Wendy Atkinson successfully defended her MA thesis
Dear EDST community, Please join me in congratulating Wendy Atkinson, who most successfully presented and defended her MA thesis, “Unconfinable Knowledge”: Curating, the Curatorial, and Decolonization in the Performing Arts, yesterday afternoon. We are grateful for the time and engagement of: Dr. George Belliveau, Department of Language and Literacy Education, university examiner Dr. […]
New Article – Campus Cooperatives – Michelle Stack
Abstract Along with faculty and the larger community, students are demanding accountability by university leaders in challenging racism, sexual violence and ableism on campuses and in the education of future professionals. In addition, many students, staff and faculty are housing (Weissman et al., 2019) and food insecure (Laban et al., 2020), leading to significant contrasts […]
Congratulations Holly-Kate on the gold medal
Congratulations to our Administration Manager, Holly-Kate Collinson-Shield, who recently won a gold medal with Lionsgate Chorus in the 2023 Sweet Adelines International Competition. This competition is the annual global championship for women’s barbershop harmony a cappella singing, and 2023 is the first time Lionsgate Chorus has won the gold medal! The competition consists of two stages: […]
EDST Represented at OISE CAIRS Decolonizing Conference
EDST was well represented at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education’s Centre for Integrative Anti-racism Studies’ 12th Decolonizing Conference (Nov 9-11, 2023). This included from left to right- Henry Lee, Chris Stewart, Handel Wright, Gail Stromquist, and Daniel Shiu. Handel Wright presented a paper titled “Decolonize This! Youth Activism and […]
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Recognition of Dr. Cash Ahenake
The Indigenous Faculty Circle, here in the Faculty of Education at UBC, recognizes the significant contributions that Dr. Cash Ahenakew has made to advancing Indigenous knowledge, teaching, research, and engagement. His work has impacted our faculty’s commitments to decolonization, reconciliation, and inclusion. Dr. Ahenakew has demonstrated a deep understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities […]
New article – ‘Children Obviously Don’t Make History’: Historical Significance and Children’s Modalities of Power
New Article: Mona Gleason, “ ‘Children Obviously Don’t Make History’: Historical Significance and Children’s Modalities of Power,” in the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth (16.3 2023). From the abstract: Sarah Maza has argued that “children obviously don’t make history” given they are marginal to more meaningful, adult-driven change over time. In […]