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Apr 13, 2023

Congrats Claudia

Warm congratulations to our esteemed colleague, Prof. Claudia Ruitenberg, for being appointed President-Elect of the Philosophy of Education Society (PES). Prof. Ruitenberg will serve as PES President in 2024-2025 and preside over the Society’s Conference in March 2025. This election speaks strongly to Prof. Claudia Ruitenberg’s groundbreaking work in the field of Philosophy of Education. PES members, as well as the EDST community, look forward to her presidency and leadership to further inform and promote groundbreaking and inspiring pathways in this field.

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Mar 31, 2023

Congrats Joanne Martin

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Dr. Wendy Poole interviewed in The Pennsylvania Capital-Star

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Mar 27, 2023

Dr. Cash Ahenakew receives 2023–24 UBC Research Excellence Cluster fund

Congratulations to Dr. Cash Ahenakew and EDST co-applicants Dr. Sharon Stein and Dr. Vanessa Andreotti, recipient of 2023–24 UBC Research Excellence Cluster funding for his research project Beyond Window-Dressing Reconciliation in Health: Settler-Clinician Responsibilities. Learn More: https://educ.ubc.ca/ahenakew-research-cluster

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Mar 20, 2023

New Article – Schooling in Western Canada, 1870–1923: An Anti-racist Interpretation

Jason Ellis’s new article “Schooling in Western Canada, 1870–1923: An Anti-racist Interpretation,” is now available in open-access format. With an audience of teacher candidates in mind, the article “tells the stories of non-British White settlers, Chinese Canadians and Japanese Canadians, and Indigenous peoples,” arguing that their schooling experiences in this period “are branches of the same tree” – namely publicly supported schooling, which was “racially unequal” from its inception. And yet, the article also argues, these groups include many families who wanted schooling – “at times, they all demanded it – because they believed it was the best chance the next […]

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Feb 23, 2023