This Year at AERA…
Potential Roles for Schools in Revitalizing Rural Communities: Perspectives From Canada, the United States, and Australia Sat. Apr 14 – 10:35am – 12:05pm – Vancouver Convention Center, Floor Second Level – East Room 10...
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Investigating Our Practices Conference 2012
On May 5, 2012 UBC hosts the 15th Annual IOP Conference, where practicing teachers, university educators, graduate students and student teachers from different educational contexts (schools, universities and colleges) come together to share their...
BC Rural and Small Schools Conference
This year in Alert Bay, BC. May 11, 2012. To open this year’s conference program (.pdf in a new window), click HERE. To link to online registration, click HERE.
Growing Innovation Grants 2011-12
UPDATE: Upcoming Elluminate meetings (all 3:30-4:30 PST): Cluster 1 (SD 8, 10, 48, 58, 64) – Heritages & Cultures – Monday, March 5 Cluster 2 (SD 49, 50, 62, 69) – Environmental Education –...
Featured Link – September 2011
The BC Rural Network: a coalition of organizations, communities, and individuals who share a commitment to building the capacity of British Columbia to develop responses to rural and remote community issues. Click HERE to...
AERA Rural Education SIG
For a link to the blog of the American Educational Research Association’s Rural Education SIG (special interest group) click HERE. “The Rural Education Special Interest Group (SIG) promotes scholarly conversation about the lives of...
Innovative Practice Grants: Call for Applications
Do you have a project or idea you’d like to share with other rural teachers? Are your students involved in place-based learning in your community? Have you discovered imaginative ways to enrich educational opportunities...
West Kootenay Teacher to receive UBC Rural Teacher Education Prize
Each year the UBC West Kootenay Teacher Education Program (WKTEP) in Castlegar honors a teacher educator who has made valuable contributions to the preparation and support of new teachers for rural communities. The prize...
Featured Link – July 2011
The Center on Rural Education and Communities (CREC) is located in the College of Education at Penn State in the US. Believing that, “issues affecting rural education cannot be separated from the communities and...
Follow Rural Teachers now on Twitter
For timely updates you can now follow us on Twitter at @ruralteachers Thank you for retweeting, for spreading the word about www.ruralteachers.com and the support of, and inquiry into, important issues in rural education.
Growing Innovation Grants Announcement
Please click HERE for the news release announcing this exciting initiative, in which we are delighted to take part, that will “explore new and creative learning opportunities for students in rural BC.” Click HERE...
Rural Research Network Calendar
The Canadian Rural Research Network (CRRN) is a new means to support information sharing and networking among stakeholders with an interest in rural research. Click HERE for their frequently updated calendar for many upcoming...
Video: Linda Farr Darling on Rural Teacher Education
To link to a talk given in January 2011 by Linda Farr Darling, Eleanor Rix Professor of Rural Teacher Education at UBC, click HERE.
What Rural School Communities Can Teach Us
Guest Editorial from the from The Vancouver Province: June 2, 2010 Lower Mainland families have felt the impact of funding cuts to local schools for years now, and the budget picture from Victoria gets...
UBC Teacher Candidates Apply for Rural Practicum Opportunity
Thanks to the support of the Ministry and the Eleanor Rix Professorship in Rural Teacher Education, about thirty teacher candidates in the UBC Bachelor of Education Program will have a chance to work with...
Art Installed to Honour the Rix Family Foundation
The Neville Scarfe Building lobby has been brightened by a beautiful piece of art commemorating a significant gift to the UBC Faculty of Education. In May 2009, Donald B. Rix and his daughter Laurie...
Rural Teachers in Igoolik
In a country that spans 7,500km it’s not always easy to make sure everybody gets a good education. Imagine what it’s like in a rural community like Igloolik, Nunavut, which is between mainland Canada...
Welcome to ruralteachers.com
Welcome to our site! Thanks to the extraordinary commitment of the Rix Family Foundation to the preparation and ongoing education of teachers in British Columbia, I am proud to be the first Eleanor Rix...
Rix Family
Through the generous donations of the Rix Family Foundation, the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Education supports the work of rural teachers. Eleanor Rix was the wife of philanthropist Donald Rix and spent...
Full Circles
Listen to this podcast about an innovative method of teaching related to Literary Circles. In this case, the literary circle is focused on the book “Born to Run”, and a collaborative project between four students from...