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EDST 529 022 2025W2

EDST 529 022 2025W2

Course information The course focuses on the methodological, technical, and ethical aspects of qualitative research interviewing, including in-depth, narrative, and ethnographic techniques. Readings will be drawn from anthropological, sociological, feminist, decolonizing and intersectional educational studies. Emphasizing experiential learning, the seminar will feature practical activities to develop research skills. Topics include the epistemological foundations of qualitative […]

EDST 575 – W2 2025 – Work and Learning

EDST 575 – W2 2025 – Work and Learning

Registration begins June 4th Winter Term 22025-01-06 to 2025-04-08Wednesdays 4:30-7:30 pm Instructor:Dr. Alison Tayloralison.taylor@ubc.ca No prerequisites This course is organized around the following questions: How have capitalist economies changed over the past half century, and what do changes mean for students and workers? How are current labour market trends—including AI, platform work, and calls for […]

EDST 565B Equity in Higher Education

EDST 565B Equity in Higher Education

  Dr. Arig al Shaibah (she/her) is UBC’s Associate-Vice President, Equity & Inclusion. She has over two decades of experience working in higher education, with over 15 years as a senior administrator in four Canadian universities. Dr. al Shaibah describes herself as a scholar-practitioner. Her research inquiry and professional practice relate to building individual and institutional capacity for equitable, inclusive and anti-racist […]

Intergenerational Decolonizing and Indigenizing Professional Development Opportunity for EDST Faculty and EDST Sessional Instructors
EDST 565: Engaging Indigenous Intergenerational Wholistic & Land-Based Approaches to Teaching and Learning

EDST 565: Engaging Indigenous Intergenerational Wholistic & Land-Based Approaches to Teaching and Learning

Download course info PDF        Register today! This course is developed in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Final Report and Calls to Action (2015) and the University of British Columbia’s Indigenous Strategic Plan[1] (2020). This course provides an opportunity to deeply explore and integrate wholistic practices (which are foundational to Indigenous epistemology […]

EDST 426 941 2020S1

EDST 426 941 2020S1

EDST 426 (941) History of Education on Film Summer elective EDST 426 is open to all UBC faculties! Limited spots, register now: https://https://courses.students.ubc.ca/cs/courseschedule?sesscd=S&pname=subjarea&tname=subj-section&course=426&sessyr=2020&section=941&dept=EDST EDST 426 HISTORY OF EDUCATION (Sec 941) (“History of Education on Film”) Summer 1 2020 May 11th – June 17th Mon & Wed 4:30 – 7:30 pm

EDST 565A 81: Migration and Adult Education

EDST 565A 81: Migration and Adult Education Term: Winter 1 (Sept – Dec., 2019) Wednesdays, 4:30 – 7:30 pm Instructor: Hongxia Shan Email: hongxia.shan@ubc.ca Phone: 604-822-3349   Course introduction “All the world seems to be on the move” (Urry, 2006, p. 207). Asylum seekers, professionals, guest workers, undocumented migrants, international students, business people, families, tourists and many […]