 | Diane Gerin-Lajoie email: diane.gerin.lajoie@utoronto.ca | |
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Academic History Ph.D. University of Toronto, Education, 1987 M.A. Mc Gill University, Sociology, 1981 B.A. Spec.Hon. Université de Montréal, Sociology, 1978 Research Overview Dr. Diane Gérin-Lajoie is a Professor with the Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning as OISE. Her research interests focus primarily on minority education, French language education, educational policy, school and society, the process of identity construction, and teaching in minority settings. The funded research that Dr. Gérin-Lajoie is engaged in examines the process of identity construction. She is presently working on a third program of research funded by SSHRC on Anglophones high school students in Québec and their rapport to identity. This follows a similar project conducted with a group of Francophone high school students in Ontario and a more recent program of research on the identity of teachers working in minority settings. Dr. Gérin-Lajoie was also the co-director of a national longitudinal study on the evolution of school personnel in Canada since 1990. This project was funded through the Major Collaborative Research Initiatives (SSHRC)and was completed in December 2007. Dr. Gérin-Lajoie was ranked first in 2005 in the SSHRC competition (D3-year program of research -Committee 17). She is an active lecturer has authored several books and book chapters in English and French on educational policy and student discourses in diversity settings. Teaching Overview Dr. Gérin-Lajoie has taught the following courses at OISE: • CTL 1306S Qualitative Research Methods in Education: Concepts and Methods (2010) • CTL 1307S Identité collective et éducation minoritaire de langue française (2009) • CTL 1307 Identity Construction and Education of Minorities (2009) • CTL 1816F Offical Discourses and minority Education (2009) • CTL 1306S La recherche qualitative en éducation : bases théoriques et pratiques - distance education, computer course - (2008) Professional Activities Editorial positions on scholarly journals: Gérin-Lajoie, D. (2006) Guest Editor of a special issue called “La contribution de l’école au processus de construction identitaire des élèves dans une société pluraliste”, Éducation et Francophonie (refereed academic journal), Volume XXIV, number 1, Spring 2006. Invited Lectures: • Gérin-Lajoie, D. 2009. Histoire et mémoire collective dans les écoles des minorités francophones. Canadian Ethnic Studies Conference, Moncton, November 5. • Gérin-Lajoie, D. 2009. Appartenir à deux mondes à la fois, Symposium on the 40th Anniversary of the Official Languages Act, Ottawa, September 6. • Gérin-Lajoie, D. 2008. Le discours du personnel enseignant sur leur travail en milieu francophone minoritaire, Round Table Éducation, diversité et enjeux sociaux, CREFO, University of Toronto, Toronto, June 6. • Gérin-Lajoie, D. 2008. L’école située en milieu minoritaire et la transmission de la culture : de quoi est-il question au juste? Symposium on language planning, Ontario Ministry of Education, April 25. • Gérin-Lajoie, D. 2008. Les francophones et l’école. CIRCEM 8th Conference, University of Ottawa, March 11. • Gérin-Lajoie, D. 2008. Le rapport à l’identité des jeunes au sein des minorités linguistiques. HEP-BEJUNE, Bienne, January 31. • Gérin-Lajoie, D. 2008. La recherche qualitative en éducation : bases théoriques et pratiques. HEP-BEJUNE, Bienne, January 31. • Gérin-Lajoie, D. 2008. La recherche qualitative en éducation : l’approche ethnographique, HEP-BEJUNE, Bienne, January 30. • Gérin-Lajoie, D. 2008. L’utilisation de l’ethnographie critique dans l’étude des rapports de pouvoir. INRP, Université de Lyon, January 17. Representative Publications BOOKS AUTHORED Gérin-Lajoie, D. (2011) Youth, Language and Identity: Portraits of Students from English-language High Schools in the Montreal Area. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press, 212 pages. Gérin-Lajoie, D. 2008. Educators’ Discourses on Student Diversity in Canada : Context, Policy and Practice. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’Press, 195 pages. Gérin-Lajoie, D. 2003. Parcours identitaires de jeunes francophones en milieu minoritaire. Sudbury : Les Éditions Prise de parole, 190 pages. RECENT CHAPTERS IN BOOKS Gérin-Lajoie, D. (on invitation - accepted). “Vivre dans deux mondes à la fois”, in R. Landry and J. Wedjab Life After Forty : Official Languages in Canada, Montreal: McGill-Queen University Press – Queen’s Policy Series, Fall 2010 Gérin-Lajoie, D. (on invitation - accepted). “Policy Trends and their Impact on the Work of Teachers and Principals in the Toronto Area” in P. Grimmett (ed.) Educators’ Perceptions of Policy Impact on their Working Conditions and Practices. Publishing company to be determined. Gérin-Lajoie, D. and C. Lenouvel (accepted). “Le rapport à l’identité chez les jeunes des minorités de langue officielle au Québec et en Ontario” in N. Gallant (ed.) Vues d’ici et d’ailleurs, Quebec: Presses de l’Université Laval. Gérin-Lajoie, D. (on invitation - in press). “Le rôle complexe de l’école en milieu francophone minoritaire”, in J. Roque (ed.) La direction d’école et le leadership en milieu francophone. St-Boniface : Les Presses universitaires de St-Boniface. Research Grants and ContractsYear: 2009-2012 Individual or Group: Individual Grantor: SSHRC Purpose: Research Amount: $126,651 Year: 2005-2008 Individual or Group: Individual Grantor: SSHRC Purpose: Research Amount: $112,115 Year: 2004 Individual or Group: Individual Grantor: Association canadienne d’éducation de langue française Purpose: Contract Amount: $33,943 Year: 2002-2007 Individual or Group: Group Grantor: SSHRC - Major Coll. Res.Initiatives Purpose: Research Amount: $2.5millions ($270,000) Honours and Awards Dr. invited by the CTL department to submit my candidacy for the prestigious Killam Fellowships (Arts Council of Canada), 2008. Ranked 1st in the country - Committee 17 SSHRC Research Grants, 2005 Curriculum Vitae http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/Curriculum_Vitae/Diane_Gerin-Lajoie_CV.pdf |
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