New Publication: Mapping a pre-global history of lifelong education with Google Books
New publication Mapping a pre-global history of lifelong education with Google Books: 1839 – 1959 in the International Journal of Lifelong Education Author: Lena Ignatovich Link here: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/INZFPP2TPSPDNJVETAJD/full?target=10.1080/02601370.2020.1801868
Jul 31, 2020
EDST in the news – School restart plan – Dr. Jason Ellis
“Jason Ellis, a University of B.C. professor, called the ministry’s plan “ambitious” and noted it is important that kids can safely return to classrooms. “For their own learning to be interrupted for so long will have long-term consequences. And it’s vitally important to them socially because school is where they interact with their peers,” he […]
Jul 21, 2020
Dr. Wright on CBC News – BLM
Dr. Handel Wright is featured in this CBC News article Black with a capital ‘B’: Why it took news outlets so long to make a change that matters to so many https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/capitalizing-black-style-1.5626669
Jul 15, 2020
Shauna Butterwick – UBC Community Engagement Partnership Recognition Fund
Jul 10, 2020
Dr. Metcalfe – ICE Rules Are an Attack on Immigration and Higher Education
Dr. Amy Scott Metcalfe has an open letter about Immigration and Higher Education on Inside Higher Education. Link: https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/07/10/ice-rules-are-attack-immigration-and-higher-education
SSHRC Insight Grant for “From Opportunity to Inequality: A History of Inner-Suburban Schools in Canada, 1945-present.”
UBC researchers are leading 49 projects awarded $6.6m through the SSHRC Insight Grants program. Included is Dr. Jason Ellis’ “From Opportunity to Inequality: A History of Inner-Suburban Schools in Canada, 1945-present” for $104,963. The Insight Grants support research excellence in the social sciences and humanities. Funding is available to both emerging and established scholars for […]
Amy Metcalfe awarded an OER Grant from UBC Open Education Resource Fund
The Open EDST project aims to involve our graduate students, many of whom are currently or will be instructors or TAs for our undergraduate courses, in an initiative to: 1) build awareness of departmental open educational practices and materials through a wiki-based directory of OER created by EDST students and faculty, and, 2) interview EDST […]
Jul 06, 2020
EDST in the news – Vancouver’s drug strategy
Daniel Jordan (EDST alumnus) and Dr. Jude Walker have an opinion piece, “Vancouver’s drug strategy: It’s time to erect the second pillar — treatment,” about Vancouver’s drug strategy in the Vancouver Sun. https://vancouversun.com/opinion/daniel-jordan-and-jude-walker-vancouvers-drug-strategy-its-time-to-erect-the-second-pillar-treatment
Jun 30, 2020
New Publication – Can the displaced speak
Can the displaced speak? Muslim refugee girls negotiating identity, home and belonging through Photovoice, written by EDST’s Neila Miled, has been published in Women’s Studies International Forum. See publication here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277539519304157
Jun 22, 2020
New Book – Course Syllabi in Faculties of Education
Course Syllabi in Faculties of Education: Bodies of Knowledge and their Discontents, International and Comparative Perspectives Editors: André Elias Mazawi & Michelle Stack EDST Contributors: Maren Elfert, Jo-Ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem, Hartej Gill, Bathseba Opini, Sam Rocha, Stephanie Glick, Esraa Al-Muftah, and Meena Uppal. Course Syllabi in Faculties of Education problematizes one of the least […]