| Department: | Faculty of Education |
| Insitution: | University of Regina |
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Regina, SK Canada |
The Faculty
With its deep commitment to social justice and anti-oppressive education, the Faculty of Education offers comprehensive programs for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees to prospective and professional educators, providing leadership and support for training and development, conducting educational research and engaging in provincial, national, and international projects. There are approximately 1350 undergraduate students and 475 graduate students in the Faculty. In addition to programs on the main campus, the Faculty supports teacher education at a distance through partnerships with Nunavut Arctic College (NTEP), Yukon College (YNTEP), NORTEP, Cumberland College, Northwest Regional College, Gabriel Dumont Institute, and the Centre for Continuing Education (Certificate of Extended Studies in Inclusive Education / CESIE). The Faculty of Education has community-based programs at both undergraduate and graduate levels in various parts of the province, as well as a Regina-based Baccalauréat en education program serving the Province’s fransaskois and francophone immigrant populations. Many of these partnerships exemplify our commitment to Indigenous teacher education and the value we place on our relationships with Indigenous peoples in their communities.
The Faculty’s mission embodies commitments to student success, research impact, and community engagement as articulated in the University and the Faculty Strategic Plans. As stated in the Strategic Plan, the Faculty values innovative and transformative teaching, learning, research, and service; research that informs teaching, learning, practice and theory; the development of successful, adaptive, responsive, engaged and flexible citizens, teachers & leaders in education; standing in solidarity with those marginalized by race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ability, language and other forms of systemic discrimination; and, respect for and commitment to academic freedom and public engagement. Our goals include but are not limited to indigenizing and decolonizing processes, practices, and curricula; opening access to multiple modes of learning; preparing educators to teach well in increasingly complex classrooms; responding to and ethically engaging with community; collaborative work; and, resisting hegemonic education practices that work to marginalize students, communities, and ourselves. Surveys, including the Globe and Mail’s most recent Canadian University Report, demonstrate that the Faculty’s undergraduate and graduate programs are well-reputed among students and employers.