Margaret Early
K-12 English language learner education; International perspectives; Multiple literacies; Research design and method.
Her research focuses on English Language Learners in K-12 multilingual public school settings and the potential benefits and limits of multilingual and multimodal pedagogies in promoting language and content learning. Dr. Early’s scholarship has contributed to the teaching of language/s and other modes across the curriculum and has had an impact in the advancement of policies and pedagogies that promote using diversity as a resource.
Peter Cole
Narrativity; Orality; Indigenous ways of knowing; Ecoliteracy; Ecopedagogy Ecotechnology; Indigenous research methodologies; Indigenizing the academy.
A member of Douglas First Nation, Dr. Cole’s scholarship centres on narrativity, orality, Indigenous ecoliteracies, Indigenous methodologies and Indigenizing the academy. His research has focused on regeneration of traditional ecological knowledges with the St’at’imc, and more recently with the Kichwa-Lamista in Peru. Peter played a key role in initiating the dialogue on Indigenous research with SSHRC. He is the Co-Advisor of the MEd in Ecojustice & Sustainability Education, and Co-Director of the Peru Summer Institute: Ecology, Technology & Indigeneity in the High Amazon.
Marla Buchanan
Posttraumatic stress studies; Prisoner research; Military trauma; Interpersonal process recall research; Narrative research methods; Qualitative research methods.
Dr. Buchanan’s research area is in the field of traumatic stress studies. Dr. Buchanan uses narrative research methods to investigate military trauma, trauma among
journalists and prisoner mental health and wellness. Recently in an international research project with Dr. Marvin Westwood (UBC), she conducted interpersonal process recall interviews with Australian veterans to evaluate the efficacy of a group-based treatment intervention for posttraumatic stress.
Cash Ahenakew
Dr. Ahenakew’s research proposes to develop alternative approaches to pedagogy and methodology that contribute to the revitalization and transformation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous education, research and well-being. Contributions: Keywords:
Ali Abdi
His research centrally focuses on the role of education in social well-being with special emphasis on the historical and cultural contexts of learning and teaching. Dr. Abdi’s academic work has impacted ways of decolonizing the philosophies and methodologies of knowledge, thus re-centering the locations of previously marginalized discourses and pedagogies. In addition, he studies processes of globalization and global citizenship with special emphasis on educational policy and attached power relations.
International education; International development; Global citizenship; Postcolonial studies.
Claiming Full Citizenship: Self Determination, Personalization and Individualized Funding 2015 International Conference
Thursday October 15-17, 2015 The Hyatt Regency, Vancouver, BC Conference Description: With the passage of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, self-determination, personalization and individualized funding initiatives have a new foundation upon which to build. In countries all over the world, these initiatives are transforming the lives of people with disabilities. Like […]
Graduate Pathways to Success – Canada Graduate Scholarships, Master’s Award Competition
Registration is now open for the following Graduate Pathways to Success sessions: Canada Graduate Scholarships, Master’s Award Competition Thursday, November 13th 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM (in person) and 1:00 – 2:00 PM (via webinar) For a complete session description, see https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/11965-canada-graduate-scholarships-masters-award-competition To register, visit https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g3a06 (in person) or https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g3a15 (webinar)
US Visa Info Session
Do you want to visit the United States? Learn how to apply for a US visa. If you’re a citizen of a country that’s part of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), you will need to apply for ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization). Join us for an information session with officers from the US Consulate […]
Stay Alert! Keeping Current with Research
Wednesday, November 12th, 2014 at 2:00PM – 4:00PM Location: WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY RM 217 Save valuable research time! Online research resources offer an array of tools to help you stay current in your field. In this workshop you’ll learn how to set up email alerts to be notified when new articles and dissertations are […]