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Kinesiology Student is a Desjardins Top Eight Academic All-Canadian!
Congratulations to our own Kayla Dykstra (Kinesiology). Kayla was recently honoured as a Desjardins Top Eight Academic All-Canadian by Canadian Interuniversity Sport. Read the article.
New Aboriginal Education course - open to undergraduate or graduate students
Honouring Our Gifts - EDCI 499 - Learning and Teaching in an Indigenous World
September 2009 - December 2009
Wednesday Evenings 4:30 - 7:30 pm in the new First Peoples House, Room 160
Instructors Butch Dick and Onowa McIvor welcome you to this new and exciting course where you will learn from cultural knowledge keepers how to care for what has been gifted to us, the Indigenous way.
- integrated hands-on activities with theoretical goals
- experience the principles of traditional Indigenous ways of teaching and learning
- gain insight into Indigenous pedagogy through respectful practice, community engagement and personal responsibility
RHED grad awarded top prize
Sarah Rinas-Larson, a 2009 graduate from the Recreation and Health Education program in the
School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education, was recently awarded a 2009-2010 Health Canada Aboriginal Health Career Program Award in the amount of $12,200.00 to enter in the first year of a two-year Masters of Occupational Therapy program at UBC.
Education student rows her way to gold at the Royal Henley Regatta
Congratulations to EPLS graduate student Megan Keilty and fellow UVic rowing
partner Sarah Mitchell on their recent victory in the Senior lightweight
women's doubles at the 127th Royal Canadian Henley Regatta in Port
Dalhousie, Ontario.
Top Faculty of Education 2009 graduate profiles
Gamelle FitzGibbon - Maxwell Cameron Award (Secondary Education)
Jessica Hepting - Maxwell Cameron Award (Elementary Education)
Suzanne Vander Wekken - BC Rec and Parks Association (BCRPA) Student Scholarship Award winner (Recreation and Health Education)
Faculty members Dr. Darlene Clover and Dr. Budd Hall appear on SFU's May episode of "Your Education Matters."
Interested in the latest on Adult Education? Drs Clover and Hall join SFU Dean of Education Dr. Paul Shaker, Past-Dean of Education at SFU, to look at options for re-training and re-education for those displaced in the workplace as a result of the recent economic downturn. Watch it here!
Faculty members recognized at the 2009 Faculty Recognition Awards - Friday, March 20, 2009
On March 20, 2009, the Faculty hosted the annual Faculty of Education Recognition Awards at the University Club to honour award-winning faculty members who have received local, national and international recognition as scholars, researchers and contributors to society.
The 2008 Distinguished Educational Alumni Award was also presented to local teacher Mr. Richard Paquette. This award is presented annually to individuals who attended the University of Victoria, either as an undergraduate or graduate student, and who have had a distinguished career in the field of education in British Columbia.
Congratulations to all!
| Dr. David Blades |
Faculty of Education Award of Teaching Excellence |
| Dr. Catherine Gaul |
The Harry Hickman Alumni Award of Excellence in Teaching |
| Dr. Geraldine Van Gyn |
2007 Dr. Graham Branton Research Award |
| Dr. Michael Emme |
NAEA/BCATA Provincial Art Teacher of the Year |
| Dr. Budd Hall |
2009 University of Victoria Community Leadership Award |
| Dr. Joan Wharf Higgins |
Sport BC President's Award |
| Richard Paquette |
2008 Faculty of Education Distinguished Education Alumni Award |
| Dr. Wolff-Michael Roth |
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2009 National Association of Research in Science Teaching Distinguished Contribtion through Research Award |
Faculty members and graduate students - 2008 REACH Award Recipients
The 2008 REACH (Research in Early Education and Child Health) awards were recently granted to four Education faculty members and four graduate students. REACH is the UVic branch of the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), a consortium of six BC universities. Congratulations!
Small Grant Award Winners:
| Dr. Gina Harrison |
EPLS |
Researching the Early Literacy Profiles of Children with Communication Disorders |
| Dr. Jillian Roberts |
EPLS |
The Quality of Life Experiences of Young School Children with Epilepsy: A Pilot Study |
| Dr. Alison Preece |
EDCI |
Building Capacity in early childhood care and development: working across faculties to increase graduates in early childhood degree programs |
| Onowa Mcivor |
EDCI |
Building Capacity in early childhood care and development: working across faculties to increase graduates in early childhood degree programs |
Recognition for Exemplary Graduate Research Awards:
Kiera Ogle |
Does the Simple View of Reading Explain the Reading Profile of a Child with Autism? |
Laurie Kocher |
Setting Our Sails: The Disposition to Document |
Michele Tanaka |
Developing Authentic Learning: Changing Teacher Practice Through Indigenous Ways of Knowing |
Thesis Funding Grant:
| Rachel Marks |
Testing the Effectiveness of Interactive Game Bikes on Physical Activity Motivation Among Children in the Home: An Intervention Study |
Training Indigenous "water-keepers"
Faculty of Education Professor and his unique "water-keepers" team to provide new instructional tool for the training of Aboriginal small water systems operators in Canada. Read the article here.
Pictured below: (L-R) Drs. Lorna Williams and Don Bergland and intern Buck Nelson (Mount Currie Band).
Month in africa changes education student's life
Teacher Education student, Navi Bhatti returns from a month in Ghana.
Read her story here. (Courtesy of Houston-Today.Com)
Professor Emeritus National Award Recipient
Coast to Coast for Physical Education! Congratulations Tyler Duncan!
On March 31, 2008, Physical Education student Tyler Duncan dipped his 'wheels' into the Pacific at Cadboro Bay's Gyro Park Beach at the launch of his Cross-Canada cycling tour to promote physical activity for Canadian children.
Along the way Tyler spoke with thousands of school children, community groups and policy makers about the need for quality physical education programs for all Canadian children and youth.
7,000 kms later, through wind, rain and snow, (and a few blisters) Tyler successfully completed his incredible journey arriving at Cape Spear, Newfoundland, the most eastern point in North America on June 26, 2008.
To read more, visit Tyler's blog at: www.getsmartgetactive.com
(Tyler Duncan, Cape Spear, Newfoundland)
Faculty of Education Congratulates 2008 Maxwell Cameron Award Winners
Congratuations to education students Hélène Poulin (elementary) and Michelle Couture (secondary) winners of the 2008 Maxwell A. Cameron Awards. These medals commemorate the distinguished life and work of Dr. Maxwell Cameron- professor, administrator and author, and are awarded each year to outstanding education students.
Congratulations to Dr. Kathy Sanford - New CSSE President
Dr. Kathy Sanford, Associate Dean Teacher Education, has recently been elected President of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE).
Congratulations!
Retired Educators' Gift to the Faculty of Education to Benefit Next Generation of Students
Retired professors Drs. Mildred Shaw and Brian Gaines donate over $500,000 to establish the Constructivist Education Resources Network (CER-Net). Read more.
Left to right: Dr. Brian Gaines, Dr. Mildred Shaw, UVic President David Turpin and Science Venture student Lauren Roberts (seated).
Photo: UVic Photo Services, Chris Marshall
Dr. Jason Price - CBC Interview - "Aboriginal Schools in BC" Listen here!
Dr. Price is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
His research interests include:
* Indigenous, "Aboriginal" and schools/education
* Educators' conceptions and alternative conceptions of democracy
* Children's rights in schools
* Deficit thinking in "social, at risk, and "Aboriginal" education
* Curriculum for the love of life and all life forms and beings
 100 Marathons in 100 Days for Education
When the winter session ends at the University of Victoria next week, not all students will be heading home in search of summer employment, lazing at the lake, or spending time with friends.
Physical Education student Erin Van Wiltenburg, 21, and fellow UVic history student Reuben Jentink, 19, will be heading off to Africa to run 100 marathons in 100 days. The pair is hoping to raise awareness of the benefits of education in Africa as well as $500,000 in donations for specific African educational charities.
Best of luck to both Erin and Reuben! To learn more about this amazing journey, visit their website.
Dr. Ted Riecken (Dean) and Dr. Jillian Roberts (Associate Dean Administration) bid Erin and Reuben farewell as they prepare for their April 4th journey to Africa.
Aboriginal Education Community Visits – February – April 2008
In many indigenous cultures, it is important that neighbours come together in acknowledgement of each other. Often, we share our food, our histories and our knowledge. This is the basis for strong relationship building and peacemaking.
In that spirit, Dr. Lorna Williams, Director of Aboriginal Education, and her dedicated staff offered Education faculty and staff unique opportunities to meet with members of local Aboriginal communities and organizations in a meaningful and respectful manner through planned weekly visits. These organizations were selected based on the important and dynamic work they do in the areas of child and family services, physical education, adult education and language and cultural revitalization.
These visits culminated on Friday April 11, 2008, with a traditional Coast Salish luncheon at the Tsartlip Cultural Centre with faculty and staff joined with community members, Aboriginal leaders and special guests for an afternoon of debriefing, dialogue and discussion.
The event was an overwhelming success!
 
Surrounded by Cedar Child and Family Services First Nations Education and Services - Camosun College
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