Critical Voices Issue #1, The Krisis of Educational Policy
Note from the Editor in Chief, Dana Goedbloed We have finally launched the first issue of Critical Voices and are thrilled with the response from so many of our alumni. The editorial board, consisting of Natalia Bussard, Kathy Siedlaczek, John Fleming, and Marilynne Waithman have spent many hours with me in establishing the presence on […]
Writing Support Sessions
The purpose of these zoom workshops is to support students on their dissertation journey who are at various stages including: refining research questions, developing proposals, preparing chapters, reading relevant material, and revising based on feedback. We begin with a check-in, followed by 3-4 blocks of time of 30 to 40 mins each (audio and video […]
Congrats to Mahfida Tahniat for her selection as a Climate Solutions Scholar
Learn more: https://climatesolutions.ubc.ca/solutions-scholars-program/meet-solutions-scholars https://climatesolutions.ubc.ca/profiles/mahfida-tahniat
Head’s statement for the academic year 2025-26
“The homeland will be when all of us will be strangers” — from a poem by Francesco Nappo (translated from the Italian)* Dear EDST Members, students, staff, and faculty: Greetings and hope the long weekend has been restful and re-invigorating. Today, Monday, September 2nd, 2025, we embark on a new academic year, 2025-2026. Welcome to […]
The Education of Mestizaje: A Folk Phenomenology
Recording Event SMAP’s Summer Virtual Speaker Series comes to an end on August 28th with a talk by Sam Rocha. Dr. Rocha is a Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia specializing in philosophy of education. You can find the details for his talk below and on the flyer attached. Everyone is welcome to […]
Inaugural Lecture – Dr. chuutsqa Rorick
https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/inaugural-lecture-dr-chuutsqa-rorick/
New article: Decolonial Thoughts, Lands, and Indigenous Languages: A Tribute to Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Bathseba OpiniUniversity of British Columbia https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jcie/index.php/JCIE/article/view/29758/21507
Pillars of Purpose in Teaching
Dr. Dan Pratt’s profile: https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/pratt-dan/ Pillars of Purpose in Teaching Daniel D. Pratt, Brett Schrewe, and Martin V. Pusic People often look for ashadow of themselveswhen evaluating another teacher. To see teaching clearly,We must look through four lensesEach one is a pillar of purpose. Teaching as a Cultural Act We do not teachfrom a neutral […]
