New Publication – Community-University Engagement: From Chasm to Chiasm
Community-University Engagement: From Chasm to Chiasm Dr. Alison Taylor This reflective essay draws on phenomenologists Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Emmanuel Levinas, and psychologist Lev Vygotsky respectively to address questions about perception and relationality in community-engaged learning, the ethical dimensions of such learning in marginalized communities, and the role of instructors in structuring connective experiences for students. […]
May 01, 2020
Congrats Annie Montague on CAREC award
We are very excited to announce that Annie Montague, who graduated last year from our MA program, has won a Canadian Association for Research in Early Childhood (CAREC) award for her thesis research. Remarks from the citation for Annie’s award included praise for her comprehensive research design, for furthering the timely topic of sustainability in […]
Apr 30, 2020
Congrats Dr. Jude Walker on the Killam Teaching Prize
Dr. Jude Walker has been selected as the recipient of a 2019-2020 Killam Teaching Prize
Apr 28, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Amy Metcalfe – Professor promotion
Congratulations to Dr. Amy Metcalfe who is promoted to Professor, effective July 1, 2020. Well done on reaching this major milestone in your career, Amy!
Apr 14, 2020
Rights for Students at Work Podcast
See podcast of the session on “Rights for Students at Work” on our blogsite. This session was prompted by findings from our Hard Working Student study about the challenges faced by many working students at UBC. The Hard Working Study team includes EDST Faculty members, Alison Taylor and Hongxia Shan. Link: https://blogs.ubc.ca/hardwork/category/resources/
Mar 19, 2020
New Book – Posthumanist and New Materialist Methodologies
EDST’s Claudia Diaz and Paulina Semenec published their new book, Posthumanist and New Materialist Methodologies: Research After the Child published by Springer Details: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811527074 This book features interviews with 19 scholars who do research with children in a variety of contexts. It examines how these key scholars address research ‘after the child’ by exploring the […]
Mar 11, 2020
New Publication – Rippling Excesses: Becoming Dis/A/r/tography
Roman, L.G., del pieve gobbe, R., Beaudry, J., Blackbridge, Persimmon, (2020) “Rippling Excesses: Becoming Dis/A/r/tography”. International Journal of Education Through Art, 16:1, pp. 63-82. DOI: 10.1386/eta_00017_1 Abstract How do disability arts (dis/arts) and culture rupture and transform conventional artistic and a/r/tographic practices? We show how disability arts and culture involves a multiplicity of voices unfolding, […]
Congratulations on Learning Transformed Fund
For more details, visit: https://educ.ubc.ca/learningtransformedfunding/
Mar 03, 2020
Congratulations Dr. Michelle Stack on the Visiting Research Fellowship
Michelle Stack is awarded Visiting Research Fellowship at the ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research, at the University of Bremen, Germany. She will be developing a social network and critical discourse analysis concerning the role of celebrity academics in both undermining and protecting academic freedom. Her research at ZeMKI will build on a […]
Feb 14, 2020
Congrats on the 2020 Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF)
Congratulations on the 2020 Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF)! Dr. Bathseba Opini, EDST. Co-applicants: Dr. Hartej Gill, Dr. Jason Ellis, Dr. Annette Henry, Dr. Michelle Stack, Dr. Andre Mazawi, John Yamamoto, Rod Brown, Dr. Shaya Golparian, Dr. Daniel Shiu, Meena Uppal, Ashley House, Dr. Vince White, Dr. Marianne McTavish, Mary Kostandy, Alison St. Pierre, […]