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
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, […]
Feb 13, 2020
New Publication – The Rise and Fall of Adult Literacy: Policy Lessons from Canada – Dr. Jude Walker
The Rise and Fall of Adult Literacy: Policy Lessons from Canada, co-written by EDST’s Dr. Jude Walker, has been published in The European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults (RELA) Link: https://www.rela.ep.liu.se/contents.asp?doi=10.3384/rela.2000-7426.2020111
Feb 07, 2020
Dr. Mona Gleason – Killam Faculty Research Prize in the Arts and Humanities, Senior Scholar Category
Congratulations to Dr. Mona Gleason, Professor, Department of Educational Studies, on the UBC Killam Faculty Research Prize in the Arts and Humanities, Senior Scholar Category Established in 1986, the UBC Killam Faculty Research Prize is awarded in recognition of distinguished research and scholarly contributions of international significance. Up to ten prizes are awarded annually to full-time […]
Dr. Vanessa Andreotti – Killam Faculty Research Fellowship, Junior Scholar Category
Congratulations to Dr. Vanessa Andreotti, Professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Educational Studies, on the UBC Killam Faculty Research Fellowship, Junior Scholar Category Ten UBC Killam Faculty Research Fellowships are provided annually from the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fund for Advanced Studies established through a bequest from the late Dorothy J. Killam. These awards assist promising faculty members […]