 | Lauren Bialystok Associate Professor phone: 416-978-0412 email: lauren.bialystok@utoronto.ca Department: Social Justice Education | |
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Research Overview My background is in philosophy and my interests include ethics and education, feminist philosophy, social and political philosophy, and women's health and sexuality. Currently I am working on social justice education in the liberal state and Ontario's new sex education curriculum. Academic History Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Toronto B.A. Philosophy and German, University of Pennsylvania Teaching Overview I teach topics in ethics and education. Courses include: Liberalism and its Critics Identity and Education Contemporary Ethical Issues in Education Applied Ethics in Higher Education Introduction to Philosophy of Education Gender and Education Representative Publications Bialystok, L. (2020). “Political and Metaphysical: Reflections on Identity, Education, and Justice.” Philosophical Inquiry in Education, 27:2: 153-169. Bialystok, L. (2020). “First-Person Authority and Positionality as Bridges in Social Justice Education.” Philosophy of Education Society, 76.2: 1-16. Bialystok, L., Wright, J., Berzins, T., Guy, C., & Osborne, E. (2020). “The Appropriation of Sex Education by Conservative Populism.” Curriculum Inquiry, 50.4.Bialystok, L. (2019). “Ontario Health and Physical Education Teachers’ Views of the Aims of Sexuality Education.” Canadian Journal of Education 42.1: 1-41. Bialystok, L. (2019). “How Open Should Open-Mindedness Be?” Educational Theory 69.4: 529-537. Bialystok, L., Norris, T., & Pinto, L. (2019). “Teaching and Learning Philosophy in Ontario High Schools.” Journal of Curriculum Studies 51.5: 678-697. Bialystok, L. & Kingwell, M. (2019). “The Fragility of Fairness: Rethinking the Ethics of the Women’s Category in Sports.” Games, Sports, and Play. Ed. Tom Hurka. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 155-175. Bialystok, L. (2018). “My Child, My Choice? Mandatory Curriculum, Sex, and the Conscience of Parents.” Educational Theory 68.1: 11-29. Bialystok, L. and P. Kukar. (2018). “Authenticity and Empathy in Education.” Theory and Research in Education 16.1: 23-39. Bialystok, L. and Wright, J. (2017). “’Just Say No’: Public Dissent over Sexuality Education and the Canadian National Imaginary.” Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education 40.4: 343-357. Bialystok, L. (2017). “Philosophy across the Curriculum and the Question of Teacher Capacity.” Journal of Philosophy of Education 51.4: 827-836. Bialystok, L. (2017). “Authenticity in Education.” The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Ed. George Noblit. Oxford University Press. Doi: http://education.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.001.0001/acrefore-9780190264093-e-168 Bialystok, L. (2014). “Respect without Recognition: A Critique of the OCSTA’s ‘Respecting Difference’ Policy.” Paideusis: Canadian Journal of Philosophy of Education 22.1: 8-18. Bialystok, L. (2014). “Politics without ‘Brainwashing’: A Philosophical Defence of Social Justice Education.” Curriculum Inquiry 44.3: 413-440. Research Grants and ContractsSee "Touchy Subject: Sexuality Education in Ontario Schools" research website: https://laurenbialystok.wixsite.com/touchysubject 2016 Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant, “Touchy Subject: Investigating Aims and Values in Ontario’s Controversial 2015 Sex Education Update” 2013 Co-Investigator, Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Standard Research Grant, “Teaching and Learning High School Philosophy in Ontario Schools” 2013 Connaught New Researcher Fellowship (University of Toronto) “Refining the Authenticity Discourse in Education” Honours and Awards 2018 OISE Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Fall 2015 Visiting Fellow, Centre for Ethics (University of Toronto) Professional Activities Selected media appearances Global News (tv) April 27, 2020 https://globalnews.ca/video/rd/25833e00-88d1-11ea-831c-0242ac110003/?jwsource=em Radio Canada (French CBC) September 10, 2020 https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/y-a-pas-deux-matins-pareils/episodes/479639/rattrapage-du-jeudi-10-septembre-2020 The Globe and Mail August 30, 2019 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-is-modesty-no-longer-the-best-policy-on-dress-codes-canadian/ CTV News (Toronto) July 22, 2018 https://www.facebook.com/OISEUofT/posts/1818070724948312 CTV News National Edition August 21, 2019 https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1759507&playlistId=1.4558853&binId=1.810401&playlistPageNum=1&binPageNum=1 Selected online publications “Doug Ford’s Reboot of Sex Education in Ontario: Same as it ever Was.” The Conversation. August 26, 2019. https://theconversation.com/doug-fords-reboot-of-sex-education-in-ontario-same-as-it-ever-was-122299 “‘But Mom, I Have to Wear a Skirt to Look Pretty!’ Reflections on the Contradictions of Being a Feminist Mother.” Beauty Demands. March 18, 2019. http://beautydemands.blogspot.com/2019/03/but-mom-i-have-to-wear-skirt-to-look.html “I Bawled the Last Time I Breastfed My Child.” Huffington Post. January 21, 2016. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/lauren-bialystok/baby-led-weaning_b_9028792.html “Home Birth: Dispatch from a Convert.” Canadian Medical Association Journal Blogs. May 21, 2015. http://c-majblogs.com/home-birth-dispatch-from-a-convert/#more-2116 Scholarly Videos: “Populism and Sex Education in Ontario” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj_uZT3cyUg "A Brief Dialogue on Open-Mindedness" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_RkwtzHw48 "Navigating the Land Mines of Social Justice Education" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp4FNOuloeU "Education as Ethics" Early Career Faculty Colloquium, OISE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3b4dBFUxMM&t=2185s |
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