TPS E-Newsletter
January/February 2009
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Departmental News
Dear TPS Community:
We have come to the beginning of another calendar year and John, Megan and I are well into our second year as Associate Chairs and Chair. So far so good. Many of you have dropped by to offer support and advice. Others have been involved in organizing events that provide opportunities for us to come together, to learn from each other and to share time with each other. We appreciate all of these efforts. We want to thank all of you for your continued hard work in continuing to build community among all of the members of the department. We wish you the very best for 2009.
Reva, John and Megan
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Ben Levin has assumed the role of Interim Deputy Minister of Education, effective December 15, 2008, for a number of months. A request was made for Ben to return to the Ministry due to a set of unforeseen events. It is clear that his expertise, commitment and dedication will ensure that the momentum of education improvement in Ontario is maintained. The temporary secondment will allow Ben to continue with some of his academic responsibilities; namely, the supervision of his students and limited research activities.
Conferences and Presentations
Reminder, the Call for Abstracts for the 9th Annual Dean's Graduate Student Research Conference has been extended to January 19, 2009.
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Neoliberalism, Neoconservatism and the Politics of Educational Reform
A Lecture by Michael W. Apple
Monday, January 26, 2009
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
OISE, Main Library
252 Bloor Street West
Please click on the link below for further information.
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Leadership, Culture and the Moral Community
A Lecture by Dr. Paul Bitting
Thursday, January 29, 2009
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Room 6-122
OISE, 252 Bloor Street
Please click on the link below for further information.
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Building an OISE Culture of Sustainability:
Learning and Doing
February 9, 2009
4:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
OISE, Main Library
252 Bloor Street West
Please click on the link below for speaker and workshop information.
Building an OISE Culture of Sustainability
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Publications
Mundy, Karen, Kathy Bickmore, Ruth Hayhoe, Meggan Madden and Kathy Madjidi, (eds.), Comparative and International Education: Issues for Teachers, Canadian Scholars Press and Techers College Columbia University Press, 2008.
Student / Alumni News
Congratulations to:
Katina Pollock, on the completion of her Ph.D. degree in Educational Administration. Katina defended her thesis entitled, "Occasional Teachers' Work Engagement: Professional Identity, Work-Related Learningand Accessto the Profession and to Daily Work".
(L-R, Katina Pollock and Nina Bascia)
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Catharine MacDonnell, on the completion of her Ph.D. degree in Educational Administration. Catharine defended her thesis entitled, "From Data to Knowledge: Information Management Practices of School Principals".
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Holly Catalfamo, on the completion of her Ph.D. degree in Educational Administration. Holly defended her thesis entitled, "An Examination of Leadership Development within Ontario's Colleges: Building Personal, Interpersonal and Organizational Capacity".
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Coleen Stewart, on the completion of her Ph.D. degree in Educational Administration. Coleen defended her thesis entitled, "Performing as Expected? Principals' Responses to Educational Reform in Ontario".
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Congratulations to Sean Coutts (Ed. Admin.), on the presentation of a qualitative research study entitled, "Common Perspective: Perceptions of the Commons", at the 2008 Annual Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, The Lauren Centre: University of Waterloo - Wilfred Laurier University, November 2008. The study looks at social identity and environmental learning in social action.
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Congratulations to Sean Coutts, (Ed. Admin.), on being accepted to participate in the Transatlantic Doctoral Academy on Corporate Responsibility, which is a 2009-2010 seminar series for Canadian and German Ph.D. students who are dealing with questions of corporate responsibility/business ethics in their doctoral theses.
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(Yeow Tong Chia receiving the Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship)
Congratulations to Yeow Tong Chia, (History & Philosophy Program), on being awarded the Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship (from December 2008 to June 2009). The Lee Kong Chian (LKC) Research Fellowship is established to encourage research into various aspects of Asian content, namely its culture, economy and heritage. This is primarily to enrich the strong Asia-centric collections and resources of the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library at the National Library, Singapore.
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Congratulations to Ruth Pierson whose second book of poems, "Aide-Memoire", Buschek Books, 2007., was named a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry in 2008. Ruth retired from OISE on July 1, 2001, to devote herself to the writing of poetry.
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Useful Links
http://www.nserc.ca
http://www.sshrc.ca
http://www.cihr.ca
http://www.innovation.ca
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca
http://www.research.utoronto.ca
http://www.news.utoronto.ca
Contact Info
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