Youth action for sustainability

From Thursday, May 3 – Friday, May 4, 2007, the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University will be hosting a symposium for more than 100 high school students from across the Lower Mainland who want to take action toward sustaining our local and global communities...

Best grad paper award goes to education student

Education doctoral student, Paul Yeung has received an award for his paper “Tensions and Dilemmas Faced by Canadian and Chinese Immigrant Students in Canadian Schools”...

Recognition for lifetime achievement

Dr. Maurice Gibbons was recently honoured by the International Society for SDL as this year’s recipient of the Malcolm Knowles Memorial Award for significant lifetime contributions to self-directed learning...

Going back to Oaxaca

Artisans from Oaxaca and surrounding towns exhibit their work along cobblestone streets near the exquisite 16th century church of Santo Domingo, while children dart in playful games...

Notes from Panama: Student teacher writings from the International Teacher Education Module

Anne Souther dashes off a quick e-mail on a day of especially wild weather in Panama. As the downpour from the morning turned into a wonderful thunder, lightning and rainstorm...

Stuart Richmond wins Excellence in Teaching award

Having taught art and arts education to university students for almost 20 years, Stuart Richmond is more than experienced at guiding young minds. In recognition of this, SFU recently awarded him one of three Excellence in Teaching Awards...

International Languages and Education

The Faculty of Education is leading an academic forum on the role of education in sustaining miniority languages in Canada. The academic forum is a centerpiece of the national conference “International Languages and Education: Access, Equity and Inclusiveness”...

Like father, like son

How does a 60-year-old retired teacher end up attending SFU alongside his 18-year old-stepson? Whether teaching high school students or attending class as a student himself, Ray Nicolle confesses he “loves school”...

Spring break school in Surrey

The Literacy for Learning and Life in the Urban Classroom (L3UC) module in the Faculty of Education’s Professional Programs created a Spring Break School for 180 students in Surrey...

Conference: Language and Culture: Building bridges through the arts

The Faculty of Education’s Cuban connection continues with the involvement of our faculty members at an international conference that encourages the exchange of ideas regarding the role of arts in language teaching and learning...

EGSA launches the new SFU Educational Review

If the collaborative work of graduate students in the Faculty of Education at SFU is an indication of what the next generation of scholars and researchers envision for the future...

Kieran Egan's book nominated "2006 Best Book"

“Teaching Literacy: Engaging the Imagination of New Readers and Writers”, written by SFU professor Kieran Egan is a finalist in the USA Book News “2006 Best Book” award for education...

Students see opportunities in India/Canada exchange program

Karamjeet Singh Dhande and his fellow exchange student, Sushil Chandra already hold master’s degrees in education and have come to SFU to further broaden their experience as students and teachers...

SFU education students teach French in Cuba

SFU education students spent a month at Pedro Maria High school in Santa Clara, Cuba as part of the Secondary Core French practicum. Our student teachers experienced language teaching at the high school level...

Living and teaching what you love

As an education professor and world-renowned pianist, Dr. Yaroslav Senyshyn loves his work, teaches it, and lives it. Classical music lovers can see his next performance at Massey Theatre, Saturday, January 27.