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Doctor of Education (EdD) – Educational Leadership & Policy

The EdD in Educational Leadership and Policy provides advanced preparation for education practitioners with leadership and policy responsibilities in both formal and non-formal settings. These settings include, among many others, the post-secondary sector, business and health organizations, unions and community groups as well as the K–12 school system.

Doctor of Education (EdD) – Kelowna Blended Cohort

The Doctor of Education (EdD) is designed to inform, empower, and engage current and aspiring leaders. You will have the opportunity to create meaningful changes in your local community as you apply newly learned knowledges, contextualize practical insights, and analyze and address problems of practice in your local contexts. The flexible delivery format allows you to stay in your community and continue working full-time. The majority of the coursework will be delivered online with opportunities to come to campus for summer intensive sessions.

Interdisciplinary cohorts of 15 to 20 doctoral students will journey together, alongside their supervisors and instructors to foster life-long professional networks and invest in scholar-practitioner communities world-wide.

Through your Practice-Based Dissertation, you will have the opportunity to carry out an independent research project inquiring into a problem of practice in your professional context.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – Human Development, Learning & Culture

The Human Development, Learning, and Culture (HDLC) program at UBC addresses the interface of research and practice in education, weaving together theoretical models and concepts in their application to real world educational issues. Investigations of learning and development, including the unique contributions of culture to these processes, are applied to a wide range of contexts including classroom, afterschool, work, and technological contexts. This work is interpreted through a variety of theoretical lenses (e.g., constructivist, cognitive, sociocultural, and social and emotional development). HDLC graduates have found careers in a variety of settings including university teaching and research, social policy analysis, curriculum and program evaluation, schools and community organizations, and corporate learning communities.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – Language & Literacy Education (sub-specialty Literacy)

Phd students in LLED are able to sub-specialize in Literacy Education, or Modern Language Education, however, when their degrees are conferred, their degrees would only indicate a Phd in LLED.

Doctoral studies in Literacy focus on critical and contemporary issues at the intersections of literacy learning and cultural and societal transformation. Students in our programs are teachers and other professional educators who engage in courses, conversations and research addressing a broad range of issues and contexts – in and out of schools, nationally and internationally, and across the lifespan.

Students will gain expertise in topics such as identity and literacy, cultural literacy practices, Indigenous literacies, family literacy, literature and new media, digital literacies, poetry, literacy in developing contexts, literacy development across the lifespan, educational linguistics, discourse and multimodal analysis, critical perspectives on children’s and young adult literature, EAL (English as an additional language) literacy, assessment, teacher education and creative/arts-based approaches to literacy learning.

Students in our program engage with critical societal issues that impact these topics, such as equity and inclusion, immigration and globalization, gender, youth culture, relationships among communities and educational institutions, and public policy.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – Language & Literacy Education (sub-specialty Modern Language Education)

We offer specialized, individualized and interdisciplinary graduate programs in French immersion, French as a Second or Foreign Language [FSL, FFL], Asia-Pacific and the other modern language education. These programs involve study in second language curriculum, assessment, second language acquisition, bilingualism and intercultural education.

Although there are formal course requirements for the advanced degrees, students in the graduate programs are encouraged, with the aim of individualizing each program of studies, to take graduate courses in the Departments of Anthropology/Sociology, Psychology, and Linguistics in the Faculty of Arts, as well as in the Departments of Educational Studies, Curriculum and Instruction, Administrative Education, and Educational Psychology in the Faculty of Education. In this way, each program is individually tailored to suit students’ talents and interests.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – Counselling Psychology

The program follows the scientist-practitioner model for the education of counselling psychologists; students receive a substantial education as both researchers and professional psychologists. Designed for those with relevant experience who want to gain doctoral level competence, this program enhances research, counselling theory, and counselling skills.

Students will be prepared for careers as researchers, practitioners, and educators in a wide variety of settings including academic, clinical, community, business, private practice, and research. Our graduates hold positions such as staff psychologist, research manager, professor, director, department head, clinical counsellor, vocational rehabilitation consultant, team leader, behavioural consultant, group facilitator, and psychoanalyst.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – Curriculum Studies

The PhD in Curriculum Studies is a flexible, research-oriented doctoral program designed for students interested in curricular and pedagogical issues within educational settings. Two 3-credit doctoral seminars are offered in the Program as required courses. In addition to these six credits, one is required to take two research methodology and two specialization courses (12 credits total). Students select courses in consultation with their faculty supervisors or program advisory committee, based on prior academic work and research interests. Students in the PhD program typically are expected to complete coursework in the first 18 months of their program and reach candidacy within 24 months before starting their dissertation research. Students are expected in the next two years to develop and carry out a research project designed to make an original contribution to knowledge in the area of specialization. The university allows doctoral students up to six years to complete program requirements, however students are encouraged to complete their programs in four years.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – Educational Studies

The PhD in Educational Studies is a research-oriented doctoral program for students interested in any of the study areas offered in the department. Students are required to take two first-year doctoral seminars and a second-year doctoral seminar. All other courses in a student’s program are determined in consultation with faculty. Students in the PhD program typically devote two years to coursework, and two to four years to developing and carrying out a research project designed to make an original contribution to knowledge in the study area. The university allows doctoral students up to six years to complete program requirements. There is no set number of credits required for PhD programs at UBC.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – Kinesiology

The School of Kinesiology offers graduate students original investigations (M.A., M.Sc., Ph.D.) in biological, behavioural, and socio-cultural research in Kinesiology. The School also offers a course-based, advanced study program in the Master of Kinesiology (MKin). Students entering the M.A. program are normally expected to have a background in social sciences, while students applying to the M.Sc. program are expected to have a background in the natural or health sciences. Potential MKin students are required to have a B.Kin. or its equivalent.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – Measurement, Evaluation & Research Methods

Measurement, evaluation and research methodology is an evolving field that is trans-disciplinary by nature and is at the core of many of the research activities in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, the Faculty of Education, and in many of the human and health sciences in the University. We prepare graduate students as methodological and measurement specialists. The programs emphasize advanced research as applied to educational, psychological, health, and social contexts.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – School and Applied Child Psychology

The School Psychology program prepares graduate students to become psychologists who work in schools, academic, research, community and private practice settings. The primary goal of the program is to develop professional psychologists whose research, training and practice activities increase the educational and psychological wellbeing of children and youth. The School Psychology program follows a scientist-practitioner model, with emphasis on the integration of theory, research and clinical skills. Training encompasses academic, social, behavioral, consultation, intervention and prevention domains, and students receive training in the integration of assessment and intervention and in relevant professional, legal and ethical issues. Science and professional practice are viewed as interactive and complementary, with research integrated across core psychological and educational foundations training as well as relevant practical experiences at all levels of the program.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – Special Education

The doctoral program in Special Education prepares students to contribute to the scientific knowledge base and assume leadership roles in their area(s) of expertise and interest.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – Teaching English as a Second Language TESL

Integrating research and practice, the graduate programs in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) offer professional development to teachers of ESL and prepare researchers and leaders in applied linguistics. TESL graduate students gain experience and understanding in such areas as: current issues in TESL theory and practice; second language acquisition, second language reading and writing, language socialization, language and identity, second language assessment, discourse analysis, critical applied linguistics, and research methods.

The TESL/TEFL program accepts well-qualified students from around the globe into a richly international and multicultural academic community.

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UBC’s Faculty of Education, one of the world’s leading education faculties, has served the local, national, and international education community through leadership in research, teaching, service and advocacy for more than 60 years. As the largest Faculty of Education in British Columbia, it plays a critical and influential role in the advancement of education in the province, shaping and participating in education’s possibilities and potential as a social good. 

Today, the Faculty of Education creates conditions for transformative teaching, innovative learning, and leading-edge research guided by the highest standards of scholarship and the principles of collaboration, social justice, inclusion and equity. Offering undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional development opportunities, the Faculty of Education enrolls thousands of students each year on two campuses and ranks 10th in the world, according to QS World University Rankings (2021).

UBC’s Faculty of Education prepares more than 45% of the elementary and the majority of secondary educators in British Columbia, and a significant proportion of British Columbia’s school counsellors, administrators, special education professionals, and school psychologists. With more than 57,000 alum located in 100 countries, the UBC Faculty of Education truly is a global entity. 

The Faculty of Education is home to four departments ( Curriculum and Pedagogy , Educational and Counselling Psychology , and Special Education , Educational Studies , and Language and Literacy Education ) and two schools (the School of Kinesiology and the Okanagan School of Education).

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• 1378 Master's Students (2022)
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• 589 Graduate Degrees Awarded (2022)
• 166 Full-Time Faculty (2022)
• 8.2 million in Research Awards (2021/2022)

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Research Facilities

We provide outstanding research facilities for faculty and graduate students that promote leading-edge research. Our Education Library is a specialized resource with access to all of UBC’s research and special collections, including the X̱wi7x̱wa Library with materials produced by Indigenous organizations, tribal councils, schools, researchers and publishers. The Faculty’s Education Research and Learning Commons at Ponderosa Commons features technology-enhanced teaching and learning spaces and also informal learning spaces. A number of faculty manage their own research labs, situated throughout campus. 

Many of our PhD students have been selected as UBC Public Scholars and have received other honours.

Research Highlights

https://ivet.educ.ubc.ca/ Notable strengths are in literacy education and multilingualism; struggling and marginalized youth; Indigenous education, decolonization, and research; transformational program and curriculum design and inclusive pedagogies for schools, community organizations and higher education; sexual orientation and gender-identity inclusive education; social-emotional learning and well-being; autism; exercise physiology, socio-cultural aspects of health; neuromechanical studies; and multidisciplinary research in diversity, health, early childhood education, and digital media. The School of Kinesiology ranks 1st in Canada and 4th in the world by QS World University Rankings (2021).

UBC’s Faculty of Education is the national leader in the number of education graduate student fellowships received from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Additionally, the Faculty of Education is home to six Canada Research Chairs, one CIHR chair and nine donor-funded research chairs and professorships. 

Schools / Departments

• Kinesiology
• Curriculum & Pedagogy
• Educational and Counselling Psychology & Special Education
• Educational Studies
• Language & Literacy Education
• Graduate Degree Programs
• Adult Learning and Education, Master of Education
• Adult Learning and Education, Graduate Certificate in Adult Learning and Education
• Adult Learning and Global Change, Master of Education
• Art Education, Master of Arts
• Art Education, Master of Education
• Counselling Psychology, Master of Arts
• Counselling Psychology, Master of Education
• Counselling Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy
• Curriculum and Leadership, Master of Education
• Curriculum Studies, Master of Arts
• Curriculum Studies, Master of Education
• Curriculum Studies, Doctor of Philosophy
• Early Childhood Education, Master of Arts
• Early Childhood Education, Master of Education
• Educational Administration and Leadership, Master of Education
• Educational Leadership and Policy, Doctor of Education
• Educational Studies, Doctor of Philosophy
• Educational Studies, Master of Arts
• Educational Studies, Master of Education
• Educational Technology, Master of Educational Technology
• Educational Technology, Graduate Certificate in Educational Technology
• Health, Outdoor and Physical Education, Master of Arts
• Health, Outdoor and Physical Education, Master of Education
• High Performance Coaching and Technical Leadership, Master of High Performance Coaching and Technical Leadership
• High Performance Coaching and Technical Leadership, Graduate Certificate in High Performance Coaching and Technical Leadership
• Higher Education, Master of Education
• Higher Education, Graduate Certificate in Higher Education
• Home Economics Education, Master of Arts
• Home Economics Education, Master of Education
• Human Development, Learning, and Culture, Doctor of Philosophy
• Human Development, Learning, and Culture, Master of Arts
• Human Development, Learning, and Culture, Master of Education
• Indigenous Education, Master of Education
• Kinesiology, Doctor of Philosophy
• Kinesiology, Master of Arts
• Kinesiology, Master of Kinesiology
• Kinesiology, Master of Science
• Language and Literacy Education, Doctor of Philosophy
• Literacy Education, Master of Arts
• Literacy Education, Master of Education
• Mathematics Education, Master of Arts
• Mathematics Education, Master of Education
• Measurement, Evaluation and Research Methodology, Doctor of Philosophy
• Measurement, Evaluation and Research Methodology, Master of Arts
• Measurement, Evaluation and Research Methodology, Master of Education
• Media and Technology Studies Education, Master of Arts
• Media and Technology Studies Education, Master of Education
• Modern Languages Education, Master of Arts
• Modern Languages Education, Master of Education
• Museum Education, Master of Museum Education
• Music Education, Master of Arts
• Music Education, Master of Education
• Orientation and Mobility, Graduate Certificate in Orientation and Mobility
• School and Applied Child Psychology, Master of Arts
• School and Applied Child Psychology, Master of Education
• School and Applied Child Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy
• Science Education, Master of Arts
• Science Education, Master of Education
• Social Studies Education, Master of Education
• Social Studies Education, Master of Arts
• Society, Culture and Politics in Education, Master of Education
• Special Education, Doctor of Philosophy
• Special Education, Master of Education
• Special Education, Master of Arts
• Teaching English as a Second Language, Master of Arts
• Teaching English as a Second Language, Master of Education
• Teaching English as a Second Language, Doctor of Philosophy

Research Supervisors in Faculty

Graduate student stories.

Stéphanie La France

Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD)

Imagining future assessment practices in mathematics using speculative fiction with phenomenology

Daniel Gallardo

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)

Dragging education to imagine otherwise: cultivating decolonial learning environments for Indigenous queer futures.

Jonathan Easey

Harnessing community and adult learning to increase PrEP access and prevent HIV in Vancouver

Orkhon Gantogtokh

Envisioning doctoral education in Mongolia

Doctor of Philosophy in Measurement, Evaluation and Research Methodology (PhD)

How scoring methods impact validity of psychological measures?

Harris Wong

Doctor of Philosophy in School and Applied Child Psychology (PhD)

An arts-based engagement ethnography of Chinese Canadians’ experiences of critical consciousness development

Belinda Chi

Co-creating employment pathways with and for individuals with disabilities in rural communities

Brook Hadwen

Doctor of Philosophy in Kinesiology (PhD)

Cognitive and physiological processes driving affective responses to a single bout of exercise among adults with adverse childhood experiences

Alumni on Success

Brigid Goitse Conteh

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD) [ 2020 ]

Job Title Lecturer

Employer University of Botswana

Olen Gunnlaugson

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD) [ 2009 ]

Job Title Associate Professor in Leadership and Organizational Development

Employer Université Laval

Andrea Bundon

Doctor of Philosophy in Kinesiology (PhD) [ 2014 ]

Job Title Assistant Professor

Employer The University of British Columbia - School of Kinesiology

Suzanne Windsor-Liscombe

Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership and Policy (EdD) [ 2014 ]

Job Title Teacher-Administrator

Employer Retired Educator from the Burnaby School District

Ashwani Kumar

Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD) [ 2011 ]

Job Title Associate Professor

Employer Mount Saint Vincent University

Ryan van den Berg

Master of Arts in Educational Studies (MA) [ 2016 ]

Job Title Analyst

Employer Library of Parliament

Randy Wollf

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD) [ 2008 ]

Job Title President

Employer PaperLift Document Editing

Kenneth Tupper

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD) [ 2011 ]

Job Title Director of Implementation & Partnerships

Employer BC Centre on Substance Use

Recent Publications

This is an incomplete sample of recent publications in chronological order by UBC faculty members with a primary appointment in the Faculty of Education.

Recent Thesis Submissions

• Teachers’ material, moral and legal conditions on World Teachers’ Day : a networked movement of Egyptian teachers on Facebook (EDST - PHD)
• Red tears of pearl : making space for Afghan-Canadian Muslim diasporas in postcolonial literature (LLED - PHD)
• School-based psychosocial support services through the process of school integration : a phenomenological exploration of newcomer youth experiences (SACP - MA)
• "No longer missionary" : the Sisters of Saint Ann and Vancouver's Catholic schools in the long 1960s (CUST - PHD)
• Pray where waters meet : land-based métissage, ethical relationality and reconciliation (LLED - PHD)
• Inter/nationalization of higher education : the case of academic mobility and knowledge generation at Qatar University (EDST - PHD)
• Coherence, consistency, contradiction : portraits of postsecondary educators seeking ecological integrity (EDST - PHD)
• Coherence, consistency, contradiction : portraits of postsecondary educators seeking ecological integrity : [supplementary material] (EDST - PHD)
• (Re)mapping youth mobilities and citizenships with young adult literature (LLED - PHD)
• Keep your hands to yourself and use your words : a condescendingly titled exploration of what helps and hinders people with visual impairments while receiving unsolicited help from sighted people (CNPS - PHD)
• Working together to promote academic inclusion of students with extensive support needs : a cultural historical activity theory approach to examining inter-professional collaborative practice in inclusive education (SPED - PHD)
• Coping is a collective responsibility : a narrative inquiry with women veterans on the barriers and facilitators of coping with military sexual trauma (CNPS - PHD)
• Measuring balance deficits in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (KIN - MSC)
• Living with violence on social media : an exploration of Colombian young adults’ encounters with online harms (LLED - PHD)
• Covid-19 pandemic and exercise for healthcare workers (COPE HCW) trial : secondary analyses examining the effects of at-home exercise on healthcare workers' multidimensional well-being (KIN - MSC)
• Exploring students' understandings and perspectives of place : the case of place in a Skagit Valley school (CUST - PHD)
• Teachers' narratives of resisting deprofessionalization (CUST - PHD)
• Navigating abortion in adolescence : a narrative exploration of experiences and counselling perspectives (CNPS - MA)
• Representation of space and time for the perception and control of standing balance (KIN - MSC)
• 'Do this to live longer' : a study of health and fitness magazine representations of older women (KIN - MA)
• The COPE HCW trial : evaluating the engagement of healthcare workers in an mHealth exercise app intervention (KIN - MSC)
• Adapting to sensorimotor delay in the control of standing balance (KIN - MSC)
• Health and wellness for Métis youth involved with Métis family services : exploring cultural connection through Métis beadwork using photovoice (CNPS - PHD)
• Understanding children’s object choice and play in an outdoor setting : the embedded learning and meaning of playing with sticks (CUST - PHD)
• The intergenerational transfer of nikkei memory : museums facing the absence of “witness” founders (CUST - PHD)
• The fate of the somatotype: examining the afterlives of a body classification system (KIN - PHD)
• The process of transitioning to a mainstream high school for hard-of-hearing youth (CNPS - PHD)
• “Unconfinable knowledge” : curating, the curatorial and decolonization in the performing arts (EDST - MA)
• A sociocultural analysis of adaptive skateboarding and wheelchair motocross (KIN - PHD)
• The role of uncertainty in the vestibular control of balance during locomotion (KIN - MSC)

Doctoral Citations

Online harms act: bill c63 – conversation with carol todd.

Online Harms Act: Bill C63 Conversation with Carol Todd An alumna within the Faculty of Education is issuing the following statement on the Online Harms Act: Bill C63. The statements do not represent the views of UBC, or any of its departments or other constituent units and the members issuing this...

Dr. Kedrick James appointed Interim Director, Okanagan School of Education

March 26, 2024 Dr. Kedrick James will assume the role of Interim Director, Okanagan School of Education, for a two-year term commencing July 2, 2024 We are pleased to announce that Dr. Kedrick James has been appointed Interim Director of the Okanagan School of Education in the Faculty of Education...

Dr. Jillianne Code awarded a UBC Killam Research Fellowship

March 21, 2024 Dr. Jillianne Code is a researcher, educator, and learning scientist specializing in learner agency, online learning technologies, and the impact of social media on student success and well-being. As the Director of the ALIVE Research Lab, she studies agency ‘unbundled’ from formal...

Dr. Johanna Sam receives Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar award

September 13, 2023 Dr. Johanna Sam is named Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar The Michael Smith Health Research BC’s Scholar Program supports early-career health researchers who are building leading-edge health research programs, training the next generation of scientists and expanding...

Community Update | March 2024

March 2024 | published once each term Message from Dr. Jan Hare, Dean pro tem Dear community members, I appreciate this opportunity to showcase the scholarly and other important work underway within the UBC Faculty of Education. Please feel welcome to connect with me to share your thoughts and...

Dr. David Wright secures CIHR grant to help mitigate side effects of antipsychotic medications

March 8, 2024 Dr. David Wright, along with co-applicant Dr. Margaret Hahn of the University of Toronto, secures a significant Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) grant for their project, “Targeting the Exercise-Inducible Signalling Factor FGF21 as a Novel Approach to Mitigate the...

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