Mahfida Tahniat is a PhD student in the Department of Educational Studies (EDST) at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Prior to joining the EDST community, as a GREAT Scholar, she completed her MA in Education, Gender and International Development (EGID) from the Department of Education, Practice and Society (EPS) at the Institute of Education (IOE), University College London (UCL), UK. Her previous MA was in English Literature from the Department of English at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Her research interests include climate justice, social justice, environmental education and sustainable educational development. Supervisors: Professor Robert VanWynsberghe and Dr Hongxia Shan , Email: mahfida@student.ubc.ca