Research Centres

Centre for Education and Work (CSEW)

The Centre for Education and Work is a collaborative project of Adult Education and Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, which allows for students and faculty to bring together related research interests. The Centre is associated with the Workplace Learning and Change specialization in the Adult Education program.

Centre for Women's Studies (CWSE)

The Centre for Women's Studies in Education (CWSE) fosters feminist scholarship, teaching, and activism relevant to education. CWSE conducts, promotes, and distributes research in women's studies, and hosts an international human rights institute.  The AECD participates in a collaborative program in Women's Studies along with three other departments in OISE.

Transformative Learning Centre (TLC)

The Transformative Learning Centre provides educational offerings for the community at-large, engages in interdisciplinary and collaborative research products, produces a variety of publications and participates in social movement community building.

Comparative, International, and Development Education (CIDE)

The Centre for Comparative, International, and Development Education spans a range of theoretical and practical issues – from the study of ethnicity and identity to the issues of globalization and global governance; from non-formal learning and citizenship education, to concrete problems of educational reform, social equality, language education, conflict resolution and community development.

Social Economy Centre

The Social Economy Centre (SEC) of the University of Toronto promotes and disseminates multidisciplinary research and policy analysis on issues affecting the social economy. The SEC, Imagine Canada, and the Ontario Co-operative Association, have launched a research alliance that aims at enhancing capacity for ongoing research and development for the social economy of Southern Ontario.