Inaugural Lecture – Whose Education? Rethinking Skills and Livelihoods
https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/inaugural-lecture-whose-education-rethinking-skills-and-livelihoods/
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/
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/
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 […]
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 […]
Sep 03, 2026
Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (GCHIED) Online Intake
https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/programs/hied-graduate-certificate-program/
Sep 01, 2026
Public lecture: Reflections on Education and Social Mobility
https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/reflections-on-education-and-social-mobility/
Aug 21, 2026
New Publication “Defiance, Advocacy, and Sovereignty: First Nations Child Welfare, the ‘Native Conferences’ and the 1974 Royal Commission on Family and Children’s Law in British Columbia”
New Publication! Mona Gleason, “Defiance, Advocacy, and Sovereignty: First Nations Child Welfare, the ‘Native Conferences’ and the 1974 Royal Commission on Family and Children’s Law in British Columbia” BC Studies 230 (Summer, 2026): 11-32. Abstract: This article highlights the contributions of Indigenous participants to a series of Native Conferences that took place around BC in […]
Aug 07, 2026
Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present
Former EDST PhD graduate, Shayna Plaut, is part of the team curating the exhibition on Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present – “A moving exploration of the ongoing forced displacement of Palestinians” currently open at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Dr. Shayna Plaut’s co-edited book, Messy Ethics in Humam Rights Work, has been published with UBC […]
Aug 06, 2026
Dr. Handel Wright receives 2026 Emancipation Day Proclamation on behalf of Vancouver’s Black communities
The City of Vancouver held an Emancipation Day Proclamation and Reception on July 28th, 2026. In recognition of his work on international, national and local Blackness and especially his contributions to the equity work of the City, Vancouver City Council selected Handel Kashope Wright, Professor in Educational Studies and Director of the Centre for Culture, […]