CIDEC Seminar Series and Events Calendar​

Please scroll down to the bottom of page for the most recent and upcoming CIDEC events, and remember to check back regularly for updates.  All are welcome to join CIDE/C events and seminars. To join the seminar via zoom, please contact the CIDEC administrator at cidec.oise@utoronto.ca 


Thursday September 9 2021; 5:00 PM – 6:15+ PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE/C Orientation 2021-22
  • Presenter: CIDE/C

Wednesday, September 22 2021; 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE SEMINAR: “All You Need to Know About Applying for And Attending Conferences”
  • Presenter: Vandra Masemann & Kara Janigan
  • Chair: Carly Manion

Friday, September 24 2021; 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDESA Welcome Event 

Wednesday, September 29 2021; 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE SEMINAR: “Thesis Presentations”
  • Presenter: Mabruk Kabir & Norin Taj 
  • Chair: Carly Manion

Tuesday, October 19 2021; 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE SEMINAR: A conversation on education, peacebuilding and reconciliation: a regenerative lens
  • Presenter: Mieke Lopes Cardozo
  • Chair: Carly Manion

Friday, October 22 2021; 12:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE/C Book Club: “Inconvenient Generation”

Wednesday, November 3 2021; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE SEMINAR: “Indigenous Maternal Methodologies: Ethical and Relational Responsibilities”
  • Presenter: Jennifer Brant
  • Chair: Carly Manion

Monday December 6 2021; 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CMCE X CIDE Event: “Sexual Violence on Candian University Campuses”
  • Presenters:  Dr. Miglena Todorova & Dr. Lana Stermac 

Thursday, January 13 2022; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE SEMINAR: “Incentives for University Internationalization in Argentina, Canada Lithuania, Portugal and Taiwan”
  • Presenter: Grace Karram Stephenson
  • Chair: Carly Manion

Friday, January 14 2022; 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE/C Book Club: “Teach for Arabia by Neha Vora”

Friday, January 14 2022; 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDESA Event: CIDESA Winter Social

Wednesday, January 19 2022; 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CMCE X CIDE Event: “The pill & the contraceptive revolution in America”
  • Presenters:  Dr. Elaine Tyler May & Daniella Robinson 

Wednesday, January 19 2022; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CSEP & CIDE Co-Sponsored SEMINAR: “From exclusive to inclusive schools: The example of the Language Friendly School”
  • Presenter: Dr. Emmanuelle Le Pichon-Vorstman
  • Chair: Nina Bascia

Friday, January 28 2022; 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE/C Book Club: “International Aid to Education: Power Dynamics in an Era of Partnership”- Francine Menashy

Wednesday, February 9 2022; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CMCE X CIDE Event: “Globalizing Discussion on Gender, Violence and Education in K-12 Context
  • Presenters:  Dr. Carly Manion & Hayley Brooks

Friday, February 18 2022; 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE SEMINAR: The Joseph P. Farrell CIDE Student Research Symposium 2022″

Thursday, February 24 2022; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE SEMINAR: “Knowledge Production and the United Nations: Gender, Race, Indigenous Peoples and Politics” 
  • Presenters: Abigail Bakan & Yasmeen Abu-Laban
  • Chair: Carly Manion

 Thursday, March 24 2022; 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE SEMINAR: Experience and Perspectives of Children and Parents of Post-Soviet Immigrant and Refugee Families: Educational Research on Stakeholders from a Seldom-noticed Group”
  • Presenters: Sarfaroz, Niyozov, Max Newman, Yecid Ortega, Zahra Jaffarova & Kateryna Pashchenko
  • Chair: Carly Manion

Thursday, April 7 2022; 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CMCE X CIDE Event: “Sexual Violence Prevention on Campus & The Role of Student Unions
  • Presenters:  Rachel Persaud, Adaeze Mbalaja, José González, Ryan Tomlinson

Thursday, April 7 2022; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE SEMINAR: “SDG 4 and Improving Early Grade Learning: Research Evidence from South Africa”
  • Presenters: Brahm Fleisch
  • Chair: Carly Manion

Wednesday, May 4 2022; 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE Co-Sponsored SEMINAR: “Studying Education Amidst Uncertainty & Crisis: A Dialogue on Research Dilemmas “
  • Presenters: Dr. Dryden-Peterson
  • Co-Sponsors: Education, Conflict & Peacebuilding (ECP) and the Immigrant and Refugee Education (IRE) groups.

Wednesday, May 11 2022; 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE SEMINAR: “Towards Slow Buen Vivir and other epistemologies for conflict resolution and conflict transformation”
  • Presenters: Yecid Ortega, Karenveer Pannu, Steven Conte
  • Chair: Carly Manion

Monday, July 11 2022; 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE SEMINAR: “All you ever wanted to know about preparing for and attending conferences.”
  • Presenter: Vandra Masemann & Kara Janigan
  • Chair: Carly Manion

Wednesday, September 28, 2022; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT; OISE Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE SEMINAR: “Peace and Harmony through uBuntu in a Globalized World.”
  • Presenter: Joel Mukwedeya
  • Chair: Carly Manion

Monday, October 3 2022; 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM EDT; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE CO-SPONSORED SEMINAR: “Narrativas Textiles: Pedagogíca urbanas para la memoria paz y reconciliación en Colombia”/”Textile-based Narratives: Urban Pedagogies for Memory, Peace, and Reconciliation in Colombia”
  • Presenters: Claudia Girón, Marina Salazar, Dr. Beatrice Elena Arias López
  • Chair/Host: Diana Barrero

Wednesday, October 12 2022; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT; OISE Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE SEMINAR: “White ignorance in the education in emergencies sector”
  • Presenter: Dr. Francine Menashy
  • Chair: Carly Manion

Wednesday, October 19 2022; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT; OISE Room 12-199 & Online Via Zoom

  • CIDE & CSEP CO-SPONSORED SEMINAR: “Researching new approaches to school partnerships in England”
  • Presenters: Paul Armstrong & Stephen Raynor
  • Chair: Carly Manion

Friday, November 4, 2022; 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM EDT; OISE Room 7-105 and Online Via Zoom

  • CIDEC SEMINAR: “Book Launch: Teaching Peace and Conflict: The Multiple Roles of School Textbooks in Peacebuilding”
  • Presenters: Catherine Vanner, Spogmai Akseer, Thursica Kovinthan Levi (eds.), with chapter author guests
  • Chair: Carly Manion

Thursday, November 24, 2022; 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST; OISE Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

  • CIDEC SEMINAR: “Private Higher Education Development: Global trends and regional variations “
  • Presenters: Mohan Zhang, Elizabeth Buckner, Cassidy Gong
  • Chair: Ruth Hayhoe

Tuesday, January 24, 2023; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET; OISE Room 7-105 and Online Via Zoom

  • CIDEC SEMINAR: “Soundscapes of the diver[city]: Understanding languages and cultures as dynamic and synergic complex systems”
  • Presenters: Yecid Ortega
  • Chair: Carly Manion

Thursday, January 26, 2023; 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDEC SEMINAR: “Educational Research for Development in Ghana, Honduras, and Nicaragua: Community-based reading camps for young children”
  • Presenters: Kara Janigan, Ismael Zepeda, Joseph Cobbinah, Vongaishe Changamire, Andrew Ofosu-Dankya, Ynes Martinez, Silvia Ampie
  • Chair: Carly Manion

Friday, February 10, 2023; 8:45 AM – 4:00 PM ET; OISE Room 7-105 and Online Via Zoom

  • J. P. Farrell CIDE Student Research Symposium
  • Presenters: Sarah Alam; Fina Azmiya; Sheena Bell; Tatiana Feitosa de Britto; Walter Suarez Garcia; Nana Gulić; Zahra Jafarova; Racheal Kalaba; Jennie Kim; Punita Lumb; Kanza Tariq; Fotini Vlahos
  • Chairs: Yara Abdelaziz; Yilun Jiang; Francine Menashy; Gabrielle Thibeault-Orsi

Wednesday, March 8, 2023; 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDEC SEMINAR: Roots of the Revolutionary Women’s Movement in Iran 
  • Presenter: Dr. Rezvan Moghadam, with Dr. Hind Ahmed Zaki and Yara Abdelaziz
  • Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Tuesday, April 4, 2023; 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDEC SEMINAR: Constructing and Using the World Education Reform Database
  • Presenter: Dr. Rie Kijima
  • Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Thursday, April 6, 2023; 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET; OISE Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

  • CIDEC & CIDESA SEMINAR: Organizing and Conducting Fieldwork Abroad: Tips and Strategies for Graduate Students 
  • Presenter: Dr. Grace Karram Stephenson; Izza Tahir, Sheena Bell, Zahra Jafarova

Friday, May 19, 2023; 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDEC SEMINAR: Professional Development Series: Strategies for Networking and Telling Your Story
  • Presenter: Zohra Lakhani
  • Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Tuesday, June 13, 2023; 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET;Online Via Zoom

  • CIDEC SEMINAR: “How Career Centres Support International Students’ Career Development: A Case Study of a Canadian University”
  • Presenter: Yilun Jiang
  • Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Friday, June 16, 2023; 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET; OISE Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

  • CIDEC & CERLL Research Circle Co-Sponsored Seminar: “Internationalisation and Transnational Educational Collaboration Reframed: Programme Designs and Multilingual Pedagogies in a Disrupted Society” 
  • Presenter: Dr. Jo Angouri
  • Chair: Dr. Julie Kerekes

Monday, June 26, 2023; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET; Online Via Zoom

  • CIDEC SEMINAR: “All you ever wanted to know about preparing for and attending conferences
  • Presenters: Dr. Kara Janigan & Dr. Vandra Masemann
  • Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Wednesday, September 27, 2023; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET; In-Person, Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

  • CIDEC SEMINAR: “What Motivates Students to Pursue the EdD?”
  • Presenters: Dr. Joe Flessa & Dr. Karen Acton
  • Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Thursday, October 19, 2023; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET; In-Person, Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

  • CIDEC SEMINAR: “How do Syrian young adult refugee life experiences, pre and post resettlement, influence their aspirations and life chances in the adult education system in Montreal?”
  • Presenter: Arianne Maraj-Guitard
  • Chair: Dr. Sarfaroz Niyozov

Wednesday, November 15, 2023; 2:15 PM – 3:15 ET; In-Person, Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

  • CIDEC SEMINAR: “Comparative Case Studies: New Directions”
  • Presenter: Dr. Lesley Bartlett
  • Chair: Dr. Carly Manion