This year's theme is "from research to practice and back again." We will learn about the challenges and opportunities of knowledge mobilization and translation, navigating the relationship between theory and practice, thinking about the impacts of research on policy and/or practice (and the impacts of practice on research) and more.
All OISE faculty, students, postdoctoral fellows, and staff are welcome to attend. Registration details will be emailed to OISE community members.
2023-24 Focus on Research Lecture Series
November 23, 2023 - Introducing the Critical Action Learning Exchange (CALE): An international teacher community for design and peer support
Speakers: Jim Slotta, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
December 14, 2023 - Separate but together: Bridging education activities for democratic participation in South Korea
Speakers: Hye-Su Kuk, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
January 18, 2024 - Effective methods to curb academic cheating on exams: Recent advances
Speakers: Kang Lee, Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development
February 22, 2024 - Title/Topic to be Announced
Speakers: Katie Entigar, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
March 21, 2024 - Title/Topic to be Announced
Speakers: Esther Geva, Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development
April 25, 2024 - Considerations for Partnering with School Boards on Anti-Racist and Social Justice School Board Reforms
Speakers: Stephanie Tuters, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Previous Lecture Series
October 20, 2022 - Partnering with school systems to understand factors impacting French immersion students’ academic performance
Speakers: Becky Chen and team members Diana Burchell, Krystina Raymond, and Steve Songtao Wang, Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development
November 17, 2022 - African elders and Indigeneity
Speakers: Nana Dei, Department of Social Justice Education
December 8, 2022 - Northern oral language and writing through Play (NOW Play): a partnership supporting children’s Indigenous language, cultural knowledge and writing
Speakers: Shelley Stagg Peterson, Nicola Friedrich, and Nazila Eisazadeh, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
January 12, 2023 - Promoting reading development in Côte d’Ivoire with public-private academic partnerships
Speakers: Kaja Jasinska, Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development
February 16, 2023 - Mathematical literacy and digital technology: are they reconcilable?
Speakers: Alex Calvacante, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
March 23, 2023 - Changing Nature of Research Partnerships for Critical Studies of Work and Learning
Speakers: Peter Sawchuk, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
November 11, 2021 - The Power of Diagnostic Scaffolding in Technology-Rich Learning-Oriented Assessment Environments
Speakers: Eunice Jang, Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development
January 13, 2022 - Beyond the Toolkit: Virtual Community-Engaged Facilitation during COVID-19
Speakers: Rubén Gaztambide-Fernandez (Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning), Andrea Vela-Alarcón
(PhD candidate, School of Fine Arts, McMaster University), and Sarah Switzer (Senior Research Officer, Centre for Community-Based Research)
February 10, 2022 - Rethinking Internationalization: Using ‘Collage’ to Understand a Moving Target
Speakers: Elizabeth Buckner, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
March 3, 2022 - "COVID taught me...": Examining Child-Radio Productions in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Speakers: Cassie Brownell, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
April 7, 2022 - Capturing self-injurious thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in real-time: Opportunities, challenges, and potential applications of experiential sampling
Speakers: Chloe Hamza, Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development
February 3, 2022 - Asian educators’ experiences during COVID-19: How the surge in anti-Asian hate impacted Asian Canadian teachers and leaders
Speakers: Mary Reid and Kien Nam Luu, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
February 24, 2022 - Teachers' work during the COVID era
Speakers: Nina Bascia, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
March 31, 2022 - Filling the learning gaps caused by the pandemic: Supporting teachers and their diverse students with digital technology
Speakers: Emmanuelle Le Pichon-Vorstman, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
May 5, 2022 - Coping with COVID-19: using quasi-experimental study of the effects of the pandemic on low-income children and their mothers
Speakers: Michal Perlman, Samantha Burns, Calpanaa Jegatheeswaran, and Sumayya Saleem, Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development
May 12, 2022 - Supporting online language education during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from a mixed-methods study on the use of action-oriented, plurilingual scenarios in Northern Italy
Speakers: Enrica Piccardo, Karam Noel, Andrea Scholze, and Rebecca Schmor, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
October 22, 2020 - LGBTQ Families Speak Out: Ethical Principles and Practices for Arts-Based Testimonial Research
Speakers: Tara Goldstein and Yasmin Owis, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
December 10, 2020 - “She walked the writing path clearing the brush for us to follow”: Advancing Indigenous Maternal Methodologies to inform Pathways for Liberatory Praxis
Speakers: Jennifer Brant, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
January 21, 2021 - Trends in Socio-economic Segregation between Schools in Canada, 1980-2018
Speakers: Katyn Chmielewski and Sachin Maharaj, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
March 4, 2021 - Supporting collective inquiry: New roles for the physical classroom environment
Speakers: Jim Slotta, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
April 8, 2021 - Using marketing research methodologies to study parents' preferences and understanding of early childhood education and care services
Speakers: Michal Perlman (Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development), Samantha Burns (Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development), Adrienne Davidson (Department of Political Science, McMaster University), Delaine Hampton (Rotman School of Management), Sumayya Saleem, (Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development), and Linda White (Department of Political Science, University of Toronto)