January 2027

Important Note: Students who have not registered for courses for one or more years must apply for Continuance before they can register. More information

Winter PBDE Courses

EDUC-5001-251 ST: Indigenous Knowledges

Instructor: TBD
Dates and Times: January 6, 2027 to April 23, 2027; Mondays; 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location: LIVE: Scheduled class times will take place using an online platform. Students must be available during the posted lecture times for live streaming and/or group interactions. High speed internet is mandatory.

*TBA

This course counts as an elective in the Indigenous Knowledges and General streams.

EDUC-5001-752 ST: Anticolonial Mental Health

Instructor: J. DeFehr
Dates and Times: January 6, 2027 to April 23, 2027; Wednesdays; 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: LIVE: Scheduled class times will take place using an online platform. Students must be available during the posted lecture times for live streaming and/or group interactions. High speed internet is mandatory.

*TBA

This course counts as an elective in the Indigenous Knowledges and General streams.

EDUC-5001-760 ST: Introduction to Sustainability and Climate Justice Education: Practice

Instructor: M. Link
Dates and Times: January 6, 2027 to April 23, 2027
Location: ONLINE ASYNCHRONOUS: There are no live lecture components to this course. High-speed internet is mandatory. Section material is accessed via nexus.uwinnipeg.ca. Tests and midterm exams MAY be held at scheduled times.

This course provides educators with an overview of the practice component of sustainability and climate justice pedagogy, with attention to empowering solutions and an action-focused approach to addressing the climate crisis.

This course counts as an elective in the General stream.

EDUC-5407-770 Teaching Struggling Readers

Instructor: P. Gilmour
Dates and Times: January 6, 2027 to April 23, 2027; Tuesdays; 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location: LIVE: Scheduled class times will take place using an online platform. Students must be available during the posted lecture times for live streaming and/or group interactions. High speed internet is mandatory.

Some children and youth have great difficulty acquiring language arts skills. Helping these readers and writers achieve greater proficiency is an educational priority. The purpose of this course is to provide experienced, practicing teachers with the opportunity to develop a thorough understanding of reading and writing disability within a practical and a theoretical framework. The focus is on mastering the essential components of assessment and remedial strategies.

This course counts as an elective in the Inclusive Education and General streams.

EDUC-5411-770 Youth Violence in Schools

Instructor: N. Gould
Dates and Times: January 6, 2027 to April 23, 2027; Thursdays; 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location: LIVE: Scheduled class times will take place using an online platform. Students must be available during the posted lecture times for live streaming and/or group interactions. High speed internet is mandatory.

Youth violence in schools is a symptom of multiple and pervasive societal problems. Child abuse, poverty, unemployment, intolerance, alcohol and substance abuse, lack of sufficient support services for youths and families, and exposure to media violence contribute to a culture of violence. The complex nature of youth violence demands multifaceted solutions. Reducing violence in schools requires early and systematic intervention in classrooms from early childhood to secondary levels. Schools, as influential socializing institutions, can play a central role in prevention and intervention.

This course counts as an elective in the School Counselling, Inclusive Education and General streams.

EDUC-5423-770 Senior Years School Counselling

Instructor: A. Waluk
Dates and Times: January 6, 2027 to April 23, 2027; Wednesdays; 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location: LIVE: Scheduled class times will take place using an online platform. Students must be available during the posted lecture times for live streaming and/or group interactions. High speed internet is mandatory.

This course offers a study of school counselling as it relates to students at the senior years level. Emphasis is placed on the role and function of the school counsellor within the framework of a comprehensive developmental guidance program model. Contemporary issues related to students at the secondary level are explored and techniques for counselling are investigated.

This is a core course in the School Counselling stream and counts as an elective in the Inclusive Education and General streams.

EDUC-5441-001 Inclusive Ed II

Instructor: L. Webster
Dates and Times: Saturdays; January 9, 23, February 6, 20, and March 6; 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: 1L08

This course provides a more in-depth look at some of the topics covered in Inclusive Education 1. Specifically, assessment, service delivery, adaptations, and individualized educational and behavioral programming are explored. As well, emphasis is placed on examining practical strategies for meeting the needs of under-served children and youth, establishing mentorship programs, and introducing enrichment activities in the regular classroom. Models, history, current issues, and strategies in providing supports, accommodations, and differentiated curriculum in inclusive environments are explored.

Requisite Courses: EDUC-5440 [prerequisite(s)].

This is a core course in the Inclusive Education and counts as an elective in the General stream.

EDUC-5441-770 Inclusive Ed II

Instructor: M. Mitchell-Pellett
Dates and Times: January 6, 2027 to April 23, 2027; Mondays; 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location: LIVE: Scheduled class times will take place using an online platform. Students must be available during the posted lecture times for live streaming and/or group interactions. High speed internet is mandatory.

Requisite Courses: EDUC-5440 [prerequisite(s)].

This is a core course in the Inclusive Education and counts as an elective in the General stream.

EDUC-5443-001 Working With Children and Youth With Special Learning Needs and Abilities II

Instructor: S. Hopper
Dates and Times: Saturdays; January 16, 30, February 13, 27, and March 13; 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: 1L08

This course builds on the knowledge from Working with Children and Youth with Special Learning Needs and Abilities 1. It emphasizes an inclusive philosophy with consideration of how to meet the needs of all students. It focuses on teaming, planning, and intervention for more significant special needs, including cognitive, behavioral, and physical and sensory disabilities and disorders. Students concentrate on strategies that apply directly to their own school situations while learning from the varied experiences of their colleagues.

Requisite Courses: EDUC-5442

This is a core course in the Inclusive Education and counts as an elective in the General stream.

EDUC-5443-770 Working With Children and Youth With Special Learning Needs and Abilities II

Instructor: R. Oliveira Mendes
Dates and Times: January 6, 2027 to April 23, 2027; Thursdays; 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location: LIVE: Scheduled class times will take place using an online platform. Students must be available during the posted lecture times for live streaming and/or group interactions. High speed internet is mandatory.

Requisite Courses: EDUC-5442

This is a core course in the Inclusive Education and counts as an elective in the General stream.

EDUC-5427-770 School Counselling Practicum

Instructor: P. Locken
Dates and Times: TBA

The practicum in school counselling provides an opportunity for students to synthesize the theoretical information on individual counselling and group counselling from their coursework and apply it in an early, middle, or senior years school setting. The course provides both a laboratory experience and a field experience under the joint supervision of a U of W supervisor and a site supervisor. The school counselling practicum is designed to assist students in learning the function and procedures that accompany the role of a school counselor through observation, shadowing, and
reviewing relevant documentation. Students are required to complete a minimum of 100 hours in a supervised school
setting. Paid working hours in a school division shall not count towards these practicum hours. Please see website on current application procedures. Field placements are limited and placements will only be arranged by the Faculty of Education Placement Coordinator.

Requisite Courses: EDUC-5426 with a minimum grade B and have a B. Ed. degree with at least two years of
appropriate teaching/work experience [prerequisite(s)]

This is a core course in School Counselling. Only students in the School Counselling stream can take EDUC-5427.

EDUC-5450-770 Risk & Resilience

Instructor: K. Melia
Dates and Times: January 6, 2027 to April 23, 2027; Wednesdays; 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location: LIVE: Scheduled class times will take place using an online platform. Students must be available during the posted lecture times for live streaming and/or group interactions. High speed internet is mandatory.

This course examines the characteristics and issues facing vulnerable children and youth, particularly those children called "at risk". This course seeks to emphasize strengths that might compensate for weaknesses, health instead of illness, normality instead of pathology, and hopefulness instead of professional cynicism. This population of youth is particularly threatening to untrained adults who are regularly lured in counter-aggressive or avoidant behavior. It is important that adults who work with these youth with unmet needs are able to provide corrective responses.

This course counts as an elective in the Inclusive Education, School Counselling and General streams

EDUC-5421-770 Theories and Issues in School Counselling

Instructor: C. Pitura
Dates and Times:

Monday, January 11, 2027; 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Saturday, January 16, 2027; 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 30, 2027; 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 13, 2027; 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 6, 2027; 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Monday, March 15, 2027; 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Location: LIVE: Scheduled class times will take place using an online platform. Students must be available during the posted lecture times for live streaming and/or group interactions. High speed internet is mandatory.

This course provides an overview of the fundamental theories of school counselling including: the contexts of effective treatment systems, person-centered therapy, existential and gestalt therapy, emerging counselling approaches, rational emotive behavioural therapy, action-focused therapy, reality and behavioural therapy. Also considered are values, objectives, ethical issues, and the counsellor-student relationship. Throughout, emphasis is placed on practical counselling strategies for early, middle, and senior years levels. Through lectures, readings, class activities, discussions and video clips, students learn about the fundamental components of the major theories, examine differences and similarities amongst the various approaches, and consider practical issues that school counsellors face.

This is a core course in the School Counselling stream and counts as an elective in the General stream.