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I am honoured to be invited to be a keynote panelist at the @oiseuoft.bsky.social Centre for Leadership and Diversity 6th Annual International Conference in Toronto this October. The panel will respond to the conference theme: Leadership for Renewal, Sustenance, and Resistance in Challenging Times.

📚 NEW: Associate Professor Cassie J. Brownell (brownellcassie.bsky.social) has been named winner of the 2025 Media Literacy Award from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)! Congrats, Professor! #OISECelebrates

Learn more: ncte.org/awards/ncte-...

We’re delighted that our #CenTCS #Fellow, @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social will be speaking on the keynote panel at this conference hosted by one of our #InternationalAffiliates: the Centre for Leadership and Diversity @oiseuoft.bsky.social

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OISE GSA Picnic & Potluck – In Partnership with OISE Alumni Association Join us for a fun-filled OISE GSA Fall Picnic in 2025, partnering with the OISE Alumni Association - it's going to be a blast!

🥪🦋 Join your peers at our OISE's Graduate Student Association and @oisealumfriends.bsky.social picnic on Sept. 20! Celebrate the start of the new academic year with food, games, and community connections for students and alumni.

RSVP at www.eventbrite.com/e/oise-gsa-p...

Heading back to school to change your career? Do your homework first, experts say Daniel Buchardt was about seven years into a sales career when he looked around the insurance company he worked for and realized that not only did the job feel monotonous,

Heading back to school for a career change? Experts say do your homework first. 🎓

OISE professor Lance McCready weighs in on what adult learners need to know before making the leap. #OISEBacktoSchool

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Anticipation and big dreams: Meet 5 new U of T students Incoming students at the University of Toronto are excited for the challenges ahead – and for the many opportunities that will shape their experiences.  From Halifax to Astana, Kazakhstan, they’ve eac...

🗣️ “Choosing U of T [OISE] was an intentional decision: its emphasis on curriculum, policy reform, and praxis aligns perfectly with my goal of transforming ... challenges into meaningful solutions.”

Welcome to OISE, Suroor Mansouri! @utoronto.ca www.utoronto.ca/news/anticip...

U of T honours community champion Jean Augustine Jean Augustine, a revered educator, politician and social activist, is the 2025 recipient of the prestigious Rose Wolfe Award.

🎓 The Honourable Jean Augustine – politician, social activist and OISE alum – receives this year’s prestigious Rose Wolfe Distinguished Alumni Award. She has devoted her career to expanding opportunity, advancing equity and sharing knowledge.

The story: alumni.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-hon...

📚 Welcome/Welcome back to OISE! As the year begins, we're sharing our new academic plan! Our community came together to reflect on our challenges and opportunities and establish goals and priorities to move us forward.

Read on: www.oise.utoronto.ca/home/sites/d...

#UofTBacktoSchool

Dr. Susan French’s gift transforms into unprecedented bursary investment in practitioner-based research | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Before Dr. Susan French gave a substantial gift to OISE, she met a critical crossroad as a teenager in rural Nova Scotia. Dr. French chose a career in nursing and later, education.

NEW: Before Dr. Susan French gave a substantial gift to OISE, she met a critical crossroad as a teenager in rural Nova Scotia. Then, Dr. French chose a career in nursing – with education at the heart of her work. #UofTDefyGravity
@utoronto.ca www.oise.utoronto.ca/about/news/0...

📚 Dr. Tiya Miles, renowned scholar, historian, and National Book Award-winning author provided a thoughtful presentation about the interconnections between African Americans and Native Americans across time and space.

ICYMI, the livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbyU...

📸 Jenna Muirhead

🎓 #OISEGrad25: The newly minted Dr. Wraychel Gilmore is a long tenured child and youth advocate. She comes away with a new title, and her dissertation is set for trade publication in 2026!

Congrats to you, Dr. Gilmore!

Learn about her story: www.oise.utoronto.ca/about/news/0...

OISE Dean's Salon - Afro-Indigenous Intersections: Past and Present | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education OISE is honoured to welcome Dr. Tiya Miles, renowned scholar, historian, and National Book Award-winning author. Her talk will explore interconnections between African Americans and Native Americans a...

📺 WATCH: OISE is honoured to welcome Dr. Tiya Miles, renowned scholar, historian, and National Book Award-winning author, to our halls.

Her feature conversation begins at 2 p.m. Tune in now!

www.oise.utoronto.ca/home/about/e...

🎓 The journey of the newly bestowed Dr. Shelly Khushal has been explored in this story by YorkRegion dot com! #OISEGrad24

www.yorkregion.com/news/from-ta...

Opinion: Canada can lead efforts to reform foreign aid that neither cuts nor continues the status quo In this perilous time for aid, Canadians have a responsibility to those outside our borders, but the current humanitarian system is flawed. The Carney government can lead a third way forward

📚 Professor Francine Menashy, for the Globe and Mail, about Canada’s foreign aid efforts, arguing that aid agencies believe that Canada could provide a much-needed backstop with USAID cuts.

Paywalled: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Educators, researchers, student leaders: Meet OISE’s student leadership award winners for 2025 | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Samantha Burns, Zian Zhang, Ghazal Malik, and Si Jia Wu were named the OISE-based winners of the University of Toronto Student Leadership Award in 2025.

🎓 Zian Zhang, Si Jia Wu, Samantha Burns, and Ghazal Malik have joined the crop of 2025 winners of the University of Toronto Student Leadership Awards!

Congrats, to you all!

Learn more: www.oise.utoronto.ca/about/news/0...

OISE doctoral students prepare to showcase their research on educational leadership, participatory youth research and climate education at AERA 2025 | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Each year, the AERA Annual Meeting brings together scholars worldwide to share the latest in education research. For OISE doctoral students Isabel Núñez and John Pierre Craig, it’s a valuable opportun...

In two weeks, OISE researchers will present their latest at AERA 2025. Among them are PhD students Isabel Nunez & John Pierre Craig, who will showcase their research on educational leadership, participatory youth research, and climate education. www.oise.utoronto.ca/home/about/n...

In support of community: Meet our 2025 OISE Staff Excellence Award winners | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Three staff are being recognized for their remarkable contributions to supporting the academic and professional journeys of OISE community members.

✌️ Staff at OISE play a vital role in supporting faculty and students in their academic and professional journeys. Our Staff Excellence Awards are a special acknowledgement of their great contributions.

Learn about our 2025 recipients 🙌 www.oise.utoronto.ca/about/news/0...

‘Principled, thoughtful service’: Meet the 2025 winners of OISE’s Teaching Excellence Awards | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Erminia Pedretti, Laurie Faith, Lance T. McCready, Andrzej Szieb, and Katherine E. Entigar are receiving excellence honours from the Institute for 2025.

📚 Five faculty members at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education are being recognized for their selfless service to their students and communities.

Learn more about our Teaching Excellence Awards and this year's winners. Congrats to them!

www.oise.utoronto.ca/about/news/0...

Melanie Woodin named U of T’s 17th president Melanie Woodin, an internationally recognized neuroscientist who studies the mechanisms underlying learning and memory in the brain, has been named the University of Toronto’s 17th president.

📚 The OISE community congratulates Professor Melanie Woodin on her appointment as the next President of the University of Toronto!

Learn more: www.utoronto.ca/news/univers...

Professor Jeffrey Ansloos awarded Dorothy Killam Fellowship for research on suicide prevention and environmental health in Indigenous communities | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos has been named one of this year’s laureates of a prestigious Dorothy Killam Fellowship. This is the first time in almost 30 years that an OISE faculty member has been awarded the f...

Congratulations to Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos on being awarded a prestigious Dorothy Killam Fellowship! His research on suicide prevention and environmental health in Indigenous communities is key to shaping healthier futures. www.oise.utoronto.ca/home/about/n... @jeffreyansloos.bsky.social

📚 On Apr. 8, the Indigenous Literatures Lab at OISE and Another Story bookstore present an insightful evening of conversation with Métis scholar Dr. Aubrey Jean Hanson and globally recognized Métis author Katherena Vermette.

Learn more and register at becominggoodrelatives.eventbrite.ca

'Rematriating Justice' book editors, contributors convene at OISE to call for justice for Indigenous women and girls | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education On Feb. 24, co-editors of and contributors to the collection 'Rematriating Justice: Honouring the Lives of Our Sisters in Spirit' spoke about its themes.

#IWD2025: Reflecting on six years since the release of The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, 'Rematriating Justice' book editors & contributors convene at OISE to call for justice: www.oise.utoronto.ca/home/about/n...

S01E08: Carrie Ngo - Choosing institutions | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education In this episode, we discuss students and their decision-making processes when choosing a post-secondary institution with Carrie Ngo, the Student Success Counsellor and Post-Secondary advisor at Holy T...

🔈 NEW EPISODE: The Your Paper Sucked But It Will Change The University podcast chats with OISE alumna Carrie Ngo, a student success counsellor, about choosing a post-secondary institution.

Check out the YPS pod, where you get your podcasts: www.oise.utoronto.ca/home/yourpap...

The Centre for Leadership & Diversity presents it's next Focus on Research Series on April 1, 2025 @ 1:00 pm, with Dr. Rania Sawalhi @oiseuoft.bsky.social @lhaecomms.bsky.social 💫

Link to register:
oise-utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

See you there! 💫

@drannlopez.bsky.social

🔊 LISTEN: In this episode of Curious Campus, a CIUT FM radio show, Professor Shawna-Kaye Tucker discusses her latest paper – which talks about the experiences in including Jamaican creole in heritage language education.

www.podbean.com/ep/pb-ku3w2-...

Ramadan Mubarak to all those observing. May this blessed month bring peace, reflection, and many blessings to you and your loved ones. 🌙

"We haven't really seen higher education as a long-term investment." — Elizabeth Buckner (@oiseuoft.bsky.social). Are the provincial parties ignoring a crisis? Tonight at 8/11pm with Anne Sado (@gbcollege.bsky.social), @alexusherhesa.bsky.social, and @namshine.bsky.social #onpoli #onpse

You're invited! 🎉 Join OISE Dean Erica Walker for a special reception at the Discovery Centre in Halifax.

Explore interactive exhibits in the Energy, Flight & Health Gallery, enjoy drinks and appetizers, and celebrate the power of STEM education with fellow alumni! Register today: buff.ly/4hXF8p7

Black Research Network: A legacy of care: UTSC prof reflects on grandfather’s pioneering career in education and activism Nicole Bernhardt keeps three artifacts in her office to remember her grandfather, Wilson O. Brooks.  They include his University of Toronto transcript,...

OISE alum Wilson O. Brooks made history in 1971 when he became the TDSB's first Black principal. With nearly 40 years in education, his influence extended beyond the classroom; he was a dedicated activist who shaped initiatives for a more equitable city. 💙 buff.ly/42N2DMJ