UBC experts are available to comment on back-to-school issues, including B.C.’s new K-12 curriculum, funding, bullying and more.
John Paul (JP) Catungal
Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice
Email: catungal@mail.ubc.ca
• Issues LGBTQ youth face in school
Nicole Fetterly
Manager, Nutrition and Wellness, UBC Student Housing and Hospitality Services
Tel: 604.970.2396
Email: nicole.fetterly@ubc.ca
- Nutrition and academic or physical performance
- Planning healthy meals
- Avoiding the “Frosh 15”
Nicole Fortin
Vancouver School of Economics
Tel: 604.822.3222
Email: nicole.fortin@ubc.ca
• Gender differences in academic achievement
• Gender and age differences in hyperactive and inattentive behaviour
Lee Gunderson
Department of Language and Literacy Education
Email: lee.gunderson@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.8456
• ESL programming, testing, reading instruction
• Immigrant academic success
Wendy Hall
School of Nursing
Email: wendy.hall@nursing.ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.7447
• Sleep patterns
• Getting kids back on a school day sleeping schedule
Shelley Hymel
Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Email: shelley.hymel@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.6022
• Bullying, childhood development
Don Krug
Department of Curriculum Studies
Email: don.krug@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.5318
• Technology in teaching and learning
Thomas Lemieux
Vancouver School of Economics
Tel: 604.822.2092
Email: Thomas.Lemieux@ubc.ca
• Economic benefits of a university education
• Financial returns vs cost of university education by field of study
Chris Martin
Faculty of Education, UBC Okanagan
Email: christopher.martin@ubc.ca
Tel: 250.807.8427
• Student debt
Sandra Mathison
Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Email: sandra.mathison@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.6352
• New K-12 curriculum in B.C.
• School evaluation and student assessment
• Standardized testing
Wayne Ross
Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy
Email: wayne.ross@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.2830
• New K-12 curriculum in B.C.
• Impact of budget cuts on teaching, learning, and teacher morale
• Government funding of private schools
Elizabeth Saewyc
School of Nursing
Email: elizabeth.saewyc@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.7505
• School-based support for LGBTQ kids
• Teens’ health and coping behaviours
Kimberly Schonert-Reichl
Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Tel: 604.822.2215
Email: kimberly.schonert-reichl@ubc.ca
• New curriculum’s focus on personal and social competence
• School anxiety, transitioning to school
• Alleviating school stress
Michelle Stack
Department of Education Studies
Email: michelle.stack@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.369.7572
• Targeted education funding, choice schools, school boundaries
• Media education for kids and adults
• Rankings – Fraser Institute, University Rankings
Charles Ungerleider
Department of Educational Studies
Email: charles.ungerleider@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.600.1040
• Educational policy, governance and funding
Dzung Vo
Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine
Tel: 604.875.2970
Email: dvo@cw.bc.ca
• Ways to alleviate back-to-school stress
• Mindfulness in schools
• School anxiety