Inaugural Lecture – Dr. Yilin Pan
Inaugural Lecture – Dr. Yilin Pan
Sep 19, 2025
Guest Lecture – Covering the Vancouver School Board: The Chimera of Municipal Politics
https://edst-educ.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=30381 Guest Lecture – Covering the Vancouver School Board: The Chimera of Municipal Politics
New Special Issue: “Living a life that feels just right”
Details: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/aln
Sep 18, 2025
Congrats to Jafar Iqbal for his selection as PSI Scholar
Nasim Peikazadi – Successful PhD Dissertation
Please join us in congratulating Nasim Peikazadi who successfully defended her PhD Dissertation on September 12 of 2025. Title: IDENTITY AND POWER: IRANIAN WOMEN’S NEGOTIATIONS OF BELONGING IN A TRANSNATIONAL CONTEXT Lay Summary This study explores the perceptions of identity and belonging of first-generation Iranian women in British Columbia, Canada. It particularly focuses on the influence of global dynamics, including colonialism and imperialism on these perceptions. It also reflects on the intersection of race, gender, religion, and class as they shape the women’s experiences and perceptions. Through individual and group interviews with twenty-four participants and engaging them in reflection on migration-themed […]
Sep 15, 2025
Critical Voices Issue #1, The Krisis of Educational Policy
Note from the Editor in Chief, Dana Goedbloed We have finally launched the first issue of Critical Voices and are thrilled with the response from so many of our alumni. The editorial board, consisting of Natalia Bussard, Kathy Siedlaczek, John Fleming, and Marilynne Waithman have spent many hours with me in establishing the presence on the EDST website. Carl Luk has been our go to developer, and Tony Edwards, EdD Program Coordinator has been our thought provoking guide. This issue’s theme is focusing on the problematic of educational policy. Each of the contributors has presented both their experiences and perspectives on […]
Sep 04, 2025
Congrats to Mahfida Tahniat for her selection as a Climate Solutions Scholar
Learn more: https://climatesolutions.ubc.ca/solutions-scholars-program/meet-solutions-scholars https://climatesolutions.ubc.ca/profiles/mahfida-tahniat
Sep 02, 2025
Head’s statement for the academic year 2025-26
“The homeland will be when all of us will be strangers” — from a poem by Francesco Nappo (translated from the Italian)* Dear EDST Members, students, staff, and faculty: Greetings and hope the long weekend has been restful and re-invigorating. Today, Monday, September 2nd, 2025, we embark on a new academic year, 2025-2026. Welcome to all EDST members on campus, students, staff and faculty. Welcome all particularly to new colleagues and incoming students who join us for their first year on this campus. We embark on a new academic year in the midst of a world in full turmoil; a world […]
The Education of Mestizaje: A Folk Phenomenology
Recording Event SMAP’s Summer Virtual Speaker Series comes to an end on August 28th with a talk by Sam Rocha. Dr. Rocha is a Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia specializing in philosophy of education. You can find the details for his talk below and on the flyer attached. Everyone is welcome to attend the talk and we encourage you to spread the word. We look forward to seeing you there!
Aug 29, 2025
Inaugural Lecture – Dr. chuutsqa Rorick
https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/events/event/inaugural-lecture-dr-chuutsqa-rorick/