The Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia is committed to advancing educational research, celebrating diversity and international collaboration. It has over 135 tenured professors, instructs over 9,000 students and offers degrees from certificates to PhDs. It conducts research across many areas of education and has strong commitments to social justice, indigenous education and sustainability.

1. The Faculty of Education
University of British Columbia

2. Facts
• Population: Canada 34.1 million
British Columbia 4.5 million
Greater Vancouver 2.1 million
India 1.22 billion
Delhi 11.0 million
Mumbai 12.5 million
• Population density: Canada 3.3/sq km
India 349.2/sq km
• Median age: Canada 39.7
India 25.1

3. Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
• Increasing cultural and linguistic diversity in Canada is
most pronounced in three major urban centers: Montreal,
Toronto and Vancouver
• Vancouver School Board: 53% of elementary and 56% of
secondary students speak English as a second language
• Priority on working with Aboriginal communities to improve
academic outcomes for Aboriginal learners

4. Canadian Education System

5. UBC Facts
• Comprehensive public university established in 1908
• 3,500 faculty and 9,750 staff
• Current enrolment is 47,000 students – 38,000 undergraduate
& 9,000 graduate
• 7,000 international students from 140 countries – China and the
US are two top sources
• 250,000 alumni in 142 countries
• Ranked #22 Times Higher Education (2011-12) & #37 Jiao Tong
ARWU (2011)
• Member, Universitas 21
• Member, Association of Pacific Rim Universities

6. UBC Facts (continued)
• 18 faculties, 14 schools, 3 colleges
• 187 undergraduate programs
• 150 master’s programs
• 95 PhD programs
• 168 study-exchange partner universities in 38 countries

7. The UBC Faculty of Education advances
educational research and understanding of
teaching and learning in a way that
celebrates diversity, equity, and innovation
and welcomes international collaboration.

8. Faculty of Education Quick Facts
Academic Staff
• Tenure-track professors 135
• Staff 106
• Other instructors 200+
Students
• Bachelor of Education 600
• Bachelor of Kinesiology 870
• Certificates/Diplomas 500
• Masters 1,370
• Doctoral 406

9. Special commitments to：
• Social justice
• Education as lifelong and lifewide
• Aboriginal/Indigenous education
• Sustainability education
• Digital media and learning
• Rural education

10. Faculty of Education Leadership

11. Photo: Tourism Vancouver

12. Academic Units
4 Departments & 1 School
• ECPS Educational & Counselling Psychology
& Special Education
• EDCP Curriculum & Pedagogy
• EDST Educational Studies
• LLED Language & Literacy Education
• KIN School of Kinesiology

13. Degrees Offered
• Certificates
• Diplomas
• Bachelor of Education (BEd)
• Bachelor of Kinesiology (BKin)
• Master of Education (MEd)
• Master of Arts (MA)
• Master of Kinesiology (MKin)
• Master of Science (Kinesiology)
• Master of Museum Education (MMEd)
• Doctor of Education (EdD)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

14. Specializations
ECPS
Cross-faculty

15. Teacher Education Program
(Bachelor of Education—BEd)
• Elementary 12-month program
• Middle years 12-month program
• Secondary 12-month program
• Secondary Dual Degree (BSc and BEd)

16. School of Kinesiology
Committed to achieving sustainable community health
through research, teaching and community engagement
focused on physical activity and human movement.
• BKin – 3 streams
 Kinesiology & Health Science
 Physical & Health Education
 Interdisciplinary Studies
– 4 minors (6 courses each)
 Arts
 Business
 Nutritional Science
 Science
• MA, MSc (thesis); MKin (major paper); PhD

17. School of Kinesiology
International Engagement
• Research collaborations with 27 institutions & programs
outside Canada (8 countries, 5 continents)
• Partnership opportunities:
 Student and faculty mobility agreements; co-supervision of
graduate students
 Paired undergraduate programs (1+3, 2+2), research
agreements, early & mid-career development, summer
study programs

18. Leadership in Research
Physical Environmental
Education Education
French
Second Language Curriculum
Immersion Music Technology
Acquisition Theory & Education Studies
Family Design Education
Literacy Early Literacy Art
Indigenous Math Education
Drama Science
Digital Education Education
Education
Education Literacy Social
Studies
Applied Teacher Education Museum
Linguistics Social Professional Education
Justice Development History
Educational Education Learning &
Leadership Sociology of Culture
Education Sustainability
& Policy
Education Educational Gender &
Higher Psychology Technology
Education
Kinesiology
School Assessment
Adult Learning History of Counselling
& Education Education & Evaluation
Special
Organizational Needs Social-emotional
Youth Philosophy of Studies Education Learning
Sub/Cultures Education

19. Research Centres
• Centre for Cross-Faculty Inquiry
• Centre for Culture, Identity and Education
• Centre for Intercultural Language Studies
• Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration in Autism
• Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education and Training
• Centre for Research in Chinese Language and Literacy Education
• Centre for the Study of Historical Consciousness
• Centre for the Study of Teacher Education
• Centre for Sport and Sustainability.

20. Research Institutes
• Indigenous Education Institute of Canada
• Institute for Early Childhood Education and Research

21. Research Chairs and Professorships
• Race, Inequalities and Global Change
• Multicultural Education
• Special Education
• Curriculum Studies
• Struggling Youth
• Mathematics Education
• Rural Teacher Education
• Literacy and Technology
• Social and Emotional Learning
• Group Counselling and Trauma
• Counselling Psychology

22. Faculty of Education Research Directory
www.ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/

23. International Engagement
• Faculty/student exchanges
• Collaborative research projects
• Research training for advanced graduate
students and early-career faculty
• Co-supervision of student research
• Improvement of teaching and learning for early-
career faculty

24. International Engagement (continued)
• Practicum placements for student teachers
• Collaborative master’s programs
 Educational Technology
 Adult Learning & Global Change
 Museum Education
 Curriculum Studies
 Others under development
• International service learning projects.

26. International Student Support
• UBC International House
• International Student Peer Advisors
• UBC English Language Institute
• UBC Writing Centre
• Lee Global Lounge and Resource Centre
• International Student Handbook

28. Contact Information
Dr. Tom Sork, Senior Associate Dean
International and Administration
Faculty of Education
The University of British Columbia
2125 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
E-mail: tom.sork@ubc.ca
Web: www.educ.ubc.ca