DISE Graduate Students Alexa Ahooja and Hannah Keim Win Prestigious Applied Linguistics Awards
DISE Graduate Students Alexa Ahooja, PhD Candidate in Educational Studies, and Hannah Keim, MA student in Second Language Education, have won the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (ACLA) Graduate Student Awards.
۲ݮƵ honours its accomplished researchers in Education
Two members of the Faculty of Education were bestowed with prestigious internal recognition awards from ۲ݮƵ University, for outstanding scholarship and research excellence.
DISE Professor Philip Howard Receives the 2024 CATR Award for Best Book
The new book by DISE Professor Philip Howard – Performing Postracialism: Reflections on Antiblackness, Nation, and Education through Contemporary Blackface in Canada, has won the Canadian Association for Theatre Research’s (CATR) Ann Saddlemyer Award.
CBC News Covers 34 Cree Teacher Graduates from Community-Based Programs
On May 30th, 34 students from across Eeyou Istchee graduated from ۲ݮƵ, in the first program that allows northern Quebec Cree to learn from home to become teachers in their own community.
CBC News featured an article covering the first time the Cree School Board and ۲ݮƵ University offered programs that help students get their teaching licence from home.
OFNIE Receives $2 Million Gift to Support Indigenous-Led Teaching Programs
Thanks to a major gift of almost $2 million from the Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF), OFNIE has a unique opportunity to improve its programs and grow its pool of expert First Nations and Inuit instructors.
OFNIE Receives $2 Million Gift to Support Indigenous-Led Teaching Programs
Thanks to a major gift of almost $2 million from the Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF), the Office of First Nations and Inuit Education (OFNIE) has a unique opportunity to improve its programs and grow its pool of expert First Nations and Inuit instructors.
Education Students Monica Shank Lauwo and Rasel Babu Earn Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship and Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
Two students from the Faculty of Education have earned a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship and Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship:
46 OFNIE Graduates in Summer 2024 Convocation
۲ݮƵ's Faculty of Education and theOffice of First Nations and Inuit Education (OFNIE) had a total of 46 graduates (16 deferred from Summer 2023 and 30 in 2023-2024) participate in the Summer 2024 convocation in the following programs:
Education Professor Claudia Mitchell Receives $2.5 Million in Funding for Visual Arts-Based Initiative
Gender disparities persist glaringly around the globe with gender-based violence standing out as one of the most widespread human rights violations. Alarmingly, only 52 per cent of women who are married or in a union freely make their own decisions about sexual relations, contraceptive use, and health care. The United Nations has identified transforming harmful gender norms as a critical goal among its 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.
Commentary by ۲ݮƵ researchers: GLOBALbookmarkInternational Students are Under Attack: What Can We Do?
Far from being welcomed with open arms, international students around the world are increasingly coming under both literal and metaphorical assault, write ۲ݮƵ Assistant Professor Emma Harden-Wolfson, PhD candidate and educator Shannon Hutcheson and Master's student Yvonne Zhang. Read more in their commentary for leading higher education news site University World News.
Welcome Message from the Dean / Message d'accueil du doyen
Dear members of the Faculty of Education Community,
I am so proud and excited to begin my term as your Dean (as of June 1, 2024). In this first message, I wanted to share with you my vision for our Faculty and tell you a bit about my background.
Chama Laassassy, M.A., Second Language Education, DISE, Awarded Pathy Fellowship
Chama Laassassy, M.A., Second Language Education, DISE, has been recognized for her leadership potential, strong ties with community, and innovative approaches to creating change, earning a Pathy Foundation Fellowship for 2024-2025.
Dr. Michael Lipset, DISE, Expanding a Creative Learning Model at SXSW EDU with 4 Learning
Working Nation, a US-based organization working to highlight career/technical education and vocational training across the country asked Dr. Michael Lipset (DISE) to appear on their video-based YouTube series highlighting workforce efforts in education.
Education's Award-Winning Academics this Convocation Season
Education’s inspiring mentors are being honoured for teaching and research this Convocation Season, with awards given by the Faculty of Education and ۲ݮƵ University: Faculty of Education’s 2024 Award for Distinguished TeachingDr. Janine Metallic (Assistant Professor, DISE)
The Therapeutic Value of Clowning Around
۲ݮƵ News recently published an article featuring Faculty of Education Alumni, Melissa Holland, BEd’98, the co-founder and co-artistic director of the Dr. Clown Foundation.
Her troupe of trained therapeutic clowns bring comfort, compassion, and plenty of laughs to hospitalized children and seniors in care facilities.