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Sep 19, 2019

AEGT Proposal Deadline – Oct 15

Extended Deadline for submitting proposals: Tuesday October 15, 2019 https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/aegt2020/

 

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Sep 13, 2019

EDST SCHOLARS IN THE NEWS: Jason Ellis – Kelowna Daily Courier.

EDST SCHOLARS IN THE NEWS: Jason Ellis has an op-ed piece on the long history of class size and composition in the Kelowna Daily Courier. http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/opinion/article_dcfb530c-d3ea-11e9-b275-bfe44ebaab78.html  

 

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Sep 12, 2019

Sep 2019 Student Newsletter

The September 2019 EDST GAA Newsletter is launched! Take a look Student Newsletters

 

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Sep 11, 2019

Congratulations to Dr. Vanessa Andreotti – Royal Society of Canada

Congratulations to Dr. Vanessa Andreotti, Professor in the Department of Educational Studies (EDST), who was recently elected to Royal Society of Canada as a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Founded in 2014, the College is a handpicked selection of top mid-career scholars and artists in Canada. College Members have already […]

 

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New Inaugural Essay – Positioning Blackness, Necessarily, Awkwardly, in the Canadian Academy

Dr. Handel Wright (EDST) has written an inaugural essay for a new blog, #Black Professor Matter, hosted by the Canadian Federation for Humanities and Social Sciences. His essay,  titled “Positioning Blackness, Necessarily, Awkwardly, in the Canadian Academy,” can be accessed at: http://www.ideas-idees.ca/blog/positioning-blackness-necessarily-awkwardly-canadian-academy  

 

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Sep 06, 2019

Fighting Islamophobia Together

From Quebec City to Christchurch, from Afghanistan to Palestine, colonialism and white supremacy fuel not just increasing hate speech but all kinds of violence against Muslims around the world. What is Islamophobia? How does it affect the people around us? And how can we work together to end it? Muslims and non-Muslims alike are encouraged […]

 

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Jul 09, 2019

Congrats to Mary Kostandy on her 2019 Patricia Dyer Memorial Award

 

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New publication by Neila Miled – Educational leaders’ perceptions of multicultural education in teachers’ professional development

Miled, N. (2019). Educational leaders’ perceptions of multicultural education in teachers’ professional  development: a case study from a Canadian school district. Multicultural Education Review, 11(2), 79-95 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2005615X.2019.1615249 ABSTRACT This Paper presents and discusses the findings of an empirical qualitative study that was conducted in one school district in British Columbia, Canada. The paper explores the perspectives […]

 

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Jul 02, 2019

New Publication by Sonia Medel

When asked about her recent creative-academic publication by Dr. Mazawi, Sonia shared: Having three of my spoken-word poems published in the Spring 2019 Vol. 18, Issue 2, of Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social, has me feeling all sorts of thankful, because it is not just another academic journal whose […]

 

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Jul 01, 2019

Dr. Jason Ellis has been promoted to Associate Professor

 

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