District Submissions for the SFU–Cmolik Grant Program close on April 24.
If you have an innovative project that enhances learning in B.C. public education, now is the time to consult your district and apply before their deadlines.
Learn more and apply: www.sfu.ca/education/su...
Teachers and professors often shape our lives in ways that stay with us for years. This reflection honours the late Dr. Tasos Kazepides and the lasting influence he had on one community member’s path to graduate study, philosophy, and a future within SFU Education: www.sfu.ca/education/ro...
SFU’s Preservice Professional Studies (PPS) is seeking an AHCOTE Faculty Associate. Applications and supporting documents are due by Thursday, May 7, 2026.
Learn more and apply: www.sfu.ca/education/wo...
What does it mean to prepare teachers through practice, reflection, and real classroom experience?
@sfueducation.bsky.social's latest 60th anniversary feature explores the history and enduring philosophy of SFU’s Professional Development Program (PDP).
Read more: www.sfu.ca/education/ro...
Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Hou for receiving the 2026 President's New Researcher Award from the Canadian Psychological Association!
Sharon's research underscores the importance of centring diverse perspectives to better support children and families.
Read more: www.sfu.ca/education-re...
Do you have an idea that encourages learning and community engagement?
SFU’s Cmolik Grant Program has funded numerous innovative projects across B.C. Your school districts are now accepting applications!
Learn more and apply: www.sfu.ca/education/su...
Congratulations to Ayush Mukherjee, Winner and People’s Choice recipient, and Rose Anza-Burgess, Runner-up in the 2026 3MT: Faculty of Education Heat. Ayush and Rose will represent SFU Education at the SFU 3MT Final on April 9.
Read more: www.sfu.ca/education/ne...
In the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject, we are tied for 5th place in Canada and ranked among the 101–150 range worldwide! This recognition reflects our Faculty’s ongoing excellence in education, research, and community impact.
Mathematics doesn’t start in textbooks. It begins in kitchens, in games, in touch, in relationships.
Qiang Lin, a doctoral candidate in Mathematics Education, reflects on how children experience mathematics through family, technology, and lived experience.
Listen here: bit.ly/IDEASstream
Join us on March 30 and support our grad students as they share their research in dynamic three-minute presentations!
📍 SFU Burnaby (EDB 8620)
🗓️ March 30 | 5:30 PM - 7:00 p.m.
🎤🏆 The top two presenters will advance to the SFU 3MT Final on April 9!
Register below to attend by March 27.
The newest edition of EdYOUcation, our student newsletter, is out today!
This issue features a Q&A with Adena Brons, the Faculty’s Education Librarian, on how she supports students, staff, and faculty with research, coursework, teaching, citations, and more. 📚
Read here: www.sfu.ca/education/ne...
What happens when students lead their own learning?
In this @sfueducation.bsky.social project by Cher Hill, Ching‑Chiu Lin & Neva Whintors, elementary schoolkids became deeply invested in a local pond & took the lead when its tadpoles’ habitat was suddenly at risk.
@researchhubsfu.bsky.social
“See children. Hear them. Honour them. And teach in ways that let them shine.”
In the fourth and final chapter, Dr. Selma Wassermann reflects on the philosophy that guided her work and the legacy she hopes future educators will carry forward.
🔗 bit.ly/SFULegacy
🎓 Rooted in Legacy concludes with Chapter 4: Philosophy, Reflection, Legacy.
Dr. Selma Wassermann reflects on the principle that guided her work: “Remember what’s important. Keep true to what’s important.”
"What lasts isn’t always what’s written on paper." In Chapter 3, Dr. Selma Wassermann reflects on a legacy shaped less by accolades than by the teachers, relationships, and values that endured far beyond the university: sfu.ca/education/ro...
🎓 Rooted in Legacy continues with Chapter 3. Dr. Selma Wassermann reflects on the people who shaped SFU Education: leaders, behind-the-scenes champions, and classroom teachers who carried the Faculty’s philosophy across B.C. “We produced some of the finest teachers in the world.” bit.ly/SFULegacy
Learning Together unConference (LTuC) is back! Hosted by EGSA + Research Hub, this year’s theme is Indigenous Methodologies: centring relational, embodied approaches to knowledge-making beyond separable Western epistemologies. Learn more and RSVP.
In 2025, the SFU-Cmolik Grant Program awarded $150,000 to support projects in robotics, digital storytelling, and community-led learning across B.C.
Have an innovative idea? Bring it to life. Applications close April 24.
“At the time, they were acts of quiet defiance.” In Chapter 2 of Rooted in Legacy, Dr. Selma Wassermann reflects on SFU Education’s early innovations and a teaching philosophy rooted in trust rather than control. bit.ly/SWC2SFU
From carving & ceremony to B.C. classrooms, Carman McKay (Musqueam & Matsqui Nations) bridges traditional & contemporary learning.
Dr. Cher Hill: “Carman is a deep thinker. I saw his capacity for high-level scholarship and encouraged him to come to SFU.” bit.ly/CMcKay
🎙️ Episode 72 Out Now!
Dr. Renata Cueto de Souza offers a deeply reflective account of classroom vulnerability: navigating AI use, ethical responsibility, and emotional honesty without resorting to punishment or control.
Listen here: https://ow.ly/ngVo50Ylv5v
🎓 Rooted in Legacy continues with Chapter 2: Encouraging Growth. Dr. Selma Wassermann reflects on innovation as “a way of working” and how the Faculty refused to be an “Athens on the mountains,” taking its ideas into communities through C.O.L.E.: bit.ly/SFULegacy
🎓 Calling all grad students!
One slide. 3 minutes.
Share your thesis & compete for cash prizes.
📍 Faculty of Education Heat | SFU Burnaby (EDB 8620)
🗓️ March 30 | 5:30–7:00 p.m.
Register: www.eventbrite.ca/e/3-minute-thesis-facult...
“The jewel in the crown.” SFU’s PDP didn’t start cautiously; it began in classrooms. Dr. Selma Wassermann reflects, “Putting brand-new student teachers into B.C. schools was 'as bold as anything you could imagine'.” Read Chapter 1: bit.ly/SFULegacy
🎓 Our new series, Rooted in Legacy, looks back with Dr. Selma Wassermann. In Chapter 1: Sowing Seeds, she reflects on SFU’s early experimentation and building the Professional Development Program (PDP)—“the jewel in the crown.”: Explore the series: bit.ly/SFULegacy
Happy Lunar New Year! 🧧🐴
🐴 We're welcoming the Year of the Horse, often linked with energy and optimism. Fun fact: each year aligns with one of the 12 zodiac animals, which many believe influences personality traits and luck for the year ahead.
Dr. Cher Hill
Congratulations to Dr. Cher Hill, assistant professor & recipient of SFU’s Emerging Community-Engaged Researcher Award! In a conversation, she shares how relational, land-based learning supports youth caring for salmon & waterways.
Read the story: bit.ly/CHCeri25
📅 Next week is Reading Break, and SFU campuses will be closed on Monday, February 16, for Family Day.
Whether you’re catching up on coursework 📚, taking a breather, or spending time with family and friends, we hope you get a chance to rest and reset.
Have a great long weekend! 🌟
A Message to the Community: SFU Dean of Education Dan Laitsch on Tumbler Ridge: bit.ly/SFUMessage
📚 The CRPTE invites you to join their monthly online reading group. This month's session will be hosted by Dr. Fouzia Rouaghe.
Reading topics: intersections of English Medium Instruction (EMI) & English for Academic Purposes (EAP).
🗓 February 19
🕓 4:00–5:30 p.m. PST (online)
✅ bit.ly/CRPTESFU
