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MEd Information Session for 2026-2027 Intake

MEd Information Session for 2026-2027 Intake

UBC Educational Studies (EDST) Master of Education (MEd)Information Session for 2026-2027 IntakeMonday January 12, 20264:30 – 6 PM (PST)Online (link will be shared later) Programs’ info: https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/programs/ Contact: grad.edst@ubc.ca

How do international faculty at Japanese universities view integration?

How do international faculty at Japanese universities view integration?

https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/how-do-international-faculty-at-japanese-universities-view-integration/

Jewellery Making Workshop

Jewellery Making Workshop

https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/jewellery-making-workshop/

CBC Radio – Water as Teacher: What water can teach us about hope in hard times

CBC Radio – Water as Teacher: What water can teach us about hope in hard times

https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/cbc-radio-water-as-teacher-what-water-can-teach-us-about-hope-in-hard-times/

New Article – Decolonizing Mental Health in the Polycrisis: Pathways Toward Neuro-Decolonization
Congratulations to Catalina Parra on a Successful Oral Defence (M.A. Thesis)

Congratulations to Catalina Parra on a Successful Oral Defence (M.A. Thesis)

Please join us in congratulating Catalina Parra who successfully defended her M.A. Thesis on December 9 of 2025. Title:A Conversation Between South and North: Latin American Decolonial Theory and Indigenous Theory Abstract:This Master’s thesis explores Latin American decolonial theory and Indigenous theory from the North to illuminate pathways for the practice of equity, diversity, inclusion, and […]

Creating AI-Resilient Assessments: Moving from Concern to Actionable Design

Creating AI-Resilient Assessments: Moving from Concern to Actionable Design

https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/creating-ai-resilient-assessments-moving-from-concern-to-actionable-design

Michael LeBlanc – Successful Oral Defence (EdD Dissertation)

Michael LeBlanc – Successful Oral Defence (EdD Dissertation)

Please join us in congratulating Michael LeBlanc who successfully defended his EdD Dissertation on November 18 of 2025. Title:By the Bootstraps: Teachers, Grassroots Computing, and Educational Culture in British Columbia, 1966 to 1986 Abstract:This dissertation is a history of computer culture in British Columbia’s (BC) education system from 1966 to 1986, a period of teacher-led, grassroots […]

Arushi Goswami – Successful Defence (M.A. Thesis)

Arushi Goswami – Successful Defence (M.A. Thesis)

Congratulations to Arushi Goswami on successfully defending her M.A. Thesis on November 27, 2025. Thesis title: Deconstructing the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) Framework and The Happiness Curriculum in the Context of Educational Neoliberalism and Emotional Governance   Examining Committee: Dr. Lindsay Gibson (EDCP), External Examiner Dr. Taylor Webb (EDST), Committee Member […]

Hanging by threads: Encountering transnationalism in Chiharu Shiota’s Home Less Home