Presentation by Dr. Bathseba Opini
With Professor Dr. Ali A. Abdi as Respondent
Thursday October 29, 1-2pm
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Meeting ID: 671 8029 5041
Passcode: 309061
Professor Emeritus Dr. Charles Ungerleider was interviewed in The Tyee’s piece: Teachers’ Union Clashes with NDP Won’t Erode Support, Say Analysts
https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/10/02/Teachers-Union-NDP-Clash-Not-Erode-Support/
The Write: A Structured Academic Writing Retreat, with Dr. Rob VanWynsberghe
Date and time: Thursday October 22nd, 9:00am-2:00pm PT
Post-retreat discussion: Thursday October 22nd, 2:00pm-3:00pm PT
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Overview
The Write is an event, a mini- academic writing retreat designed to introduce and test our abilities to elicit the collective energy of a group to make progress in our own writing and thinking. Like any good event, the goal is achieving the liminal, a collective space that generates its own unique energy; in this case, in regards to our writing.
This is dedicated writing time in a supportive environment. Most of the time is for writing in the currently imaginary world of physically being in the same room with one another. Brief scheduled discussions between writing slots generate solutions to writing problems, research conversations and/or feedback on writing-in-progress. You can work on a range of writing projects: theses, chapters, books, reports, conference abstracts, grants, articles, research proposals, and all manner of social media. Aside from the liminal, we are seeking outcomes that include increased productivity, reduced stress, constructive conversations, heightened confidence in writing, and, of course, improved quality of writing.
Agenda
Please RSVP if you plan to attend. Please send any questions to your GAA team at edst.gaa@ubc.ca
EDST Student Cafés
Date and time: Friday October 9th at 6:30 pm PT, and Wednesday October 21st at 10:00 am PT
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Description: It can be difficult to get to know one another and catch up when we’re not running into each other in the halls between class, so this month the GAA team will be holding two social coffee hours. Bring your own warm drink and join us for a virtual, non-academic chat. The purpose is to meet on Zoom and hang out together, get to know people from the department who are not necessarily in your courses, and have some social time with other members of the department.
Please RSVP if you plan to attend. Please send any questions to your GAA team at edst.gaa@ubc.ca
Two SCPE Q&A sessions:
Oct 6: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/64252364235?pwd=cm0yZXRFdFd5NEs3aU9LRkhWSnBldz09
Meeting ID: 642 5236 4235
Passcode: 590735
Oct 20: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/66290407738?pwd=aFRVMUFmeVNsVlFZU1ZpaGZzckluZz09
Meeting ID: 662 9040 7738
Passcode: 009097
Speaker:
Dr. Sam Rocha
SCPE Coordinator
Associate Professor, EDST
EDST Student Cafés
Date and time: Friday October 9th at 6:30 pm PT, and Wednesday October 21st at 10:00 am PT
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Description: It can be difficult to get to know one another and catch up when we’re not running into each other in the halls between class, so this month the GAA team will be holding two social coffee hours. Bring your own warm drink and join us for a virtual, non-academic chat. The purpose is to meet on Zoom and hang out together, get to know people from the department who are not necessarily in your courses, and have some social time with other members of the department.
Please RSVP if you plan to attend. Please send any questions to your GAA team at edst.gaa@ubc.ca
Two SCPE Q&A sessions:
Oct 6: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/64252364235?pwd=cm0yZXRFdFd5NEs3aU9LRkhWSnBldz09
Meeting ID: 642 5236 4235
Passcode: 590735
Oct 20: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/66290407738?pwd=aFRVMUFmeVNsVlFZU1ZpaGZzckluZz09
Meeting ID: 662 9040 7738
Passcode: 009097
Speaker:
Dr. Sam Rocha
SCPE Coordinator
Associate Professor, EDST
The Art and Craft of Study, with Dr. Sam Rocha
Date and time: Wednesday September 30th, 2:00pm Vancouver Time
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Description: Over the years, Sam Rocha has offered an annual workshop on reading, writing, editing, and more. These have aimed to give graduate students a sense of the discrete tasks of graduate study. Many of these practical tips and guides have taken inspiration from Rocha’s more formal academic work on the phenomenology of study which, in turn, draws heavily from Rocha’s practice as a musician. In this workshop, Rocha will try to speak more broadly about study, gathering together some of the better advice from previous years and leaving the floor open to questions and discussion to follow.
Please RSVP if you plan to attend. Please send any questions to your GAA team at edst.gaa@ubc.ca
Responding to Racism Series
Thursday, September 24, 2020 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Featuring Dr. Njoki Wane
Professor at OISE/University of Toronto Chair of the Social Justice Education Department
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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/69739166581?pwd=YnhOUW1qQUZsNWw3OEkrYXNJWm54QT09
Meeting ID: 697 3916 6581
Passcode: 121426
About:
“History is not everything, but is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is a compass they use to find themselves on the map of human geography. It tells them where they are but, more importantly what they must be” (Henrik Clarke: 1997, p.38).
An analysis of scholarship and research on Canadian history reveals some omissions. In this conversation, I will be focusing on Anti-Black racism from a historical as well as contemporary standpoint. A conversation on the writings about people of African ancestry will ultimately synthesize deeply contextualized knowledge. It will generate a series of conversations and suggestions tailored towards making sense of the complexities of Blackness, as well as the reasons Anti-Black racism persists. Drawing on my past and current scholarship, particularly my most recent book: “From My Mother’s Back: A Journey from Kenya to Canada”; I will engage with the following questions:
In examining these questions, I hope that together we can focus on real solutions not only to dismantle these oppressive structures, but to also consider and provide concrete ways to empower Black people, especially students, so they can carve academic and life pathways that speak to them.
Bio:
Njoki Wane, PhD is currently serving as Chair in the Department of Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). She also served as Director, Center for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies (CIARS) at OISE from 2006 to 2014. Professor Wane is a recognized scholar in the areas of Black feminisms in Canada & Africa, African indigenous knowledges, Anti-colonial and decolonizing education and African women and spirituality.
