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Dissertation Writing Workshops with Dr. Autumn Knowlton: 10-Part Special Blog Series
In Memoriam: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Dissertation Training Series, Post 10 – Don’t Go in Circles: Writing, Editing, and Staying Sane
Dissertation Training Series, Post 9 – “What I Did, Why It Matters”: Writing Your Scholarly Conclusion
Dissertation Training Series, Post 8 – Weaving the Threads: Discussion and Meaning-Making
Dissertation Training Series, Post 7 – Sock Time: Presenting Your Findings with Clarity and Confidence
Dissertation Training Series, Post 6 – You Are the Method: Positionality, Ethics, and Making Knowledge
Dissertation Training Series, Post 5 – Kitchen Rules: Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks Explained
Dissertation Training Series, Post 4 – Conversations, Not Catalogues: Writing a Literature Review with Purpose
Dissertation Training Series, Post 3 – Hold the Target, Not the Dart: Crafting and Evolving Your Research Questions
Dissertation Training Series, Post 2 – From Jumble Sale to Funnel: Planning Your Dissertation for Clarity and Flow
Dissertation Training Series, Post 1 – Not a Book, Not a Mystery: What Your Dissertation Really Is
EDST Mindfulness with Mahfida: DIY Bookmark-Making Workshop
Winner of the 2025 EDST Research Day Blog Publication Award: Mahfida Tahniat (Two-Time Winner!)
EDST Mindfulness with Mahfida: Guided Meditation & Community Connection
EDST Mindfulness with Mahfida: Cherry Blossom Walking Tour at Nitobe
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Rob VanWynsberghe Recognized for Exemplary Supervision and Mentorship
Student Spotlight: Yotam Ronen Honoured for Building Academic Community
Staff Spotlight: Honouring Himadri Udahage Dona for Exemplary Service
EDST Research Day: Keynote Reflections from Dr. Taylor Webb on “Education in the Algorithmic Condition”
Research That Matters: Reflections from EDST Research Day 2025
EDST Well-Being Series: Mindfulness with Mahfida – March Flower Bouquet Making Workshop
Amplify Your Research: Join the EDST Research Day Podcast & Blog Award!
EDST Well-Being Series: Mindfulness with Mahfida – February Bracelet Making Workshop
EDST Research Day 2025: Education and the Machine
Need Ideas? Here Are Possible Topics for EDST Research Day 2025
From Idea to Submission: How to Prepare for EDST Research Day 2025
Responding to “Adorno’s Demand”: Disinformation, Genocide, and the Need for Radicalizing Education
PhD Dissertation Defence: Congratulations to Itamar Manoff
Writing Reflections from EDST 602A: Ria Misra & Kentaro Hasa
Colloquium #5: Not Free Inside, Not Free Outside: School Expulsion And The Problem Of Freedom
Winner of 2024 Research Day Blog Publication Award: Mahfida Tahniat!
Colloquium #4: Adult Learning to Increase PrEP Access and Prevent HIV in Vancouver
Remembering Sandy Abah
Letters and Journals of James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin: Insights into Colonial Governance Across Continents
Challenging Tropes in Canadian History Education: Lidia Jendzjowsky and Serena Pattar
Exploring Histories Confronting White Supremacy: Aneet Kahlon, Erin Villaronga Mulligan, and Mark McLean
Announcing: The Research Day Blog Publication Award
Colloquium #3: Cognitive Violence in Pedagogy: A Philosophical Approach— Silas Krabbe, Doctoral Colloquium
Navigating Anti-Colonialism in Education: An Interview with Aneet Kahlon
Colloquium #2: Co-developing the Indigenous Languages Act of Canada: Indigenous Roles in the Policy Process— Miranda Huron
Navigating Education and Community: An interview with Silas Krabbe
Colloquium #1: Higher Education Beyond Hope— Jed Anderson
EDST Welcome to the 2023-24′ Year
Prefigurative Education: The Case of Two Early 20th Century Educational Experiments (by Yotam Ronen)
How to Write Research Differently: Examples from a Comic Poetic Inquiry
“All Flourishing is Mutual”: Reciprocity, Education, and Braiding Sweetgrass
EDST Blog: Call for Papers (and Introduction to Editorial Board)
“On Public Facing Scholarship” by Itamar Manoff
On Academic Blogging (and an Invitation for the New Year)
Introduction to Blog Editor and Call for Editorial Board
Reflections on UBC’s Masters of Education, Adult Learning & Education
Remembrance, Solidarity, and Community: Commemorating Professor Michael Marker (1951-2021)
A River of Resilience
The Courage to Step into Comic Vulnerability
A ‘Hidden’ Crisis: The Cost of Power
Call for Submissions – Deadline Oct 5th
Laziness, Racism, and Systemic Change
Why I Can’t Hold Space for You Anymore, a Self-Examination Exercise
Academic Indian Job Description, a Poem
No One Matters Until Black Lives Matter
The Durable Archaeology of Anti-Black Racism in North America
Part 4: Working Students
Part 3: A Climate of Change?
Part 2: People living in poverty
Part 1: Our Elders
Against Normalcy

We acknowledge that UBC’s campuses are located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of Indigenous Peoples. The Point Grey campus is situated on the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) territory; the Okanagan campus is on the territory of the Syilx (Okanagan) Peoples; and UBC Robson Square and other Vancouver sites are on the territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
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