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EDST 30th Anniversary Celebration

EDST 30th Anniversary Celebration

Come one, come all, to the EDST 30th Anniversary Celebration! EDST 30th Anniversary Celebration Location: St John’s CollegeDate: Thursday May 16th, 2024Time: 2pm-4pm RSVP deadline: Thursday May 9th   You are cordially invited to EDST’s 30th Anniversary Celebration! Come and mingle with colleagues, students, and friends, to celebrate all we have achieved over the last 30 years. Lunch […]

The EDST blog – “Challenging Tropes in Canadian History Education.”

The EDST blog – “Challenging Tropes in Canadian History Education.”

The EDST blog has a new post entitled “Challenging Tropes in Canadian History Education.” In it the authors explore how “tropes” in social studies textbooks shape Canadian history. Check it out here: https://blogs.ubc.ca/edst/2024/04/25/challenging-tropes-in-canadian-history-education-lidia-jendzjowsky-and-serena-pattar/

Wingspan Dis/Ability Arts, Culture & Public Pedagogy

Wingspan Dis/Ability Arts, Culture & Public Pedagogy

Wingspan Dis/Ability Arts, Culture & Public Pedagogy

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 […]