EDST SCHOLARS IN THE NEWS: Jason Ellis – Kelowna Daily Courier.
EDST SCHOLARS IN THE NEWS: Jason Ellis has an op-ed piece on the long history of class size and composition in the Kelowna Daily Courier. http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/opinion/article_dcfb530c-d3ea-11e9-b275-bfe44ebaab78.html
Sep 2019 Student Newsletter
The September 2019 EDST GAA Newsletter is launched! Take a look Student Newsletters
Congratulations to Dr. Vanessa Andreotti – Royal Society of Canada
Congratulations to Dr. Vanessa Andreotti, Professor in the Department of Educational Studies (EDST), who was recently elected to Royal Society of Canada as a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Founded in 2014, the College is a handpicked selection of top mid-career scholars and artists in Canada. College Members have already received recognition in their fields for excellence and serve as ambassadors of their fields. From the RSC’s announcement: Vanessa Andreotti holds a CRC in Race, Inequalities and Global Change. She is internationally recognized for her critical scholarship and artistic collaborations in the fields of global citizenship and international […]
New Inaugural Essay – Positioning Blackness, Necessarily, Awkwardly, in the Canadian Academy
Dr. Handel Wright (EDST) has written an inaugural essay for a new blog, #Black Professor Matter, hosted by the Canadian Federation for Humanities and Social Sciences. His essay, titled “Positioning Blackness, Necessarily, Awkwardly, in the Canadian Academy,” can be accessed at: http://www.ideas-idees.ca/blog/positioning-blackness-necessarily-awkwardly-canadian-academy
Fighting Islamophobia Together
From Quebec City to Christchurch, from Afghanistan to Palestine, colonialism and white supremacy fuel not just increasing hate speech but all kinds of violence against Muslims around the world. What is Islamophobia? How does it affect the people around us? And how can we work together to end it? Muslims and non-Muslims alike are encouraged to attend this free event hosted by Students Against Bigotry and The Talon, UBC’s alternative student press. Special guest NEILA MILED is a PhD candidate in UBC’s Department of Educational Studies, a Liu scholar, and UBC Public Scholar. Her research engages with feminist postcolonial/decolonial theory, critical […]
New publication by Neila Miled – Educational leaders’ perceptions of multicultural education in teachers’ professional development
Miled, N. (2019). Educational leaders’ perceptions of multicultural education in teachers’ professional development: a case study from a Canadian school district. Multicultural Education Review, 11(2), 79-95 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2005615X.2019.1615249 ABSTRACT This Paper presents and discusses the findings of an empirical qualitative study that was conducted in one school district in British Columbia, Canada. The paper explores the perspectives of the educational leaders and their understanding of multicultural education and how they implement it in the school district’s teachers’ professional development (ProD) and in-service education. It discusses the theoretical frameworks that shape the participants’ choices and actions concerning how they educate and support teachers to […]
New Publication by Sonia Medel
When asked about her recent creative-academic publication by Dr. Mazawi, Sonia shared: Having three of my spoken-word poems published in the Spring 2019 Vol. 18, Issue 2, of Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social, has me feeling all sorts of thankful, because it is not just another academic journal whose priority is rankings—its focus has always been building community and university bridges, transforming higher education and supporting-promoting new paradigms and methods. It features the women luchando. It was also started and is led by Chicana/x and Latina/x women who began resisting or were students of those […]
