Executive Team
2012-2013 OISE GSA
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President: Jeff MyersJeff is a fourth year PhD student in the Adult Education and Community Development program. His research focuses on knowledge production, the national narrative, and formal citizenship education for immigrants in Canada. When not at OISE, he enjoys traveling, reading, snowboarding, running, and hanging around coffee shops waiting for inspiration to strike him. This is his second year as a GSA executive member. |
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Vice-President: Yongfang JiaYongfang is a third year doctoral student in the department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, studying in the Collaborative Program of Workplace Learning and Social Change (WPLSC). Her research focuses on sociolinguistics, social movement, second language acquisition and workplace learnings. She is a community social worker and has been actively involved in community organizing and building. In her spare time, she enjoys listening to music, reading and dancing. |
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Secretary: Natasha JamalNatasha is in her third year of the PhD program in Education Administration in the Theory Policy Studies department. Her research interests include investigating student voice initiatives that better address inequity and inclusion issues in school while engaging students for critical democratic purposes of schooling. In her free time she enjoys attending the array of cultural festivities Toronto has to offer, listening to live music, baking and re-connecting with family and friends. She is currently in her first year as a GSA executive member. |
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Treasurer: Shaun ChenShaun is a second year flex-time PhD student in the Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education. His research areas include race and social inequality, equity education, and environmental sustainability. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling and spending time with family and friends. |
Mailing Address:
Graduate Students' Association
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West,
Room 8-105, Toronto, Ontario
M5S 1V6 Canada
Telephone:
(416) 978-2421








