
Nov 18, 2019 4 – 6:30 pm
PCOH BALLROOM (Ponderosa Commons North Oak House)
When and why did we lose our capacity to sense and respond to these and other pressing threats to the possibility of continued life on the planet?
Record breaking forest fires, irreversible bio-diversity loss, exponential deforestation, atypical floods, droughts, and extreme weather, toxic substances in the soil and the water, harmful carbon trading practices, illegal invasions of protected territories…
Ninawa Huni Kui will present the analysis and the wake up call that have been issued by the Huni Kui people who, along with other Indigenous groups, are considered the Guardians of the Amazon forest in in Brazil.
Talk sponsored by Dr. Vanessa Andreotti, CRC in Race Inequalities and Global Change, Department of Educational Studies, the Faculty of Education, and Indigenous Teacher Education Program.
“Nature is not a commodity. It is alive. And it is sacred! ”
Chief Ninawa Huni Kui is the President of the Federation of the Huni Kui People in Acre, Brazil. He is the spokesperson for nearly 15000 Indigenous people in 104 villages across 12 indigenous territories in the state of Acre, in Brazil. Ninawa is also a medicine student at the Amazonian University of Pando, in Bolivia.
Suggested donation at the door: $10.
All proceeds go towards the Federation of the Huni Kui People in Acre, Brazil.

Hosted by: Daniel Jordan and Dr. Robert VanWynsberghe.
Join us for an interactive workshop on thesis & proposal writing. Topics covered include making the most out of your coursework to develop your thesis, selecting your research committee, securing ethics approval, conducting a literature review, collecting data and more!
Daniel Jordan, BA (Hons.), is nearing completion of his master’s thesis in Adult Learning Education (ALE) at UBC. Daniel also runs a private residential addiction & trauma treatment centre with his family and is acting executive director of a learned society, International Network on Personal Meaning (INPM).
Dr. Robert VanWysnberghe is an Associate Professor in EDST.
Please RSVP
Master’s Thesis Session October 2019

Viewing the landscape of doctoral education against the horizon of policy: Placing ourselves in the academic arboretum
First webinar of the series “Committing Ourselves to Justice: Doctoral Education for Complex Times”. Organized by CIRGE
When: November 18th, 2019
Time: 9.30 am (Pacific Time)
Physical location: Miller Hall, Room 411, College of Education, University of Washington, Seattle
Digital Location: https://washington.zoom.us/j/395503138

We Should Be Writing
PCOH 1008
10:00 am – 1:30pm
Hosted by: Yotam Ronen and EDST’s GAAs
Join EDST’s Writing Group and guest speaker Dr. Alison Taylor for a mini-lecture and Q&A on blogging from 10:00am-10:30am followed by time to write until 1:30pm.
Please RSVP
We Should Be Writing October 2019

Tenure Track Position (open rank) in Indigenous Education and Advancement
Please view PDF file above for details
Applications due by 15th November 2019
Connect with Education graduate students and alumni.
Listen to and share your career narratives and experiences.
November 14, 2019
5:00pm to 8:00 pm
Ponderosa Commons Oak House, Ballroom, UBC
Details:
https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/careerday/
RSVP here before Nov 1st
http://bit.ly/EDSTCareerDay
This event is organized by the EDST Graduate Academic Assistants.
For questions email edst.gaa@ubc.ca

EDST SCHOLARS IN THE NEWS:
Michelle Stack takes on university rankings and the need scrutinize elite schools in The Vancouver Sun and The Conversation.
Vancouver Sun
The Conversation

Shelley Coburn, Langley School Trustee and graduate of the SCPE MEd, speaks about her experiences finding the right support and education for her son, in this new documentary (https://skidsdoc.com/) about Vanguard Secondary School in Langley.

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

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
