EDST Graduate Students

January 24, 2018 (Wednesday) • 12:15pm to 1:15pmPCOH2012 (Multipurpose Room) Hosted by Dr. Amy Metcalfe Comprehensive exams are something every Ph.D. student has to face in their programmes. In this workshop, Dr. Amy Metcalfe will “demystify” various aspects of the comprehensive exams, including tips on how (and when) to prepare for them, and what to expect. This workshop is designed for Ph.D students preparing for their comps, but M.A/M.Ed students who are interested in pursuing a Ph.D programme are most welcome too! RSVP CLOSED

January 15, 2018 (Monday) • 3:00pm to 4:30pmPCOH1306A (Video Conference Room) Hosted by Mary Kostandy Are you interested in creating your own professional blog or website? Wait no further! Bring your laptop, ideas, texts, images, media, links and let’s start building! In this hands-on step by step session, you will explore the difference between blogs and websites, publish posts, add media, customize themes and more! RSVP CLOSED

January 12, 2018 (Friday) • 11:30am to 2:00pmUBC Seedlings Café Hosted by your GAAs Welcome back to school! Join your GAAs for a casual lunchtime gathering at Seedlings Cafe. Share your stories and memories from over the holidays, and perhaps a resolution or two as well? Please note that food and drinks are not provided at this event, but the menu at Seedlings is very reasonably-priced and you are encouraged to support their non-profit, volunteer-run initiative! RSVP CLOSED

Hosted by Dr. Isabeau Iqbal As a graduate student, you are also a professional keen to grow your career and connect with others in your field. LinkedIn is a popular social network which can help you do that! In this workshop, I will: 1) Provide an introduction to LinkedIn; 2) Review the main features of LinkedIn which are useful for graduate students seeking to grow their careers and network; 3) Offer 5 tips for getting started on LinkedIn. Participants will leave with a solid grasp of how LinkedIn can help…read more

Hosted by Paulina Semenec & Claudia Díaz-Díaz, Ph.D Candidates, EDST Join Paulina Semenec and Claudia Díaz-Díaz for a discussion of how post-humanist theories have informed their research with children. In this research sharing session, they will discuss their individual research projects in which they are attempting to reconceptualize the child, and the implications this has for research with children in educational settings. Join this discussion if you would like to learn about posthumanism and or are curious about how thinking with posthumanist theories and methodologies can inform research practices. Posthuman…read more

Publishing your work is part-and-parcel of academic life, but the process of doing so could be particularly daunting for graduate students! In this workshop, Dr. Vanessa Andreotti (EDST) will walk you through the intricacies of the publication process, and introduce strategies and techniques you could use to get your work into the field. Writing for Publication Date: November 6, 2017 (Monday)Time: 11:00am – 12:00nnLocation: PCOH 2012 (Multipurpose Room)Event Poster: Click here RSVP CLOSED

Hosted by Shayna Hornstein, B.Sc. Reg (P.T.) There is increasing attention in adult education to the benefits of embracing embodied and emotional learning (Freiler, 2008; Nguyen & Larson, 2015; Walker & Palacios, 2016). This workshop will offer simple embodied activities to explore the topic of difficult situations. If you are preparing for a conversation with your supervisor or any other challenging exchange, come and explore somatic techniques to support yourself in these situations. For more information about this workshop, please refer to the event poster. Workshop: Preparing for a difficult…read more