Hannah Coderre – the Gina Blondin Memorial Ts”kel Award
Please join us in congratulating Hannah Coderre (MEd EDST 2020) for receiving the Gina Blondin Memorial Ts”kel Award for 2019/2020. The Gina Blondin award is bestowed annually “in memory of Georgina (Gina) Blondin, M.Ed. (Ts”kel Program) 1988, by the Government of the Northwest Territories, friends, and colleagues. The award is offered to a Ts”kel First Nations graduate who has made the greatest contribution toward the well-being of fellow First Nations students at UBC and who exemplifies Gina Blondin’s scholarship and qualities of leadership.” Well done, Hannah!
Dr. Amy Parent’s project RNL featured in the Vancouver Sun
Read more about this project which utilizes VR-technology to revitalize Nisga’a language: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/nisgaa-anthropologist-spearheads-new-effort-to-repatriate-family-house-pole-from-europe
EfS students presented in front of the Mayor of Vancouver and 4 Post-secondary Presidents
Five student groups in the EfS program presented their projects to the mayor of Vancouver, 4 post-secondary presidents (including UBC’s very own Dr.Ono), 4 councillors and many city staff. Click each slide below to find out more.
Announcing EDST’s Online Learning Library
Announcing UBC EDST’s Online Learning Library! It is a resource designed just for you as a graduate student in the Department of Educational Studies, and beyond! This library of online theory and methods modules aims to provide support to students at various points in their degree, such as: Using or combining modules to construct a directed study course with your research supervisor – each module suggests assignments for you to consider. Refreshing your knowledge or introducing you to a theory or method while writing your proposal or thesis/dissertation – use this as a self-study tool. Introducing you to various faculty members […]
Convivial Café by M.Ed for Sustainability students
Learn more: https://mailchi.mp/5debe4bb779c/between-the-bridges-dec4?e=172979ee49
Report – Student Volunteer Work and Learning: Undergraduates’ Experiences and Self-reported Outcomes
“Student Volunteer Work and Learning: Undergraduates’ Experiences and Self-reported Outcomes,” by Milosh Raykov, Alison Taylor, Sameena Jamal, and Sirui Wu. (Sameena is a PhD student in EDST and Research Coordinator on the project.) This report builds on our earlier report on UBC students’ paid work by documenting features of their unpaid work and differences in their perceptions of paid and unpaid work. It is part of our SSHRC-funded Hard Working Student mixed-methodology research study. The report on Unpaid work is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/76610 The earlier report on Paid work is at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/73374
Dr. Wright Appointed as Senior Advisor on Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence
From UBC Education: We congratulate Dr. Handel Kashope Wright on his appointment as the Senior Advisor to the President on Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence. In addition to advising President Ono on addressing issues of race, racism, representation and inclusive excellence, Dr. Wright will liaise with senior leaders, support the implementation of the Inclusion Action Plan, and develop an effective outreach strategy to the UBC community to advance understanding of race, racism and anti-racist strategies and facilitate town/gown relationships with anti-racism groups and communities of colour. The Senior Advisor on Indigenous Affairs and the Senior Advisor on Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence will […]
Dr. Sharon Stein Interviewed by The Walrus
Read the article here: https://thewalrus.ca/a-lonely-year-on-campus/
Historical Studies in Education Vol 32 now online
Volume 32, number / numéro 2 Fall / automne 2020 HISTORICAL STUDIES IN EDUCATION REVUE D’HISTOIRE DE L’ÉDUCATION Produced and distributed by / Produit et distribué par University of British Columbia, Faculty of Education Link: https://historicalstudiesineducation.ca/index.php/edu_hse-rhe
Dr. Charles Ungerleider on public education in The Conversation
Listen to the Interview: “Public education is political in a sense that it is about allocating scarce values,” says Charles Ungerleider, professor emeritus in Educational Studies https://www.spreaker.com/show/in-conversation