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CTL Mission & Academic Plan (2004-2010)

The mission of the Department is to play a leading role in the development of education for the 21st century locally, nationally, and internationally by:

  • generating, applying, integrating, and transforming knowledge in order to improve the understanding and practice of curriculum, teaching and learning;


  • providing intellectually rigorous and practically relevant programs for teachers, educational leaders, and researchers throughout their careers;


  • informing and engaging in the development of justifiable educational policies;


  • ensuring that the above scholarly priorities in research, program innovation, and policy development occur within a framework of excellence, equity, and community.
To find out more about CTL, our mission, and our academic plan click here

News Highlights
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To find out what's happening in CTL, visit our CTL Calendar!

Convergences in Urban Education - Wednesday, November 25th, 2009, 2:00-4:00pm in room 10-200
The Centre for Urban Schooling (CUS) is excited about another year of interesting discussion about the critical issues surrounding urban education. This event is a great way to build a community of urban education researchers, as well as to allow graduate students to experience leading a presentation, and answering questions about the research in which they are involved. These forums will also allow the CUS community to stay in touch with each other's work in an on-going way. For more information, click here

The Pastor Phelps Project: A Fundamentalist Cabaret - Forum on Equity and Social Justice in Education (FESJ) - Dec. 1st, 2009
The Centre for Urban Schooling in co-sponsorship with the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama invites you to The Pastor Phelps Project, about the very real fundamentalist pastor Fred Phelps. Performance at, Robert Gill theatre - 7:00pm, 214 College Street, 3rd Floor. Tickets available at the door, pay what you can, general seating. For more information, click here

Navigating Your PATH: Exploring and Supporting Teaching Assistant and Graduate Student Development
From June 21 - 22, 2010, the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation at U of T and OISE are jointly hosting an international conference on TA and graduate student development. For more informaiton and call for proposals, visit the website at www.teaching.utoronto.ca/conference2010

Virtual Library Course
Learn what information is available in electronic form at University of Toronto Libraries and how to access it . Learn how to research information on the Internet and how to make use of various search tools to search the public Internet and the Proprietary Internet. Find out more at www.oise.utoronto.ca/vl.html

Fall Doc Talk Series
Check out this fall's Doc Talk Series on Methodology:

  • International Ethnography: Wed., Sept. 30, 12:30–2:00pm, Rm 2-281.
    Speakers: Kathleen Gallagher, Anne Wessels, Burcu Ntelioglou
  • Managing Comprehensives: Wed., Oct., 7, 12-2:00pm, KITL (Knowledge Innovation & Technology Lab) on the 3rd floor, beside elevators
    Speakers: Clive Beck, Danny Cavanagh, Dana Colarusso, PhD, Tim Fletcher, PhD Candidate
  • Body Voice Text- Poststructural Interviewing & Performed Ethnography: Wed., Oct. 14, 12-2:00pm, Rm. 2-281.
    Speaker: Heather Sykes
  • Self Study in Research: Wed., Oct. 21, 12-2:00pm, Rm. 2-281.
    Speaker: Clare Kosnik
  • Image Based & Arts Based Methodologies: Wed., Oct 28, 12-2:00pm, Rm. 2-281.
    Speaker: Stephanie Springgay
  • Grounded Theory: Wed., Nov. 4, 12-2:00pm, Rm. 2-295.
    Speaker: Shelley Stagg Peterson
  • Life History: Wed., Nov. 11, 12-2:00pm, Rm. 2-281.
    Speaker: Sarfaroz Niyozov
  • Ethnography: Wed., Nov. 18, 12-1:30pm, Rm. 2-281.
    Speaker: Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández
  • Bridging Video and Transcription: Wed., Nov 25, 12-2:00pm, Rm. 2-281. Speaker: Mary Kooy
  • Case Study Research Using Qualitative & Quantitative Methods: Wed., Dec 2, 12-2:00pm, Rm. 2-281.
    Speaker: Lance McCready

Admissions
Thinking of applying to our graduate programs? For the 2010 Academic year, admissions are open. Click here for information on closing dates. For more information on our graduate programs, admissions requirements and the online application, click here.

Towards 2030 - The Synthesis & Task Force Reports
In 2027 the University of Toronto will celebrate two hundred years of institutional success. Looking to and beyond our second centennial, how can we ensure that our institution reaches new levels of excellence? "Towards 2030" is an initiative launched to respond to that question.

For more information, click here.

Curriclum Studies and Teacher Development (CSTD) Master of Education
with Emphasis in Urban Education

The new CSTD MEd with emphasis in Urban Education Cohort provides a unique educational opportunity for educators working in urban schools.
Find out more about this new M.Ed. cohort here.

The Master of Education in CTL
Considering a graduate degree in Education?
Submit your application now to start your MEd in September 2010.

Invest in your career - enroll in the M.Ed.

Ethical Review Workshops
The Office of Research Ethics is pleased to announce this years workshops to address all types of research involving human participants in the social sciences, humanities, and education

Ethics Review Workshops Memorandum and Flyer

Faculty Awards

Visit here to learn of some of our CTL faculty's more recent awards and distinctions.

Graduate Student Awards

To read about the recent achievements of our accomplished student scholars, visit here.

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