Librarians without Borders special talk
All are invited to attend a special talk hosted by Librarians Without Borders. Applying an Ecological Model for Library Development to Build Literacy in Rural Ethiopian Communities Tuesday October 7, 1-2pm Dodson Room, IKB 302 Dr. Marlene Asselin, Dept. of Language and Literacy Education will be joining the UBC student committee of Librarians Without Borders […]
International Community Engagement Speaker Series – The Challenges of Participatory Development
International Service Learning, at the UBC Centre for Community Engaged Learning will be hosting its second speaker series on the topic of the Challenges of Participatory Development, moderated by LLED Professor, Dr. Bonny Norton. When: Thursday, October 9th from 6:00 – 7:30 pm Where: Global Lounge, 2205 Lower Mall The Challenges of Participatory Development: The concept of participatory development […]
LLED Research Seminar with Kyung-Hwa (Kay) Yang
Title: A Video-based Cross-national Study on Teaching for Social Justice When: Thursday, October 2nd Where: Digital Literacy Centre, PonF 103 When: 12:30-1:30 PM. All are welcome. Abstract: The project that I will present focuses on how pre-service teachers think about social justice. It was conducted in South Africa and the United States quasi-simultaneously in 2013. […]
Successful thesis defenses in LLED
LLED is proud to announce the successful defenses of three PhD students. Laura Nimmon defended her dissertation titled, “Meaning Making within Social Activity Domain of Health Maintenance: Role of Social Networks” on September 22. Her supervisor is Dr. Victoria Purcell-Gates. Amanda Wager defended her dissertation titled, “Applied Drama as Engaging Pedagogy: Critical Multimodal Literacies […]
Dr. Theresa Rogers appointed Associate Dean, Faculty & Program Development with G+PS
LLED is happy to announce that Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies has appointed Dr. Theresa Rogers to the position of Associate Dean, Faculty and Program Development, effective September 1, 2014. The portfolio for which Dr. Rogers is assuming a leadership role focuses on promoting and developing opportunities for UBC graduate programs and faculty to achieve excellence in […]
Upcoming Doctoral Defence – Amanda Wager
LLED PhD student Amanda Wager will defend her doctoral dissertation on Friday, September 26, 2014. All are welcome to attend. Title: Applied Drama as Engaging Pedagogy: Critical Multimodal Literacies with Street Youth When: Friday, September 26, 2014 at 9:00 am Where: Graduate Student Centre, at 6371 Crescent Road, room 200 Co-Supervisor: Drs. George Belliveau and Theresa Rogers Doctoral defences […]
Upcoming Doctoral Defence – Ji Eun Kim
LLED PhD studnet Ji Eun Kim will defend her doctoral dissertation on Wednesday, September 10, 2014. All are welcome to attend. Title: Parent-Child Shared Reading: The Affordances of Print, Digital and Hand-Held Electronic Storybooks When: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at 9:00 am Where: Graduate Student Centre, at 6371 Crescent Road, room 200 Supervisor: Dr. Jim Anderson Doctoral defences are public. Examinations […]
Upcoming PhD Defence – Kerri Mesner
Rev. Kerri A. Mesner, completing her degree within Department of Centre for Cross-Faculty Inquiry in Education, will be defending her thesis, Wrestling with the Angels of Ambiguity: Scholarship in the In-Between: Queer Theology/Performative Autoethnography When: Thursday, September 25, 2014 9:00 AM Where: Graduate Student Centre, at 6371 Crescent Road, Room 200 Supervisor: Dr. Carl Leggo All are welcome to attend and support […]
Upcoming PhD Defence – Laura Nimmon
LLED’s Laura E. Nimmon will be defending her thesis, Meaning Making within Social Activity Domain of Health Maintenance: Role of Social Networks. When: Monday, September 22, 2014 9:00 AM Where: Graduate Student Centre, at 6371 Crescent Road, Room 203 Supervisor: Dr. Victoria Purcell-Gates All are welcome to attend and support Laura.