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Continuing the Professionalization of Student Services: Navigating Disability Inclusion and Stereotype Threat in Canadian Higher Education
Please join us for a public talk by visiting scholar, Dr. Donna Hardy Cox, Professor in the School of Social Work at Memorial University, Newfoundland. Title: Continuing the Professionalization of Student Services: Navigating Disability Inclusion and Stereotype Threat in Canadian Higher Education Date and time: Monday May 12, 2025, 3:00-4:00pm Location: Ponderosa Commons North, room […]
DIY Bookmark Making Workshop
EDST GAA Presents: Mindfulness with Mahfida – DIY Bookmark Making Workshop
Aneet Kaur Kahlon successfully defended her M.A. Thesis
Please join us in congratulating Aneet Kaur Kahlon who successfully defended her M.A. Thesis on April 8 of 2025. Title:Investigating racial equity and anti-racism policy in K-12 public schooling in British Columbia: An anti-colonial analysis of the Surrey School District’s Racial Equity Strategic Plan Abstract: The purpose of this research is to examine how Canadian K-12 public […]
2025 Patricia Dyer Memorial Award
PhD student Yu Guo was awarded the 2025 Patricia Dyer Memorial Award. About the award: In memory of Patricia Dyer, the Patricia Dyer Memorial Award in Education award was endowed by her family, friends, and colleagues. The award is offered to a graduate student in Educational Studies who demonstrates enthusiasm for ideas and commitment to […]
2025 Buttedahl Memorial Lecture
2025 Buttedahl Memorial Lecture What Kind of University Do We Want?: In Defense of University-Community Engagement Date: Wednesday April 30, 2025 2-4pm Location: Ponderosa Ballroom RSVP: https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/2025-buttedahl-memorial-lecture
Morgan Westcott’s Successful EdD Dissertation
Please join us in congratulating Morgan Westcott who successfully defended her EdD Dissertation on March 21 of 2025. Title:Polytechnic Instructors as First Responders to Student Crises: Centring Faculty Voices Abstract:The purpose of this qualitative study is to identify and describe the ways some instructors experience encounters with students in distress, to better support instructors, centre their […]
Jason Ellis’s Chapter of ETFO’s report Promises Unfulfilled: Addressing the Special Education Crisis in Ontario
Learn more: https://www.etfo.ca/news-publications/publications/promisesunfulfilled_addressingthespecialeducationcrisisontario