Student Leadership Conference
The Student Leadership Conference is looking for graduate student Workshop Presenters for January 10th’s event. Details at: http://students.ubc.ca/slc/present Application deadline is extended to Friday, October 10th for graduate students.
Hongxia Shan
Adult learning and education; Immigration and education; Work, profession, and learning; Knowledge transfer/translation; Everyday multiculturalism; Prior learning recognition; Gender and development; Institutional ethnography.
Her research has focused on the changing work, learning, training and educational policies and practices in the context of (im)migration and transnationalism. Dr. Shan’s work challenges the dominant deficit construct of (im)migrant others by promoting strength-based policies, research and pedagogies. Her research has contributed to the understanding of the roles that (im)migrant men and women professionals play in the transfer, translation and transformation of knowledge and practices across place.
Escape from Tibet
The Centre for Culture, Identity & Education (CCIE) www.ccie.educ.ubc.ca and the Department of Educational Studies (EDST) www.edst.educ.ubc.ca present a Documentary Film Screening and Book Discussion by: Nick Gray, Television Producer and Visiting Professor of Documentary Production at University of Lincoln, England and collaborator, “Tenzin”, Tibetan exile and student at University of Westminster, London, UK. DATE: […]
Shop Talk: Evaluation of a Support Group for Fathers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration in Autism (CIRCA), Faculty of Education, presents: CIRCA Colloquium Series 2014-2015 Presenter: Miriam Elfert, PhD, BCBA Behaviour Consultant and Program Manager, Reach ABA Program; Contract Faculty, Disability and Community Studies Department, Douglas College DATE: October 30, 2014 TIME: 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. VENUE: Neville Scarfe Building (UBC) 2125 […]
Graduate Pathways to Success (GPS) Workshop: Getting on Track with your Thesis
Registration is now open for the following Graduate Pathways to Success session: Getting on Track with your Thesis Tuesday, October 7th, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM For a complete session description, see https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/11931-getting-track-your-thesis To register, visit https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g38b6 For 1st year PhD students, there is still space in the PhD Connections Lunch. This is a great […]
Romeo Chua
Human perceptual-motor control; Sensorimotor control.
His research is directed toward the study of the sensorimotor adaptation of reaching movements and is guided by issues pertaining to factors that can influence our ability to adapt to errors in the preparation and execution of target-directed reaching movements. Dr. Chua studies the type of error signals that are used to drive motor updating and the influence conscious awareness of the error signals has on adaptation.
Patricia Vertinsky
History of physical culture; Physical education; Gender studies.
Dr. Vertinsky is a social and cultural historian working across the fields of women’s and gender history with a special interest on physical culture, physical education and modern dance. Her work focuses on the study of normalizing disciplinary regimes in kinesiology and sport science and the social, political, and scientific context in which they have been conceived and promoted. Her currently funded projects focus upon a new history of female physical education, expressive movement, and modern dance.
William Sheel
Exercise; Physiology; Pulmonary; Hypoxia; Lung; Cardiorespiratory; Sex-differences.
The long-term goal of Dr. Sheel’s research program is to understand how the respiratory and cardiovascular systems interact, respond and adapt to physiological stress and how biological sex affects these relationships. The heart, circulation, lungs, and chest wall all act together in a highly coordinated fashion. Studying each system in isolation can provide valuable information but examining how these systems act together provides a more comprehensive understanding of basic human physiology.
Ian Franks
Motor control; Startle reflex; Reaction time; Response preparation; Motor program.
Dr. Franks’ research examines how people prepare and control their actions. One method of probing these preparation processes is to deliver a startling stimulus along with the “go” command. A brief loud sound causes a startle reflex but also triggers the release of a voluntary movement that is planned and ready to go. Because we have an understanding of the pathways responsible for the startle reflex it is possible to map movement preparation as it interacts with this reflex.
Nicola Hodges
Practice; Motor learning; Skill acquisition; Expertise; Motor control; Motor behavior; Instructions; Observational practice.
Her research is guided primarily by the desire to understand the principles which guide motor learning/skill acquisition and to apply this knowledge to the design of effective practice. This includes the study of action-observation, instruction, practice organization and feedback. Dr. Hodges’ research has had significant impact internationally on motor learning theory and application, particularly the delivery of sport science support.