Professor Leesa Wheelahan has been reappointed to the William G. Davis Chair in Community College Leadership
for a second five-year term. The Davis Chair was established in 1999 to support and recognize distinguished and relevant expertise in Community College Leadership in OISE's Higher Education program,
and has been held by Professor Wheelahan since she joined OISE in 2014.

With his fellowship, McCready plans to organize a Queer of Color Analysis in Education Research Institute, with details coming soon.

Dr. Karen Mundy, Professor in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, has been appointed to the UNESCO International Commission on the Futures of Education. Launched on September 26 at the 74th United Nations General Assembly in New York, the initiative aims to re-imagine how knowledge and learning can shape the futures of humanity in a context of increasing complexity, uncertainty and precarity.

7 university leaders contemplate the future of higher education in Canada. They affirm that universities have a vital role to play in helping society navigate through the deepest challenges of our time, from climate change to the dangers of misinformation and rising intolerance.

Digitizing sacred knowledge: Professor Jennifer Wemigwans teams up with Indigenous communities in South and North America to bring their traditional calendar systems online

In the TDSB Beginning Teacher Equity Conference in downtown Toronto. Sharla Falodi and Farah Rahemtula, both learning coaches at the Toronto District School Board, focus on learning about microaggressions and the difference between intention and impact.

Hiro Hiratsuka, a PhD candidate in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, has been awarded a Massey College Junior Fellowship for 2019-20.

The specialized EdD cohort in International Educational Leadership and Policy will start in Fall 2020.

The National Advisory Council on Poverty (Advisory Council) brings together persons with lived experience, leaders, experts, academics, and practitioners that work in the field of poverty reduction to advise the Government of Canada on its strategy and produce a report on the Government's progress toward meeting poverty reduction targets every year.

Wemigwans, who specializes in the convergence of Indigenous knowledge and new media technologies, says tech companies could be doing more to preserve and revitalize endangered tongues.

Edited by Anila Zainub, LHAE doctoral student, presents interdisciplinary research on contemporary forms of decolonization and anti-colonialism in practice based in education.

A first for ELP Professor Marvin Zuker after 50 years of writing.

Professor Alex Abramovich and Associate Professor Lori Ross - both of U of T's Dalla Lana School of Public Health - helped develop 23 recommendations that were presented to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health in June.

ELP doctoral student Rashmee Karnad-Jani talks about her MEd thesis research into mothering work as an invisible part of the process for transitions to high school.

On June 24 and 25, OISE welcomed over 175 practitioners, policy-makers and students from across Canada and over 20 countries in Africa, Asia and Europe to participate in the 2019 Shaping Sustainable Futures for Internationalization in Higher Education (SSFIHE) conference.

Check out OISE Convocation Instagram Story featuring highlights from the OISE convocation ceremony including some terrific alumni advice for new grads

The group brings together a stellar cast of more than 20 eminent individuals with experience of having worked at the highest levels in government, public services, academia, think tanks and

This program is being organized by USP's Institute of International Relations and will be held between August 21 and 30. The program focus on graduate candidates interested in the themes of Science and international relations, and Edmond is the only Canadian attending.

AECD graduate Michelle Coombs has successfully defended her thesis: Women, Learning and Charitable Leadership in Canada, in 2018.

Are you a mid-career professional working in an international education setting looking to create impact and mobilize new solutions to real-world problems? Complete your EdD degree at OISE while working full-time.

Testing literacy today requires more than a pencil and paper.

SSHRC's annual Storytellers contest challenges postsecondary students from across the country to tell the story-in three minutes or in 300 words-of how SSHRC-funded research is making a difference in the lives of Canadians. The stories highlight how knowledge about the social sciences and humanities helps Canadians understand and improve the world.

Canadian Federal government sends an encouraging sign on outbound student mobility. The recent budget announcement means Canadian students won't be left behind when it comes to studying abroad.

LHAE student, Desiree Sylvestre has been recognized for her work supporting marginalized youth in STEM by Visions of Science.
Their community leader award recognizes her work with the Rivertowne community. Desiree won the 2019 Program Facilitator of the Year Award.

The Burstow Scholarship for Research into Antisemitism is a perennial scholarship to be awarded annually to an OISE student doing research into antisemitism.

Congratulations to Umme Juthi Jamila, Chizoba Imoka and Henry Ssali, this year's recipients of the Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award Established in 1994 by the University of Toronto Alumni Association (UTAA) and the Division of University Advancement, the Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Awards recognize students who have made outstanding extra-curricular contributions to their college, faculty or school, or to the university as a whole.

CLSEW Speaker Series

Barb MacQuarrie will examine how survivors of gendered workplace violence, family members of victims of gendered workplace violence, academics, the labour movement and women's advocates have collaborated over the years to bring awareness to the problem and bring about legislative and policy changes to address it.

A study co-authored by Higher Ed Professor and OISE Dean, Glen Jones, finds that government regulation and accountability measures have been increasing across five provinces

ELP Professor Carol Campbell explains why the Fraser Institute's rankings of Ontario elementary schools are problematic

Professor Stephanie Waterman has won the NASPA Outstanding Contribution to Higher Education Award for her dedication to Indigenous graduate student success and work in Indigenous student affairs

Kindergarten teacher reacts to government consulting on class size caps (CBC Metro Morning with Matt Galloway)
Listen: ELP Professor and Chair Nina Bascia weighs in on the impact of increasing class sizes

New paper on "Provincial Oversight and University Autonomy in Canada" from OISE research team.

Conference Dates: June 24-25, 2019
We invite submissions engaging in one or more of the conference themes of quality, reciprocity, and inclusivity as they relate to shaping a sustainable future for internationalization in higher education. Dedaline: January 25, 2019

The University of Toronto ranks highest in Canada in nine different subjects, and is one of only eight universities in the world to place in the top 50 across 11 subjects, according to new rankings by the prestigious Times Higher Education.