Congratulations Dr. Ellis on the SSHRC Grant
Applicant: Dr. Jason Ellis (EDST) From Opportunity to Inequality: A History of Inner-Suburban Schools in Canada, 1945-present $ 104,963 | 3 years
May 05, 2020
Congrats Dr. Mazawi for CCGSE Mentorship Award
Dr. André Mazawi has been chosen as the 2020 Canadian Committee for Graduate Students in Education (CCGSE) Mentorship Award recipient. According to the citation from CCGSE, “The quality of the nominations received this year were exceptional, and it made it even more difficult to arrive at a winner, making you an exceptional winner. A sample […]
May 04, 2020
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
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 […]