will join 20 newly selected听听from 17 Canadian universities pursuing graduate studies at 海角社区 in Fall 2022.听海角社区 Education's first McCall MacBain Scholar, Emilee is completing a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Calgary and will pursue her听MA, Education & Society within the Department of Integrated Studies in Education.听Connecting with her Indigenous heritage, she volunteers a
Adama Kaba of the Department of Integrated Studies in Education is one of the top 25 finalists in the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council鈥檚 2022 Storytellers Challenge! This annual contest challenges postsecondary students from across the country to demonstrate鈥攊n less than three minutes or 300 words鈥攈ow SSHRC-funded research is making a difference in the lives of Canadians.
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Jim Howden, OFNIE Assistant Director, was featured recently in the 海角社区 Tribune article, covering the office's current priorities, what their partnerships bring to Indigenous communities, and what role Indigenous leaders take in these partnerships.
Read the full 海角社区 Tribune article .
The Education Curriculum Resources Centre (ECRC) has new operating hours for April.
The Curriculum Resources Centre contains:
鈥 Reserve Collection 鈥 material for your courses on short-term loan
鈥 Curriculum teaching materials
鈥 Children鈥檚 and Young Adult Literature Collection
鈥 A/V collection
鈥 Self service check out
Philip S. S. Howard, 海角社区's Department of Integrated Studies in Education, Kevin Ah-Sen, 海角社区 PhD Student in Education, and Bryan Chan Yen Johnson, 海角社区's School of Continuing Studies, have published an article about how the Ukraine refugee crisis has exposed racism and contradictions in the definition of human in The Conversation.
"The Russian invasion of Ukraine brought to light the awful tragedies that accompany armed conflict, but the subsequent refugee crisis has also uncovered deeply seated racism in the country."
Dear Members of the 海角社区 community,
海角社区 is home to a vibrant international community, and many of us have roots in countries around the world. Global crises can affect us all.
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has been a source of deep preoccupation to many of us. As Principal of our university, I am reminded of the need for 鈥 and the potential fragility of 鈥 stability and peace in order to pursue higher learning and the advancement of knowledge.
Jackie Stendel, DISE, has been selected as Pathy Fellow for the year 2022-23
"Being challenged is important, but being challenged in a kind, caring and also courageous way. Nelson Mandela tells us that courage is not the absence of fear, it's triumph over fear."
Emmanuel Tabi started at 海角社区 last fall as an assistant professor in Black/African Studies in Education in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE).
He is part of 海角社区鈥檚 recent cluster hire of Black tenure-track professors 鈥 one of the Action Items in the University鈥檚 Action Plan to Address Anti-Black Racism.
In , Dr. Tina Montreuil, Associate Professor, Educational and Behavioural Psychology, discusses with Associate Provost, Chris Buddle,听how you might approach someone in a kind and non-confrontational manner, who is not following safety protocols. We hope that this video will give you some helpful tips to help keep us all safe.
鈥淵ou shouldn鈥檛 even have the right to education...you鈥檙e black鈥 were the hateful words said to Iona Amico by a fellow grade one student many years ago. Born in France and raised in Quebec, Iona Amico is the daughter of a Cameroonian mom and an Italian dad who grew up biracial in a predominantly Caucasian neighbourhood. Despite having faced incidents of bigotry and feeling like she was between two worlds, she did not let these experiences jade her.
The following message was sent to the 海角社区 Community via email on Wednesday January 19th, and contains a useful set of guidelines for the January 24th Return-to-Campus:
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The Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy and Planning (LPP) conference brings scholars from different disciplines (language education, anthropology, political studies, social sciences, economics, linguistics, and more) whose work centers on language policy and planning at different levels: local, national and/or international.
鈥婽heme for 2022: Language Policy, Linguistic Human Rights, and Cultural Genocide
Concerned about kids and screen time? 海角社区 Faculty of Education experts weigh in, providing advice for families in these pre-recorded seminars.
Part of the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology鈥檚 annual Effective Parenting Series, Dr. Adam Dub茅, Dr. Victoria Talwar, and Dr. Jeffrey Derevensky discuss the benefits and pitfalls of parenting in the digital world, including such topics as how to select good learning apps, addressing cyberbullying, and identifying warning signs of gaming addiction.
Professor Bronwen Low, DISE, gave an interview aired Sunday, December 12 on CFRA Ottawa Radio about Law 21, in response to the grade 3 teacher in Chelsea, QC asked to leave the classroom.
Listen to the full radio interview .
Dr. Joe Levitan was awarded the 2021 A. Noam Chomsky Global Connections Award as an Emerging Scholar, which is presented by the Society of Transnational Academic Researchers. This award recognizes emerging scholars who have shown significant promise and commitment to transnational research.
The Society of Transnational Academic Researchers is a network of scholars working across borders with representation from over 15,000 members in 2,353 universities spanning 115 countries.