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Lecture on Open Education – Oct 31 @ 12 pm, Lillooet Room (IKBLC)
UBC is currently celebrating Open Access Week and one of the feature presentations is a session on Open Education. Please join Dr. John Beasley Murray, David Kohler and Stephen Hay for the following presentation: Beyond Walls: Teaching and Learning in the Open Open education is based on a set of values that are shared by […]
Education Library receives donation
The Education Library has received a donation from the Montessori Society of Canada and the Montessori Training Centre of B.C. of books by and about Dr. Maria Montessori. Titles by Dr. Maria Montessori include: The Absorbent Mind, Education and Peace, The Formation of Man, The Human Tendencies and Montessori Education, Maria Montessori: Her Life & […]
Author Talk with Susin & Susan
The Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable & Kidsbooks are pleased to present Susin & Susan. The evening will feature talks by celebrated authors Susin Nielsen and Susan Juby. Please join us on Tuesday, November 13th at 7:00 pm at Kidsbooks (3083 W. Broadway b/t Balaclava & Bayswater) for a great evening filled with amazing authors, snacks, […]
Open Textbooks in B.C.
John Yap, B.C.’s Minister of Advanced Education, Innovation & Technology recently announced that BCcampus will coordinate a project that will make the textbooks for the 40 most popular post-secondary courses freely available online. The project is expected to begin in the 2013-2014 academic year and Mr. Yap estimates that most students will save anywhere from […]
School Library Day Colloquia
School Library Day Colloquia: Engaging Youth With Indigenous Materials in Libraries and Classrooms When? Wednesday, 24 October @ 4:30pm Where? IKBLC, Dodson Room (302) Assessing and incorporating teaching and learning resources by and about First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples is critical for librarians, educators and parents. Awareness of diverse epistemologies, notions of cultural authenticity […]
Attention Children’s Literature Fans!!!
UBC’s Master of Arts in Children’s Literature Program and the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable are sponsoring a talk by world-renowned children’s literature critic and historian, Leonard Marcus. The talk is titled: Let the Wild Rumpus Start’: Maurice Sendak as Storyteller and Psychologist and is being held tomorrow (Friday, Oct 12) from 4:30-5:30 pm in the Lillooet Room, Room […]
Education can end double discrimination faced by girls around the world
Globally, there is an effort to end the double discrimination of gender and age experienced by girls. Click here to read the full article in the Vancouver Sun, written by Daphne Bramham.
These Boots Were Made for Walking
October is International Walk to School Month and two Vancouver elementary schools are celebrating by participating in Beat the Street, a competition that challenges students to walk the most miles. Click here to read the full Vancouver Sun article, written by Daphne Bramham.
Teacher Becomes Millionaire by Selling Lesson Plans Online
This Huffington Post-Education article features Deanna Jump, a kindergarten teacher in Macon, Georgia who became a millionaire by selling her lesson plans on TeachersPayTeachers.com.
FIRE Talk: Who Else Cares About Your Research?
The Graduate Research Commons FIRE (Facilitated Interdisciplinary Research Exchange) Talk explores ways to help graduate researchers extend the influence of their research beyond their own disciplines, faculties and even beyond the confines of academia. Contribute your ideas, thoughts, anecdotes, concerns and hopes about developing the potential of academic researchers to contribute to an audience beyond […]