Committees

PhD Admissions Committee

Members

• Dobson, T. (Chair)
• Ahmed, A.
• Belliveau, G.
• Hunte, M.
• Jenson, J.
• Kendrick, M.
• Li, G.
• Rajagopal, H.
• Talmy, S.
• Wernicke, M.

Questions? Contact the Graduate Programs Assistant.

MA/MEd Admissions Committee

Members

• Dobson, T. (Chair)
• Accurso, K.
• Ahmed, A.
• Belliveau, G.
• Deschambault, R.
• Hunte, M.
• Macfadyen, L.
• Norton, B.
• Talmy, S.
• Wernicke, M.

Questions? Contact the Graduate Programs Assistant.

Curriculum Committee

The Curriculum Committee reviews proposals for new courses and changes to existing courses, including general recommendations on TEO programmatic needs. The CCASA rep also assumes responsibilities as chair of the LLED Curriculum Committee. The Curriculum Committee Chair is in this way best positioned to take forward LLED proposals to CCASA.

Members

• Accurso, K. (Chair)
• Dupris, J.
• Moore, A.
• Ruest, C.
• Wong, M.

Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC)

GAC makes recommendations about all graduate student matters.

Members

• Dobson, T. (Chair)
• Corella, M.
• Jenson, J.
• Kendrick, M.
• Zappa-Hollman, S.

Head’s Advisory Committee (HAC)

The HAC makes recommendations about budget, general policy issues, and nominations of faculty for awards.

Members

• Kumpulainen, K. (Chair)
• Corella, M.
• Dobson, T.
• Jannat, M.
• Kendrick, M.
• Whitehead, G.
• Student rep (TBD)

Early Childhood Literacy Committee

Members

• Berger, I. (Chair)
• Li, G.
• Kumpulainen, K.
• Rajagopal, H.

Indigenous Languages Committee

Members

• Durpis, J. (Chair)
• Galla, C.
• Kunnas, M.
• Wernicke, M.

Institut de Français Committee

Members

• Ruest, C. (Chair)
• Dupris, J.
• Speigelman, J.
• Wernicke, M.

Language and Literacy Education Leadership Award Committee (LLELA)

Members

• Wong, M. (Chair)
• Kumpulainen, K.

LLED French Education Committee

Members

• Ruest, C.
• Wernicke, M.

LLED-Rits Advisory Committee

Members

• Deschambault, R. (Chair)
• D’Silva, R.
• Jannat, M.
• Kowkabi, N.
• Zhukova, A.

Online MLED (FRM) MEd Advisory Committee

Members

• Ruest, C. (Chair)
• Kunnas, M.
• Spiegelman, J.
• Wernicke, M.

Online TESL MEd Advisory Committee

Members

• Cervatiuc, A. (Chair)
• Accurso, K.
• Kowkabi, N.
• Talmy, S.
• Whitehead, G.

Public Scholarship and Global Engagement Committee

Members

• Darvin, R. (Co-Chair)
• Whitehead, G. (Co-Chair)
• Belliveau, G.

Scheduling Committee

Members

• Kendrick, M.(LITR, Deputy Head)
• Jannat, M. (Admin Manager)
• Corella, M. (ALSED)

Scholarship and Awards Committee

The Scholarship and Awards Committee makes recommendations regarding some internally and externally funded student awards (both graduate and undergraduate).

Members

• Ahmed, A. (Chair)
• D’Silva, R.
• Kubota, R.
• Spiegelman, J.
• Whitehead, G.

Social and Cultural Well-being Committee

The Social Committee arranges social events, and supervises the use of any ‘social’ funds.

Members

• Kunnas, M. (Co-Chair)
• Effiam Y. (Co-Chair)
• Berger, I.
• Rajagopal, H.

SPRoT Coordinator

Members

• Accurso, K.

Teacher-Librarianship Program Advisory Committee

Members

• Moore, A. (Chair)
• Beaudry, R. (Adjunct)
• Delvecchio, J. (Adjunct)

Merit Committee

The Merit Committee reviews submitted faculty Summary of Activities (SoA), and makes recommendations regarding faculty merit and PSA. The Head then brings these recommendations to the Dean.

Members

• Kumpulainen, K. (Chair)
• Belliveau, G.
• Hunte, M.
• Kendrick, M.
• Macfadyen, L.
• Spiegelman, J.

Online Literacy MEd Advisory Committee

Members

• Wong, M. (Chair)
• Belliveau, G.
• Berger, I.
• Moore, A.
• Rajagopal, I.

Arts-Based Educational Research Group

Members

• Moore, M. (Co-facilitator)
• Rajagopal, H. (Co-facilitator)

Discourse Analysis in Education Research

Members

• Corella, M.

LLED Antiractist Caucus

Members

• Kunnas, M.
• Spiegelman, J.

Accessibility Working Group

LLED members

• Kowkabi. N.

Advisory, Learning Design and Digital Innovation unit (LDDI)

LLED members

• Cervatiuc, A.
• Macfadyen, L.

BEd French Programs Committee

LLED members

• Ruest, C.

BEd Practicum Guidelines Review Committee

LLED members

• Wong, M.

BEd Scholarship & Awards

LLED members

• Wernicke, M.

Black Faculty Circle

LLED members

• Kunnas, M.

Committee for Curriculum Admissions Standings and Appeals

LLED members

• Ruest, C.

Dean’s Advisory Committee

LLED members

• Deschambault, R.
• Jenson, J.
• Whitehead, G.

Dean’s Advisory Committee on Research

LLED members

• TBD

ECE Executive Committee

LLED members

• Berger, I.

ECED Executive Committee

LLED members

• Rajagopal, H.

Educational Learning Commons (ELC) Advisory Committee

LLED members

• Wernicke, M.

Faculty Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Decolonization Committee

LLED members

• TBD

Faculty of Education AI Working Group

LLED members

• Macfadyen, L.

Faculty Personnel Committee

LLED members

• TBD

Graduate Curriculum Advisory Committee

Advise departments and Dean on graduate policy within the Faculty. Administer all graduate program and curriculum changes within the Faculty. Coordinate and disseminate information on research methods courses offered throughout the Faculty.

LLED members

• Dobson, T.
• Jenson, J.

Graduate Scholarship Committee

LLED members

• Darvin, R.

Intra-Faculty Inter-Campus Committee on French Education

LLED members

• Ruest, C.

Learning Design & Digital Innovation (LDDI) Advisory Committee

LLED members

• Jenson, J.

Master of Educational Technology (MET) Executive Committee

Provide academic oversight of the Masters of Educational Technology (MET) program academic matters such as staffing, curriculum, admissions. Assure the academic integrity of the program. Provide financial and management oversight regarding budgetary issues. Identify needs, problems and solutions related to MET program curriculum, courses and graduate student matters. Review curriculum proposals; course revisions; course schedule; peer reviews of teaching and student evaluation of teaching data. Provide academic oversight in administration of admissions and student progress, including reviewing admissions files. Make recommendations and participate in design of advertisements for new positions and instructional hiring.

LLED members

• Jenson, J.
• Macfadyen, L.

MET Operations Committee

LLED members

• Jenson, J.
• Macfadyen, L.

Scholarly Inquiry Working Group on Educational Leadership

LLED members

• Moore, A.

SOGI-UBC Advisory Committee

LLED members

• Darvin, R.

Teacher Education Advisory Committee

LLED members

• Wong, M.

Anti-Racism & Indigenous Initiatives Committee

LLED members

• Cervatiuc, A.

Black Faculty Caucus

LLED members

• Kunnas, M.

Canada Research Chair Program Advisory Council

LLED members

• Li, G.

ELI Advisory Committee

LLED members

• Zappa-Hollman, S.

Emerging Media Lab

LLED members

• Wong, M.

Faculty Research Award Committee

LLED members

• Kubota, R.

Indigenous Climate Justice Education Advisory Committee

LLED members

• D’Silva, R.

Master of Arts in Children’s Literature

LLED members

• Moore, A.

UBC’s Language Sciences Steering Committee

LLED members

• Darwin, R.

UBC Public Scholars Initiative Adjudication Committee

LLED members

• Rajagopal, H.

UBC-Rits Advisory Committee

LLED members

• Deschambault, R.
• Zhukova, A.