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Oct 06, 2026

Congratulations to Dr. Nadena Doharty on being awarded funding from UBC’s Wellbeing Strategic Initiatives Fund

Dr. Nadena Doharty was awarded funding from UBC’s Wellbeing Strategic Initiatives Fund. From these funds, Dr. Doharty is collaborating with UBC’s Botanical Garden and Dr. Samia Khan, Associate Dean – Research, to co-facilitate monthly writing retreats at the Garden. This program’s target audience is mid-career, women-identifying faculty at UBC, who tend to receive fewer opportunities tailored for […]

 

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Sep 25, 2026

Info Session: EDST M.Ed. and Grad Certificates

For details and registration, please see: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cFMNDpmWp9gmVT0

 

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Sep 23, 2026

Government-Funded Targeted Teacher Preparation for Rural Schools in China: A Policy for Addressing Rural Teacher Shortages

https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/government-funded-targeted-teacher-preparation-for-rural-schools-in-china/

 

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Service Learning in Higher Education: Lessons from Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA)

https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/service-learning-in-higher-education-umpsa/

 

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Sep 22, 2026

Promises and pitfalls of posthumanist climate change education

https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/promises-and-pitfalls-of-posthumanist-climate-change-education/

 

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Sep 21, 2026

Inaugural Lecture – Whose Education? Rethinking Skills and Livelihoods

https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/inaugural-lecture-whose-education-rethinking-skills-and-livelihoods/

 

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Personalised Keychain Making Workshop 

Learn more: https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/personalised-keychain-making-workshop/

 

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Sep 17, 2026

Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (GCHIED) Online Intake

https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/programs/hied-graduate-certificate-program/

 

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Sep 16, 2026

Congratulations to Yeonjoo Kim on a Successful Oral Defence (PhD Dissertation)

Please join us in congratulating Yeonjoo Kim who successfully defended her PhD Dissertation on September 14 of 2026. Title:Career transition as an assemblage of learning: A multiple-case study of Korean millennials who left socially desirable workplaces Abstract:This dissertation examines the career transition experiences of Korean millennials who left socially desirable workplaces. Rather than treating career […]

 

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Congratulations to Ellen J. McIntosh on a Successful Oral Defence (EdD Dissertation)

Please join us in congratulating Ellen J. McIntosh who successfully defended her EdD Dissertation on September 14 of 2026. Title:EDUCATING FOR ETHICAL-LEGAL BUSINESS PRACTICE Abstract:Appointed as a lecturer to teach commercial law to BCom students in the UBC Sauder School of Business close to 40 years ago, I looked forward to using the cases that […]

 

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