Blacktalk Podcast
To mark Canada Day (July 1st), the podcast BlackTalk released an episode in conversation with EDST Professor Handel K. Wright. Here’s the link to the episode: “In this episode of BlackTalk, Professor Andy Knight (University of Alberta) is joined by Dr. Handel Wright. Their conversation begins with a clear and necessary discussion of anti-Blackness: what it means, […]
Campus Resident Summer Photo Contest Winner July 2026 – Mahfida Tahniat
Mahfida’s Tahniat, EDST PhD student, is the winner of the Summer Photo Contest for the month of July 2026 organized by the Campus Resident. About the contest rules: https://thecampusresident.ca/enter-our-summer-vacation-photo-contest/
Jun 30, 2026
International Speakers’ Series | Activists, advocates, action? UK academics’ perspectives on engagements with the climate crisis
https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/activists-advocates-action/
Jun 29, 2026
Appraising AI: A Student-Led Approach to Critical Evaluation, A Workshop with Kate Greenslade
https://publichumanities.ubc.ca/appraising-ai-a-student-led-approach-to-critical-evaluation-a-workshop-with-kate-greenslade
Jun 23, 2026
Congrats to Dr. Itamar Manoff for his 2026 Dissertation Award of the Canadian Philosophy of Education Society
Jun 15, 2026
Congrats to Sai Manjari Kaladindi, Stephen Sarmento, & Zhuqing Mei for the EDST Research Day Blog Publication Award
2026 EDST Research Day Blog Publication Award as a Presenter, entitled A Comparative Study on the Purposes of Arts Education in Middle School in Canada, China, and India Through Teachers’ Perspectives by Sai Kaladindi, Stephen Sarmento & Zhuqing Mei https://blogs.ubc.ca/edst/2026/05/16/a-comparative-study-on-the-purposes-of-arts-education-in-middle-school-in-canada-china-and-india-through-teachers-perspectives
Jun 11, 2026
Congrats to Mahfida Tahniat for the EDST Research Day Blog Publication Award
2026 EDST Research Day Blog Publication Award as an Attendee, entitled Toxicity in Education: A Vicious Circle by Mahfida Tahniat https://blogs.ubc.ca/edst/2026/05/16/toxicity-in-education-a-vicious-circle
Jun 10, 2026
Congratulations to Jelana Bighorn on her Successful Oral Defence (M.A. Thesis)
Please join us in congratulating Jelana Bighorn who successfully defended her M.A. Thesis on April 29, 2026. Title:TRANSGRESSING WHITE SUPREMACY IN EDUCATION: A LAKOTA BAHA’I APPROACH Abstract:The purpose of this research is to examine the behaviors, attitudes, and actions of white students and staff members towards decolonization and anti-racism praxis in public schools located in […]
Congratulations to Soyoo Yoo on a Successful Oral Defence (M.A. Thesis)
Please join us in congratulating Soyoo Yoo who successfully defended her M.A. Thesis on April 28 of 2026. Title:Negotiating Silence and Resistance: The Political Agency of Korean Primary Teachers Abstract:This thesis explores how South Korean primary school teachers exercise political agency when they are not allowed to express political opinions or participate in collective actions. […]
May 18, 2026
Dissertation Writing Support Sessions – Summer 2026
https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/dissertation-writing-support-sessions-summer-2026/