Congratulations to the recipients of the 2018 Faculty of Education International Research Visiting Fellowships!
EDST’s Dr. Shauna Butterwick will host Dr. Barbara Merrill, Associate Professor in Lifelong Learning, Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. While at UBC, visiting fellows will engage in high quality collaborative and innovative research with faculty and graduate student researchers in the Faculty of Education. The International Research Visiting Fellowship […]
July 9, 2018
New Publication from EDST’s Dr. Alison Taylor and Dr. Shauna Butterwick
Congratulations to EDST’s Alison Taylor and Shauna Butterwick, along with Robyn Taylor-Neu, who’s article “‘Trying to square the circle’: Research ethics and Canadian higher education” has been published in the European Educational Research Journal. This article is available here for download. Abstract: At the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) in 2016, a panel presented the findings […]
July 5, 2018
Esraa Al-Muftah leads editing of the 2018 development yearbook
EDST doctoral student, Esraa Al-Muftah, leads the editing of the 2018 development yearbook on the Gulf Cooperation Council region: The Constant and the Changing 2018: Development in the Margins of the Gulf Edited by Esraa Al-Muftah, Khalil Bohazza, and Omar AlShehabi Kuwait: Gulf Center for Development Policies, 2018. The edited yearbook is a yearly publication […]
June 26, 2018
Dr. Gerald Fallon Appointed Associate Professor with ISTEAH
Congratulations to Dr. Gerald Fallon on his appointment to Associate Professor with the Institut des sciences, des technologies et des études avancées d’Haïti / Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies of Haiti (ISTEAH). Dr. Fallon will be part of an international team of scholars involved in research and teaching initiatives addressing issues of capacity building and institutional […]
June 14, 2018
Working Together: New Publications from EDST
A Geography of Ecotourism in Cambodia: Regions, Patterns, and Potentials Pierre Walter and Vicheth Sen Conceptualizing learning in the Climate Justice Movement Jenalee Kluttz and Pierre Walter Host learning in community-based ecotourism in Nepal: The case of Sirubari and Ghalegaun homestays Pierre Walter, Kapil Dev Regmi, Pushpa Raj Khanalb Modernisation theory, ecotourism policy, and sustainable development for […]
June 6, 2018
Dr. André Mazawi to give Keynote at ‘Teacher Education and Educational Research in the Mediterranean’ Conference
Dr. André Mazawi will be a keynote speaker at the 2018 International Conference on Teacher Education and Educational Research in the Mediterranean, which will take place at the University of Malta on June 8 & 9. The title and description of Dr. Mazawi’s talk can be found below: Terra firma? Entangled fractures and the Redemption […]
June 4, 2018
Dr. Michelle Stack to give Keynote at 2018 AERC
EDST’s Dr. Michelle Stack will be giving the opening keynote at the 2018 Adult Education Research Conference (AERC), which will take place from June 7 – 10 at the University of Victoria. The title and description of Dr. Stack’s talk can be found below. Adult Media Education and Changing the Conversation through Media Engagement […]
May 30, 2018
Dr. Mona Gleason Awarded by the Canadian Historical Association
Dr. Mona Gleason received two awards from the Canadian Historical Association at the University of Regina: “Avoiding the Agency Trap: Caveats for Historians of Children, Youth, and Education”, published in History of Education won the 2018 Neil Sutherland Prize for Best Article from the History of Children and Youth Group. “‘Knowing Something I Was Not Meant […]
EDST Student Awards
Congratulations to the following students on their well-deserved awards! Ashenafi Alemu, Patricia Dyer Award Rupert Richardson, Gina Blondin Memorial Graduate Award Alison St. Pierre, CGSM Award (Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s Award) Samantha Tsurada, Killam Doctoral Scholarship Award Lisa White, Aboriginal Graduate Fellowship
May 16, 2018
Congratulations to Teaching Prize recipients, Drs. Bathseba Opini and Cash Ahenakew!
Dr. Bathseba Opini has been awarded the Sessional and Lecturer Teaching Prize. Dr. Opini is an outstanding teacher and mentor for our students. During her teaching tenure as an EDST 12-month lecturer in the past half-dozen or so years, Dr. Opini’s instructional achievements including her practicum work, have been exceptionally impressive. Her students speak very highly of her admirable […]