Education

Rob Tierney, PhD

Professor

Global epistemologies and cross-cultural research in education and literacy, social science research, diversity, social justice, equity, indigenous matters, digital literacies, nature of literacy, meaning making, reading comprehension, reading-writing relationships, teaching, learning, educational assessment, teacher education

Daniel Pratt

Daniel Pratt

Professor, Education

Senior Scholar, Medicine

Chinese vs. Canadian approaches to learning and teaching

Pat Mirenda, PhD, RN

Professor

autism spectrum disorder; positive behaviour support; applied behaviour analysis; augmentative and alternative communication

Samson Madera Nashon, EdD

Professor and Head

Curriculum design, high school physics, primary science, teacher education, science teacher education, physics teacher education and classroom instructions

Nancy Perry, PhD

Professor

Motivation and self-regulated learning in young children, social perspectives on teaching and learning, reading and writing, accommodating individual difference in general education classrooms, learning disabilities, special education

Wendy Poole, PhD

Associate Professor

Educational leadership and administration, organizational change in education (reform of schooling), teachers’ work, teacher unions and teacher unionism, role of teacher unions in education

Anna Kindler, PhD

Professor

Vice Provost and Associate Vice President Academic

Art education, artistic and aesthetic development, teacher education

Charles Ungerleider, EdD

Charles Ungerleider, EdD

Professor Emeritus

educational governance, educational finance, educational leadership, educational research, educational policy,

Brett Gilley, MSc.

Brett Gilley, MSc.

Associate Professor of Teaching

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Landslides, Tsunami, Hurricanes, Typhoons, Disasters, Education, Science Education, Two-stage exams, Exams, Geology, Rocks, Minerals,

Dr. Farah Shroff, BSc, MEd (Primary Health Care), PhD

Dr. Farah Shroff, BSc, MEd (Primary Health Care), PhD

Public Health Researcher and Educator

public health, social equity, women’s health, global politics, social determinants of health, anti-racism, anti-imperialism, integrative health, holistic health practices, yoga, meditation, indigenous systems of health, health policy,

Sara Harris, PhD

Sara Harris, PhD

Professor of Teaching

Science Education, Climate Change Education,

Dr Ayesha S. Chaudhry, PhD

Dr Ayesha S. Chaudhry, PhD

Associate Professor

Islam, Muslims, religion, gender, human rights, intersectionality, race, family and children, discrimination, racism, Islamophobia, social justice

Ron Reid, PhD

Ron Reid, PhD

Professor Emeritus

Team based learning, flexible learning, pharmacogenomics, personalized medicine

George Pachev, PhD

Lecturer and Director

Health professions education, pharmacy education assessment, pharmacy evaluation, pharmacy program design, research methodology

Tara Moreau, PhD

Tara Moreau, PhD

Sessional Instructor

Associate Director, Sustainability and Community Programs

Sustainable agriculture, organic agriculture, urban agriculture, community-based research, biodiversity, integrated pest management, best management practices, climate change, mitigation, adaptation, resilience, food policy, non-profit organizations, social enterprise, biological diversity, sustainable development, crop farming, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Ms. Christine D’Onofrio, BFA, MFA

Ms. Christine D’Onofrio, BFA, MFA

Instructor

Contemporary visual arts, digital media in art, teaching visual arts higher education, photography, moving image, film, print, new media, art & art theory

Adam Lund

Adam Lund

Clinical Associate Professor

Event medicine, mass gathering medicine, mass gathering health, music festivals, electronic dance music events, special events, marathon, triathlon, emergency medicine, obstacle adventure courses, emergency department overcrowding, opioids, fentanyl, prehospital care, paramedicine

Dr. Erica Frank, MD, MPH, FACPM

Dr. Erica Frank, MD, MPH, FACPM

Professor

Canada Research Chair in Preventive Medicine and Population Health

Online Education, Free Education, Distance Education, Revolutions in Education, Equity in Education, Physician Health, Medical Student Health, Resident Health, Climate Change and Air Travel

Liane Gabora, PhD

Liane Gabora, PhD

Professor

creativity, computational creativity, cultural evolution, computer models of cultural evolution, concepts, agent-based models, physical light as metaphor for psychological constructs

Victor Glickman, EdD

Director, Edudata Canada

BC Ministry of Education data, education data, software as a Service (SaaS) reporting tools, BC Ministry of Education data research agreements