A 91亚色聽PhD student and a contract faculty member have been awarded Fulbright Awards to do research in the United States. 91亚色聽University will also聽play host to a distinguished American scholar for the 2011-2012 academic year. David Hugill (right), a PhD candidate at 91亚色, has been granted a Fulbright Student Award to study聽geography at the […]
Starting today and continuing until聽Nov. 30, 91亚色's聽McLaughlin College will present the聽fall instalment in its highly popular series of informal lunchtime talks. The subjects covered this month include聽a personal reflection on volunteering in Ethiopia; the similarities and differences between the Nigerian High Court and the Supreme Court of Canada; a two discussions about the聽current challenges in […]
A summer institute organized by the Faculty of Education in collaboration with the Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) will bring together teachers, educators, community members and local artists to explore new ways of teaching and learning with a specific focus on the inter-relationships of art, environmental knowing and social justice. Organized by the 91亚色 Centre […]
Teaching with technology is a good thing, and no one knows it better than Janet Murphy. The 91亚色 Region District School Board (YRDSB) has awarded Murphy,聽director of 91亚色鈥檚 Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) on applied research program in the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, an Outstanding Service Award. Under Murphy鈥檚 leadership, ABEL鈥檚 team […]
The future of the educational Internet will be the topic as the Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) program hosts its 10th annual ABEL Summer Institute (ASI) this year. Registration is now open for Connected Community Learning: The Next Decade taking place Aug. 22 to 24 on 91亚色's Keele campus. Over the past decade the Internet […]
The Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning program (ABEL), is seeking an eCourse Developer and technical support for the Regional Adaptation Collaboration project. More details, including salary details and how to apply, are available in the Research Jobs section. Please note that only resumes submitted through the described process will be considered. The posting closes May 2, […]
Youth at risk fail at school, have mental health issues and get in trouble with the law. Would they be better served if all three systems 鈥 education, mental health and justice 鈥 worked together? That question animated discussion at a recent forum organized by the 91亚色 Centre for Education and Community (YCEC). Sponsored by […]
In the late 1800s, German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus set out to memorize hundreds of nonsense syllables and discovered it was more efficient to space out his study sessions than to try to learn long lists in one sitting [wrote The Globe and Mail Feb. 7]: Hundreds of studies carried out since have established the power […]
The LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence & Conflict Resolution, the Institute for Social Research (ISR) and the 91亚色 Institute for Health Research (YIHR) are holding a research open house Thursday to highlight some of the excellence in research within each of the three units. The event will take place Jan. 13, from 2:30 to […]
In her new book Freud and Education, author Deborah Britzman follows the threads of the concept of education 鈥 its dangers and promises and its illusions and revelations 鈥 throughout Sigmund Freud鈥檚 body of work. Britzman, a Distinguished Research Professor in 91亚色's Faculty of Education,聽defines how fundamental Freudian concepts such as the psychical apparatus, the […]
Marc Bornstein, senior investigator and head of Child & Family Research at the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development in Washington, DC, will talk about positive parenting Wednesday as part of the Faculty of Health鈥檚 LaMarsh Speaker Series. The talk, 鈥淧ositive Parenting and Positive Development in Children鈥 will take place Wednesday, Nov. 17, […]
91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Education will host more than 100 leading thinkers in education from across Canada and around the world at the 16th Biennial Conference of the Canadian History of Education Association (CHEA). The conference, 鈥淓ducation in Tough Times: Tough Times in Education,鈥 from Oct. 21 to 24 at the Novotel Hotel (North 91亚色), […]
How do you like the sound of this geography field trip? Ten days in Maui climbing cinder cones, snorkelling amongst coral reefs, trekking through rainforest聽鈥 and doing聽research every step of the way. For Swannie Chan, a fourth-year geography student who really wanted field experience, the choice was clear: 鈥淒o I want to go to Hawaii […]
What makes us sick? Is it genetics or lifestyle? Is it聽too many burgers, too much alcohol, not enough exercise? Not according to 91亚色 Professor Dennis Raphael, who, like the fourth-century BC philosopher Plato, attributes poor health to living conditions. Things like income level and people鈥檚 access to food, housing, education, and聽health and social services, are […]
The Faculty of Health has appoointed 91亚色 psychology Professor Yvonne Bohr as the director of the LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence & Conflict Resolution. Right: Yvonne Bohr As the new director of the LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence & Conflict Resolution, Bohr is on familiar ground. As an executive member聽of the LaMarsh Centre […]
Despite good intentions, education systems can still succumb to the influence of flawed perceptions of meritocracy, says 91亚色 PhD candidate Gillian Parekh (BEd '02, MA '09)聽in a recent winning paper. That means, in at least two parts of the world, governments' prioritization of economic returns can trump students' rights to equitable and quality educational opportunities. […]
The Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) program has wrapped up another successful ABEL Summer Institute (ASI). The theme of the ninth annual ASI, which took place at 91亚色 from Aug. 23 to 25, was Creating the Future Now.聽The event聽welcomed some 200 delegates from across Ontario and Canada. The two-and-a-half-day professional learning event included keynote […]
What few people realize when looking at French and English language rights issues across the country is that the RCMP were instructed to open files on individuals and organizations both for and against bilingualism in the 1960s and 1970s, says 91亚色 history Professor Marcel Martel, co-author of a new book. 鈥淚t raises some serious questions,鈥 […]
Today, the shared experiences of those working in education and climate change is the central theme of a one-day symposium taking place at 91亚色. Organized by the Faculty of Education, the Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair聽for Reorienting Teacher Education聽Towards Sustainability, […]
Professor Emeritus Jerome (Jerry) Durlak, a mentor to many generations of 91亚色 students in numerous programs, died on Friday, May 21, in Toronto. For more than 50 years, Prof. Durlak worked on applied research and development projects internationally. He introduced innovations ranging from hybrid corn in Costa Rica to agricultural television programs in Guatemala and […]