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: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/3-minute-thesis-faculty-of-education-heat-tickets-1982364244820?aff=oddtdtcreator

“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.

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

🎙️ Episode 71: Out Now! Dr. Renata Cueto de Souza explores education, meaning, and affectivity through phenomenology and contemplative inquiry, reflecting on doctoral research and today’s “meaning crisis” in student life. 🎧 🔗 Listen here: bit.ly/IDEASPodcast...

Such a joy to get to talk with 350 SFU student teachers today about relational learning. One of the highlights of my career. So many lovely people. Such sweet engagement. So absorbed I almost forgot to take a photo. 🤩 Thank you for the invitation, @sfueducation.bsky.social!

Grad students: looking for focused time to move your writing forward? Join the Research Hub’s Writing Retreat for structured support, peer-based accountability & dedicated writing time. 📅 Friday, Jan 30 🕒 1:30–5:00 PM 📍 SFU Burnaby Campus, EDB 7600 🔗 Register Here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/FCCLH62

Join a community of educators committed to inquiry, innovation, and impact. Applications for the MEd programs close February 1st. Your next chapter starts here.

Ready to make a difference where you can make the most impact? 🍎 If teaching is your calling - now is the time to apply to our Teacher Education programs starting in Fall 2026. Applications close soon. Don't miss out - see website for details. https://ow.ly/IaCx50XWtYe

📚 Join the CRPTE's monthly online reading group. This month, Dr. Fouzia Rouaghe hosts a discussion on English Medium Instruction & English for Academic Purposes 🗓️ Reading Group Session: Jan. 15th, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm 🔗 Sign up here: https://ow.ly/cQeM50XVSpf

Register for our AHCOTE (Teacher Education Program) online info session on January 15. https://ow.ly/2wer50XMLI0   Interested in applying to our AHCOTE or PLP – Peace Region programs? For more information check out our website: https://ow.ly/xU6f50XMLHX

Register for our January 14 MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Innovations in Mathematics Education online info session. https://ow.ly/HVfb50XMPXE  Learn about Lacey's experience in the program here: https://ow.ly/knL150XMPXF

Come to our online MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Post-Secondary info session happening on January 14. Register for the info session here: https://ow.ly/kSiB50XMQ48..

Applications for the following graduate programs close on January 9: • MA, MEd in Arts Education • MA, MEd in Educational Technology & Learning Design • MA, MEd in Teaching English as an Additional Language • MSc, MEd in Secondary Mathematics Education https://ow.ly/OzPF50XMQ30

Register for our online information session: How to Become a Teacher in the Peace Region Info Session happening January 7. https://ow.ly/N0Wa50XMQ1z Interested in applying to our AHCOTE or PLP – Peace Region programs? Check out our website: https://ow.ly/bjFz50XMQ1B

In our new episode, Spozhmay Oriya, a PhD candidate and former professor from Kabul University, reflects on collective trauma, resilience, and the lived experiences of Afghan immigrants and refugees. 🎧 https://ow.ly/QjwM50XEr1Y

Please note that our offices will be closed from December 24, 2025 to January 1, 2026 for the winter holiday break. Warm holiday wishes from all of us at the SFU Faculty of Education! ❄️✨

Découvrez cette maîtrise en éducation en ligne et en français à SFU lors d’une séance d’information.   🗓️ 13 janvier @ 3:30 pm Cette maîtrise est offerte 100% en ligne.   Réservez un billet: ow.ly/1a6v50XxT6e. ▶️: ow.ly/Iuxo50XxT6c 🔍: ow.ly/e2PA50XxT68

Our joint MEd Info Session: Imagination in Teaching, Schooling and Place AND Place-Nature Based Experiential Learning is happening on January 13 at 4pm. Register to save your spot. 👉 https://ow.ly/LB8750XK17h 

Learn about the required documents and the submission deadlines for applications to the Teacher Education programs at our online info session on December 16 at 3pm. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/info-session-pps-admissions-documents-deadlines-tickets-1977414437814

Join our online info session for our MEd in Educational Leadership: Expanding Possibilities in K-12 Education program on January 13. Register for the session: https://ow.ly/oxV850XGsLa Hear more about Ruby's experience in the program on our YouTube channel: https://ow.ly/kHQo50XGsLb

Come to our MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Digital and New Media Literacies Online Info Session on January 12. https://ow.ly/2YPC50XE88V Learn how this online program reimagines professional development for today’s educators.

Apply to our MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Imagination in Teaching, Schooling & Place program and learn more about the program in the “Exploring Imaginative Education: Insights from the Master of Education Program with Dr. Mark Fettes” news story. 🔗 https://ow.ly/PwRM50XE4SV

Merci au Bureau des affaires francophones et francophiles (BAFF) d’avoir organisé notre réception de réseautage vendredi dernier. C’était formidable de réseauter avec les membres de l’ACPLS à Burnaby, en Colombie-Britannique! SFU Faculty of Education #langsky #edusky

Reserve your spot for our Alaska Highway Consortium on Teacher Education online info session on December 10 or January 15. https://ow.ly/icj750XE3JT Interested in applying to our AHCOTE program?  For more information contact [email protected] 💡 Casey's program experience: https://ow.ly/eUKX50XE3JU

Apply to our MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Place- & Nature-Based Experiential Learning program today! https://ow.ly/NIwI50XAo5C The program focuses on deepening ecological knowledge, weaving together holistic and Indigenous pedagogies and fostering social-emotional well-being.

Come to our MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Post-Secondary online info session on December 9. https://ow.ly/wsGY50XAnZj Want to learn about an alumnus' experience in the program? Learn Jame's story here: https://ow.ly/3iXw50XAnZl

Reserve your seat for our MA, MEd in Teaching English as an Additional Language online info session happening on December 9 @ 6pm - 7pm. https://ow.ly/sLf850XAo1k Advance your knowledge of theoretical, research and practical issues in teaching English language learners in this program.

Our MEd program in Innovations in Mathematics Education engages students to examine multiple perspectives on teaching and learning mathematics. Find out more about this two-year program at our upcoming online info session on December 4 @ 6-7pm. Register: https://ow.ly/wFyv50XAnFc

📚 Join the Centre for Research and Practice in Teacher Education for our next online reading group, led by Dr. Naghmeh Babaee - LaSalle College Vancouver. We will be discussing AI in Teacher Education. 🗓️ Dec 11th, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm 🔗 Sign up here: https://ow.ly/vVQl50Xze8t

Découvrez cette maîtrise en éducation en ligne et en français à SFU lors d’une séance d’information. 🗓️ 2 décembre @ 5:00 pm Cette maîtrise est offerte 100% en ligne. Réserver un billet: ow.ly/1a6v50XxT6e. ▶️: ow.ly/Iuxo50XxT6c 🔍: ow.ly/e2PA50XxT68