright website has detailed information for the UBC community.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Neil Sutherland Prize
Every two years the History of Children and Youth Group (HCYG) of the
Canadian Historical Association awards the Neil Sutherland Prize for
outstanding scholarship in the history of young people. Neil is a
Professor Emeritus in EDST and a pioneer scholar in the history of
children and childhood in Canada. The winner for 2012 is Rachel Cleves,
in the Department of History at the University of
Victoria—Congratulations to Rachel!
Rachel Hope Cleves, “ ‘Heedless Youth’: The Revolutionary War Poetry of Ruth Bryant (1760-83),” William and Mary Quarterly 67, no. 3 (July 2010):519–548.
Cleves’s article, which explores the experience of girls and war is meticulously researched, insightful, and skillfully contextualized. As Cleaves herself notes, “Largely excluded by their gender and youth from political assemblies, academies, and the army, girls left few textual clues about their beliefs.” Cleves weaves together the various threads of Ruth Bryant’s poetry and its themes of domesticity, gender, family and patriotism, finding a young girl’s voice in the historical record. The committee agreed that Cleves’s work is an original and exciting contribution to an understanding of the experiences of children and youth and war, and to the field of the history of childhood.
Rachel Hope Cleves, “ ‘Heedless Youth’: The Revolutionary War Poetry of Ruth Bryant (1760-83),” William and Mary Quarterly 67, no. 3 (July 2010):519–548.
Cleves’s article, which explores the experience of girls and war is meticulously researched, insightful, and skillfully contextualized. As Cleaves herself notes, “Largely excluded by their gender and youth from political assemblies, academies, and the army, girls left few textual clues about their beliefs.” Cleves weaves together the various threads of Ruth Bryant’s poetry and its themes of domesticity, gender, family and patriotism, finding a young girl’s voice in the historical record. The committee agreed that Cleves’s work is an original and exciting contribution to an understanding of the experiences of children and youth and war, and to the field of the history of childhood.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Inter-University Graduate Seminar in Educational Research
The Inter-University Graduate Seminar, held on June 2, 2012, is a graduate student scholarly
event. It brings together students from various universities to
celebrate and share their work in a collegial, inspiring, constructive,
and supportive environment. The Seminar is an interdisciplinary space
where participants productively engage new fields of study and
innovative research methodologies. It is also a social space, where
participants establish contact and build meaningful intellectual
engagements with peers beyond their respective home university and/or
academic program.
Topics presented:
Topics presented:
- Decolonizing the Mind of the Researcher
- An Intergenerational Narrative Inquiry About Secwepemc Identities
- Kashubian Rituals as Educational Sites
- Girls, Media and Resistance
- Me and the Media: Being Muslim in Canada
- Lebanon’s ‘Social Mosaic’: The (Re)Making of Identities and the Impact of Higher
Education (A Preliminary Study)
Friday, May 25, 2012
Congratulations, Graduates
Congratulations to our EDST graduates in 2012! Our department hosted a graduate tea for friends and family of new graduates. It was a celebratory event attended by many faculty, EDST staff, and graduates.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Rick Hansen Competition Results
Stefan Honisch has been awarded the prestigious Rick Hansen “Man in Motion” Fellowship in 2012/13. Stefan is a CCFI student who is supervised by Leslie Roman at EDST. Congratulations on this terrific achievement.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Congratulations!
Dr. Strong-Boag received a 2012 Canadian Federation for the Humanities book prize (Social Sciences) on Friday, March 30, for her book Fostering Nation? Canada Confronts Its History of Childhood Disadvantage (WLU Press, 2011).
Arendt and Tocqueville: Public Freedom, Plurality, and the Preconditions of Liberty
EDST is co-sponsoring this presentation by Dana Villa:
In nineteenth century political theory, Alexis de Tocqueville was known for his focus on civil society and his emphasis on a robust associational pluralism in the public sphere. In the twentieth century, Hannah Arendt was equally well-known for her critique of the over-valuation of unity in western political thought, and her emphasis on the phenomenon of human plurality as constitutive of the public realm. Professor Villa’s talk gives both thinkers credit where credit is due, but questions aspects of their thought that undercut their respective commitments to pluralism and plurality in politics.
DANA VILLA is Packey Dee Professor of Political Theory at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of Arendt and Heidegger: the Fate of the Political (Princeton, 1995), Politics, Philosophy, Terror (Princeton, 1999), Socratic Citizenship (Princeton, 2001), and Public Freedom (Princeton, 2008). Before taking up his position at the University of Notre Dame, he held senior positions at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has also been a Visiting Professor of Government at Harvard, and has held fellowships at the American Academy in Berlin, the Institute for Advanced Study, and Princeton’s University Center for Human Values.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
SFU Vancouver Campus, Harbour Centre
515 West Hastings
Reception 6–7:30 p.m. Teck Gallery
Presentation 7:30 p.m. room 2270
Further Information: Autumn Knowlton
In nineteenth century political theory, Alexis de Tocqueville was known for his focus on civil society and his emphasis on a robust associational pluralism in the public sphere. In the twentieth century, Hannah Arendt was equally well-known for her critique of the over-valuation of unity in western political thought, and her emphasis on the phenomenon of human plurality as constitutive of the public realm. Professor Villa’s talk gives both thinkers credit where credit is due, but questions aspects of their thought that undercut their respective commitments to pluralism and plurality in politics.
DANA VILLA is Packey Dee Professor of Political Theory at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of Arendt and Heidegger: the Fate of the Political (Princeton, 1995), Politics, Philosophy, Terror (Princeton, 1999), Socratic Citizenship (Princeton, 2001), and Public Freedom (Princeton, 2008). Before taking up his position at the University of Notre Dame, he held senior positions at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has also been a Visiting Professor of Government at Harvard, and has held fellowships at the American Academy in Berlin, the Institute for Advanced Study, and Princeton’s University Center for Human Values.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
SFU Vancouver Campus, Harbour Centre
515 West Hastings
Reception 6–7:30 p.m. Teck Gallery
Presentation 7:30 p.m. room 2270
Further Information: Autumn Knowlton
Friday, March 30, 2012
BCTF: BC Needs a New Government
The BC Teachers’ Federation has stated its desire for a new government to take power. EDST professor Charles Ungerleider was quoted in this Vancouver Sun article.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Video Interviews
EDST is pleased to release two exciting videos on contemporary topics that are highly relevant to British Columbia and UBC’s Place and Promise plan.
Curious about how a curriculum can be Indigenized? You have an opportunity to hear Dr. Jo-ann Archibald, an EDST professor and associate dean, Indigenous Education and Research in the Faculty of Education, UBC, explain the process of Indigenizing a curriculum and how it can be practiced. The video is available on the EDST Website.
Dr. Marie Anderson defended her EdD dissertation at EDST in November 2011 and is the executive director of the Heywaynoqu Healing Circle for Aboriginal Addictions Society in Vancouver. She talks about her work and research in a video available on the EDST Website.
Curious about how a curriculum can be Indigenized? You have an opportunity to hear Dr. Jo-ann Archibald, an EDST professor and associate dean, Indigenous Education and Research in the Faculty of Education, UBC, explain the process of Indigenizing a curriculum and how it can be practiced. The video is available on the EDST Website.
Dr. Marie Anderson defended her EdD dissertation at EDST in November 2011 and is the executive director of the Heywaynoqu Healing Circle for Aboriginal Addictions Society in Vancouver. She talks about her work and research in a video available on the EDST Website.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Dynamic Interviews
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| Nora Timmerman, PhD Candidate |
Watch the interviews now on our website or YouTube channel.
Friday, February 10, 2012
“The Olympic Jolt”
Rob VanWynsberghe of EDST was featured in a recent UBC Reports issue. Rob talks about his research on the impact of mega-events: “entire social policies can be reworked in the name of hosting.” Read the full article on UBC Reports.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
SSHRC Scholarly Journal Grant Awarded to Lesley Andres
Lesley Andres, Professor in EDST, has been awarded a $67,650 SSHRC Aid to Scholarly Journals grant to support the work of the Canadian Journal of Higher Education, a fully online, open source publication of the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education. Established in 1970, the Journal publishes peer-reviewed manuscripts on topics that are relevant to the Canadian higher education system and its structures, processes, and community. The CJHE promotes research with international and comparative dimensions in relation to Canadian higher education. The Journal is the only national, refereed research journal in Canada focusing on higher education as a field of scholarly inquiry. In 2006 Lesley took on the role of the journal’s Editor-in-Chief and Sharon Hu, instructional designer in EPLT, became the journal manager. Together, they will continue to incorporate additional features of the OJS (Open Journal Systems) into the CJHE with the goal of promoting open access publishing in higher education.
Newsletter, January 2012
Read our latest EDST Newsletter, January 2012, for a summary of the latest news from faculty, students, and guests, and upcoming events.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Dr. Jo-ann Archibald to give 2012 AERA Distinguished Lecture
Dr. Jo-ann Archibald (Professor, EDST) has been invited to give (and she has accepted) the 2012 AERA Distinguished Lecture in Vancouver in April at the American Education Research Association meetings.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
EDST alumni video interviews
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| Dr. Suzanne Scott |
We also talked about school segregation and anti-racism with Dr. Timothy J. Stanley. Dr. Stanley is an EDST alumnus and currently a professor and vice dean of academic programs in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. He visited EDST on November 22, 2011, to give a talk about his new book, Contesting White Supremacy: School Segregation, Anti-Racism, and the Making of Chinese Canadians (2011, UBC Press). He talks about what he hopes the reader will gain from the book, and sends a message for students in EDST.
Watch the complete interviews on our website or YouTube channel.
Friday, January 6, 2012
IOP 2012 - Call for Proposals
Investigating Our Practices 2012. 15th annual conference. Co-sponsored by the Faculty of Education and the BC Teachers’ Federation. Saturday, May 5, 2012, Scarfe Education Building, 2125 Main Mall. Practicing teachers, graduate students, teacher candidates and university educators from different educational contexts convene at UBC to share their investigations, understandings and questions. Proposals for presentations can be submitted online at eplt.educ.ubc.ca/iop-cfp. The deadline for submissions is February 20. Registration fee: $25, $15 for students. Lunch and refreshments included. For more information, visit www.eplt.educ.ubc.ca/iop or contact Judy Paley at 604-822-2733, judy.paley@ubc.ca.
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