Student Theses
Take a look at some of the exciting research our graduates have conducted since 2018. On this page, you can browse thesis titles by program.
Find an interesting project and want to read it? Many Doctoral and Master's theses are digitized and available through the OISE Collection on TSpace, the University of Toronto's research repository.
2025
Virginia Kanyogonya
Examining how meaningful employment is understood by Employment Ontario Second Career participants
2024
Hoda Farahmandpour
Resisting Common-sense Notions of Employability, Risk, and Race: A Multi-case Study of Reimagined Approaches to Youth Employment Training in Toronto
Liujia (Ian) Tian
Queering Social Reproduction: Pleasure and Labour in Urban Southern China
Joseph Recupero
Gender and the Talking Stopwatch: A Qualitative Analysis on the Evolution from the "Script Assistant" to "Associate Director" Roles in Sports Broadcasting
Wraychel Gilmore
Youth Political Consultation: Understanding the Factors and Conditions of Adults Learning Human Rights Lessons from Marginalized Youth to Drive Policy and Systemic Change in Canada
2023
Terran Lee Giacomini
Exploring Transformative Politics and Practice: The Activism of Women in La Via Campesina
2022
Hae-sun Moon
Efficacy of Training in Solution-focused Coaching: Process Study of Learners' Progress in Response Choices
Sheldon Matthew Bromfield
Connected yet Disconnected: New Public Management and Labour Expropiation within Public Employment Services Work
Ushnish Sengupta
Towards a Values-based Data Governance Theory in the Social Economy in Ontario
Efrat Gold
Tracing Eugenics: The Rise of Totalizing Psychiatric Ideology in Canada
Trevor Wayne Corkum
Migrant youth, Islandness, and Belonging on Prince Edward Island
Amelia Fannie Merrick
Perpetuating Precarity in Theory and in Practice: A Case Study of Work-intergrated Learning in the Non-profit Sector in Northern Canada
2021
Fiona Shamila Sookhai
Affective Indignities at Work: Exposing the Inequality of Feelings in Canadian Professional Workplaces
Genevieve Ritchie
Youth in Transition: The Political Economy of Migration
2020
Anjali Tara Helferty
"We're really trying and I know it's not enough": Settler Anti-Pipeline Activists and the Turn to Frontline Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples
Mahdi Ganjavi
Franklin Book Programs (1952-1977): Imperialism, State and Knowledge Production
Dulani Suraweera
Towards Integrating Antiracism into Teaching English as a Second Language Training Programs in Ontario
Derya Tarhan
Renewable Energy Co-operatives and the Struggle for "Critical" Energy Democracy: The Case of Ontario
Brendan Michael Burrows
Film as Intervention: Raising the Bar for Teacher's Engagement with Indigenous Issues
2018
Chris Glover
The Impact of University Costs and Student Debt in Ontario and Quebec: A Comparative Study
Sona Kazemi
Toward a Conceptualization of Transnational Disability Theory and Praxis: Entry Point, Iraqi Chemical Attack on Iran
2025
Leslie Tumangday
Public School Choice, Reputation and Enrollment: Connections and Consequences in an Urban Environment
Marise Carlse
Revisioning Belonging for Early Career Teachers in Secondary Schools
Fatemeh Ameli
The Associations of Individual Characteristics and Kindergarten Context with Student Positional Math Achievement Trajectories in Ontario
Elyse Katherine Watkins
Skills in Focus: A Case Study of Ontario’s K-12 Learning Priorities During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through an Equity Lens
Cristina Allegranza
From Policy to Practice: Educators’ Sensemaking and Implementation of Assessment and Evaluation
Janay Marie Elizabeth Eccles
Countering Institutional Adultism: How Canadian Independent School Senior Leaders Engage with Racialized Student Voice
2024
Tarek Moussa Kaoun
An Investigation of Corporate Leaders' Experiences in using Emotional Intelligence while Leading Teams in Onsite and Virtual Environments: A Qualitative Study
Angelina Farone
What are the Disincentives to Becoming a Principal for Gen X Women?
Dawn Lazerte
Amplifying Voices: Postsecondary Education Pathway Experiences of Students with Down syndrome
Christine Corso
Academic Engagement and Emotional Well-Being of Secondary Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Hannah Mahepath
Exploring the Role of Black Teachers in Promoting Well-being and Academic Achievement of Black Students
Ashley Rostamian
A Canadian Case of Experiential Learning and Capital Acquisition through a Domestic Student Exchange Program
Neha Moreshwar Kapileshwarker
Teaching and Learning in High School Online Mathematics Classrooms
Allan Morrison
Survival at the top: Issues and challenges affecting the tenure of international school heads
Nicole Miller
Teacher Perceptions of the Value of Their Unions in Their Daily Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kathryn Peters
Making Sense with Students: Student Engagement in Quality Assurance
Ryan Hargraves
Understanding the Factors Affecting Admissions Committee Construction at Highly Regarded Canadian Public Universities
Catherine Lee
Grounded in Inuit Worldview: The Transformation of Two Qikiqtani Nunavut Schools
Konstantina Zoe Nicolopoulos
Examining Educational Leaders' Perspectives on School Calendar and AND Daily Schedule Models in Ontario: Impacts, Challenges, and Solutions
Emma Ghosn
Promoting Social Justice and Inclusion: Reflecting on the Identities of Teacher Leaders to Drive Effective Teaching and Leadership Strategies
Justin Patrick
The University of Ottawa Students Union Revolution
Harmen (Menko) Wieske
At the Intersection of Policy and Practice: A Principal's Perspectives on New Teacher Support Under the New Teacher Induction Program in Public K-12 Schools in Ontario
Nancy Simms
Racialized Faculty and Administrators in Ontario Colleges: A Case Study of Three Ontario Colleges
Lauren Kennedy
Preferences for Micro-credentials Offered by Canadian Colleges and Universities
Greg Tyrosvoutis
Designed for disruption: A comparative case study of Karen teacher development on the Thai-Myanmar border
Kimanzi Muthengi
Democratic Student Councils and Secondary Schools in Kenya: An Exploratory Study
Ge Ma
Local Principals' Leadership Practice in Non-Traditional International Schools in China
2023
Heather Elizabeth Clarke
How Ontario Certified Teachers Use Evidence from Research to Inform their Practice
Farimah Salimi
Exploring Educational Technology Policies and Practices of the World Bank
Julie Chami
Educational Currency: Teacher-Parents, Privilege and School Choice in Ontario
Dmitriy Fedotov
Student Mobility and the Struggle over European Intergration: The Lessons of the Bologna Process
Kaschka Rennardo Watson
Navigating the Academic Leadership Hierarchy: Exploring Black Male Faculty Members' Advancement to Senior-Level Leadership Positions in Ontario Universities
Rema Passarelli
Teacher Leadership and the Education Management Hierarchy
Osama Jawair Butt
Promoting Higher Education Institutes: Issues and Practices
Emily Jean Hastings-Speck
Making a Beautiful Difference: How teachers support students with learning challenges in rural Nepal
Vera Ermakova
Teachers' Perspectives on Nutrition and Physical Education Teaching Practices
2022
Donald Bruce Gordon Forsyth
Docile Minds: Discursive Implications of Mental Health Policies Related to Young People in Ontario
Norin Taj
When Global Ideas Meet Local Contexts: The Case of Girls' Education in Urban Pakistan
Monica Virve Paabo
Undergraduate Students Persistence through Academic Probation/Suspension
Alaca Zahide
Schools, Summers, and Educational Inequality
Anthony T Persaud
The Nature of Scientific Thought: Teachers' Views and Pedagogies
Soo Kyung Min
International Students' Social-emotional Experiences in Ontario Elite Boarding Schools
Wendy Jane Hughes
Graduates of Ontario Secondary Schools' Experiences in High School and Intercultural Attitudes
Shahrman Khattak
The Field of Higher Education in Pakistan as Experienced by Faculty: A Bourdieusian Analysis
2021
Ira Robin Applebaum
Principal Practices of Authentic Parental and Community Engagement in Inner-City Schools
Fatema Rehana Hossain
Using Research Knowledge: South Asian Female Graduate Students as Knowledge Mobilization Agents
Lisa Maria Schlaich
Refugee Parental Involvement: A Study of Refugee Parents in the Greater Toronto Area
Ahmad Jibran
Principals and the Hiring Process for Teachers in the Private Schools of Lahore, Pakistan
Mary Ellen Kelly
An Exploration of School Leadership in Private International Schools in Kuwait: Navigating Complexity, Diversity and Market Influences
Rashmee Karnad-Jani
Invisible Work & Hidden Labour in Ontario's Public Education. A decolonizing Institutional Ethnography of Mothering and Teacher's Work
Cosmin Marmureanu
The Effect of Vegetation on Student Achievement in the Toronto District School Board
Rhonda Dynes
Distributed Leadership in Ontario's CAAT sector: English Department Academic Coordinators
2020
William George Peat
Mind the Gap: How Economically Disadvantaged Students Navigate Elite Private Schools in Ontario
Stephanie Fearon
For Our Children: Black Motherwork and Schooling
Rachael Nicholls
A Walk Around the Lake: Critical Reflections on Place of Identity, Equity, and Inclusion in a Rural Ontario School Board
Kien Nam Luu
Experiences and Challenges of Instructional Coaches
Caroline Yearwood
Experiences of Secondary Long-term Occasional Teachers Seeking Permanent Employment in Ontario
Theresa Elizabeth Whitmell
Navigating Dilemmas in "Going Gradeless": Experiences of Teachers in Ontario, Canada
Annie Luk
Only in a Collective: A Narrative Inquiry into Leadership in a Collective Organizational Structure
Kimberly Ann-Marie Lefevre-Walke
How Ethical Transformative Ontario Superintendents Advance Educational Equity in their Districts
2019
Stephanie Dimech
Then and Now, Knowing and Leading: The Lived Experience of Ethnicity and its Implications for College Leadership
Zbigniew Peter Reiter
Self-Efficacy and the Student Success Teacher
Karen Acton
Environmental Teacher Leaders: Motivation, Supports, and Barriers
Johnny Nguyen
Principal Leadership for Teacher Collaborative Inquiry
Sachin Maharaj
Teacher Unions in the Public Sphere: Strategies Intended to Influence Public Opinion
Claire Kelly
Women in Canadian Independent School Leadership: Perceptions, Career Patterns, and Possibilities
Hubert Brard
A Study Exploring the Narratives of Gay and Lesbian School Principals in Ontario
2018
Katie Higginbottom
Women Directors of Education: Policy Consequences, Gender Perspectives and Leadership Strategies
David Cameron Hauseman
How Principals Manage their Emotions
Sharon Kamassah
The Impact of Post-secondary Educational Institution Policies and Practices on Indigenous Staff Recruitment and Retention
Judith Lyander
Orientation to Teaching as a Lifelong Career in Sub-Saharan Africa - A Tanzanian Case Study
Penelope Patrician
Rhetoric to Reality: Practices of Schools in Challenging Circumstances to Support Parent Engagement in their Children?s Mathematics Learning
2024
Beverley Roy
Perspectives and Expressions of Anishinabek Education Sovereignty from Rural, Northern Ontario (Mnidoo Mnising)
Stephanie Roy
A case study of a pilot Anishinabemowin (Ojibwe) immersion school on Manitoulin
Michael O'Shea
Honouring the Jay Treaty: Cross-Border Tuition Policies at Vancouver Island University
Andrea Urie
Perceptions of Special Constables on University Campuses
Bonnie Jasper
Student spirituality: A role for administrators in community college?
Dave Mammoliti
The Adoption of Micro-Credentials within Canadian Business Schools
Juliette Sweeney
The Elusive Nature of Gender Equity in Canadian Graduate Engineering Programs
Mary McCaffery
Context Matters: Exploring Teaching Methods and Contextual Factors Influencing Grade 12 Teachers’ Writing Instruction
Laura Leigh Murgaski
Hidden Curriculum Effects in the Canadian PGME Accreditation System as Experienced by Program Directors and Program Administrators
Joanne Spicer
Implementing the Mental Health and Well-Being for Post-secondary Students National Standard of Canada in a Sample of Ontario Colleges
2023
Jessica R Denenberg
Approaches to Fostering International Partnerships in Higher Education: Canada and Germany in a Comparative Perspective
Michael Klassen
Curriculum Governance in The Professions: A Comparative and Sociological Analysis of Engineering Accreditation
Catherine Ann King
A Social Cognitive Career Theory Approach to Understanding the Academic and Career Experience of Practical and Baccalaureate Nursing Students
Laurel Michele Schollen
Third-party Arrangements between Private and Public Colleges in Ontario: Benefits, Threats, Implications for Policy
Jennifer Lynn Sparks
Parental Involvement in the Lives of College Students in Ontario
Morag Carol Paton
A Foucaldian-Inspired Discourse Analysis of Administrative Staff and Faculty Relations in Health Professions Education
Fatima Samji
Excellence and Access for Ontario's Higher Education System: How Universities Commit to Both
Monika Moore
Managing Tensions in Equitable Disciplinary Teaching
2022
Derek Trevor Stockley
Competencies and Challenges for Deans in Ontario Colleges
Richard Elliot Anderson
A Study of Differentiation within The Ontario College Sector and the Impact of Geography
Nadiia Kachynska
Fostering Global Norms of Research Excellence: National Policies and Strategic Responses of Public Universities in Central and Eastern Europe
Mary Michelle Overholt
Developing and Supporting the Dual Professionalism of CAAT Faculty Members
Philip Elias Semple
An Exploratory Descriptive Study of Implicit Bias in Police Recruits and Applicants at the RCMP
Lindsay Marie Rita Coppens
A Narrative Study on First-generation Women Students' Experiences and Persistence Decisions in Ontario University Mathematics or Physics Programs
Alison Elizabeth Jefferson
The New Normal? The Practice of Doctoral Education during the COVID-19 Global Pandemic
Timothy Allen Brunet
Humanities and Learning Outcomes in Ontario Higher Education
2021
Edmund Adam
A Study of the Influence of Global University Rankings on Institutional Strategies, Decision- Making, and Policy Choice: The Case of Four Canadian Research Universities
Bahar Mousavi Hejazi
Implementation of Outcomes-Based Education In An Interdisciplinary Design Course and Curriculum: An Action Research Study
Diane Simpson
International Joint Universities: Towards A New Model in International Academic Mobility
Graeme Stewart
Rocks Will Melt with the Sun: Higher Education, National Identity and the Independence Debate in Scotland
2020
Gina Antonacci
The Transformation of Community Colleges to Institutions of Technology and Advanced Learning in Ontario
Navroz Surani
Turning Brain Drain into Brain Gain: Harnessing Pakistan’s Skilled Diaspora
Christian Noumi (Gides Christian Noumi I Tchoula)
Higher Education Policymaking in Africa: The Role of National Actors in Senegal and Ghana
Melissa Hynes
Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) Selection and Admissions: Intentions and Perceptions
Grace Hojung Ryu
An Exploration of the Experiences of Post-secondary Education for Ontario's Multi-barriered Mature Students
Mukesh Goel
Mental Health Literacies of Secondary School Teachers in Ontario: A Mixed Methods Study
Timothy Mickleborough
A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of the Construction of Canadian 'IPG' Professional Identities and Subjectivities
Emma Sabzalieva
Responding to Major Institutional Change: The Fall of the Soviet Union and Higher Education in Central Asia
Diane Barbaric
The Politics Behind and the Value of Outbound Student Mobility: Is Canada Missing the Boat?
2019
Paula Buskard
Exploratory Descriptive Study of Teaching Styles in One Ontario College
Renee Ferguson
Hidden among the under-represented: Foster youth access and persistence in Ontario post-secondary education.
Laura Capacchione
Dental Hygiene Curriculum and Core Competency Development: A Case Study of One Ontario College Program
Christopher Holt
Exploring the Construction of Entrepreneurial Identity Among University Students
Cindy Hazell
What’s in a Name? A Historical Analysis of Seneca College’s Journey Towards Increased Institutional Differentiation within the Ontario Postsecondary System 2001-2012
Stephanie Dimech
Then and Now, Knowing and Leading: The Lived Experience of Ethnicity & its Implications for College Leadership
Kathleen Clark
An Investigation of the Experiences of Graduate Students with a Mental Health Condition
Laurie-Ann Rancourt
Who Decides and Why it Matters: Institutions, Differentiation and Northern Rural Higher Education
Jeffrey Burrow
A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Study Abroad and Intercultural Competence
Aamir Taiyeb
Understanding External Policy Influences in Pakistani Higher Education
Lauren Wilson
The Influence of Junior Hockey Participation on Ontario University Male Hockey Players' Identity Development
2018
Nadina Jamison
Impact of Matching Funds: Help or Hindrance?
Sharon Scollard
Curriculum Change in Community Colleges: Updating Curriculum to Align with Current Industry Practices
Cindy Gouveia
Fundraising in Ontario Colleges: An Emerging Profession?
Micki Puksa
Exploration of Online Teaching in Eight Prelicensure Collaborative Baccalaureate Nursing Programs in Ontario Colleges
Kristi Harrison
Examining Leadership in the Role of Dean of Business in the Ontario College System: Using Narrative analysis to Reflect Leadership Journeys in the Role
Arleen Morrin
Decentralized Budgeting and its impact on the quality of decision-making at a large research-intensive university: A Case study at the University of Toronto
David Kim
In This Together: The Impact of Mentorship Programs On The First-Generation Student Experience
Sharon Kamassah
The Impact of Post-Secondary Educational Institution Policies and Practices on Indigenous Staff Recruitment and Retention
Vera Dolan
Faculty Narratives of Disability in Academic Work
Cindy Gouveia
Fundraising in Ontario Colleges: An Emerging Profession?
Savithiri Ratnapalan
Perceptions of Change Among Emergency Department Staff in a University Teaching Hospital in the United Kingdom
