New Publication from Dr. Mona Gleason
Mona Gleason, Professor, has a new article published in the History of Education Quarterly, Volume 57, Issue 3, 2017. Families Without Schools: Rurality, Correspondence Education, and the Promise of Schooling in Interwar Western Canada. Using a collection of settler family letters to the Elementary Correspondence School (ECS) in British Columbia, the first provincial government–supported “schooling […]
July 17, 2017
New Publication from Dr. Jason Ellis
Jason Ellis, Assistant Professor with EDST, has a new publication in Canadian Journal of Education/Revue canadienne de l’éducation entitled: Brains Unlimited: Giftedness and Gifted Education in Canada before Sputnik (1957) This article can be found at http://journals.sfu.ca/cje/index.php/cje-rce/article/view/2407
July 7, 2017
Professor Santa Ono appointed Associate Member of EDST
The Department of Educational Studies is very pleased to appoint Professor Santa Ono, President of UBC, as an associate member effective September 1, 2017. Professor Ono has research interests in Higher Education and related areas. We are glad to see Professor Ono’s interest in the work of our department and Faculty. We welcome his engagement […]
July 6, 2017
Neila Miled wins UBC Public Scholar Initiative
Congratulations to EDST PhD Student Neila Miled, who has been selected as a UBC Public Scholar and awarded $8,500 for her project: Muslim Voices, Canadian Lives A Photovoice Project with Muslim youth in a Canadian Public High School The recent surge in terrorist attacks, islamophobia and hate crimes against Muslims shape the daily experiences of […]
July 5, 2017
Brett Schrewe awarded Pierre Elliott Trudeau Scholarship
Congratulations to EDST PhD student Brett Schrewe, one of two UBC students awarded a 2017 Pierre Elliott Trudeau doctoral scholarship. This prestigious scholarship is awarded by The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation to outstanding scholars in the humanities and social sciences. Through a humanities lens, Brett searches for synergy between his clinical experience and the social determinants […]
June 16, 2017
Retirement Lunch for Professors Shauna Butterwick and Jo-ann Archibald
EDST held a lunch on June 14th at Sage Bistro in celebration of the retirement of Dr. Shauna Butterwick and Dr. Jo-ann Archibald. Congratulations Shauna and Jo-ann, you will be missed! Scroll down to see some photos of the event.
June 13, 2017
Educational leadership graduates answer questions at public session
As part of their capstone project, graduates of the UBC Masters of Education (M.Ed) in Educational Administration and Leadership (EDAL) Program shared their research findings related to teaching practice, policy and politics. They discussed their work at a public information session at UBC Robson Square, Thursday June 8, 2017. Conversations included: How do beginning teachers […]
[VIDEO] Adult Learning and Education in a ‘Post-Truth’ Society
A video recording of Shirley Walters’s June 6th seminar is available HERE
May 31, 2017
Dr. Shauna Butterwick receives CASAE/ACEEA Lifetime Achievement Award
Congratulations to EDST Professor Dr. Shauna Butterwick, who has received the CASAE/ACEEA 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award! This award is given out by the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education to an individual or program who has made exceptional contributions to the field of adult education in Canada. More information about the orginization can be […]
May 27, 2017
Congratulations, Dr. Jason Ellis
Congratulations to Dr. Jason Ellis, Assistant Professor in EDST, who has been chosen as a 2017 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. This fellowship award of $70,000 USD is designed to enhance the future of education research by developing new talent in the many disciplines and fields represented by the scholars selected. These fellowships are administered by […]