Sep 23, 2021
Aug 02, 2021
Aug 28, 2021
Physically Distanced EDST Picnic
Date and Time: Saturday August 28th, 1:00pm – 3:00pm PDT
Location: Douglas Park
Description: In our first face to face event in over a year, the GAAs invite you to a physically distanced bring-your-own picnic in Vancouver. This is an opportunity to see EDST colleagues before the busyness of the term, either to catch up with old friends or meet some new ones. We’ll meet at Douglas Park, located at 20th Ave and Laurel St. See you there!
Please RSVP here, or contact edst.gaa@ubc.ca with any questions.
Aug 25 & 26, 2021
Meet Your GAAs
Date and Time: Wednesday Aug 25th at 9:00am PDT or Thursday Aug 26th at 6:00pm PDT
Location: Online (Zoom) – RSVP to receive the link
Description: Join us for this orientation event to meet your GAA Academic Peer Advisors and Academic Research & Publication Assistants, and ask any questions you might have about UBC, EDST, student life, etc. This event is open to current and incoming students. The two events will be identical, so choose whichever time works best for you.
Please RSVP here, or contact edst.gaa@ubc.ca with any questions.
May 02, 2021
May 21, 2021
EDST Virtual Trivia Night
Date and time: Friday, May 21st, 6:00-8:00pm PDT
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Description: Save the date! We know this past year has been stressful for many of you, but summer is here, and even though classes are still running it’s important to take a break and connect with each other. Join us on Zoom for a game of virtual trivia. Dress up, grab a drink of choice, and log in to play a rousing game!
All you have to do is join the Zoom meeting and we will take care of the rest – no need to form a team ahead of time.
Please RSVP here or contact edst.gaa@ubc.ca with questions.
May 18, 2021
‘Writing for Peer Reviewed Journals’ by Professor Claudia Ruitenberg
This month brings to you a joint session of two important series, Writing for Publishing Series (inaugural session) and Proposal Writing Series (third session), for which details are offered below.
“Writing for Publishing – an Editor’s Perspective” Series
Understanding the process of writing for publishing our work is a critical aspect of our growth as academics. This series has been initiated to help build capacity for publications through conversations around what it is that journal editors are looking for in a quality paper, with specific reference to the journals that they have (guest)edited or have had the editorial/ review responsibilities for. Thus, it offers more specific advice from an Editor’s perspective i.e. the “other” side of the publication story.
“Proposal Writing for Scholarships and Funding” Workshop Series
Critical reflections on last year’s application process clarified for us the need among students for more help not just in putting together a high quality application, but also in planning ahead, and understanding all the critical steps involved towards a great application. Consequently, in consultation with Dr Amy Metcalfe, we have organized this workshop series to enrich students’ understanding and skills in this important area.
Event Title: ‘Writing for Peer Reviewed Journals’ by Professor Claudia Ruitenberg
Date and time: Tuesday, May 18, 12:00-1:00pm PDT
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Description: This workshop will help you decide how to turn a good idea into a good manuscript for a relevant scholarly journal. It is part both of the “Writing for Publishing” series and the “Proposal Writing” series, as applications for scholarships and fellowships are strengthened by a record of publications. Questions that will be addressed in the workshop include:
- My course paper got an A! Is it ready to submit to a journal? What is the difference between a good course paper and a strong journal manuscript?
- My scholarship application would be stronger if I had some publications. How can I get some publications on my CV?
- How do I select a scholarly journal to submit my article manuscript?
- What do reviewers look for in a manuscript?
- What is the difference between a “decline” and “revise and resubmit”?
Please RSVP here or contact edst.gaa@ubc.ca with questions.
Mar 12, 2021
Mar 17, 2021
Week 2
Housing Co-ops and Campuses
Mar 17, 2021
1-2:30pm
To register:
https://bit.ly/co-operativesandcampuses
Mar 08, 2021
Mar 25, 2021
Spotlight on Alumni Careers: Educational Studies alumni who forged their own career paths
Date: Thursday, March 25th | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM PST
Where: Virtually
The Diverse Career Paths of Educational Studies Alumni study and initiative is launching its first panel entitled Spotlight on Alumni Careers: Educational Studies alumni who forged their own career paths.
The Spotlight on Alumni Careers panel series aims to support Education graduate students in broadening their career avenues by showcasing the career stories and experiences of Educational Studies (EDST) Alumni. Each panel highlights alumni from a different sector. EDST Alumni will share their personal journeys and discuss how their current work is informed by their graduate studies. The panelists will inspire students and alumni who are looking for new, creative, and meaningful ways to contribute to society.
From vegan cooking education to graphic facilitation, from career coaching to supporting children facing homelessness, Educational Studies (EDST) alumni have gone on to seemingly every walk of life. In this panel, we will hear stories from EDST alumni who courageously ventured on to less beaten tracks by founding their own businesses, foundations, non-profits, and initiatives.
RECORDING: Spotlight on Alumni Careers: Educational Studies alumni who forged their own career paths.
Co-hosts:
Mary Kostandy: Co-investigator and Study Coordinator: PhD Candidate, EDST, Faculty of Education, UBC
Michael Murphy: Co-investigator: Manager, Alumni Engagement, Faculty of Education, UBC
Panelists:
Brigitte Gemme, PhD’09
Chief Meal Planner and Founder, Vegan Family Kitchen
Brigitte Gemme trained and worked for over 15 years in the fields of sociology of science and higher education. During that period, she alternated between policy activism, project management, and research. She completed her PhD in Educational Studies in 2009. She was employed by academic and government organizations including UBC, UQAM, and NRC. After the birth of her second child, she grew impatient about both environmental destruction and rampant chronic diseases. She quit academia and founded a tiny online business called Vegan Family Kitchen. She finds meaning in making it easier for more people to eat more plants while decreasing their consumption of animal products, for their personal benefit and the greater good. She lives in Vancouver and loves to cycle everywhere with her husband and two fast-growing kids.
Erica Mohan, MEd’03, PhD’10
Founder and Executive Director at Community Education Partnerships
Erica Mohan is the Founder and Executive Director of Community Education Partnerships (CEP), a non-profit that provides educational support to Pre-K – 12th grade students facing homelessness and housing insecurity in the San Francisco Bay Area. For three years prior to founding CEP, Erica was a volunteer, and later the Learning Center Coordinator, for School on Wheels, an organization that has been tutoring children facing homelessness in the Greater Los Angeles Area since 1993. Understanding the critical need to academically support children experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity and realizing that the San Francisco Bay Area lacked an organization specifically dedicated to providing such support, in 2010 Erica founded Community Education Partnerships. Erica holds an MEd and a PhD in Educational Studies from the University of British Columbia. When not working, Erica enjoys spending time with her partner and three kids, hiking, and growing the stack of books she looks forward to reading…eventually.
Isabeau Iqbal, BSc’93, MA’04, PhD’12
Career & Life Coach
Isabeau Iqbal, PhD, is a career and life coach who helps ambitious perfectionists in higher education discover, appreciate, and apply their strengths so they can experience more joy in their professional and personal lives. She also offers workshops to organizations committed to supporting the professional growth of their members.
While Isabeau didn’t set out to do a PhD in order to become a solopreneur (!), nor was it her intention to pursue a traditional academic career. The entrepreneurial route found her and she’s delighted it did. Isabeau enjoys the challenge of entrepreneurship alongside her (stable) part-time role within academia.
Isabeau is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and is certified with the International Coaching Federation. She has a PhD from EDST.
Sam Bradd, MEd’15
Graphic Facilitator, Drawing Change
Sam Bradd (he/him) is a graphic facilitator, meeting facilitator, and the founder of Drawing Change. He combines 20 years’ facilitation experience with visual tools to help groups engage, solve problems and lead. He has an MEd in Educational Studies (UBC), is certified in Human Systems Dynamics and Integral Facilitation, and is a Dialogue Associate with the SFU Centre for Dialogue. Sam’s facilitation is strengths-based, creative, works with complexity, participatory, and uses an intersectional and anti-racism lens. Throughout his career, Sam has worked with decision-makers in 11 countries, with the World Health Organization, Indigenous communities, and groups working to change the world. He is the co-editor of two books including Drawn Together through Visual Practice (2016) and is a co-founder of the award-winning Graphic History Collective. He’s a white settler of Italian and Scottish background and lives on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territories.
Moderator:
Suzanne Scott, PhD’11
Assistant Dean, Development & Alumni Engagement, Faculty of Education, UBC
Suzanne Scott is the Assistant Dean, Development & Alumni Engagement at the Faculty of Education at The University of British Columbia.
In this role, she oversees the fundraising priorities for the Faculty including the School of Kinesiology. She directs a team of fundraising and alumni engagement professionals who engage more than 55,000 alumni living in over 100 countries.
Suzanne holds a PhD from the Department of Educational Studies where she examined the impact of private philanthropy in Canadian higher education. Her co-supervisors were Drs. Don Fisher and Amy Scott Metcalfe. For her MA research at OISE at The University of Toronto, she worked on an innovative educational project for child labourers in Bangladesh.
Mar 04, 2021
Mar 25, 2021
EDST Student Café
Date and time: Thursday, March 25th, 10:00 – 11:00 am PT
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Description: It can be difficult to catch up when we’re not running into each other in the halls between class, and being a virtual grad student can feel a bit isolating sometimes. If you can fit one more Zoom meeting in your schedule, we hope you’ll join us for a student café this month. Bring your own warm drink and join us for a virtual, non-academic chat.
Please RSVP here or contact edst.gaa@ubc.ca with questions.
Mar 16, 2021
‘Qualitative Interviewing Analysis: An Introduction’, with Dr. Deirdre Kelly
Date and time: Tuesday, March 16, 12:00-1:00pm PT
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Description: Analysis takes place throughout any qualitative inquiry, and it unfolds differently, depending on your research paradigm and approach to inquiry. This workshop will address the middle steps in the process, focusing on studies where interviewing is the main method. Once you have finished conducting your interviews, what happens next? In answering this question, Dr. Kelly will emphasize reflexive thematic analysis because its tools and practices are compatible with a variety of interpretive frameworks.
Please RSVP here or contact edst.gaa@ubc.ca with questions.
Feb 22, 2021
Feb 24, 2021
Building equitable, accessible and affordable campuses through Co-ops
The first of four webinars discussing co-operatives, what they are and how they could make for more equitable and accessible campus communities.
Moderators: Michelle Stack, Kalith Nanayakkara
Speakers: Mitchell Prost, Cilla Ross and Bathseba Opini
