Research Day | Office of Research in Education

Thursday May 30^th, 2013 from 12:30 to 7:30 p.m.
First Nations House of Learning, UBC Vancouver

Join a discussion of methodological questions arising from your research work in progress; discover critical research problems and their implications for knowledge, practice, and policy; and learn from the experience of recent alumni of the Faculty’s graduate programs. Education Research Matters: let’s talk about it. For more information, visit the new OGPR website and register now! For more information, contact Brigitte Gemme.

Research Day
Thursday May 30^th, 2013
12:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Sty-Wet-Tan Hall, First Nations House of Learning
1985 West Mall, UBC

Presented by the Office of Graduate Programs and Research in collaboration with the Graduate Student Council of the Faculty of Education, Indigenous Education Institute of Canada – Year of Indigenous Education, and the Dean’s Office

1:00 p.m. – Opening Remarks and Keynote Speaker
Dr. Shelley Hymel, Professor (ECPS) shares her passion for research that engages the community to make a difference.

2:00 p.m. – Methodology Minglers
Join interactive sessions led by faculty members to discuss methodology issues arising from your work in progress and explore new perspectives. Register before May 15^th to ensure that your questions will be communicated to the facilitators!

There are 9 Mingler choices:
A. Doing Research with the Community (Wendy Frisby, KIN)
B. Discourse Analysis (Steven Talmy, LLED)
C. Research-Based Theatre (George Belliveau, LLED)
D. Video Ethnography (Lisa Loutzenheiser, EDCP)
E. Indigenous Research and Methods (Michael Marker, EDST)
F. Statistics and Large-Scale Assessment (Bruno Zumbo, ECPS)
G. Publishing in Peer-Review Journals (Lesley Andres, EDST)
H. Media and Qualitative Research (Michelle Stack, EDST)
I. Research Ethics and Applying to BREB (Cynthia Nicol, EDCP)
4:15 p.m. – Ignite Research
A session that will light your fire! Passionate graduate students and faculty members will go straight to the heart of their research, presenting important research questions and findings in 3 minutes or less. Discover critical research problems and their implications for knowledge, practice, and policy.

5:15 p.m. – “Research Careers that Matter” Panel with Indigenous Alumni
Learn from the experience of three alumni from our Faculty’s graduate programs about navigating the job market and pursuing your career in relation to research. The panel, in the context of the Year of Indigenous Education, will celebrate three Indigenous scholars. Their experience will resonate with all graduate students and faculty members who care about educational and social change.

Margo Greenwood, PhD, CCFI, 2008
Onowa McIvor, Ph.D., LLED, 2012
Trish Rosborough, Ed.D., EDST, 2012

A celebration with refreshments will follow.