The School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, the iSchool at University of British Columbia, is pleased to welcome Carol L. Tilly, Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as the next speaker in our 2012-13 Colloquium Series. She is speaking Wednesday, January 30, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on the topic of “Children, Comics, Critics, and a Researcher.”
The talk will be given in the Chilcotin Boardroom, located on the 2nd floor of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at UBC. Registration is not necessary and the talk is open to all interested members of the community.
Date:Wed, 01/30/2013 – 11:45 – 12:45
Dr. Avis Glaze
Ontario’s First Chief Student Achievement Officer & Founding CEO of the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat
DLC (Digital Learning Centre), Room 103
Ponderosa Annex F
Everyone is welcome!
Date:
Mon, 12/03/2012 – 12:00
Listen to LLED faculty member Bonny Norton discuss her insights on recent census data to a CBC Radio interview with Mark Forsythe.
Date:
Thu, 09/20/2012 – 12:30
Read our latest newsletter here!
Congratulations to our LLED colleagues for their outstanding work in the one week institute, Recurring Questions in Technology held July 9 – 13th, 2012.We are grateful to Dr. John Willinsky for spearheading this novel institute. He worked tirelessly and graciously over this past year to bring together a group of some of the best, most current scholars in the field. The lectures were given by a wide range of colleagues in Education, the Humanities, and Communications from SFU, and UBC (EDCP and LLED).
John Willinsky led the lectures on the first day, Candace Galla gave the Tuesday evening address, Mary Bryson and Teresa Dobson led the group on Thursday. Dr. Dobson’s morning lecture and was impressed with her conceptual rigour, and skillful teaching as well the fascinating and thought-provoking course material that she shared with the students. A special thank-you to Meike Wernicke, Graduate Teaching Assistant for the course.
The Summer 2012 Indigeneity Educational Institute
Faculty of Education, UBC
Decolonizing Education Symposium
July 12, 2012
St. John’s College, Fairmont Social Lounge
2111 Lower Mall Rd., UBC
Keynote Speakers: Dr. Marie Battiste & Dr. Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu Galla
Endogenous Research: Exploring Qualitative Research Within Indigenous Knowledges and Communities
Event poster
List of Summer Institutes
Date:
Thu, 07/12/2012 (All day)
The Centre for Research in Chinese Language & Literacy Education (CRCLLE), in conjunction with the Vancouver School Board, is pleased to announce a one-day symposium on Friday, April 20th entitled “Teaching Canadian Children Chinese: Programs, Principles, and Practices”. Please see the attached flyer for more information and for a link for registration (in yellow). The event is free and open to both the UBC and wider community (teachers, parents, others). In addition to CRCLLE, UBC sponsors for the symposium include the Department of Language & Literacy Education and Asian Studies.
Click here for the event flyer.
Date:
Fri, 04/20/2012 (All day)
