The Theory and Method Seminar Series provides a forum for educators and students to present and discuss theory and method, research, and current initiatives in education. While designed to support grad students, it is also a series that can help keep faculty up-to-date on emerging methodologies and research.

Faculty and students are encouraged to attend. Everyone is welcome. Coffee is provided. No registration is required.

Some of the seminars have been video recorded and are archived online at: http://www2.uregina.ca/education/news/theory-and-method-seminars/

Please see the link or the poster: T8.5x11T&MWinter2017

Many thanks for your past and future participation in the seminars,
Shuana Niessen
Coordinator/Host
Theory and Method Seminar Series

Shuana Niessen
Managing Editor, Education News
Managing Editor, in education
Communications Officer, Faculty of Education
Room 373 Education Building
University of Regina

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Are you preparing a teaching dossier for your annual performance review or teaching award application? The Centre for Teaching and Learning is offering two “Creating a Teaching Dossier” workshops in the Winter semester. We will go over the key elements of the teaching dossier and look at the creation of a teaching philosophy statement.

To register for the January 23, 2017 workshop at noon – 1, please click here:
http://uregina.libcal.com/event.php?id=1188919

To register for the February 15, 2017 workshop at noon – 1, please click here:
http://uregina.libcal.com/event.php?id=1188924

Centre for Teaching and Learning
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University of Regina
Regina, SK S4S 0A2
TEL: (306) 337.2400
FAX: (306) 337.2401
www.uregina.ca/ctl

On March 31, 2015 Statistics Canada released the study “School mobility
and educational outcomes of off-reserve First Nations students, 2012
( http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/150331/dq150331c-eng.htm) ”,
based on data from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS). Among
other findings, the study reports that off-reserve First Nations
students who had changed schools once, outside of a regular academic
progression, were more likely to have repeated a grade than those who
had not changed schools or who had one regular academic progression
move. This finding held even when other variables such as age, sex,
household income, living arrangements and rural/population centre
residence were taken into account.

Students in Grades 1-6 who had one non-regular progression move were
more likely to need or receive help for behavioural or emotional
problems than those who didn’t move. For more findings, please see the
full report at
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/89-653-x/89-653-x2015006-eng.pdf (in
PDF) or http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/89-653-x/89-653-x2015006-eng.htm
(in HTML).

For further information on the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey, please
see: www.statcan.gc.ca/aps .

Dr. Fatima Pirbhai-Illich has been named a Regina YWCA Woman of Distinction award winner for education and mentorship. She has been recognized for her international expertise in literacy development, her collaborations with educators at alternative schools and the school division to help students develop their literacy abilities. She also volunteers with aboriginal children and teens, ethnic and linguistic minority students, newcomers to Canada, and the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

Dear members of the University community,

It is a pleasure to inform you that Dr Jennifer Tupper, currently Acting Dean of the Faculty of Education, has accepted President Timmons’ offer of appointment as Dean of Education. The appointment is effective 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2018.

A graduate of the Universities of Alberta and British Columbia, Dr Tupper joined the faculty of the University of Regina in 2004. Her research in citizenship education and treaty education has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and she has won the Outstanding Publication Award of the Canadian Association of Curriculum Studies. Further information about Dr Tupper can be found at http://www.uregina.ca/president/searches-reviews/appointments-renewals.html.

Please join me in congratulating Dr Tupper on her appointment as Dean. We very much look forward to continuing to work with her as a senior leader on this campus.

Sincerely,

Thomas Chase
Provost and Vice-President (Academic)

The President’s Fund/SSHRC General Research Grant has been expanded to include research from all disciplines and renamed the “University of Regina Research Seed Grant”. The deadline for applications this year is May 8, 2015, but will be May 1 in following years.

For the application form and guidelines, please visit http://www.uregina.ca/research/internal_grants/sshrc.shtml

If you have any questions about the grant or the process, contact the Office for Research, Innovation and Partnership email – ORIP@uregina.ca. phone – (306) 585-4775 or (306) 585-4986

Dear graduate students in Education programs,

I am writing to update you on the progress of the decanal search. This update follows my meeting with members of the faculty and staff on 19 February, and a further meeting earlier Tuesday (March 17) with the Search Advisory Committee. In recent days I have also heard directly from a number of Education colleagues regarding their views about the best way forward.

As you know, the decanal position has been widely advertised, electronically and in print, for more than three months. In addition to this advertising, more than three dozen individuals currently serving in professorial, associate decanal, and decanal positions in universities across the country have been contacted directly by my office regarding this opportunity.

The Search Advisory Committee is not unanimous on next steps. After weighing their advice carefully in the context of further input from other colleagues in the Faculty who have contacted me, from colleagues at other universities, and from search consultants themselves, I believe it best to conclude the current search process, and not to begin another process at this time.

To ensure stable leadership for the Faculty in these circumstances, I therefore intend to recommend to President Timmons that Dr Jennifer Tupper, currently Acting Dean of the Faculty, be appointed to a three-year term as Dean of Education from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2018. In making such a recommendation to the President, I am drawing on the input of people in the Faculty, both faculty and staff. Together with many, I am confident that Dr Tupper will continue to lead the Faculty of Education with strength, integrity, and vision during that period. At the end of that three-year period, a search process will be carried out.

Prior to making the formal recommendation to the President, however, I invite you – faculty, staff, student representatives, stakeholders – to give me your thoughts. Dr Tupper will make an open presentation to faculty, staff, student representatives, and stakeholders on Monday 23 March from 2 to 3 pm in the Teaching Preparation Centre (ED 228). I invite you to attend that presentation, and then write to me. Please do so prior to noon on Thursday 26 March, directly and in confidence to provost@uregina.ca. If you wish to speak with me in person, please call Robyn Lekien at 306.585.4384 and she will schedule an appointment or a phone call.

Thank you in advance for your collegial input on this key appointment.

Sincerely,

Thomas Chase
Provost and Vice-President (Academic)

The latest edition of the Innovating Life: Quarterly Research Update from the University of Regina is available for viewing online. This quarterly newsletter is intended to profile new and ongoing research projects by faculty, staff, and students, and showcases the breadth and depth of the research program here at the University.

To access the most recent edition, please see:
http://www.uregina.ca/president/assets/docs/pdf/Innovating_Life_Research_Update_Sept2014.pdf

If you have trouble accessing the above, please see the “Research Newsletter” item in the Quick Links here: http://www.uregina.ca/president/executive-team/vp-research/

If you have a research project, a recent achievement, or publication that you would like to see included in a future edition, please send the information to Rebecca Berthiaume at Rebecca.Berthiaume@uregina.ca

Teach-in on Gendered Violence and the LGBTTQI community!
UofR, Rainbow Lounge, 1st floor Education Building
Nov 21st noon-1pm
All are welcome.
Queering-Violence-Teach-in-FINAL.pdf

Graduate students in Education:

We received the following request for tutors for the 201430 and 201510 terms from Dr Don Clark, Academic Advisor for the University of Regina Rams, please direct all enquiries to don.clark@uregina.ca:

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Request for Tutors for 201430 and 201510 Terms

I continue in my volunteer role as Academic Advisor for the University of Regina Rams Football Team. I conduct a Study Hall for these student- athletes every Monday afternoon in the fall semester and Monday morning in the winter semester.

We are very proud of the academic performance of our student-athletes. Their academic success is in part due to the efforts of the instructional staff at our University. However, a significant contribution is also being made by the tutors (primarily graduate students) who assist the student-athletes who experience some academic difficulties. These difficulties are primarily in 100 and 200 level courses.

We are looking for tutors from your Faculty/Department who are available for the 2014-2015 academic year at don.clark@uregina.ca . The Rams provide a fee of $20.00 per hour to the tutors.

The Rams Coaching Staff and Board of Directors are committed to the pursuit of academic excellence by these student-athletes and appreciate your support.

Dr. Don Clark
U of R Rams Academic Advisor
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