University of Alberta Faculty of Education

This National Indigenous History Month, we invite you to go beyond the land acknowledgement and take some time to understand your relationship to the land, treaties, and to the Indigenous communities near you.

Across the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, along with FNS, we take our commitment to treaty and to the 94 Calls to Action seriously and make it a priority not just in June, but year-round.

This , we're amplifying First Nations, Inuit and Métis voices and taking some time to ground ourselves on the land in which we're situated.

✨ Education Students’ Association Graduation Banquet 2026 ✨
🎓 A Night to Inspire 🎓

Graduates, it’s time to celebrate everything you’ve accomplished! Join us for an unforgettable evening filled with dinner, dancing, photos, laughter, and memories with your cohort before we begin the next chapter as educators.

📍 Dinwoodie Lounge, Student Union Building
📅 June 14, 2026
⏰ 6 – 11 p.m.
🚪 Doors Open at 5 p.m.
🎟️ Tickets: $40
⚠️ HARD DEADLINE for tickets & dietary restrictions: June 7
❌ No tickets sold at the door

Link for Tickets: https://campus.hellorubric.com/?eid=61319

RSVP for dietary restrictions here:
https://forms.gle/VbQ6AxK23WV55cE59

Attending the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Conference this year at the University of Winnipeg?

Be sure to check out this Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies (CACS) session featuring Education faculty members Dr. Dwayne Donald and Dr. Claudia Eppert!

President’s Panel
Returning to the roots of living curriculum: wisdom with/in body, relations, and earth
Dwayne Donald (Alberta) & Celeste Nazeli Snowber (Simon Fraser) in conversation with Claudia Eppert (Alberta) & Ellyn Lyle (Cape Breton)

Tuesday, June 2
13:30-14:45
1L04 Classroom

The panel this year brings together the work of Dr. Celeste Nazeli Snowber and Dr. Dwayne Donald to explore the roots of living curriculum as an embodied, relational, and living approach to education. The discussion invites educators to reflect on how slowing down, attending deeply, and embracing wholeness might reshape teaching and learning in a time marked by ecological uncertainty, colonial legacies, and social fragmentation.

CONVOCATION FEATURE | Leah Peters, '26 BSc/BEd

Leah Peters's desire to be a teacher and love for science led her to pursue a combined bachelor of science/bachelor of education program at Augustana. She loved the idea of the smaller classes, but ultimately was drawn to Augustana's interdisciplinary approach to learning through its core courses. As she recalls, “It was the only program in Alberta that enabled me to have a teachable major in biological sciences while minoring in social studies!” Her years at Augustana included unexpected opportunities working as a research assistant, and her years at the University of Alberta Faculty of Education involved participating in an event that informed and encouraged would-be teachers about living and teaching rurally.

Learn more about Leah: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/augustana/news/2026/convocation/leah-peters.html

At this year’s Annual Representative Assembly (ARA), educator and scholar Dr. Dwayne Donald was presented with the Alberta Teachers’ Association’s (ATA) highest honour, honorary membership, recognizing his profound contributions, both provincially and nationally, to Indigenous education and reconciliation.

Donald, a professor in the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Education, holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Reimagining Teacher Education with Indigenous Wisdom Traditions.

Learn more: https://teachers.ab.ca/news/top-honour

Congratulations to educational psychology master's student Joanna Huynh on receiving the 2026 Margaret Brine Graduate Scholarship from the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW)!

The Margaret Brine Graduate Scholarship is awarded to female graduate students at the University of Alberta who have shown strong academic achievement and a dedication to leadership, education, and meaningful community involvement aligned with the values of CFUW.

"This recognition means a lot to me because it reflects not only my academic work, but also the importance of supporting women in higher education and research. As a graduate student, there are moments when the work can feel challenging and overwhelming, which makes support from organizations like CFUW especially meaningful and motivating," Joanna says.

Join the Graduate Student Peer Support Program’s May Picnic Mixer!

It’s a casual, drop-in event where you can wind down and relax over painting and popsicles, meet new people, and chat with fellow graduate students about grad life.

Meet us in Triffo Hall room 1-16 on Thursday, May 28. At 10:00 a.m. we will walk together as a group over to the South Patio of CCIS.

The Phyllis Weston Award was established in memory of Phyllis Weston who taught for 40 years in Calgary Public Schools. Her teaching had a lasting impact on many students.

One award of approximately $1,500, applied directly to tuition. The deadline to apply is June 1 at midnight.

More info: https://calgaryfoundation.org/awards/scholarships-awards-bursaries/

Are you a second year or above grad student who enjoys supporting others?

The Graduate Student Peer Support (GSPS) program is a network of volunteer graduate students trained to provide support to peers in a one-on-one and group format. The program aims to foster a supportive, inclusive, and empathetic environment for all graduate students.

What does a GSPS volunteer do?

Provide confidential peer-to-peer support for any level of graduate student dealing with stress, isolation, challenges within their university work, teaching or research environment, health and safety issues.

Offer guidance and direct graduate students to university resources or subject matter experts.

Attend tabling events and host community mixers to help build a sense of community among graduate students.

Learn more about the program, including time commitment, perks of volunteering, and how the program got started.

Learn more and apply by June 1, 2026!

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