Adult Education
 | Peter Sawchuk phone: (416) 978-0570 email: peter.sawchuk@utoronto.ca website: http://webspace.oise.utoronto.ca/~sawchukp/ Departments: Leadership, Higher and Adult Education Secondary Education | |
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Academic History Ph.D., University of Toronto Sociology & Equity Studies in Education, 2000. M.A., University of Toronto Sociology & Equity Studies in Education, 1996. B.Ed.,* University of Western Ontario Teacher Education (I/S), 1992. B.Sc., University of Waterloo Human Physiology/Ergonomics, 1991. Research Overview Dr. Sawchuk's research areas of specialization include the Adult Education; Adult Learning Theory; Cultural Historical Activity Theory; Marxist Theory; Sociology of Work; Communication and Cognition at Work; Technological Design and Human Computer Interaction at Work; Labour Education; Labour Studies; Social Movement Studies. Teaching Overview Dr. Sawchuk has taught the following courses: WPL3931 Doctoral Seminar in Workplace Learning & Social Change LHAE3902 Doctoral Thesis Seminar WPL2944 Sociology of Learning and Social Movements SES2942 Education and Work IRE1611 Sociology of Industrial Relations SES2954 Re-Thinking Marxism Professional Activities Editorial Board Member: Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education; Professional and Vocational Education; Revista Educação and Cidadania [Journal of Education and Citizenship]; Journal of Workplace Learning. 2012 Keynote Speaker, “Adult Learning, Health and Safety - Pressing the boundaries of current practice and research: An academic view“, Learning and Leading for Life – Learning, Health and Safety Conference. Worker Health & Safety Centre. 2012 Invited Talk, “Anti-Poverty Activism Research and the Process of Working with Community”, University of Toronto Cities Centre Meeting. 2012 Invited Panellist, “Anti-Poverty Activism in Toronto”, Social Planning Toronto Community Forum. 2012 Invited Panellist, “Research Partnerships with Community on Issues of Poverty”, George Brown College Community Partnership Conference. 2012 Invited Lecture, “Policy Making from the Bottom Up: The Role of Anti-Poverty Activism Development in Toronto”, Collaborative Program in Policy Studies, OISE, University of Toronto. 2012 Keynote Speaker, “Learning and Social Movements in Transition”, LaGuardia Community College, Long Island, New York, May 19-21. 2011 Consultant, Public Service Alliance Canada Union, Union Education Survey Project. 2010 Invited Speaker, “Annual Canadian Association for University Teachers Harry Crowe Conference”, Toronto, January 29-31st. 2009 Conference Keynote Speaker, “The 6th International Conference on Researching. Work and Learning’,Roskilde University, Denmark, June 28th–July 1st. 2008 Conference Keynote Speaker, “Art, Learning and the Labor Movement”, Annual Ray Smith Symposium – Art Works: The Role of Arts in U.S. Workers Struggles”, University of Syracuse, New York, April 22-24th. Representative Publications Books/Chapters Sawchuk, Peter H. (2013). Mind in Political Economy: Contested Learning, the Labour Process and Welfare Work. New York: Cambridge University Press. Sawchuk, Peter H. (2012). “Divergent Trajectories in Social Services Work Activity: Towards a Use-Value Thesis on the Labour/Learning Process”. In D. Guile and D.W. Livingstone (Eds) The Knowledge Economy and Lifelong Learning: Critical Perspectives. Rotterdam: Sense Publishing. Sawchuk, Peter H. (Ed.)(in preparation). Anti-Poverty Social Movement Learning: Canadian and International Perspectives. Sawchuk, Peter H. (in preparation). “Activist Knowledge Activity: A Comparative Perspective on Anti-Poverty Social Movement Learning”. In P. Sawchuk (Ed.) Anti-Poverty Social Movement Learning: Canadian and International Perspectives. Sawchuk, Peter H. (in press). “Contested Projects in Welfare Work: On the Hidden Resources of Trench Warfare in Neo-Liberal Times”. In A. Blunden (Ed.) Collaborative Projects: Cultural Historical Activity Theory Perspectives. Boston, MA: Brill. Sawchuk, Peter H. (in press). “State Welfare Worker Occupational Learning: The Contemporary Dynamics of Consent, Resistance and Floundering under Austerity”, Critical and Radical Social Work. Research Grants and Contracts “Anti-Poverty Community Organizing and Learning” Role: P. H. Sawchuk (Principal Investigator) Amount: $1,000,000 Funder: Social Science and Humanities Council of Canada – Community University Research Alliance (CURA) Grant Duration: Funded 2009-2014 “L’impact des évolutions du marché du travail sur les systèmes d’enseignement” [Impact of the market evolutions of work on the educational systems] Role: P. H. Sawchuk (Co-Applicant) Amount: 12,800€ [~$20,000Cdn] Funder: Fonds d’appui à l’internationalisation, UCL Université catholique de Louvain, Conseil des relations internationals, Belgium Duration: Funded 2009-2012 Partners: UCL Université catholique de Louvain; Centre de recherché en education franco-ontarienne (OISE/UT); Centre for the Study of Education and Work (OISE/UT) “Report on Research, Policy and Practice on Labour Markets Access and Career Development for At-Risk Youth” Role: P. H. Sawchuk (co-Principal Investigator) Amount: $11,440 Funder: Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities - Ontario Human Capital Research & Innovation Fund Duration: Funded 2008 Partners: Boreal Institute for Civil Society (Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto) “Following the Success: Promising Workplace Learning Practices in Marginalized Youth Employment” Role: P. H. Sawchuk (Principal Investigator) Amount: $69,000 Funder: Canadian Council on Learning Duration: Funded 2007-2008 Partners: Boreal Institute for Civil Society (Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto), Toronto Training Board (Toronto, Canada) “Understanding Educational Capacity for Urban Community Unionism: Exploring the Developmental Foundation of a New Labour Relations Regime in Canada” Role: P. H. Sawchuk (Principal Investigator) Amount: $72,121 Funder: Social Science and Humanities Council of Canada – Standard Research Grant Duration: Funded 2007-2010 Honours and Awards 2011 Appointed, International President of Researching Work and Learning Conference Seven, Shanghai, China, May 1. 2011 Nominated, Canadian Society for Studies in Education Mentorship Award. 2006 Nominated, Initial Teacher Education Teaching Award, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. |
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