Prof. Handel Wright says Canada has a long way to go addressing racism after anti-racism adviser says she lost her federal job for criticizing Trudeau’s blackface.
News Link:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-woman-quit-anti-racism-job-1.5396287
Dr. Vanessa Andreotti was inducted into the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada, in Ottawa on November 22, 2019.
Congratulations on this achievement, Vanessa!
Dr. Lesley Andres is featured on the BC Council on Admissions and Transfers website this month for her longstanding scholarly contributions to the BCCAT. Well done Lesley!
See her profile here:
https://www.bccat.ca/pubs/ANDRES_Friend_of_BCCAT.pdf
Cash Ahenakew has published a new book with the Musagetes Organization, Canada:
“Towards Scarring our Collective Soul Wound (2019), by Cash Ahenakew with a foreword by Elwood Jimmy, Vanessa Andreotti, and Sharon Stein, continues the work of the book Towards Braiding and speaks to how different sensibilities relate to pain. Using the Sun Dance ceremony to center the work, Ahenakew gestures to alternative forms of healing that engage an understanding of our separation from the wider metabolism of which we form a part.”
Congratulations, Cash!
Congratulations to EDST’s Dr. Sharon Stein for having received 2019 UBC Hampton Fund New Faculty Grant. This grant seeks to help Assistant Professors in the early stages of their careers to establish a research record and become a stronger candidates for future external funding possibilities. 
Dear EDST Community,
On behalf of the Ts’’kel and SCPE programs, I am pleased to invite you to a screening of the documentary Fractured Land (2015) on Monday, November 18 in the Ponderosa Commons Multipurpose Room (PCOH 2012).
Fractured Land follows Caleb Behn (Eh-Cho Dene and Dunne Za/Cree from Treaty 8 territory), trying to make a difference in BC. The film has followed Caleb for four years as he balances his opposition to fracking in Northern BC with his studies at law school. I encourage you to find more information about the film at http://www.fracturedland.com/ where you can also watch a trailer. From the site:
Caleb sports a Mohawk and tattoos, hunts moose, and wears a business suit. His father is a devout environmentalist and residential school survivor. His mother works in the oil and gas industry. His people, at the epicenter of some of the largest fracking operations on earth, are deeply divided. How does Caleb balance their need for jobs with his sacred duty to defend their territory?
Date: Monday, November 18
Time: 2:00-3:15pm
Location: PCOH 2012
Admission: FREE
There is no need to RSVP for this screening. I hope to see you there!
The Department of Educational Studies has an opening for a Project Assistant (Tutor), to assist the instructor with delivery of the following online course in the Adult Learning and Global Change (ALGC) Program for the upcoming 2019-20 Winter Term 2 Session. The pay for this appointment will be similar to a Sessional Instructor position.
EDST 575, Work and Learning (online version), requires a Project Assistant to assist the Instructor with delivering the course. This is a required course in the M Ed in Adult Learning and Global Change (ALGC) program. The project assistant will lead small group discussions within the course, comprised of students from the collaborating universities, and assist with marking and other course-related matters as determined by the Instructor. Applicants should hold a doctoral degree in adult education (or closely related area), have experience with online learning, using Microsoft SharePoint, Office 360 and the Lisam platform. Tutors must be knowledgeable of, and understand, the international literature on research in Work and Learning.
Application Procedure
Letters of application should contain the following items: the Department Sessional application form, a current CV, the Post Secondary Teaching Experience Form and teaching evaluations if available. New applicants should also include the names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers of three referees. Forms are obtainable from the department website at http://edst.educ.ubc.ca/jobs/
If you would like further academic information, please contact:
Dr. Garnet Grosjean
Coordinator
Adult Learning and Global Change Program
e-mail: garnet.grosjean@ubc.ca
All positions are subject to enrollment minimums and budgetary approval, and are governed by Part 7 of the Collective Agreement on Conditions of Appointments for Sessional Faculty Members the remuneration for the assignment will be paid at the sessional pay scale at http://www.hr.ubc.ca/faculty-relations/collective-agreements/salary-agreement/#4
Please send applications to:
Shermila Salgadoe, Administrative Manager
Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Studies
Education Centre at Ponderosa Commons
6445 University Boulevard
Vancouver B.C. V6T 1Z2
or electronically to: shermila.salgadoe@ubc.ca
Deadline for applications: Friday, November 22, 2019
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.
Due to the number of applications we receive, we are not able to confirm receipt of submissions over the phone or by mail, nor can we provide the status of applicants except to those who are selected.
Congratulations Dr. Michelle Stack on being appointed a Peter Wall Scholar for 2020-2021.
From the Wall Scholars announcement page:
“As a Wall Scholar, Prof. Stack hopes to expand conversations around a networked approach of academics, activists, educators, and students to uncover the values and beliefs behind rankings, while offering space for the development of approaches to education that are grounded in social, environmental, and cognitive justice. Drawing on emerging work around arts and concepts of collectivity as a counter to intense competition and alienation, Prof. Stack will work with interested Wall Scholars and others in theatre, film, journalism, and creative writing to expand public conversations around rankings. Much of the critical research on rankings is in academic journals that may have a high impact in academic circles, but little influence on public discourse and policy framing. She plans to organize and host a series of events with a particular focus on using arts-based approaches to discuss what education beyond rankings might look and feel like.”
https://pwias.ubc.ca/profile/michelle-stack
