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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

or browse the list of faculty members in various academic units. You may click each unit to view faculty members appointed in that unit. View the full faculty member directory for more search and filter options.
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 Medicine, nursing and health curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; Psychology, social and behavorial aspects; Indigenous health; Physical education and development curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; Psychosocial, sociocultural and behavioral determinants of health; Health promotion and disease prevention; Motor Behaviour (Motor Expertise, Learning, and Development); Human Performance; Physical Activity; Knowledge Translation and Mobilization; Indigenous Health and Physical Activity; Long-Term Athlete Development; Childhood Development; sport
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

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.

Andrea Kellaway

Master of Arts in Special Education (MA)

Nothing about us without us: Preservice teachers with disabilities’ perspectives on inclusive education

Viviana Shiffman

Doctor of Philosophy in Kinesiology (PhD)

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

Stef Atkinson

Master of Arts in Kinesiology (MA)

Trust in the coach-athlete relationship

Meera Sharma

Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MA)

Investigating Factors Associated with Alcoholism and Recovery Amongst South Asian Men

Christina Kouvousis

Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MA)

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

 

Understanding the conditions that foster collaborative teacher cultures: A case study
Publication: System
UBC Author(s): Maureen Kendrick (Language & Literacy Education / Faculty of Education), Margaret Early (Language & Literacy Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 0346251X
Volume: 131
Publication Date: July 2025

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Financing clean technologies within Canada's Indigenous communities: Perspectives on sustainable energy transition from practitioners and academics
Publication: Energy
UBC Author(s): Derek Gladwin (Language & Literacy Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 03605442
Volume: 322
Publication Date: 1 May 2025

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Parental Travel Behaviors and Children’s Independent Mobility: A MultiSite Study
Publication: Pediatric Exercise Science
UBC Author(s): Guy Faulkner (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 08998493
Volume: 37
Page Range: 112-117
Publication Date: May 2025

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Emotional well-being of school principals: exploring enhancement and risk factors
Publication: Journal of Educational Administration
UBC Author(s): Fei Wang (Educational Studies / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 09578234
Volume: 63
Page Range: 224-238
Publication Date: 25 April 2025

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An umbrella review and meta-analysis of 87 meta-analyses examining healthcare workers' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic
Publication: Journal of Affective Disorders
UBC Author(s): Eli Puterman (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education), Mark Beauchamp (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education), Guy Faulkner (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 01650327
Volume: 375
Page Range: 423-436
Publication Date: 15 April 2025

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CA and MCA to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI): A case for motivated looking
Publication: Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
UBC Author(s): Steven Talmy (Language & Literacy Education / Faculty of Education)
Volume: 4
Publication Date: April 2025

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Tracking Physical Activity and Nutrition Policies and Practices in Early Childhood Education and Care: Five Years Post-Implementation of a Provincial-Level Active Play Standard
Publication: Childhood obesity (Print)
UBC Author(s): Guy Faulkner (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
Volume: 21
Page Range: 273-281
Publication Date: 1 April 2025

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The Longitudinal Association Between Habitual Smartphone Use and Peer Attachment: A Random Intercept Latent Transition Analysis
Publication: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
UBC Author(s): Jennifer Shapka (Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 16617827
Volume: 22
Publication Date: April 2025

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Air Pollution and Its Effects on Sports and Exercise: A Narrative Review of Impacts and Mitigation Strategies
Publication: Current sports medicine reports
UBC Author(s): Michael Koehle (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
Volume: 24
Page Range: 88-94
Publication Date: 1 April 2025

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Evidence for an efferent-based prediction contributing to implicit motor adaptation
Publication: PLoS ONE
UBC Author(s): J Timothy Inglis (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education), Romeo Chua (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
Volume: 20
Publication Date: April 2025

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Feasibility and preliminary effects of an app-based physical activity intervention for individuals with depression (MoodMover): A protocol for a single-arm, pre-post intervention study
Publication: PLoS ONE
UBC Author(s): Guy Faulkner (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
Volume: 20
Publication Date: April 2025

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Increasing Health Behaviors and Psychological Measures with an Adapted Version of the ACCELERATION Program
Publication: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
UBC Author(s): Darren Warburton (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education), Shannon Bredin (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 10705503
Volume: 32
Page Range: 195-213
Publication Date: April 2025

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Exploring the Influence of Interorganization Networks on the Dissemination of National Health Behavior Guidelines
Publication: Journal of Physical Activity and Health
UBC Author(s): Guy Faulkner (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 15433080
Volume: 22
Page Range: 418-428
Publication Date: April 2025

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Digest
Publication: Journal of sport & exercise psychology
UBC Author(s): Erica Bennett (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
Volume: 47
Page Range: 126-130
Publication Date: 1 April 2025

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Effectiveness of the caregiver support intervention on child psychosocial wellbeing among Syrian refugees in Lebanon: Mediation and secondary analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Publication: Child Abuse and Neglect
UBC Author(s): Kenneth Miller (Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 01452134
Volume: 162
Publication Date: April 2025

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Interleukin-10 resistance in type 2 diabetes is associated with defective STAT3 signaling in human blood leukocytes
Publication: American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology
UBC Author(s): David Wright (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 03636143
Volume: 328
Page Range: C1293-C1302
Publication Date: April 2025

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Higher Education’s Care/Control of Refugee and Displaced Students
Publication: Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies
UBC Author(s): Sharon Rebekah Stein (Educational Studies / Faculty of Education)
Volume: 12
Page Range: 11-33
Publication Date: 29 March 2025

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Optimal Recovery Following Pediatric Concussion
Publication: JAMA Network Open
UBC Author(s): Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen (Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education / Faculty of Education)
Volume: 8
Publication Date: 19 March 2025

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Habituation of vestibular-evoked balance responses after repeated exposure to a postural threat
Publication: Journal of Physiology
UBC Author(s): J Timothy Inglis (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education), Mark Carpenter (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 00223751
Volume: 603
Page Range: 1567-1587
Publication Date: 15 March 2025

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Parent Preferences for Peer Connection in Virtual Mental Health and Parenting Support Platforms
Publication: Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science
UBC Author(s): Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen (Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education / Faculty of Education)
Volume: 10
Page Range: 1-6
Publication Date: March 2025

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Uncovering data gaps in biodiversity research within Brazilian Atlantic Forest restoration
Publication: Restoration Ecology
UBC Author(s): Edward Kroc (Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 10612971
Volume: 33
Publication Date: March 2025

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Effects of a 6-week at-home exercise intervention on psychological and physical indicators of well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: Secondary analysis of a pragmatic randomized trial
Publication: Mental Health and Physical Activity
UBC Author(s): Eli Puterman (School of Kinesiology / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 17552966
Volume: 28
Publication Date: March 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
Volume: 39
Page Range: 213-225
Publication Date: March 2025

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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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Towards an Ideal Model of Education for Critical Citizenship. An Analysis of the Spanish Curricular Change in Social Sciences
Publication: European Journal of Education
UBC Author(s): Eddie Wayne Ross (Curriculum & Pedagogy / Faculty of Education)
ISSN: 01418211
Volume: 60
Publication Date: March 2025

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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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Dr. Kristiina Kumpulainen named 2025 International Academy of Education Fellow

May 15, 2025 Dr. Kristiina Kumpulainen has been selected as a 2025 International Academy of Education Fellow Dr. Kristiina Kumpulainen has been named a 2025 Fellow of the International Academy of Education (IAE). This prestigious honour recognizes exceptional contributions to education through...

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Kay Anderson and Negar Khodarahmi receive 2024-25 UBC Faculty of Education Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

April 30, 2025 Congratulations to Kay Anderson and Negar Khodarahmi, recipients of the 2024-25 Faculty of Education Graduate Teaching Assistant Award The Faculty of Education Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Awards are conferred annually to individuals who demonstrate exceptional teaching...

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Gizem Guryil and Carrie Peters receive 2024-25 UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

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Dr. Shannon Leddy and Dr. Nancy Perry Awarded 2024-25 UBC Community-University Engagement Support Fund

April 16, 2025   Dr. Shannon Leddy and Dr. Nancy Perry Awarded 2024-25 UBC Community-University Engagement Support Fund The UBC Community-University Engagement Support (CUES) Fund, jointly administered by UBC Community Engagement and the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation...

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Dr. Sofia Noori Awarded 2024-25 Killam Teaching Prize

April 14, 2024 Congratulations to Dr. Sofia Noori, recipient of the 2024-25 Killam Teaching Prize Dr. Sofia Noori has received the 2024–25 Killam Teaching Prize, an honour awarded annually from the Killam General Endowment fund to faculty members nominated by students, colleagues, and alumni for...

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UBC Faculty of Education to Lead New Provincial Teacher Mentorship Pilot Program

March 31, 2025 The Faculty of Education in the University of British Columbia has been selected to lead British Columbia’s new provincial Teacher Mentorship Pilot Program (TMPP). The UBC Faculty of Education has been selected to lead British Columbia’s new provincial Teacher Mentorship Pilot...

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