Final Summer Writing Session
SATURDAY, 19 JULY, 2025 10am to 1:30pm Zoom: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/69978066117?pwd=UGpPR1FXOCtpYXYrMkc2VFowQ0Vjdz09
Jul 14, 2025
2025 EDST Research Day Blog Publication Award
Winner of the 2025 EDST Research Day Blog Publication Award: Mahfida Tahniat (Two-Time Winner!)
Jul 07, 2025
Mahfida Tahniat – 2025 UBC KxM Research to Impact Fellowship
Jul 02, 2025
Natalia Bussard successfully defended her EdD Dissertation
Please join us in congratulating Natalia Bussard who successfully defended her EdD Dissertation on June 26 of 2025. Title:The Transformative Power of Plurilingualism: Reshaping Perspectives of Self, Others, and the World. Abstract:This study explores how the learning, knowledge, and use of multiple languages transform plurilingual individuals’ identities, relationships, and worldviews. Using narrative inquiry, the research examines […]
Jun 18, 2025
New Book : Juggling Rhythms
Dr. Alison Taylor’s book Juggling Rhythms: Working-Student Life in the 21st Century is now published! Learn more here: https://brill.com/display/title/72365 As in many European countries, the majority of undergraduates in Canada work while studying. However, little research has examined how they juggle school and work. This book draws on original research to address this gap. It moves […]
Introducing Critical Voices
https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/critical-voices/
Jun 11, 2025
Coolie Verner Prize – Natalie Bussard
Coolie Verner Prize: Made in honour of UBC’s first Professor in the Department of Adult Education (from 1961 to 1977), and awarded annually to a graduate student in EDST for research potential and/or impact in the field of adult education. Natalia Bussard is the successful recipient of this year’s Coolie Verner Prize. Natalia’s EdD dissertation […]
Jun 10, 2025
Gordon Selman Award – Jiin Yoo
Gordon Selman Award: Made in honour of adult education scholar and UBC professor (at UBC between 1964-1992), and awarded annually to a graduate student in EDST for their contributions to understanding the diverse forms and locations of adult learning and education in Canada and its contributions to society. Jiin Yoo is the successful recipient of […]
Jun 03, 2025
Dr. Rob VanWynsberghe featured in the ReachOut magazine
May 30, 2025
Gail Markin’s EdD Dissertation Defense
Please join us in congratulating Gail Markin who successfully defended her EdD Dissertation on May 26 of 2025. Title: Principal and Vice Principal Psychological Safety in British Columbia: An Institutional Ethnography Abstract: Institutional practices and social relations are impacting the psychological safety of principals and vice principals in British Columbia (BC). Psychological safety is the […]