Tag: Reflections
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Remembering Sandy Abah
From Alison Taylor and Claudia Ruitenberg Sandy was the Graduate Program Assistant in Educational Studies between 2013 and 2019. When Alison was Graduate Advisor from 2017 to 2019, she worked closely with her. In the same role, Claudia worked closely with her from 2014 to 2017. She worked at UBC for almost 25 years and…
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Exploring Histories Confronting White Supremacy: Aneet Kahlon, Erin Villaronga Mulligan, and Mark McLean
This is the first post in a new series from the course “Topics in the History of Education: Histories Confronting White Supremacy,” led by Professor Mona Gleason. This course delves into colonialization, racism, and systemic oppression, exploring how historical understanding shapes our world today. In this series, students collaborated to craft blog posts where they…
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“All Flourishing is Mutual”: Reciprocity, Education, and Braiding Sweetgrass
This presentation was originally given at the 2021 EDST Research Day. EDST students and faculty are invited to share their own reflections, presentations, or memories from Research Day 2023. Amidst the pandemic in 2021, EDST students, faculty, and staff gathered on Zoom one Saturday in April. The conference opened with introductory remarks from Dr. Margaret…
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Reflections on UBC’s Masters of Education, Adult Learning & Education
Samantha Robinson As I approach graduation from the Masters of Education, Adult Learning & Education program at the University of British Columbia (UBC), I find myself in a moment of pause as I intentionally take time for reflection. What have I learned over the last two years in this program? What made sense and was…
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Remembrance, Solidarity, and Community: Commemorating Professor Michael Marker (1951-2021)
André Elias Mazawi[*] “My work in the history of education has been like a Coast Salish canoe journey through time and space.” Michael Marker On December 23, 2020, around three weeks before Professor Michael Marker’s untimely passing on January 15, 2021, I emailed him to convey my good sentiments for the winter break and my…
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The Courage to Step into Comic Vulnerability
Gabriella Maestrini Stepping into any kind of comic relationship as teacher, researcher or artist is an act of vulnerability, death and courage. Vulnerability in letting oneself be open to the comic teachings and possibilities which come with a piece of death of oneself to meet an ‘other’ and an act of courage to speak up…
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A ‘Hidden’ Crisis: The Cost of Power
Jed Anderson “Technique has penetrated the deepest recesses of the human being. The machine tends not only to create a new human environment, but also to modify man’s very essence.” -Jacques Ellul[1] The Technological Society On a starless night in August, I drove with a clergyman friend through a lightning storm into what seemed like…
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Laziness, Racism, and Systemic Change
Laziness, racism, and systemic change Jude Walker I’m lazy. In saying this it may seem that I’ve embraced yet another identity marker: woman, white, educated…lazy. I say this not as a point of pride nor of shame but as an offering. I think we’re all lazy when we have the opportunity to be. The history…
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Part 1: Our Elders
By Alison Taylor As we enter the second month of social-distancing and self-isolation, and as curves ‘flatten’ in some parts of Canada, there’s speculation about how our communities will ‘get back to normal.’ It’s a good time, therefore, to reflect on what parts of ‘normal’ life are not worth reviving post-COVID 19 and what issues…
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Against Normalcy
By Alison Taylor I write this series of blog posts as the Covid-19 pandemic moves into its third month and in response to media stories about “when things get back to normal.” It strikes me that the pandemic has shown us some of the cracks in systems; if taken seriously, it could spark fruitful discussion…