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AERA Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Apple to lecture
Michael W. Apple, (Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, IE-Univ of London) internationally acclaimed scholar, is coming to OISE on Monday, January 26 to lecture on Neoliberalism, Neoconservatism and the Politics of Educational Reform. Professor Apple's major interests lie in the relationship between culture and power in education. His current research centers on the limits and possibilities of critical educational policy and practice in a time of conservative restoration...More
ANNUAL RESEARCH REPORT
"OISE faculty and students are at the center of bridging community and education while focussing on societal change and reform. As society becomes more complex, education increasingly becomes a local responsibility. Building community capacity by improving educational outcomes is one of the steps toward creating powerful education system changes." - Normand Labrie, Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies.
Read our 2007-2008 Annual Research Report for detailed information about OISE research, sources of and recent trends in research funding, faculty awards and honours, the impact of OISE research, and especially eight featured researchers who are working on the issues that matter in education. Come out to our Annual Research Celebration on Tuesday, March 31, 2009! Meet the researchers, find out more about their projects, experience the diversity of research and people in the OISE community!
WOMEN'S EXECUTIVE NETWORK TOP 100 AWARD to Rumeet Toor
Rumeet Toor, an MEd student in the Department of Theory and Policy Studies program in Higher Education and Leadership, was honored by the Women's Executive Network at their annual Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 awards event. Rumeet is president of Jobs in Education, a successful online HR business connecting jobseekers and employers in the education field. She is also a social entrepreneur who donates a portion of her company's profits to Free the Children.
SSHRC TOP AWARD to Katherine Madjidi
"There is a worldwide search right now for different and more sustainable approaches to development, education and global governance. My research aims to identify how indigenous groups are influencing and redefining the way in which we pursue global development." -Katherine Madjidi, 2008 William E Taylor Fellowship award winner
Second-year doctoral student Katherine Madjidi has more than a decade of practical experience to inform her award-winning research into how indigenous groups are influencing programs and policies at international development organizations like the World Bank and UNESCO...More from SSHRC. Read also U of T in Spotlight at SSHRC awards
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