Guest Lecture: Exemptions from sex education: Parental right or regulatory prerogative?
Date: Thursday, April 2nd, 2026 Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Location: PCN 2012 Co-Sponsored by: Department of Educational Studies, Teacher Education Office, The Robert Quartermain Centre for SOGI-Inclusive Excellence in Education Description:Several educational jurisdictions around the world have introduced opt-out provisions for sex education to accommodate some parents’ religious and moral convictions. The provision […]
Mar 18, 2026
Research Day 2026
https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/researchday/
New Blog Editor – Jarin Akther
With great pleasure, please join us in welcoming Jarin Akther as the new EDST Blog Editor. The EDST Blog has grown into a vibrant hub of insights, exchanges and contributions by EDST Members. We are also grateful to Ella Wright, the outgoing Editor, for her dedication and hard work in promoting the Blog as a […]
Mar 17, 2026
Congratulations to Addyson Frattura on a Successful Oral Defence
Please join us in congratulating Addyson Frattura who successfully defended her PhD Dissertation on March 13 of 2026. Title:Expulsion and a Problem of Freedom Abstract:School expulsion, social segregation, and capital punishment are three forms of expulsion that I describe to show how freedom is impacted by expulsion. A person can be harmed by an expulsion […]
Congrats to Orkhon Gantogtokh on the Patricia Dyer Memorial Award
Mar 16, 2026
Congratulations on the Faculty of Education Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Decolonization (EDID) Funding
ProjectCultivating and Nurturing Black Excellence in K–12 Education: A Symposium and Mentorship Gathering for Black Teacher Candidates Team members:Queen Alexis, Dr. Glory Ovie, Beth Applewhite, Jessica Eguia, Nafisa Mohamed, Miya Horii, Sarah Aza-Manjiri ProjectSustaining the Soul: Afrocentric A Team members:Dr. Arig al Shaibah, Olaitan Ogunnote, Amaka Aliyah Awolesi, Leticia Pamela Garcia
Mar 15, 2026
Re-reading Chinese Canadian Cultures and Identities Through Sinophone Perspectives
Starting this month, Richmond Public Library and community friends will be hosting a series of free public talks/dialogues on Chinese Canadian cultures, media, histories, identities, and voices, presented in languages of Mandarin as well as Cantonese. Dr. Yao Xiao – EDST Alumni & Sessional Instructor – is part of the series. The first presentation will […]
Extinction as a Political Choice in the Anthropocene
https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/extinction-as-a-political-choice-in-the-anthropocene/
Meet the Author – Juggling rhythms: Working-student life in the 21st century
https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/meet-the-author-juggling-rhythms/
Mar 12, 2026
A Class by Themselves? is now available as an audiobook
A Class by Themselves?, Jason Ellis’s book on the origins of special education, is now available as an audiobook! The audiobook is voiced by Vancouver writer, performer, and theatre-maker Adam Grant Warren. (Visit Adam at http://glitchtheatre.ca/). The A Class by Themselves? audiobook is available to stream and download on Audible.ca and Amazon.ca. Print and electronic […]