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Celebration of Gratitude: Remembering Cay Holbrook
We warmly invite you to join us as we celebrate Cay’s life and legacy with a heartfelt gathering filled with gratitude, stories, smiles, and shared memories. If you have any questions about this event, please contact ECPS Social & Wellbeing Committee: Suna Eryigit-Madzwamuse or Eun Young Kwon Read More
Dr. Johanna Sam Discusses Youth, Culture and the Digital World on Health Yalhtɨg
UBC ECPS Associate Professor Dr. Johanna Sam is featured in Episode 13 of Health Yalhtɨg (The Health Talk Podcast), where she shares insights from her research and work with Indigenous youth in Tl’etinqox. In this meaningful conversation, Dr. Sam explores the experiences of Indigenous youth growing up in an increasingly digital world, discussing topics including […] Read More
Young People as Community Co-Educators Toolkit
In a collaboration between HDLC faculty and UBC’s Centre for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL), colleagues Natacha Monestel Mora, Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur, Johanna Sam, Bruce Moghtader, and Surita Jhangiani co-authored a toolkit for university instructors entitled, Engaging young people as community-co-educators in university classrooms: A toolkit based upon the Six Rs for decolonizing higher education. This Toolkit is offered […] Read More
Welcome to Auralia Brooke! A 2026 Canada Postdoctoral Research Award Recipient in HDLC
Auralia is a PhD candidate at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) and sessional faculty at both UBC and UNB. Nominated as one of this year’s UBC Faculty Wellbeing Champions by her students, she teaches graduate courses in social and emotional learning, critical theory, literacies and power, and experiential learning focused on communities of belonging. […] Read More
M.A. and M.Ed. in Special Education Info session – focusing on Blindness and Low Vision concentration
This online information session is intended for certified teachers with a bachelor’s degree in teaching who are interested in advancing their knowledge and skills in the field of blindness and low vision through UBC’s master’s program. Participants will learn about program options (M.Ed. , M.A.), curriculum, admission requirements, application procedures, and key deadlines. The session […] Read More
Turning Pages, Shifting Perspectives
“Turning Pages, Shifting Perspectives” is a reflective, community-centered book club that invites participants to explore powerful texts that challenge assumptions and broaden understanding. Together, we’ll read, discuss, and unpack stories that prompt us to question dominant narratives, shift our thinking, and grow—individually and collectively. This book club is open to all Faculty of Education faculty, […] Read More
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program Online Master’s Info Sessions 2026
About the program Learn more about the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program (M.A./M.Ed.) Questions? Contact Dr. Joanna Cannon at joanna.cannon@ubc.ca Read More
BCTF’s Teacher Magazine features article by ECPS Student Afrah Noor Khan
ECPS is pleased to celebrate the publication of an article by graduate student Afrah Noor Khan (M.Ed. Human Development, Learning, and Culture) in Teacher Magazine (BC Teachers’ Federation publication) In her article, “Teachers can’t pour from an empty cup: But what keeps emptying it?”, Khan examines how teacher burnout is often framed as an individual […] Read More
Winter 1 Course: EPSE 604A | Advanced Topics in HDLC: Phenomenology, Technology and the Human Experience
EPSE 604A | Advanced Topics in Human Development, Learning, and Culture: Phenomenology, Technology and the Human Experience Professor: Dr. Barbara WeberWinter Term 1 | Mondays 4:30-7:30pmFormat: In-person Learning never occurs in abstraction. As social-emotional, embodied beings, we move, perceive, and feel; we are engaged with tools and technologies and are situated in socio-cultural-historical environments. From […] Read More