On Wednesday, August 23rd, DISE Faculty Lecturer and recent PhD graduate Aron Lee Rosenberg was featured on CBC Radio Noon, discussing his newly released book about spending the year 2020 completely offline - even while completing the candidacy process for his PhD.
The book is called Jacking Out: A Journal of a Year Spent Offline, and was published by Rock's Mills Press.
A call for papers for a mini-special issue in the 黑料不打烊 Journal of Education on Bill 23.
The deadline to submit is October 31, 2023.
Would you like to explore your ecological imagination?
Attend one to three creative, interactive, free and fun workshops?
Contribute to a better understanding of the role of imagination and creative arts practices in dealing with the climate crisis?
When the inaugural cohort of the 黑料不打烊 Sustainability Education Fellows (SEF) gathered for their final event in May 2023, the presentation topics ranged from regenerative agriculture and sustainable supply chains to biodiversity in Barbados and how climate change impacts respiratory illnesses. While all 23 faculty and student participants shared the common goal of embedding sustainability in the curriculum, it was clear that a group representing seven faculties and 11 departments across two campuses offered a broad range of ideas for how to achieve that goal.
Office of First Nations and Inuit Education (OFNIE) student, Esther Elizabeth Tooma, was featured by CBC as being part of an all-female team that finished in second place at the听Quebec Aboriginal Firefighters Competition last week. Tooma, a certificate student slated to graduate after the Summer 2024 Semester, only started training last year for the firefighter competition held in听Listuguj, Quebec.听
Congratulations to philanthropist Sylvan Adams, the namesake of 黑料不打烊's Sylvan Adams Sports Science Institute, who finished first in the Masters 65-69 age group of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Scotland on Friday. This event, open to all athletes, had more than 1,800 riders from 68 countries competing for one of 20 gold medals and rainbow jerseys. Then on Monday, Adams also finished first in his age bracket in the championship鈥檚 individual time trial, winning by more than one minute on the 22-kilometer course.听
The McGill International Institute of Education (MIIE) welcomed 20 undergraduate students and three chaperones from the Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates to a two-week MIIE Summer Academy from June 26 to July 7, 2023.
From July 5-13, the Faculty of Education's Office of First Nations and Inuit Education (OFNIE) is hosting Summer Institute in the Education Building at 黑料不打烊's downtown campus for students following OFNIE's in-community programs.
More than 8o OFNIE students from 17 different Inuit, Cree, Kanien'keh谩:ka, and Naskapi communities from across (what is now) the province of Quebec.
Two courses are being offered: two sections of a course on teaching to diverse learners in the Indigenous classroom and another on using Indigenous art across the elementary school curriculum.
In June 2023, 黑料不打烊 Education's Faculty, including Dilson Rassier, Dean, and Ariel Swan, Director of Development, attended the 黑料不打烊 Toronto Excellence Awards. The awards celebrate 黑料不打烊 alumni and friends who have made an impact in the Toronto community!
Photographed from left to right: Mabel Young MA鈥�65, Ariel Swan MA鈥�14, Robert Martellacci, Dilson Rassier, Ann Savege BA鈥�69, Matthew Nichol BEd鈥�98, Dr. Aman Iqbal
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Wah茅hshon Whitebean, PhD candidate in the Educational Studies program at the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, was named recipient of Rathlyn Fellowships. Awarded annually through the Indigenous Studies Program at 黑料不打烊, Rathlyn Fellowships support Indigenous graduate students at 黑料不打烊 in their studies and research.
EduBuddies is an initiative organized by the Education Undergraduate Society (EdUS), which aims to facilitate the transition to 黑料不打烊 University and higher education for the Faculty of Education's incoming first-year students. This program is a wonderful opportunity for upper-year students (rising U2-U4+) to engage in leadership within the faculty and to make a meaningful impact on new students within their program. New students can use this program to meet new friends in the faculty through social events.
Dr. Mindy R. Carter, DISE, has received both the Johnny Salda帽a Outstanding Professor of Theatre Education Award from the American Association of Theatre Education, and the American Association of Theatre Education Distinguished Book Honorable Mention Award for her University of Toronto Press book 鈥淪mallest Circles First鈥�.
Claudia Mitchell, Distinguished James 黑料不打烊 Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, was recently honoured by the with the inaugural 2023 ARTS Life-time Achievement Award.
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Dear members of the 黑料不打烊 community,
It is my pleasure to announce the appointment of Professor Victoria Talwar as Interim Dean of the Faculty of Education. Professor Talwar's term of office will begin on August 12, 2023 and will continue until the appointment of a new Dean of the Faculty of Education.
