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Dr. Bill Cohen receives 2023/24 Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation

Dr. Bill Cohen receives 2023/24 Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation

EDST’s EdD graduate Dr. Bill Cohen (OSE) has been selected as the recipient of the Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation for his remarkable contributions, passion, and dedication to fostering reconciliation and decolonization through education.

Felt Understanding, and Showing Contradiction: Indigenous Education and Applied Theatre

Felt Understanding, and Showing Contradiction: Indigenous Education and Applied Theatre

Felt Understanding, and Showing Contradiction: Indigenous Education and Applied Theatre

ḥaḥuupač̓akckʷakqin ʔiqḥmuut ciqy̓ak ‘Teachings from our Ancestral Language’: Innovation and Ancestral Continuity in the Hesquiaht Language Community Movement

ḥaḥuupač̓akckʷakqin ʔiqḥmuut ciqy̓ak ‘Teachings from our Ancestral Language’: Innovation and Ancestral Continuity in the Hesquiaht Language Community Movement

ḥaḥuupač̓akckʷakqin ʔiqḥmuut ciqy̓ak ‘Teachings from our Ancestral Language’: Innovation and Ancestral Continuity in the Hesquiaht Language Community Movement

Universities with a Social Purpose: Intentions, Achievements and Challenges

Universities with a Social Purpose: Intentions, Achievements and Challenges

https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/universities-with-a-social-purpose-intentions-achievements-and-challenges

Philosophical Inquiry and Teacher Education. An exercise in educational thought.

Philosophical Inquiry and Teacher Education. An exercise in educational thought.

Philosophical Inquiry and Teacher Education. An exercise in educational thought.

Congratulations to Dominique Bautista

Congratulations to Dominique Bautista

Please join us in congratulating Mercedes Dominique Bautista who successfully defended her M.A. Thesis on April 12 of 2024. Title: Investigating Vancouver School Board teachers’ capacity building experiences with anti-racism mentorship and learning support Abstract: The murder of George Floyd and the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020 spurred an increased commitment […]

Congrats Ji Ai Cho

Congrats Ji Ai Cho

Please join us in congratulating Ji Ai Cho who successfully defended her EdD Dissertation on March 27 of 2024. Title: Transformative Learning Through Collaboration: Experiences Of Education Beyond Borders’ Members From Canada And Kenya Abstract: Lay Summary Equitable transnational collaboration can be complex, as issues of power, privilege, and hierarchy come into play. This research […]

Congratulations Shirley Shxwha:yathel Hardman

Congratulations Shirley Shxwha:yathel Hardman

On April 3, 2024, Shirley Shxwha:yathel Hardman successfully defended her PhD dissertation, Indigenizing: One Heart at a Time. Her hybrid oral examination was held at the Indigenous Gathering Place, University of the Fraser Valley, Chilliwack Campus with Elders, Cultural Knowledge Holders, participant storytellers, family, and friends attending both in-person and virtually. The oral examination reflected […]

Congrats Seoyeon (Cindy) Hong

Congrats Seoyeon (Cindy) Hong

Please join us in congratulating Seoyeon (Cindy) Hong on her successful and very thoughtful MA Defence on Friday, April 5. The title of her thesis is:    Neoliberal Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion?: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the OECD’s Principles for Inclusive Curriculum   Many thanks to the members of the Examination Committee, and for […]

Posts from EDST 507D with Mona Gleason

Posts from EDST 507D with Mona Gleason

The EDST blog has a new post!  This is the first in a new series featuring posts from EDST course 507D, “Topics in the History of Education: Histories Confronting White Supremacy.”