News & Stories: Blog

SJE students played a key role in the 2026 Graduate Student Research Conference, with the theme Generative Hope: Possibilities in Education Research.

Caren Li, Jennifer Tucker, Alex Merrick, and Omar Elfarseisy – have been recognized for their role in supporting OISE’s academic mission.

For decades, a major goal of education systems has been to improve postsecondary access. Researcher and OISE alum Dr. Kelly Gallagher-Mackay argues Ontario must focus on the benefits of improved access, and not get caught up by grade inflation.

OISE doctoral student Sara Zoghbi is a finalist for a thesis presentation competition in Montreal. She was profiled by Radio Canada in Montreal.

Our latest JICS at the Movies presented a screening of the acclaimed documentary "The Making of a Japanese," followed by an in-depth Q&A with the filmmaker.

The 2025 Arbor Awards has been bestowed onto seven alumni and friends of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

The OISE community mourns the tragic assassination of Yanar Mohammed, a leading Iraqi feminist activist and human rights advocate, who was killed outside her home in Baghdad on March 2, 2026. Her death represents a profound loss for feminist and human rights movements in Iraq and internationally.

Green, the recipient of the 2025-26 OISE Indigenous Scholarship for Master's Students, will cross the Convocation stage later this spring.

We mark U of T Entrepreneurship Week by highlighting the InnovED education-focused Campus Linked Accelerator, which helps entrepreneurs bring their education ideas to life.

Disability Salon Spotlight Series Winter/Spring 2026 showcases SJE student research, creativity, and critical disability work.

In February, the SJE DSA hosted two Zotero Workshops with Jeff Newman from New College's D.G. Ivey Library.

CIARS newsletter Rooted and Rising is now available; registration is still open for the 13th Decolonizing Conference (March 12–14, 2026).