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The Faculty of Education at UBC is advancing educational research and understanding in ways that celebrate diversity, equity, and innovation, and welcomes international collaboration in an increasingly borderless world.

UBC’s Faculty of Education, one of the world’s leading education faculties, has served the local, national, and international education community through leadership in research, teaching, service and advocacy for more than 60 years. As the largest Faculty of Education in British Columbia, it plays a critical and influential role in the advancement of education in the province, shaping and participating in education’s possibilities and potential as a social good. 

Today, the Faculty of Education creates conditions for transformative teaching, innovative learning, and leading-edge research guided by the highest standards of scholarship and the principles of collaboration, social justice, inclusion and equity. Offering undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional development opportunities, the Faculty of Education enrolls thousands of students each year on two campuses and ranks 10th in the world, according to QS World University Rankings (2021).

UBC’s Faculty of Education prepares more than 45% of the elementary and the majority of secondary educators in British Columbia, and a significant proportion of British Columbia’s school counsellors, administrators, special education professionals, and school psychologists. With more than 57,000 alum located in 100 countries, the UBC Faculty of Education truly is a global entity. 

The Faculty of Education is home to four departments (Curriculum and Pedagogy, Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, Educational Studies, and Language and Literacy Education) and two schools (the School of Kinesiology and the Okanagan School of Education).

Mission
To advance education's role in the well-being of people and communities.
 

Research Centres

Research Facilities

We provide outstanding research facilities for faculty and graduate students that promote leading-edge research. Our Education Library is a specialized resource with access to all of UBC’s research and special collections, including the X̱wi7x̱wa Library with materials produced by Indigenous organizations, tribal councils, schools, researchers and publishers.

The Faculty’s Education Research and Learning Commons at Ponderosa Commons features technology-enhanced teaching and learning spaces and also informal learning spaces. A number of faculty manage their own research labs, situated throughout campus. 

Many of our PhD students have been selected as UBC Public Scholars and have received other honours.

Research Highlights

https://ivet.educ.ubc.ca/Notable strengths are in literacy education and multilingualism; struggling and marginalized youth; Indigenous education, decolonization, and research; transformational program and curriculum design and inclusive pedagogies for schools, community organizations and higher education; sexual orientation and gender-identity inclusive education; social-emotional learning and well-being; autism; exercise physiology, socio-cultural aspects of health; neuromechanical studies; and multidisciplinary research in diversity, health, early childhood education, and digital media. The School of Kinesiology ranks 1st in Canada and 4th in the world by QS World University Rankings (2021).

UBC’s Faculty of Education is the national leader in the number of education graduate student fellowships received from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Additionally, the Faculty of Education is home to six Canada Research Chairs, one CIHR chair and nine donor-funded research chairs and professorships. 

Schools / Departments

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Graduate Degree Programs

Research Supervisors in Faculty

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Name Academic Unit(s) Research Interests
Abdi, Ali Department of Educational Studies Comparative and cross-cultural education; Decolonizing philosophies of education, Development education, Critical research methodologies,; Human rights education
Ahenakew, Cash Department of Educational Studies Cultural studies, Higher Education, Indigenous Studies, Leadership and Organizations, Post-colonial studies, Race/ethnicity, Research methodologies, Social justice, Sociology of Education
Ahmed, Anwar Department of Language & Literacy Education Languages and literature
Anderson, David Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy Curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; Science, technology and engineering curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; Specialized studies in education; Cultural Institutions (Museums, Libraries, etc.); Informal Learning; Long-term Memory; Metacognition; Museum Education; Nostalgia; Science Education; Visitor Studies
Andres, Lesley Department of Educational Studies Higher education; life course research; international comparative higher education; sociology of higher education
Beauchamp, Mark School of Kinesiology Kinesiology; social determinants of health; Health Promotion; Quality of Life and Aging; Mental Health and Society; Children; Exercise Psychology; Group Processes; Health Psychology; Intervention; Leadership; Older Adults; Physical Activity; Social Cognition; Sport Psychology
Bedi, Robinder Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education Counselling psychology; Investigating counselling and psychotherapy as Western cultural healing practices; Counselling psychology disciplinary and professional issues in Canada; Heterodox issues in counselling psychology that challenge its dominant narratives and sacred ideas; Counselling/psychotherapy/mental health with Punjabi/Sikh individuals; Neglected topics in the Psychology of Men and Masculinity
Belliveau, George Department of Language & Literacy Education Art education, drama education, pedagogy, teacher research
Bennett, Erica School of Kinesiology Sport and exercise psychology; stress, emotion, and coping; Aging; sport; chronic illness; disability; Physical Activity; community and critical perspectives in physical activity psychology
Blouin, Jean-Sebastien School of Kinesiology Kinesiology; sensorimotor integration; Motor System; robotics and automation; Trauma / Injuries; Physiology; Balance robot; Computational approaches; Head and neck; Sensorimotor physiology; Sensory virtualisation; Standing balance; Whiplash injuries
Borgen, William Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education Career Counselling, Career/life transitions, Developmental approaches to counselling, Group counselling
Boushel, Robert School of Kinesiology, Department of Family Practice Natural sciences; Exercise, physiology, oxygen transport, cardiovascular regulation, bioenergetics, mitochondria
Bredin, Shannon School of Kinesiology Education; Psychology and cognitive sciences; Health sciences; Motor Behaviour (Motor Expertise, Learning, and Development); Human Performance; Physical Activity; Knowledge Translation and Mobilization; Indigenous Physical Activity and Health; Long-Term Athlete Development; Childhood Development
Bryson, Mary Department of Language & Literacy Education Critical studies of technology; literacies; cancer education; critical theory; Gender and Sexuality Studies; digital cultures
Bundon, Andrea School of Kinesiology Kinesiology; Social Contexts; critical disability studies; disability; Paralympics; social media; sociology; sport
Cannon, Joanna Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education language and literacy acquisition of students who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) and struggling readers
Carpenter, Mark School of Kinesiology neural control of movement, fear of falling, Neural control of movement, postural control, fears of falling, balance disorders, Parkinson's disease
Chua, Romeo School of Kinesiology Other natural sciences; Human sensorimotor control; Visual-motor control; Sensorimotor adaptation
Clark, Penney Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy history education, Curriculum Studies Research, History Education and Historical Consciousness, History of Education, Pedagogy, Social Studies Education Research
Cloth, Allison Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education Adolescence, Adolescent development, Child and Family Counseling in School Settings, Interventions, Mentoring, Program Evaluation, Social Justice, Young People Placed
Code, Jillianne Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy Curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; Specialized studies in education; Educational Context; Educational Technologies; Formative assessment; Immersive learning; Learner agency; Learning and Memory; Learning design; Self-efficacy; Self-regulated Learning; Situated and embodied cognition; Virtual augmented and mixed reality for learning; Virtual learning environments
Cole, Peter Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy Indigenous Education Research; Aboriginalizing/indigenizing research methodology; Orality; Narrativity; Environmental thought; Indigenous self-determination and self-governance; Traditional Aboriginal and Indigenous technologies
Corella Morales, Meghan Department of Language & Literacy Education Other languages and literature; Academic Discourse; Children and youth; Discourse Analysis; Language ideology; Sociolinguistics
Cox, Daniel Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education Counselling psychology; Motivations and Emotions; Anxiety; depression; Mental Health and Society; stress; Suicide
Darvin, Ron Department of Language & Literacy Education ESL, TESOL, LOTE and sign language curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; identity and investment in language learning; critical applied linguistics; race, ethnicity, and social class; Digital Literacies; generative AI

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Graduate Student Stories

Viviana Shiffman

Doctor of Philosophy in Kinesiology (PhD)

The trainability of the pulmonary system: effect of sex and age

Antonia Soldovieri

Doctor of Philosophy in School and Applied Child Psychology (PhD)

Educators' perceptions and experiences of teacher training and inclusive teaching

Serena Trang

Master of Science in Kinesiology (MSc)

Impact of chronic risperidone treatment on metabolic health of adolescent mice.

Max Abercrombie

Master of Science in Kinesiology (MSc)

Upper limb skeletal muscle properties in cervical spinal cord injury and nerve transfer surgery

Amie Orsetti

Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MA)

The role of emotion regulation in counselling processes.

Stef Atkinson

Master of Arts in Kinesiology (MA)

Trust in the coach-athlete relationship

Christina Kouvousis

Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MA)

All Pain, No Gain: Dominant Coaches and the Coach-Athlete Relationship

Rachel Moylan

Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD)

Teaching in the age of algorithms: Resisting the algorithmic order through co-created sociotechnical experiments
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Alumni on Success

Brigid Goitse Conteh

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD) [2020]

Job Title
Lecturer

Employer
University of Botswana

Olen Gunnlaugson

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD) [2009]

Job Title
Associate Professor in Leadership and Organizational Development

Employer
Université Laval

Andrea Bundon

Doctor of Philosophy in Kinesiology (PhD) [2014]

Job Title
Assistant Professor

Employer
The University of British Columbia - School of Kinesiology

Suzanne Windsor-Liscombe

Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership and Policy (EdD) [2014]

Job Title
Teacher-Administrator

Employer
Retired Educator from the Burnaby School District

Ashwani Kumar

Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD) [2011]

Job Title
Associate Professor

Employer
Mount Saint Vincent University

Ryan van den Berg

Master of Arts in Educational Studies (MA) [2016]

Job Title
Analyst

Employer
Library of Parliament

Randy Wollf

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD) [2008]

Job Title
President

Employer
PaperLift Document Editing

Kenneth Tupper

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD) [2011]

Job Title
Director of Implementation & Partnerships

Employer
BC Centre on Substance Use
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Recent Publications

This is an incomplete sample of recent publications in chronological order by UBC faculty members with a primary appointment in the Faculty of Education.

 

Barriers and facilitators to increasing physical activity in medium secure mental health settings: An exploration of staff perceptions
Publication: Mental Health and Physical Activity
UBC Author(s): Guy Faulkner (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 17552966
Volume: 28
Publication Date: March 2025

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Exposing a Motherhood Penalty in Sport: A Feminist Narrative Inquiry of Media Stories of Canadian Athlete Mothers’ Journeys to the 2020 Tokyo Games
Publication: Communication and Sport
UBC Author(s): Andrea Bundon (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 21674795
Volume: 13
Page Range: 99-120
Publication Date: February 2025

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Developmental Trajectories of Cybervictimization Among Canadian Adolescents: The Impact of Socializing Online and Sharing Personal Information
Publication: Child and Family Social Work
UBC Author(s): Jennifer Shapka (Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 13567500
Volume: 30
Page Range: 76-87
Publication Date: February 2025

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“Intercultural Encounters”: Mentorship Relations as Spaces for Critical Intercultural Learning in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
Publication: Journal of Studies in International Education
UBC Author(s): Cynthia Nicol (Curriculum & Pedagogy / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 10283153
Volume: 29
Page Range: 64-81
Publication Date: February 2025

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Surviving the 2021 heat dome with schizophrenia: A qualitative, interview-based unpacking of risks and vulnerabilities
Publication: Social Science and Medicine
UBC Author(s): Liv Yoon (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 02779536
Volume: 366
Publication Date: February 2025

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Within-person associations between daily stress and physical activity during working and non-working hours
Publication: Psychology of Sport and Exercise
UBC Author(s): Eli Puterman (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 14690292
Volume: 76
Publication Date: January 2025

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The Detrimental Effect of Stroke on Motor Adaptation
Publication: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
UBC Author(s): Hyosub Kim (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 15459683
Publication Date: 2025

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Using Multilabel Neural Network to Score High-Dimensional Assessments for Different Use Foci: An Example with College Major Preference Assessment
Publication: Journal of Educational Measurement
UBC Author(s): Amery Wu (Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 00220655
Publication Date: 2025

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Evidence for the dependence of visual and kinesthetic motor imagery on isolated visual and motor practice
Publication: Consciousness and Cognition
UBC Author(s): Nicola Hodges (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 10538100
Volume: 127
Publication Date: January 2025

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Team resilience in high-performance women’s football: Contextual stressors and opportunities for development
Publication: Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
UBC Author(s): Desmond McEwan (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 10413200
Volume: 37
Page Range: 23-48
Publication Date: 2025

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Multidimensional assessment of exertional dyspnea in young healthy males and females who select unsatisfied inspiration at peak exercise
Publication: Journal of Applied Physiology
UBC Author(s): William Sheel (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 87507587
Volume: 138
Page Range: 73-88
Publication Date: January 2025

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Sex differences in exercise-induced arterial hypoxemia and pulmonary edema following high-intensity exercise in highly trained endurance athletes
Publication: Physiological Reports
UBC Author(s): Michael Koehle (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
Volume: 13
Publication Date: January 2025

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Understanding Braille and Braille Readers to Facilitate Inclusion and Foster a Sense of Belonging
Publication: Teaching Exceptional Children
UBC Author(s): Kim Zebehazy (Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 00400599
Publication Date: 2025

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Teaching and AI in the postdigital age: Learning from teachers’ perspectives
Publication: Teaching and Teacher Education
UBC Author(s): Jillianne Code (Curriculum & Pedagogy / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 0742051X
Volume: 153
Publication Date: January 2025

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Factors Predicting Sustained Implementation of Tier 2 and Tier 3 Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Publication: Exceptional Children
UBC Author(s): Sterett Mercer (Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 00144029
Volume: 91
Page Range: 211-228
Publication Date: January 2025

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Estimating whole-body centre of mass sway during quiet standing with inertial measurement units
Publication: PLoS ONE
UBC Author(s): Jean-Sebastien Blouin (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
Volume: 20
Publication Date: January 2025

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Effects of older adults’ social identification on psychological flourishing and exercise program adherence
Publication: Psychology and Health
UBC Author(s): Eli Puterman (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education), Mark Beauchamp (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 08870446
Volume: 40
Page Range: 272-284
Publication Date: 2025

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Physical activity intensity and older adolescents’ stress: The ‘STress-Reactivity after Exercise in Senior Secondary EDucation’ (STRESSED) 3-arm randomised controlled trial
Publication: Psychology of Sport and Exercise
UBC Author(s): Eli Puterman (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education), Mark Beauchamp (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 14690292
Volume: 76
Publication Date: January 2025

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A Relational Unfolding: Reflections on Fostering Conditions for Transdisciplinary Education
Publication: World Futures
UBC Author(s): Derek Gladwin (Language & Literacy Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 02604027
Publication Date: 2025

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Needs-Based Mentoring in Schools: A Holistic Approach for Working with Youth at-Risk
Publication: Child and Youth Services
UBC Author(s): Allison Cloth (Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education / Faculty of Education), Joanna Cannon (Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 0145935X
Volume: 46
Page Range: 46-69
Publication Date: 2025

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Antiracist and decolonial perspectives of teaching english as an international language: Theory and enactment
Publication: The Routledge Handbook of Teaching English as an International Language
UBC Author(s): Ryuko Kubota (Language & Literacy Education / Faculty of Education)
Page Range: 376-389
Publication Date: 30 December 2024

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Daily GDF15 treatment has sex-specific effects on body weight and food intake and does not enhance the effects of voluntary physical activity in mice
Publication: Journal of Physiology
UBC Author(s): David Wright (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 00223751
Volume: 602
Page Range: 6813-6826
Publication Date: 15 December 2024

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War exposure, daily stressors, and mental health 15 years on: implications of an ecological framework for addressing the mental health of conflict-affected populations
Publication: Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences
UBC Author(s): Kenneth Miller (Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education / Faculty of Education)
Volume: 33
Page Range: e78
Publication Date: 11 December 2024

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Pre-service Teachers’ Conceptual Understandings of Models and Modelling in a STEM Methods Course
Publication: Research in Science Education
UBC Author(s): Samia Khan (Curriculum & Pedagogy / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 0157244X
Volume: 54
Page Range: 1137-1153
Publication Date: December 2024

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Conservative Management and Postoperative Return to Sport in Endurance Athletes with Flow Limitations in the Iliac Arteries: A Scoping Review
Publication: Sports Medicine
UBC Author(s): Michael Koehle (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 01121642
Volume: 54
Page Range: 3111-3126
Publication Date: December 2024

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Recent Thesis Submissions

Doctoral Citations

A doctoral citation summarizes the nature of the independent research, provides a high-level overview of the study, states the significance of the work and says who will benefit from the findings in clear, non-specialized language, so that members of a lay audience will understand it.
Year Citation Program
2024 Dr. Aslanimehr conceptualized exile as an internal force carried within, hindering recognition. Her work explored the tension between self-understanding and how others perceive us. Applied within academia, she challenges the theory of recognition by emphasizing attentive listening attuned to the unique experiences that may send the self to exile. Doctor of Philosophy in Human Development, Learning, and Culture (PhD)
2024 Dr. Strich explored students' experiences with place at their school located in the Skagit Valley, Washington State. Students shared stories of meaningful places during walking and stationary interviews. Findings reveal place as a multi-dimensional inquiry, layered perspectives and understandings, and highly contextual to each person and place. Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD)
2024 Dr. Saito investigated students learning mathematics in English at a Canadian school and in Japanese at a weekend Japanese school. He found that multilingual learners recognize the differences in curricula between the two countries. His study helps us to understand that there are curricular and linguistic differences in mathematics across countries. Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD)
2024 Dr. Beattie elicited young children's perspectives on outdoor learning, which revealed the importance of acknowledging children's agency, creating physical connections with sticks and other natural objects, and acknowledging place as an agentic teacher to foster meaningful and effective learning across the curriculum. Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD)
2024 Dr. Baldus' research studies contribute to correspondence and art practices that acknowledge the tension between individual experience and that collective thinking which happens across different kinds of distance and variation. Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD)
2024 Dr. Bailey examined PATH implementation for individuals with disabilities in a BC secondary school. Findings included, PATH features, accountability, barriers, and positive impacts, with recommendations for improvement and theory-practice integration in future studies. Doctor of Philosophy in School and Applied Child Psychology (PhD)
2024 Dr. Kostandy examined a networked movement of Egyptian public school teachers on Facebook. Her research reveals teachers' material, moral and legal conditions. She proposes a framework to understand the notion of justice in the Global South. Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)
2024 Dr. Zhang studied mathematics problem-solving and self-regulated learning in young students participating in after-school robotics programs. He observed that these children approached problem-solving through iterative processes, engaging in experimentation, assessing their ideas, setting goals, and self-correcting their efforts toward finding solutions. Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD)
2024 Dr. Hardman listens to stories from Indigenizers applying Indigenous Storywork principles and her own Sto:lo teachings to understand deeply and interact with these stories. Storywork Listening shines light on six themes for Indigennizing. We learn that it is not easy but it is possible to Indigenize the Future: One Heart at a Time. Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)
2024 Dr. Heaslip examined the unsolicited help receiving experiences of persons with visual impairments, targeting what is and isn't helpful during these interactions. The prominent themes identified were consent, assumptions, courtesy, consideration and respect. Findings were used to generate recommendations for navigating these complex interactions. Doctor of Philosophy in Counselling Psychology (PhD)

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Welcome Back Message from Dean Hare

January 6, 2025 Dear Colleagues, Welcome back. I hope your holiday break was restful and rejuvenating, filled with moments of joy among family, friends, community and land. As we step into 2025, I am excited to re-engage with the dynamic spirit of our Faculty of Education and look forward to the...

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Dr. Jeff Reading appointed Member of the Order of Canada

July 5, 2023 Dr. Jeff Reading, CM, Affiliate Professor at UBC School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education, was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada for his groundbreaking contributions to Indigenous health research and for his leadership in bringing Indigenous perspectives to scientific...

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Truth and Reconciliation 2024

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Celebrating 50 Years of NITEP

April 10, 2024 The UBC Faculty of Education is ranked 2nd in Canada, 10th in North America and 17th globally according to the 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) University Rankings have released its 20th annual installment, featuring 1,500 institutions...

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2024 Holiday Message

December 2, 2024   Transcription of Dean Hare’s 2024 Holiday Video Message Boozhoo, Aanii, and warm greetings to you all. As we approach the end of this calendar year, let us take a moment to reflect on our journey—a year filled with collaboration, commitment, shared purpose, and...

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Maclean’s Education 2025 Rankings: UBC Faculty of Education ties 1st in Canada

October 15, 2024 The UBC Faculty of Education is tied for first place in Canada in Maclean’s 2025 University Rankings Once again, the UBC Faculty of Education is tied for first place in Canada for education programs in both research and program reputation in Maclean’s Education 2025 University...

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