Writing Support Sessions
Dissertation writing support sessions Dissertation & thesis support writing sessions will begin Saturday January 10, 2026. After a two week break, sessions resume January 26 and will continue until April 4th. Each week there are three sessions offered: every Monday and Friday morning, from 7:30 to 10am, and Wednesday evenings 7 to 9pm. Saturday sessions also run once a month. These sessions support students on their dissertation writing journey which includes refining research questions & developing proposals, collecting and analyzing data, to preparing chapters and final drafts. After a brief check-in, with audio and visual muted, we ‘write alone together’. Join […]
Jan 02, 2026
Creating AI-Resilient Assessments: Moving from Concern to Actionable Design
https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/creating-ai-resilient-assessments-moving-from-concern-to-actionable-design
Jan 01, 2026
Jewellery Making Workshop
https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/jewellery-making-workshop/
Dec 31, 2025
MEd Information Session for 2026-2027 Intake
UBC Educational Studies (EDST) Master of Education (MEd)Information Session for 2026-2027 IntakeMonday January 12, 20264:30 – 6 PM (PST)Online https://ubc.zoom.us/s/61849351071 Programs’ info: https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/programs/ Contact: grad.edst@ubc.ca
Dec 23, 2025
Doctoral Colloquium – Educating for Utopia: Ideology and Practice in the Global History of Non-Hierarchical Education
https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/doctoral-colloquium-educating-for-utopia-ideology-and-practice-in-the-global-history-of-non-hierarchical-education/
Dec 15, 2025
CBC Radio – Water as Teacher: What water can teach us about hope in hard times
https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/cbc-radio-water-as-teacher-what-water-can-teach-us-about-hope-in-hard-times/
New Article – Decolonizing Mental Health in the Polycrisis: Pathways Toward Neuro-Decolonization
Dec 11, 2025
Congratulations to Catalina Parra on a Successful Oral Defence (M.A. Thesis)
Please join us in congratulating Catalina Parra who successfully defended her M.A. Thesis on December 9 of 2025. Title:A Conversation Between South and North: Latin American Decolonial Theory and Indigenous Theory Abstract:This Master’s thesis explores Latin American decolonial theory and Indigenous theory from the North to illuminate pathways for the practice of equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization (EDI-D). In this study, I examine four key concepts: coloniality of being and praxis (from Latin American decolonial thinkers Maldonado-Torres, Dussel, and Gutiérrez) alongside cognitive imperialism and stories (from Mi’kmaw scholar Marie Battiste OC and Stó:lō scholar Jo-Ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem OC). The study […]
Dec 03, 2025
Michael LeBlanc – Successful Oral Defence (EdD Dissertation)
Please join us in congratulating Michael LeBlanc who successfully defended his EdD Dissertation on November 18 of 2025. Title:By the Bootstraps: Teachers, Grassroots Computing, and Educational Culture in British Columbia, 1966 to 1986 Abstract:This dissertation is a history of computer culture in British Columbia’s (BC) education system from 1966 to 1986, a period of teacher-led, grassroots computer adoption, integration, and interpretation. As cultural artifacts, computers were more than instruments—they were symbols that held meaning for people. I first discuss what they meant in the context of the 1960s computer counterculture, where computers were interpreted as a transformative force leading to personal empowerment. […]
Dec 02, 2025
Arushi Goswami – Successful Defence (M.A. Thesis)
Congratulations to Arushi Goswami on successfully defending her M.A. Thesis on November 27, 2025. Thesis title: Deconstructing the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) Framework and The Happiness Curriculum in the Context of Educational Neoliberalism and Emotional Governance Examining Committee: Dr. Lindsay Gibson (EDCP), External Examiner Dr. Taylor Webb (EDST), Committee Member Dr. Mona Gleason (EDST), Research Supervisor Abstract: This thesis examines Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) through a comparative analysis of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL, 2020) framework and Delhi’s Happiness Curriculum (HC, 2019). It addresses two research questions: What implicit values and assumptions […]