Jan 12 & 19, 2021
The Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation is thrilled to announce a new series:
‘OPENING THE SCHOOLHOUSE TO ALL’
FOUR STIMULATING TALKS, FREE TO THE PUBLIC
All sessions begin at 7 P.M.
These topics will be taken up in a four-part ZOOM series, sponsored by the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation, which begins in November 2020 and will continue in January 2021. The sessions feature presentations and panel discussions on a range of important educational themes. The series, free of charge, and accessible online, is designed for a broad audience interested in the past, present and future of Canadian education.
For further information on each session please see the Program Brochure below.
University/College professors and high school teachers may well want to encourage their students to register for one or more session(s) in the series.
Registration for the first session is open! Register now
OR
For more information and to stay up to date on registration please click here to visit our webpage
OR
Feel free to send inquiries to info@enochturnerschoolhouse.ca
OPENING THE SCHOOLHOUSE TO ALL
4 STIMULATING TALKS, FREE TO THE PUBLIC
SPONSORED BY THE ENOCH TURNER SCHOOLHOUSE FOUNDATION
By law and custom, everyone in Canada attends school. Some two-thirds of Canadians have been to college or university, among the highest participation rates in the world. Yet the achievement of full and equal access to schooling is an ongoing and unfinished project.
How has the pursuit of wider educational opportunity evolved historically? How do educational experiences vary by race, gender, neighbourhoods, and disabilities? What kinds of teaching and learning will best serve individuals and communities in the years ahead? How is the COVID-19 affecting access to schools and the experiences of students, teachers, and families?
These and other questions will be taken up in a four-part ZOOM series, sponsored by the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation, which begins in November 2020 and will continue in January 2021. The sessions feature presentations and panel discussions on a range of important educational themes. The series, free of charge, and accessible online, is designed for a broad audience interested in the past, present and future of Canadian education.
Speakers include academics, teachers, and community leaders whose work, writing, and public engagement have enhanced our understanding of the schooling world.
The first session (November 17) explores The Promise of Equity: Race, Multiculturalism, and First Nations Education, and features panelists: Carl James, Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora at York University; Natasha Henry, President of the Ontario Black History Society; University of Toronto’s, Rob Vipond, author of Making a Global City: How One School Embraced Diversity; and Ryerson University historian, Ian Mosby, a specialist in the study of indigenous health and the politics of settler colonialism. The session will be chaired by University of Toronto historian, Funké Aledejebi, author of the forthcoming book, Schooling the System: A History of Black Women Teachers.
Session Two (November 24) asks Are We Moving Closer to Gender Equity in Education? Former Premier and Minister of Education, Kathleen Wynne, will be joined on the panel by University of Waterloo Professor Kristina Llewellyn, author of Democracy’s Angels: The Work of Women Teachers; Toronto teacher Sachin Maharaj, a Toronto Star contributing columnist; and Jane Gaskell, former Dean of OISE-University of Toronto, and author of numerous publications on gender and education.
The third Session (January 12, 2021) is entitled: Doing the Right Thing: Disability, Autism and Special Education. Panelists include University of British Columbia Professor, Jason Ellis, author of A Class By Themselves: The Origins of Special Education in Toronto and Beyond; Natalie Spagnuolo from the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, and co-founder of Memory Witness and Hope: Sharing Stories About Surviving Institutions; Gillian Parekh, Canada Research Chair: Inclusion, Disability and Education at York University; and Margaret Spoelstra, President of Autism Ontario.
The final session (January 19) turns to higher education, and asks “Does Liberal Education Matter in the 21st Century?” Lorna Marsden, former President of York University, is joined on the panel by Paul Gooch, past president of Victoria University in the University of Toronto and author of Course Correction: A Map for the Distracted University; the University of Waterloo’s Ian Milligan, author of History in the Age of Abundance? How the Web is Transforming Historical Research; and Qiang Zha, York University professor, and co-editor of International Status Anxiety and Higher Education: The Soviet Legacy in China and Russia.
Through provocative questions and informed discussion, the series will probe the achievements, limitations and prospects of schooling and higher education in disquieting times.
Series Co-ordinators:
Paul Axelrod, Professor Emeritus, York University
Jason Ellis, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
This series is free! Register now and let others know.
Send queries to info@enochturnerschoolhouse.ca
Nov 17 & 24, 2020
The Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation is thrilled to announce a new series:
‘OPENING THE SCHOOLHOUSE TO ALL’
FOUR STIMULATING TALKS, FREE TO THE PUBLIC
All sessions begin at 7 P.M.
These topics will be taken up in a four-part ZOOM series, sponsored by the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation, which begins in November 2020 and will continue in January 2021. The sessions feature presentations and panel discussions on a range of important educational themes. The series, free of charge, and accessible online, is designed for a broad audience interested in the past, present and future of Canadian education.
For further information on each session please see the Program Brochure below.
University/College professors and high school teachers may well want to encourage their students to register for one or more session(s) in the series.
Registration for the first session is open! Register now
OR
For more information and to stay up to date on registration please click here to visit our webpage
OR
Feel free to send inquiries to info@enochturnerschoolhouse.ca
OPENING THE SCHOOLHOUSE TO ALL
4 STIMULATING TALKS, FREE TO THE PUBLIC
SPONSORED BY THE ENOCH TURNER SCHOOLHOUSE FOUNDATION
By law and custom, everyone in Canada attends school. Some two-thirds of Canadians have been to college or university, among the highest participation rates in the world. Yet the achievement of full and equal access to schooling is an ongoing and unfinished project.
How has the pursuit of wider educational opportunity evolved historically? How do educational experiences vary by race, gender, neighbourhoods, and disabilities? What kinds of teaching and learning will best serve individuals and communities in the years ahead? How is the COVID-19 affecting access to schools and the experiences of students, teachers, and families?
These and other questions will be taken up in a four-part ZOOM series, sponsored by the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation, which begins in November 2020 and will continue in January 2021. The sessions feature presentations and panel discussions on a range of important educational themes. The series, free of charge, and accessible online, is designed for a broad audience interested in the past, present and future of Canadian education.
Speakers include academics, teachers, and community leaders whose work, writing, and public engagement have enhanced our understanding of the schooling world.
The first session (November 17) explores The Promise of Equity: Race, Multiculturalism, and First Nations Education, and features panelists: Carl James, Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora at York University; Natasha Henry, President of the Ontario Black History Society; University of Toronto’s, Rob Vipond, author of Making a Global City: How One School Embraced Diversity; and Ryerson University historian, Ian Mosby, a specialist in the study of indigenous health and the politics of settler colonialism. The session will be chaired by University of Toronto historian, Funké Aledejebi, author of the forthcoming book, Schooling the System: A History of Black Women Teachers.
Session Two (November 24) asks Are We Moving Closer to Gender Equity in Education? Former Premier and Minister of Education, Kathleen Wynne, will be joined on the panel by University of Waterloo Professor Kristina Llewellyn, author of Democracy’s Angels: The Work of Women Teachers; Toronto teacher Sachin Maharaj, a Toronto Star contributing columnist; and Jane Gaskell, former Dean of OISE-University of Toronto, and author of numerous publications on gender and education.
The third Session (January 12, 2021) is entitled: Doing the Right Thing: Disability, Autism and Special Education. Panelists include University of British Columbia Professor, Jason Ellis, author of A Class By Themselves: The Origins of Special Education in Toronto and Beyond; Natalie Spagnuolo from the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, and co-founder of Memory Witness and Hope: Sharing Stories About Surviving Institutions; Gillian Parekh, Canada Research Chair: Inclusion, Disability and Education at York University; and Margaret Spoelstra, President of Autism Ontario.
The final session (January 19) turns to higher education, and asks “Does Liberal Education Matter in the 21st Century?” Lorna Marsden, former President of York University, is joined on the panel by Paul Gooch, past president of Victoria University in the University of Toronto and author of Course Correction: A Map for the Distracted University; the University of Waterloo’s Ian Milligan, author of History in the Age of Abundance? How the Web is Transforming Historical Research; and Qiang Zha, York University professor, and co-editor of International Status Anxiety and Higher Education: The Soviet Legacy in China and Russia.
Through provocative questions and informed discussion, the series will probe the achievements, limitations and prospects of schooling and higher education in disquieting times.
Series Co-ordinators:
Paul Axelrod, Professor Emeritus, York University
Jason Ellis, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
This series is free! Register now and let others know.
Send queries to info@enochturnerschoolhouse.ca
Dr. Rob VanWynsberghe – Outstanding Post-Secondary Educator
Congratulations to Dr. Rob VanWynsberghe, who has received recognition as “Outstanding Post-Secondary Educator” for 2020 from The Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM). EECOM is Canada’s only national, bilingual, and charitable network for environmental learning. EECOM works strategically and collaboratively to advance environmental learning.
https://eecom.org/awards/past-award-recipients/
From the award citation:
Category: Outstanding Post-Secondary Educator
2020 Winner: Robert VanWynsberghe (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Robert VanWynsberghe, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education, at the University of British Columbia (UBC). A researcher, facilitator, and thought leader working in environmental education and communication for sustainability for over 20 years now, Rob is a remarkable educator who is committed to his students, region, and planet. He has taught 10 graduate courses and supervised more than 60 graduate students on a wide range of sustainability-oriented research projects and research questions. His students’ thesis and dissertation topics include water rights, environmental justice, sustainability tours, community-based legacies, social innovation labs, NGO anti-racism efforts, and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
An internationally respected scholar, Rob views sustainability as a global social movement and believes that collaboration towards a sustainable future will succeed if our daily habits as individuals and community members can be creatively mobilized into individual and collective action for a better society. His research and engagement activities span environmental justice, sport mega-events, and BC’s K-12 curriculum.
Oct 29, 2020
Responding to Racism Series:
Antiracism Misconceptions: Insights from Teacher Candidates
Presentation by Dr. Bathseba Opini
With Professor Dr. Ali A. Abdi as Respondent
Thursday October 29, 1-2pm
Join Zoom Meeting — https://ubc.zoom.us/j/67180295041?pwd=UmFaVVRZVmllWTFoN0xmRWkrTSt1UT09
Meeting ID: 671 8029 5041
Passcode: 309061
Dr. Charles Ungerleider on BCTF-Government relations – The Tyee
Professor Emeritus Dr. Charles Ungerleider was interviewed in The Tyee’s piece: Teachers’ Union Clashes with NDP Won’t Erode Support, Say Analysts
https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/10/02/Teachers-Union-NDP-Clash-Not-Erode-Support/
Oct 22, 2020
The Write: A Structured Academic Writing Retreat, with Dr. Rob VanWynsberghe
Date and time: Thursday October 22nd, 9:00am-2:00pm PT
Post-retreat discussion: Thursday October 22nd, 2:00pm-3:00pm PT
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Overview
The Write is an event, a mini- academic writing retreat designed to introduce and test our abilities to elicit the collective energy of a group to make progress in our own writing and thinking. Like any good event, the goal is achieving the liminal, a collective space that generates its own unique energy; in this case, in regards to our writing.
This is dedicated writing time in a supportive environment. Most of the time is for writing in the currently imaginary world of physically being in the same room with one another. Brief scheduled discussions between writing slots generate solutions to writing problems, research conversations and/or feedback on writing-in-progress. You can work on a range of writing projects: theses, chapters, books, reports, conference abstracts, grants, articles, research proposals, and all manner of social media. Aside from the liminal, we are seeking outcomes that include increased productivity, reduced stress, constructive conversations, heightened confidence in writing, and, of course, improved quality of writing.
Agenda
- 9-9:30am Intros, writing warm up, writing goals
- 9:30-11.00am Writing
- 11:00-11:30 am Break
- 11:30 – 12:30pm Writing
- 12.30-1:15pm Lunch/Reflection/Exercise
- 1.15-2:00pm Writing
- 2-3:00 Discussion [open to guests who cannot attend the full retreat]
Please RSVP if you plan to attend. Please send any questions to your GAA team at edst.gaa@ubc.ca
Oct 21, 2020
EDST Student Cafés
Date and time: Friday October 9th at 6:30 pm PT, and Wednesday October 21st at 10:00 am PT
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Description: It can be difficult to get to know one another and catch up when we’re not running into each other in the halls between class, so this month the GAA team will be holding two social coffee hours. Bring your own warm drink and join us for a virtual, non-academic chat. The purpose is to meet on Zoom and hang out together, get to know people from the department who are not necessarily in your courses, and have some social time with other members of the department.
Please RSVP if you plan to attend. Please send any questions to your GAA team at edst.gaa@ubc.ca
Oct 20, 2020
Two SCPE Q&A sessions:
Oct 6: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/64252364235?pwd=cm0yZXRFdFd5NEs3aU9LRkhWSnBldz09
Meeting ID: 642 5236 4235
Passcode: 590735
Oct 20: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/66290407738?pwd=aFRVMUFmeVNsVlFZU1ZpaGZzckluZz09
Meeting ID: 662 9040 7738
Passcode: 009097
Speaker:
Dr. Sam Rocha
SCPE Coordinator
Associate Professor, EDST
