CIDEC Seminars/Events Series Winter/Spring 2013
Winter/Spring 2013
January 22th, 4:30-6:00 pm (Room 7-105)
Speaker: Sarfaroz Niyozov, Associate Professor & CIDEC Co-Director
Topic: Encountering Globalization in Central Asia: Is There an Alternative to Neoliberalism?
January 30th, 11:30-1:00 p.m. (Room 7-105)
Speaker: Mehrunnisa Ahmad Ali, Professor (CERIS)
Topic: "Why can't newcomer parents and their children's teachers talk to each other?"
February 5th, 11:30-1:00 pm (Room 7-105)
Speakers: Nico and Rona van Oudenhoven, International Child Development Initiatives (ICDI) International Action Research, the Netherlands
Topic: Policy, Training and Intervention Approaches Benefiting Children and Youth At Risk
February 20th,11:30-1:00 pm (Room 7-105)(Via Skype)
Speaker: Dr. Mir Afzal Tajik, Professor, The Aga Khan University, Tanzania
Topic: Transforming Teachers' Practices in Afghanistan
February 22nd, 9:00 am-3:00 pm (Room 7-105)
Student Research Symposium - 9 CIDE students present their research in 3 sessions
Topics: CLICK HERE FOR PROGRAM
March 6th, 4:30-6:00 pm (Room 7-105)
Speaker 1: Brenton Faubert, PhD Candidate, Ed Admin/LHAE
Topic: The Cost of Failure in Ontario’s Public Secondary Schools
Speaker 2: Dr. Kazi Abdur Rouf, Visiting Scholar, LHAE
Topic: Ecological Economics to Protect the Planet from Ecocide and Free People from Iron Cage Consumerism
March 8th, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm (Room 7-105)
Speaker: Dr. Susan Robertson, Professor of Education, Sociology, U of Bristol, UK
Topic: Teachers’ Work, Denationalisation, and Transformations in the Field of Symbolic Control: A Comparative Account
March 20th, 11:30-1:00 pm (Room 7-105)
Presenter: Jack Lee, Doctoral Candidate
Topic: Internationalizing Higher Education in Asia: Education Hubs in the Making
Presenter: Reed Thomas, Doctoral Candidate
Topic: Future French-second-language (FSL) teachers’ language proficiency development experiences in Ontario concurrent teacher preparation: Comparative perspectives
April 2nd, 11:30-1:00 pm (Via Skype) (Room 7-105)
Speaker: Anna Rzhevska, Visiting Scholar
Topic: Internationalization of Higher Education in Modern Ukraine
April 3rd, 4:30-6:00 pm (Room 7-105)
Speaker: Ray Langsten, Professor, American University in Cairo
Topic: Primary Education Completion in Egypt: Trends and Determinants
April 11th, 11:30 am - 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Prof. Vincenzo Cicchelli, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Paris IV – Descartes
Topic:"The cosmopolitan mind among European Erasmus students"
Other Dates to Know:
- First day of classes for Winter Session, January 7th, 2013
- Deadline for electronic submission of final doctoral theses in order to avoid fee charges for the 2013 Winter Session, January 15th, 2013
- Deadline to add Winter Session courses, Jan 21, 2013
- CIDESA Welcome Back Pizza and Documentary Night, January 24th, 2013 6:00 - 8:30 (7th Floor Peace Lounge)
- Family Day (University closed), Feb 18, 2013
- Midwinter break in the Ontario school system. No OISE classes scheduled, March 11-15, 2013
- CIES Conference March 11-15, 2013
- CIDESA Hart House Farm retreat Saturday March 30th, 2013
- CIDESA End of Term Potluck and Town Hall, April 4th, 2013 4:30-6:30 pm (7th Floor Peace Lounge)
- Last day of classes for Winter Session and full year courses, April 5, 2013