Jillianne Code

• PhD

  Educational Psychology

  Simon Fraser University · 2005–2010

  Dissertation: Assessing Agency for Learning: Agency for Learning, Measuring Agency for Learning, Agency as a Mediator of Academic Achievement

• MEd

  Educational Psychology (Instructional Technology)

  University of Alberta · 1999–2002

• BEd

  Secondary General Science & Art

  University of Alberta · 1995–1999

Total research funding: $3,541,300 (UBC: $3,098,023 · UVic: $443,277)

External Grants

• Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Learner Agency

  Government of Canada$650,0002025–2030PI

• Brain & Heart Failure Priority Setting Partnership (Brain-HF PSP)

  CFREF Brain-Heart Interconnectome$100,0002025–2026Co-I

• PATIENT-FOCUS: Promoting Agency Through Innovative Education and Networked Teams

  CFREF Brain-Heart Interconnectome$25,0002025–2026Co-I

• PATIENT Pilot Study: Promoting Agency Through Innovative Education and Networked Teams

  CIHR CHF Alliance$25,0002023–2025PI

• NARRATE: learNer Agency emeRgence thRough Algorithmic liTEracy

  SSHRC Insight Development Grant (No. 430-2023-01218)$74,9942023–2025PI

• ALIVE: Agency and Learning in Immersive and Virtual Environments

  SSHRC Insight Grant (No. 435-2022-0880)$399,0032022–2027PI

• From the Heart: Canadian women's lived experiences of heart failure

  CIHR Gender, Sex & Health Project Grant$355,7252021–2024Co-I

• Beyond the Academy: Professional agency and learning in virtual contexts

  SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant (No. 892-2021-1023)$25,0002021PI

• vCHAT-MH: Virtual Community promoting Health literacy for COVID-19 Mental Health

  CIHR COVID-19 Mental Health Operational Grant$199,0492020–2021Co-I

• vCHAT-HF: Virtual Community promoting Health literacy for Heart Failure — Pilot RCT

  CIHR Project Grant$304,0092020–2022Co-I

• Virtual Clinics to Improve Quality of Care and Outcomes in Heart Failure: Multi-Centre RCT

  CIHR Project Grant$309,8252020–2023Co-I

• Personalized health — Improving heart failure outcomes through apps

  CIHR Catalyst Grant$146,3682018–2020Co-I

• Assessment for learning in immersive virtual environments (ALIVE)

  SSHRC Insight Development Grant (No. 430-2016-00480)$70,6002018–2020PI

• TECHNOLOGY, Research Analytics, Network, Systems FOR Managing Heart Failure (TRANSFORM-HF)

  Networks of Centres for Excellence$25,0002018Co-I

Internal Grants

• From Silos to Synergy: Transforming Teacher Education for Multilingual Equity

  UBC TLEF Large Innovation Project$166,8352026–2029Co-I

• Faculty Inception Grant

  UBC Faculty of Education$4,0002025PI

• Killam Faculty Research Fellowship

  Killam Trusts / UBC$18,0002024PI

Grants Under Review

• Patient Agency in Cardiovascular Care and Education (PACE)

  CIHR Project Grant$800,0002026–2031PI

• Catalyst Grant: Analysis of Canadian Longitudinal Study in Aging (CLSA)

  CIHR$25,0002026–2027Co-I

Courses at UBC

• EDCP 575

  Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Postdigital Age

  Graduate

• EDCP 508E

  Review of Research in Curriculum & Pedagogy [Media, Technology, and Design Education in the Postdigital Age]

  Graduate

• EDCP 571

  History of Media and Technology in Education

  Graduate

• EDCP 570

  Seminar in the Teaching of ICT

  Graduate

• EDCP 474

  Digital Media: Design and Pedagogy

  Undergraduate

• EDUC 500

  Research Methodology in Education

  Graduate

PhD Students

• 2022–

  Qiaochu (Joy) Xu

  Committee

• 2022–

  Nesrine El Banna

  Supervisor

• 2021–

  Leena Alkhammash

  Co-Supervisor

• 2020–

  Rachel Moylan

  Supervisor

• 2019–2025

  Kieran Forde

  Supervisor

• 2018–2025

  Cristina Soto

  Co-Supervisor

• 2019–2025

  Erin Egeland

  Committee

• 2019–2022

  Amelia Cole

  Committee

• 2017–2021

  Heather Lannon

  Supervisor

• 2020–2020

  Stella Namae

  Committee

MA / MEd Students (selected)

• 2022–2024

  Aimee Lutrin

  Supervisor · SSHRC CGS-M; Faculty of Education MA Thesis Prize

• 2022–2024

  Zahira Tasabehji

  Supervisor · SSHRC CGS-M

• 2017–2022

  Charlene Chong

  Committee

• 2018–2020

  Fabian Froehlich

  Supervisor · Teaching as Research Graduate Award

• 2014–2017

  Jamie Elbert (UVic)

  Supervisor · SSHRC CGS-M

Postdoctoral Fellows

• 2024–2025

  Dr. Heather Lannon

  CIHR · Supervisor

• 2018–2020

  Dr. Rachel Ralph

  SSHRC IDG 430-2016-00480 · Supervisor

Also supervised 24 MEd students (all completed) and numerous undergraduate research assistants. Supervised students have received SSHRC CGS-M fellowships, Killam awards, Provost and Public Scholars Initiative funding, and Teaching Assistant prizes.

Keynotes

• Code, J. (2022, August). Scientific communication, patient-oriented research, and knowledge mobilization [Peter Pare Lectureship]. Heart-Lung Institute Research Day, Vancouver, BC.
• Code, J. (2021, March). MAKING a career: How the pandemic has changed STEM education and the jobs of tomorrow [Keynote]. STEM Enrichment Youth and Education for All Foundation's World STEM Conference, Online.
• Code, J. & Pike, R. (2017, October). The lived experience of cardiovascular nursing: A patient's perspective [Keynote]. Canadian Council for Cardiovascular Nurses Fall Conference, Vancouver, BC.
• Code, J. (2017, June). A patient's voice [Keynote]. UBC Heart Failure Symposium, Vancouver, BC.
• Catlin, B. & Code, J. (2017, May). The evolution of BC's provincial heart failure strategy [Keynote]. Canadian Council for Cardiovascular Nurses Spring Conference, Victoria, BC.

Invited Talks (Selected)

• Code, J., Lannon, H. & Lutrin, A. (2025, May). Empowering patient agency in CV research: Outcomes from a patient-led pilot study. Canadian Heart Function Alliance Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON.
• Code, J. & Ross, J. (2024, October). Speculative approaches to learner agency in digital futures. Centre for Research in Digital Education, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
• Code, J. (2024, September). The balance of power — learner autonomy vs. algorithmic interference. Centre for Research in Digital Education, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
• Code, J. & Lannon, H. (2024, May). Promoting agency through innovative education and networked teams (PATIENT): A pilot study on patient agency in research. Canadian Heart Function Alliance Annual Meeting, Montreal, QUE.
• Code, J. (2022, March). Pandemic transformed pedagogy [Invited presentation]. EdTech Talk, Vancouver, BC.
• Forde, K., Moylan, R., & Code, J. (2022, August). Digital tattoos and privacy [Invited presentation]. Science World STEAM Days of Summer, Vancouver, BC.
• Code, J. (2017, May). The who, what, why & how of advocacy for heart failure patients [Invited presentation]. Heart Failure Update, Canadian Heart Failure Society, Toronto, ON.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers (Selected)

• Froehlich, F. & Code, J. (2024, April). Social network analysis in teacher education. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference.
• Code, J., Forde, K., Moylan, R, & Ralph, R. (2023, May). The impact of pandemic transformed pedagogy on technology educators. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference.
• Code, J., Forde, K., Ralph, R., Zap, N., et al. (2023, May). Assessment for learning in immersive virtual environments: An evidence-centred game design. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference.
• Code, J., Moylan, R., Lutrin, A., et al. (2024, June). Navigating neurons: A journey through middle school cognition via game-based science inquiry. Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference.
• Code, J. (2019, June). Design and validation of the agency for learning questionnaire across multiple contexts. Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
• Code, J. (2012, April). Agency as a mediator of academic achievement. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.

• HeartLife Foundation of Canada

  Co-Founder & Board Member · 2016–present

• Mitewekan — Indigenous Research Advisory Circle

  Member · 2023–present

• Health Canada — Scientific Advisory Committee on Cardiovascular Devices (SAC-MDUCS)

  Member · 2019–present

• Global Heart Hub — Heart Failure Patient Council

  Member · 2018–present