Introducing New Chair & Professorship Holders – RSVP
Join the Faculty of Education community in welcoming new internal Chair and Professorship holders and learn more about their research plans and vision.
Guofang Li
immigrant/transnational children’s bicultural and biliteracy development, home and community literacy, Asian model minority and identity development, teacher education and professional development for culturally and linguistically diverse children, race, class, and ethnicity issues concerning immigrant children and youth, technology and ESL/EFL instruction, immigrant children’s new literacies development in and out of school
Li’s work focuses on the role of culture and social class in immigrant children’s biliteracy development from the points of view of the minority children and parents, and mainstream teachers. She also examines the impact of model minority myths on both overachieving and underachieving Asian immigrant children and youth. Her scholarship has made major theoretical and pedagogical contributions to minority children’s literacy instruction in multicultural communities and classrooms.
YRE Research Week Keynote Presentation Available Online
This year’s Research Week keynote speaker for the Year of Research was Dr. Carlos Alberto Torres. Dr. Torres is the principal biographer of Paulo Freire, the Brazilian philosopher and critical social theorist, and is the founder of Paulo Freire Institutes in São Paulo, Buenos Aires, and UCLA. His teaching and research interests include the political […]
St. John’s College UBC Still Accepting Applications for Sept 2015
St. John’s College is UBC’s International Graduate Residential College. It offers residential membership to graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, visiting faculty and visiting graduate students who share an interest in international research issues and global change studies and are committed to a better understanding and acceptance of cultural diversity. We are still accepting applications for September […]
September 2015 Graduation Deadline for Graduate Students
Friday, August 21, 2015 is the deadline for applications for September 2015 graduation (degree conferral) to be submitted to the SSC.
Assistant Professor – Brandon University
Educational Administration Applications are invited for a tenure-track probationary position as an Assistant Professor, Educational Administration. Qualifications: Doctoral degree (or ABD) in educational administration or similar; excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills; successful teaching and principal experience in the K-12 system; experience with diverse students and communities, and a developing research agenda. Responsibilities: Teaching […]
2015 AESA Critics’ Choice Book Award
Congratulations to Sam Rocha for the 2015 AESA Critics’ Choice Book Award!
Pilot Bridge Funding for SSHRC Researchers
Sponsor: VP Research & International with SPARC
Application information:
Special notes: Contact Heather Frost for further information.
Volunteer for OGPR/GCAC Committee
The Office of Graduate Programs and Research (OGPR) currently has a graduate student (either Masters or PhD) volunteer position on one of its committees as described below: We are looking for a graduate student volunteer for the Graduate Curriculum Advisory Committee (GCAC). The GCAC serves as an advisory committee to departments and the Dean on […]
Tri-Agency Fellowship Info Session & Feedback Forum
Education Graduate Students are invited to join us for a SSHRC/CIHR/NSERC Fellowship Information Panel and Feedback Forum on September 10, 2015.