Events
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Thursday, May 24 - 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Quantitative Data Analysis with SPSS - Part I
Education Commons Workshop
The focus of this workshop is two-fold: 1) to introduce researchers to the SPSS syntax mode and its effective use; and 2) to give them hands-on experience with a wide range of transformation techniques and helpful data management features, ways to automate their work with quantitative data, manipulate their data files and results, and export outputs to other computer programs. This workshop will benefit SPSS novices as well as researchers who want to learn about more effective uses of the program features.
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Thursday, May 24 - 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Qualitative Data Analysis with NVivo - Part I
Education Commons Workshop
NVivo 9 is a software package for analysis of qualitative data, such as transcripts of in-depth interviews, focus groups and field notes. The purpose of this workshop is to introduce participants to the NVivo 9 workspace, giving an overview of its key features, as well as to provide participants with an opportunity to acquire some hands-on experience. Specifically, the participants will learn how to prepare their text and media data for analyses with NVivo 9, transcribe media data, create and apply various types of coding to text data. This workshop is appropriate for researchers with limited knowledge of NVivo 9 as well as those who would like to expand their knowledge of its capabilities.
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Wednesday, May 30 - 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Bringing Aboriginal Education into Conventional Education
A public lecture by Marie Battiste
Marie Battiste is a Mi'kmaw educator from Potlo'tek First Nations of Cape Breton (Unama'kik), Nova Scotia. She is Professor in the College of Education and Director of the Aboriginal Education Research Centre at the University of Saskatchewan. Marie's research was instrumental in shaping the Accord on Indigenous Education. Admission is free, however seating is limited. RSVP to steven.vanloffeld@utoronto.ca
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Thursday, May 31 - 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Indigenous Education Network presents
Indigenizing Psychology Symposium: Community Mental Health & Healing
Featuring Wendy Hill, Suzanne L. Stewart, Bill Muscle. A one-day symposium will cover a wide range of issues related to Indigenous mental health and healing in the community, for students, practitioners, and researchers of all disciplines of applied psyhcology and Indigenous mental health who are interested in enhancing their understanding of community mental health practice, as well as knowledge and skills around indigenous mental health. For more information and to register email: steven.vanloffeld@uotoronto.ca
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Thursday, May 31 - 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Quantitative Data Analysis with SPSS - Part II
Education Commons Workshop
The course will guide participants through the fundamentals of using SPSS for exploratory data analysis. Participants will learn the basics of data clean-up and manipulation, exploratory data analysis for examination of single variables and pairs of variables, and formatting and exporting SPSS outputs for the effective presentation of results. The basics of using SPSS will be demonstrated and discussed. This workshop is appropriate for researchers who have some experience with SPSS, but want to learn about its capabilities and effective use.
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Thursday, May 31 - 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Qualitative Data Analysis with NVivo - Part II
Education Commons Workshop
The purpose of this workshop is to introduce participants to the more advanced features of NVivo 9 workspace as well as to provide participants with an opportunity to acquire some hands-on experience with this software. Specifically, the participants will learn how to run various types of queries, build models, graph their data and prepare reports in NVivo 9. This workshop is appropriate for researchers with limited knowledge of NVivo 9 as well as those who would like to expand their knowledge of its capabilities.
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Friday, June 1 to Saturday, June 2
7th Critical Multicultural Counselling & Psychotherapy Conference
Integrating Asian Healing Traditions into Mental Health Care
Conference themes include: Traditional Healers and Healing Practices; Religious, Spiritual and Cultural Practices; Traditional Healing and its' Contemporary Formulation; Integrating Traditional Eastern Healing Practices into Counselling and Psychotherapy. Please register. More info: cdcp.oise.utoronto.ca
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Monday, June 4 - 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tribes -Secondary (High School Training for Gr 7-12; ideal for those in I/S)
TRIBES is an instructional process that maximizes student learning and development, based on an intentional sequence of cooperative learning strategies that effectively integrate academic learning with social skills. The trust and inclusion that students experience in small learning groups called "tribes" not only enhances personal confidence and classroom community over the semester, but also increases achievement and retention. During this interactive course, participants experience selected elements of the Tribes process and have opportunities to make subject-based connections.
This training consists of 8 modules taught over 24 hours of contact time. You must attend all 24 hours in order to receive a Certificate of Completion. Please do not register if you can't attend all the scheduled dates/times. There are limited spaces available so online registration is accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. To REGISTER: http://www.studentservices.oise.utoronto.ca/workshops.aspx COSTS: 1. This Tribes Course has a fee of $150, paid online by credit card when you register electronically. 2. The required Tribes book (used each module) is purchased on the 1st day for $50.
Location: TBA
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Monday, June 4 - 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tribes - Elementary (Basic Training for K-12; ideal for those in P/J and J/I)
TRIBES is an instructional process that maximizes student learning and development, based on an intentional sequence of cooperative learning strategies that effectively integrate academic learning with social skills. The trust and inclusion that students experience in small learning groups called "tribes" not only enhances personal confidence and classroom community over the semester, but also increases achievement and retention. During this interactive course, participants experience selected elements of the Tribes process and have opportunities to make subject-based connections.
This training consists of 8 modules taught over 24 hours of contact time. You must attend all 24 hours in order to receive a Certificate of Completion. Please do not register if you can't attend all the scheduled dates/times. There are limited spaces available so online registration is accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. To REGISTER: http://www.studentservices.oise.utoronto.ca/workshops.aspx COSTS: 1. This Tribes Course has a fee of $150, paid online by credit card when you register electronically. 2. The required Tribes book (used each module) is purchased on the 1st day for $50.
Location: TBA
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Wednesday, June 13 - 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Urban Education Research Poster Symposium
Showcasing the research of the Urban Education Cohort
Please join us as the graduating class shares their research findings in urban education that challenge traditional education discourse in Ontario. Hear about the implications for minoritized students and their communities, teacher practitioners, policy makers and academics. Engage in discussions that dismantle the dominant narrative about urban schooling and support emancipatory research to help create an education system that truly supports education for all students! Free admission. Please register online.
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