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Student researcher concerned with accessibility to play

An interview (April 14, 2020) with Education master’s student Whitney Blaisdell (BEd /BA Visual Art ’14), whose research, focused around accessibility to play, has been extended by new funding focused...

Virtual Celebration of our Faculty of Education Undergrads Graduands

Attn: Faculty of Education Spring 2020 Undergraduate Graduands: In light of the recent cancellation of the U of R’s Spring 2020 Convocation due to Covid-19, the Faculty of Education would...

Messages from our undergraduate and graduate teams

A message to undergraduate and graduate education students from our program teams. Academic advising is available over the phone or via zoom meeting. Please visit the Faculty of Education website...

Successful defence

Dr. Audrey Aamodt, lecturer with the Faculty of Education, has successfully completed her PhD from the University of Regina. Dr. Aamodt’s research explores “Becomings-Unsettled? (Un) Braiding Settler-Treaty Life Writing.”  ...

Dean-recommended resource for teachers and schools systems responding to the COVID-19 pandemic

Dean-recommended resource for teachers and schools systems responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Andreas Schleicher, the Director of the OECD Directorate for Education and Skills, published a brief document today that...

New book: Learning to Teach Young Children

By: Anna Kirova, Larry Prochner, Christine Massing. (Dec. 2019). Learning to Teach Young Children: Theoretical Perspectives and Implications for Practice. New York, NY: Bloomsbury.   “Learning to Teach Young Children...

The Faculty of Education continues to operate

The Faculty of Education continues to operate. Today, 37 faculty and staff members gathered to conduct the regular Faculty Council Meeting, but this time, due to Covid-19 precautions, the meeting...

Dean’s message to students, faculty and staff | Covid-19 Precautions

A Note from the Dean to the Students, Faculty, and Staff of the Faculty of Education Let me begin by thanking everyone in the University, Faculty, and broader education-sector community...

Town Hall with Dean Jerome Cranston

Yesterday the Education Students’ Society hosted a Town Hall with #UREdu Dean Jerome Cranston. Students brought their tough questions, and administration gave honest answers. See the video with thoughts from...

Retirement celebration

On February 5, 2020 faculty and staff gathered to show their appreciation of Louise Laverdiere, who retired February 14, after 30 years of service to the University of Regina. Louise...