Dr. Jason Ellis on CBC and The New York Times
UBC education studies associate professor Jason Ellis speaks with Stephen Quinn about the 1937 health crisis and how we tackled education back then. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-91-the-early-edition Will It Be Safe to Return to School? Plans to ensure safe classes vary by province and school board or are still in the works. Dr. Jason Ellis offers his view on what’s ahead. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/21/world/canada/will-it-be-safe-to-return-to-school.html
Two publications – Jenalee Kluttz, Dr. Jude Walker and Dr. Pierre Walter
Two new publications, Learning towards decolonising relationships at standing rock and Unsettling allyship, unlearning and learning towards decolonising solidarity, written by EDST’s Jenalee Kluttz, Dr. Jude Walker and Dr. Pierre Walter, have been published in Studies in the Education of Adults. Kluttz, J., Walker, J. & Walter, P. (2020). Learning towards decolonising relationships at Standing Rock. Studies in the Education of Adults. https://doi.org/10.1080/02660830.2020.1807891 Kluttz, J., Walker, J. & Walter, P. (2020). Unsettling allyship, unlearning and learning towards decolonising solidarity. Studies in the Education of Adults, 52(1), 49-66. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02660830.2019.1654591
Aug 13, 2020
Welcome Dr. Margaret Kovach
A warm welcome to Dr. Margaret Kovach who started at Educational Studies this August! Visit her profile here: https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/facultystaff/margaret-kovach/
Aug 12, 2020
New Article – Drop Tuition Fees – Dr. Alison Taylor
Dr. Alison Taylor has written a new article on The Conversation – Drop tuition fees: University students face a precarious future amid COVID-19 Link: https://theconversation.com/drop-tuition-fees-university-students-face-a-precarious-future-amid-covid-19-129285
Aug 10, 2020
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 said. Ellis does have some questions, although he didn’t think finding answers will be insurmountable, including: How will elementary teachers’ daily prep times be affected by the 60-person bubbles? And the current plan seems to assume that most parents will send their kids back to school […]
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 research initiatives of two to five years. Stable support for long-term research initiatives is central to advancing knowledge. It enables scholars to address complex issues about individuals and societies, and to further our collective understanding. https://research.ubc.ca/ubc-researchers-awarded-66m-through-sshrc-insight-grants