Integrated Studies in Education - Education News

Career Opportunity: Assistant or Associate Professor & Director of Teacher Education

ɬ�﷬ — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 19:30:15 +0000

The Department of Integrated Studies in Education invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor & Director of Teacher Education (JR0000071849). The successful candidate will demonstrate research and teaching experience directly related to K-Higher Education in the Québec educational context and will work to build a renewed vision for teacher education at ɬ�﷬.

Meghan Lai Winner of the 2025 Magna Charta Observatory Essay Competition

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:41:13 +0000

B.A.(Education); Major in Education in Global Contexts student, Meghan Lai, submitted her essay to Magna Charta Observatory (MCO) conducted their annual Essay Competition, responding to the question: "Drawing on your experience, how might your university engage more effectively with stakeholders both to improve both access to higher education for all and enhance the learning experience of students?" Lai's essay, "What is D without EI: Enhancing Access and Learning through Political, Curricular, a

Youth Digital Compass Keeps Kids Cybersafe

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:00:47 +0000

Built upon years of research led by Professor Victoria Talwar from ɬ�﷬’s Faculty of Education, Youth Digital Compass is an initiative dedicated to helping young people navigate online life safely, kindly, and confidently.
Launched in partnership with BRP’s Ride Out Intimidation Program, the program’s resources focus on four critical areas:

Education's President's Prize Winners for Teaching Excellence

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:08:17 +0000

Celebrating excellence in the classroom

President’s Prize honours educators who ‘inspire curiosity, nurture talent and prepare our students to thrive in a complex world'

At the afternoon Fall Convocation ceremony on October 14, ɬ�﷬ awarded the President’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching to four outstanding educators, half of whom were Faculty of Education instructors.

OFNIE Turns 50! Celebrating First Nations and Inuit In-Community Teacher Education

ɬ�﷬ — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:18:04 +0000

ɬ�﷬ marks 50 years of training First Nations and Inuit teachers in their languages and communities

Office of First Nations and Inuit Education (OFNIE) works collaboratively with communities to co-create and deliver programs

New Resource for Early Childhood Emotion Regulation and Anxiety Management

ɬ�﷬ — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:27:12 +0000

The Daniel and Monica Gold Centre for Early Childhood Development, in collaboration with ɬ�﷬ EMHR, is pleased to present a new resource, "Tantrums and more: Practical strategies for healthy emotion regulation development in early childhood”. These resources are designed for professionals and caregivers working with young children, providing evidence-based strategies to aid children’s emotion regulation and anxiety management, which can be hard to find.

CBC Radio Interviews Sheryl Smith-Gilman about the Proposed Bill 21 Expansion

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 18:07:53 +0000

Bill 21, Québec’s law banning public employees in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols at work, is at risk of being expanded in a way that would extend the restrictions further into areas that may affect early childhood education and daycare settings. CBC's Sean Henry of Daybreak Montreal looks at the potential impacts on staffing and children’s educational environment, including an interview with ɬ�﷬ Education's Dr.

Back-to-School Tips for Families from ɬ�﷬ Education Experts

ɬ�﷬ — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 20:41:05 +0000

As summer draws to a close and the school year looms, families across Montreal are grappling not just with backpacks and schedules—but with emotions too. CTV's Rachel Lau interviewed Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE) experts, Sheryl Smith-Gilman and Joseph Levitan, who offer essential strategies to help parents ease their children back into the routine of school life.

A novel approach to educating future teachers about the environment and sustainability

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:52:41 +0000

ɬ�﷬’s Faculty of Education is pioneering a new approach to sustainability education that goes beyond traditional teaching methods. Led by Associate Professor Blane Harvey, with contributions from PhD candidate Stephanie Leite, the initiative uses a co-design and co-teaching model where students, schoolteachers, and community members collaborate to develop and deliver courses.

McCall MacBain Scholars Applications Open

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:04:06 +0000

Are you a leader in your program, your community, campus group or association?

Are you interested in pursuing a master’s degree at ɬ�﷬ next year?

You can apply now for the 2026 cohort of McCall MacBain Scholars at ɬ�﷬, Canada’s largest leadership-based scholarship program for master’s and professional studies. This program brings together students who engage in positive change by taking on meaningful leadership roles.

August Research Presentations by CRC First Nations, Inuit and Métis Researchers

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 17:04:36 +0000

The Faculty of Education is hosting three research presentations by Canada Research Chair candidates as part of a special open call for First Nations, Inuit and Métis applicants in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education. See the schedule below and consider participating in these enlightening opportunities for learning and connecting:

THIS PRESENTATION IS POSTPONED UNTIL SEPTEMBER: (Details will be posted at a later date.)

Nicole Lugosi-Schimpf, PhD

Major work on McTavish Reservoir will Impact Vehicular Access to Upper Campus

ɬ�﷬ — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 16:17:54 +0000

The City of Montreal begins major work on the McTavish water pumping station; a section of Doctor Penfield Avenue will close to traffic until 2033.

Congratulations to Iona Amico, Recipient of the Jackie Robinson Undergraduate Award

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 19:37:27 +0000

Iona Amico, a 3rd-year B.Ed. K/Elementary Student, recently received the Jackie Robinson Undergraduate Award from the Black Academic Scholarships Fund.

DISE Student Andrea Brazeau Continues to Lobby for Internet Services for Inuit Communities

ɬ�﷬ — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:31:43 +0000

ɬ�﷬ Student Urges Legault to Follow Up On High-speed Internet Campaign Promise

Inuit communities still lack access to high-speed internet

by Catey Fifield of The ɬ�﷬ Daily

Statement on Racial Injustice and Systemic Discrimination

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 18:56:06 +0000

Dear ɬ�﷬ DISE Community,

Video Première: Students on Ice 2019

ɬ�﷬ — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:30:13 +0000

OFNIE (Office of First Nations and Inuit Education) premièred a video emphasizing the revitalizing Inuit culture in the classroom and bringing teacher education outside! Watch this heartwarming video capturing the educational activities of the Students on Ice (SOI) Arctic Expedition 2019. Many thanks to OFNIE partner Kativik Ilisarniliriniq and to the Students on Ice Foundation for producing this important video.

DISE Releases Statement on Bill 21

ɬ�﷬ — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 15:21:12 +0000

Statement on Bill 21, An Act respecting the laicity of the State (Loi sur la laïcité de l’État), from the Department of Integrated Studies in Education and the Internships and Student Affairs Office in the Faculty of Education at ɬ�﷬ adopted on April 18, 2019

Dr. Aziz Choudry in Manchester

ɬ�﷬ — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 15:11:51 +0000

DISE's Dr. Aziz Choudry will take part in a panel discussion presented by the Northern Police Monitoring Project in Manchester, UK.

Activists, State Surveillance and Political Policing

The panel discussion will take place Friday March 8, 2019.

Dr. Choudry will also be attending the launch of his new book: Activists and the Surveillance State: Learning from Repression on March 11, 2019 at the University of Westminster.

New book from DISE's Aziz Choudry, "Activists and the Surveillance State: Learning from Repression", is now available

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:37:46 +0000

A new publication edited by Aziz Choudry, Activists and the Surveillance State: Learning from Repression, is now available for purchase from Pluto Press.

ɬ�﷬ Sustainability Faculty Feature | Professor Blane Harvey

ɬ�﷬ — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 17:27:39 +0000

Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education discusses climate change knowledge and how to develop tomorrow’s sustainability leaders

Partnership between Cree School Board, ɬ�﷬ Faculty of Education featured in CBC article

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 21:08:35 +0000

"'A huge class': ɬ�﷬ graduates 40 students from Indigenous language and literacy program", gushed a recent CBC article by Susan Bell and Betsy Longchap, posted November 26, 2018.

The article centers on graduates of the certificate in Indigenous language and literacy education, a 30-credit program offered in the Cree communities over three years through a partnership between the Cree School Board and the Faculty of Education's Office of First Nations and Inuit Education (OFNIE).

DISE student Fatima Ahmad featured in CBC article about proposed religious symbol ban

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 17:18:41 +0000

CBC recently published an article on the topic of Quebec's proposed ban on religious symbols for civil servants, including teachers: "Aspiring teacher may leave Quebec if CAQ follows through on religious symbol ban", by Benjamin Shingler and Jaela Bernstien.

DISE students and alumni establish Canadian non-profit

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 17:17:34 +0000

Students and alumni from ɬ�﷬'s Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE) have co-founded the non-religious non-profit Centre for Civic Religious Literacy (CCRL) to promote civic religious literacy through educational programming.

New issue and call for papers from J-BILD (Journal of Belonging, Identity, Language, and Diversity)

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 15:58:12 +0000

J-BILD (Journal of Belonging, Identity, Language, and Diversity) have announced the publication of Volume 2(2), now available to read or download via their website.

DISE's Jayne Malenfant is La Presse "Personality of the Week"

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 21:10:47 +0000

Jayne Malenfant, doctoral student with our Department of Integrated Studies in Education, has been chosen as La Presse's Personality of the Week.

New book co-edited by Claudia Mitchell and Relebohile Moletsane: "Disrupting Shameful Legacies: Girls and Young Women Speaking Back Through the Arts to Address Sexual Violence"

ɬ�﷬ — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 19:30:26 +0000

Claudia Mitchell has co-edited a new book:Disrupting Shameful Legacies: Girls and Young Women Speaking Back through the Arts to Address Sexual Violence (Brill Publishers). The book is co-edited with Relebohile Moletsane of the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The book is now available online through Brill.

"D’itinérante à doctorante": DISE doctoral student Jayne Malenfant featured in La Presse

ɬ�﷬ — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:58:09 +0000

Jayne Malenfant, doctoral student with our Department of Integrated Studies in Education, was featured in a recent La Presse article, "D’itinérante à doctorante", published October 26, and written by Suzanna Colpron.

Jayne Malenfant's doctoral research explores educational access for youth experiencing homelessness in the context of precarious labour markets, with a focus on youth activism and autonomy.

New book edited by Aziz Choudry, "Activists and the Surveillance State", now available for pre-order

ɬ�﷬ — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 17:11:59 +0000

Prof. Limin Jao speaks to CBC about REDress project honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 16:31:51 +0000

Prof. Limin Jao, of our Department of Integrated Studies in Education, spoke with the CBC this week regarding the recent REDress exhibition held at Montreal's Trafalgar School for Girls.

International Cellphilm Festival: Submission Deadline: Monday, October 22, 2018.

ɬ�﷬ — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:57:54 +0000

How can your group use Cellphilm production to make community?

Prof. Naomi Nichols' blog, "Access to Justice for Youth in the Public Sphere," appears in Social & Legal Studies

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 17:10:15 +0000

A recent blog entry by Naomi Nichols, of our Department of Integrated Studies in Education, has appeared in Social & Legal Studies: An International Journal.

Please click here to read the blog, titled "Access to Justice for Youth in the Public Sphere".

Special themed issue of Education As Change journal co-edited by Prof. Aziz Choudry

ɬ�﷬ — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 15:38:28 +0000

A special themed issue of Education As Change journal, 22 (2) "Learning from, in, and with independent community and activist archives: The past in our present and future", is co-edited by Prof. Aziz Choudry (ɬ�﷬ - Department of Integrated Studies in Education) and Prof.

Maria Ezcurra's "Personal Belongings" at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 18:14:52 +0000

Personal Belongings, a piece made by Maria Ezcurra, Art Mediator with the Faculty of Education, in collaboration with Nuria Carton de Grammont, will be on display at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts until June 23, 2019 as part of Connections: Our Artistic Diversity Dialogues with Our Collections.

UKZN Press publishes South African edition of Aziz Choudry's co-edited book, "History's Schools: Past Struggles and Present Realities"

ɬ�﷬ — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 18:28:46 +0000

A new South African edition of History's Schools: Past Struggles and Present Realities, co-edited by Aziz Choudry and Salim Vally, has been published by University of KwaZulu-Natal Press.

DISE's Jayne Malenfant featured in ɬ�﷬ News: "The barriers to education for homeless youth"

ɬ�﷬ — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:17:26 +0000

by Daniel McCabe, BA’89 | ɬ�﷬ Alumni News Magazine

Jayne Malenfant is a doctoral student in the Faculty of Education and she has earned two of Canada’s most prestigious awards for graduate students – a Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship and a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. That all might come as a surprise to some of the people who knew her in high school – especially if they remember that Malenfant was expelled from the school.

OFNIE partners with Kahnawà:ke Education Center to launch Bachelor of Education program

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 16:33:21 +0000

The Mohawk community of Kahnawà:ke and ɬ�﷬ launched the first-ever Bachelor of Education (B. Ed.) First Nations and Inuit Education (FNIE) program to be given in the community of Kahnawà:ke, on August 20.

It’s a labour of love between ɬ�﷬’s Office of First Nations and Inuit Education (OFNIE) in the Faculty of Education, and the Kahnawà:ke Education Centre (KEC). It’s also in line with ɬ�﷬’s Task Force on Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Education.

Combining traditional values with western science at the Eagle Spirit Science Futures Camp

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 18:09:12 +0000

Lisa Starr receives SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant in support of her collaborative project, NEXTschool: Innovative systems change for Québec High Schools

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 20:05:41 +0000

Recently, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) announced the recipients of its latest round of Partnership Engage Grants, including a ɬ�﷬-led grant totalling around $25,000 over one year. One ɬ�﷬ researcher will also collaborate with a grant led by Ryerson University.

Prof. Ratna Ghosh, alumnus Patrick Elbaz honoured at Order of Excellence in Education in Quebec (OEE) ceremony

ɬ�﷬ — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 16:53:33 +0000

Ratna Ghosh, of our Department of Integrated Studies in Education, has been named as a Membre émérite of the Order of Excellence in Education in Quebec (OEE). Prof. Ghosh received the medal at a ceremony in Quebec City on Friday, June 15th.

The Perils of ‘Dropping Knowledge’: Aziz Choudry interviewed by Erika Massoud for CARFMS Notes from the Field

ɬ�﷬ — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:48:18 +0000

Aziz Choudry was interviewed by Erika Massoud for Notes From The Field, on behalf of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS), for an article titled "The Perils of ‘Dropping Knowledge’".

DISE PhD student Michael Lipset selected for Jeanne Sauvé Public Leadership Program, starts new podcast called RUDE

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 17:07:54 +0000

Every two years, the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation runs a Public Leadership Program that brings together 12 Fellows from around the world to live and work with one another in Montreal.

Urban arts at James Lyng High: Melissa Proeitti, Jimmy Baptiste interviewed

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 16:38:40 +0000

DISE's Jayne Malenfant speaks to CBC's Michael Enright: "Why are so many young Canadians homeless?"

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 20:29:41 +0000

Jayne Malenfant, PhD student with our Department o

Montreal Gazette article praises partnership between DISE, James Lyng Urban Arts School: "High School Rocks!"

ɬ�﷬ — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 20:14:25 +0000

"It’s not often you’ll hear a teen saying, 'High school rocks!'," wrote Montreal Gazette reporter T'Cha Dunlevy this week, "But it’s hard to think of a better way to describe what’s going on at James Lyng." The feat

Three Education students to intern with ATTSVE in Ethiopia this summer

ɬ�﷬ — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 18:33:06 +0000

The ATTSVE project is pleased to announce their interns for the summer of 2018. For the first time each of the Faculty of Education's three departments are represented by the interns in the cohort.

Summer 2018 Teacher Training on Ice participants announced

ɬ�﷬ — Tue, 29 May 2018 19:36:38 +0000

This summer, six Inuit Faculty of Education student-teachers from Nunavik will have the opportunity to participate in Teacher Training on Ice, a two-week Arctic sea expedition up the Greenlandic coast, across Davis Strait, and around the northern edge of Baffin Island to Resolute Bay.

New Enriched Education Opportunity will augment B.Ed. and MATL student teachers’ competencies in Disability/Diverse Learning Needs and provide valuable resources

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 28 May 2018 20:31:09 +0000

Commencing in late fall 2018, fifteen B.Ed. and MATL students are engaging in a funded Enriched Education Opportunity (EEO), the first of its kind in the Faculty of Education.

DISE's Fatima Ahmad featured on CBC The National's "Seeing Fatima: wearing the niqab when the law doesn’t want you to"

ɬ�﷬ — Tue, 22 May 2018 20:00:47 +0000

Fatima Ahmad, B.Ed student with our Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE), was recently featured on CBC The National for a video titled "Seeing Fatima: wearing the niqab when the law doesn’t want you to".

Professor Ratna Ghosh receives Order of Montreal

ɬ�﷬ — Fri, 18 May 2018 12:00:00 +0000

Professor Ratna Ghosh, of our Department of Integrated Studies in Education, received the Order of Montreal at the city's annual ceremony yesterday.

Website launched for ɬ�﷬ Symposium on the University's Role in Supporting Indigenous Languages

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 07 May 2018 20:03:25 +0000

Aziz Choudry and Salim Vally featured on FreshEd Podcast with Will Brehm

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 07 May 2018 19:24:30 +0000

Aziz Choudry, of our Department of Integrated Studies in Education, and Salim Vally, co-editor with Dr. Choudry of the recent book Reflections on Knowledge, Learning and Social Movements: History's Schools, joined Dr. Will Brehm this week as guests on FreshEd Podcast with Will Brehm. Please click here to listen to the podcast, "Radical histories and social movements".

Aziz Choudry & Salim Vally book chapter, "History's Schools: Past Struggles and Present Realities", available via South African History Online

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 17:30:05 +0000

The website of South African History Online has made the first chapter of Aziz Choudry and Salim Vally's recent co-edited book, Reflections on Knowledge, Learning and Social Movements: History's Schools, available online at no cost.

Report | Jeanne Sauvé Foundation Fellows leadership encounter with Aziz Choudry

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 20:13:44 +0000

Jeanne Sauvé Foundation Fellow Semuhi Sinanoglu prepared a brief report for the foundation's website, summarizing a recent leadership encounter with Aziz Choudry of our Department of Integrated Studies in Education.

Carolyn E. Turner named recipient of the 2018 Cambridge English Language Assessment/ILTA Distinguished Achievement Award

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 19:01:56 +0000

Carolyn E. Turner has been named as the winner of the 2018 Cambridge English Language Assessment/ILTA Distinguished Achievement Award.

Carolyn Turner completed her PhD in Second Language Education at ɬ�﷬ in 1988 with a dissertation on the factor structure of cloze test performance in francophone university level students. She went on to work as Assistant then Associate Professor at ɬ�﷬'s Department of Integrated Studies in Education.

DISE's Allison Gonsalves, Dawn Wiseman present "Teaching Science in Homework Zone" pilot project at local schools

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 17:09:55 +0000

Allison Gonsalves and Dawn Wiseman, of our Department of Integrated Studies in Education, presented their Teaching Science in Homework Zone pilot project at two Montreal-area schools this year. These workshops, presented to elementary school students in an after-school setting, have the goal of showing science-based materials in an engaging and accessible fashion. The project recruited 14 volunteer students from Science Education with DISE and from the Faculty of Science to work together and design three workshops, each about 45 minutes in length.

Ratna Ghosh to receive CIES Honorary Fellows Award

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 16:24:01 +0000

Dr. Ratna Ghosh, of our Department of Integrated Studies in Education, will be named an Honorary Fellow of The Comparative and International Education Society (CIES). The decision was announced at the 2018 Annual Meeting of CIES, held this week in Mexico City. The award will be conferred at next year’s conference.

Training the next generation of Indigenous teachers

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 18:41:05 +0000

Students and educators in the new B.Ed. program offered by the Faculty of Education in Listuguj.

by Katie Mullen [view original article on ɬ�﷬ Giving website]

OFNIE alumna Ulaayu Pilurtuut interviewed by Kativik Ilisarniliriniq

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 20:15:24 +0000

Kativik Ilisarniliriniq (Kativik School Board) recently posted an interview with Ulaayu Pilurtuut, who received a B.Ed for Certified Teachers in December 2017 through the Teacher Training program offered by Kativik Ilisarniliriniq in conjunction with our Office of First Nations and Inuit Educ

Prof. Ghosh and PEER team launch new website

ɬ�﷬ — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 19:01:57 +0000

Preventing Extremism through Educational Research (PEER), a research team headed by Professor Ratna Ghosh of our Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE), have launched a new website at www.mcgill.ca/peer.

Aziz Choudry publishes review of Irene Watson's "Indigenous People as Subjects of International Law"

ɬ�﷬ — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 18:57:47 +0000

Aziz Choudry has published a review of Irene Watson's recent book Indigenous People as Subjects of International Law (Routledge, 2017).

Cree School Board Chairperson, Education alumna Kathleen J. Wootton looks back at 2017, and her hopes for 2018

ɬ�﷬ — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 18:36:59 +0000

Kathleen J. Wootton (BEd (Elem) 1985, MA (Ed. Leadership) 2002), Chairperson of the Cree School Board, was among four Cree leaders featured in a recent article written by The Nation Magazine's Amy German.

DISE’s Lucia De Luca contributes article to John Dewey Society’s Journal of School & Society

ɬ�﷬ — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 18:17:06 +0000

Lucia De Luca, second-year student with our Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE), has published an article with the John Dewey Society’s Journal of School & Society.

DISE doctoral students win prize at IVSA conference

ɬ�﷬ — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 20:56:40 +0000

Congratulations to Hani Sadati and Milka Nyariro, doctoral students in the Department of Integrated Studies for Education, for their award-winning poster “Picturing Change Through Photovoice: Participatory Evaluation of a

Artist-in-Residence invites students, faculty to Wednesday workshops

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:15:07 +0000

Maria Ezcurra, Artist-in-Residence with the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE), invites faculty and students to weekly art workshops each Wednesday.

Faculty and students are invited to the library space on the 1st floor, between 10 am and 3 pm, to develop art projects. Art materials will be provided. Participants are encouraged to donate a piece of unused clothing for a series of textile portraits.

Anne Ashton's Tiburón installation to open at OBORO

ɬ�﷬ — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 15:57:16 +0000

Montreal's OBORO gallery presents Anne Ashton's Tiburón from September 12, 2015 until October 17. Anne Ashton currently teaches painting with the Faculty of Education.

The Tiburón installation "deals with the great white shark," reveals OBORO's promotion for the exhibit, "in danger of extinction due to human impact. The artist's intention is not to romanticize or demonize this animal, but rather to emphasize the uniqueness, as well as the primeval and mystifying beauty of this rare species..."

Annual Pow-Wow and Indigenous Awareness Week, September 2015

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 16:29:56 +0000

During the month of September ɬ�﷬ will host the 14th Annual Pow-Wow (September 18) and the 5th annual Indigenous Awareness Week (September 21-25). ɬ�﷬’s Indigenous Awareness Week is designed to increase awareness at ɬ�﷬ about Indigenous peoples in Canada. The week honours the many Indigenous cultures across the country including First Nations, Métis and Inuit.

Multiliteracies Lab for Faculty of Education

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:30:04 +0000

ɬ�﷬'s Faculty of Education has received funding to create a dedicated laboratory space that will serve as a hub for multiliteracies practices in the Education building.

In Memoriam: Agus Nuryatno (1970-2014)

ɬ�﷬ — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:48:16 +0000

The Faculty of Education mourns the loss of Agus Nuryatno, alumnus of our Department of Integrated Studies, who passed away suddenly on December 16 of 2014. Agus Nuryatno, who is survived by his wife Ani Dama Swari and children Fariz, Angga and Putri, was teaching and researching in Japan, as a Visiting Scholar, at the time of his tragic passing.

DISE's Amélie Lemieux receives SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Award

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 15:12:42 +0000

Congratulations to ɬ�﷬ Department of Integrated Studies in Education PhD student Amélie Lemieux on being awarded a prestigious Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Fellowship.

Amélie’s research explores the ways in which high school students’ reading practices evolve through an investigation of arts-related meaning making strategies.

Scarf Ceremony at First Peoples' House

ɬ�﷬ — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 19:33:51 +0000

On October 28th, 2014, First Peoples' House held a celebration to honor the Fall Graduates. It was a Scarf Ceremony followed by a dinner. It was held at the ɬ�﷬ Faculty Club. Jim Howden, the Director, and Tina Schiavone, one of the Student Advisors attended. It is always a special occasion sharing this moment with the graduates, members of their community as well as their partners and families.

First Nations and Inuit Education is proud to announce that there are five graduates this Fall.

DISE Department Independent Awards Winners

ɬ�﷬ — Wed, 07 May 2014 14:25:37 +0000

The Department of Integrated Studies in Education would like to congratulate the 2014 winners of the Department Independent Awards (the “Indies”)

Amy Cole, Dominic Manuel, Lerona Lewis, Sarah Mostafa-Kamel , Rosalind Hampton, Desirée Rochat, and Manuel Salamanca Cardona.

For full details, please see "The Indies."

DISE PhD grad Miranda Campbell short-listed for the 16th annual Donner Prize

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 15:09:54 +0000

Miranda Campbell, DISE PhD 2010 graduate and now professor of English at Dawson College has been short-listed for the prestigious 16th Annual Donner Prize. Her book "Out of the Basement: Youth Cultural Production in Practice and in Policy is one of five books vying for the 2013/2014 Donner Prize, the award for the best public policy book by a Canadian. Dr. Campbell's book was based on her dissertation which was supervised by Dr. Bronwen Low.

DISE Welcomes New Faculty Member Dr. Lisa Starr

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 19:12:15 +0000

The Department is excited to welcome Dr. Lisa Starr to ɬ�﷬. Dr. Starr moved to DISE from the University of Victoria, and is going to be strongly focused on teacher education. She is experienced in this area and completed her PhD on the topic, so will be well-placed to help us think about how to evolve our programs.

Faculty of Education undergrad Jennifer Looi recognized with prestigious international award

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 16:48:01 +0000

Congratulations to Faculty of Education undergraduate student Jennifer Looi for her outstanding achievement in the Teacher Education category at The Undergraduate Awards 2013 Global Summit. Jennifer, who is in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE), was invited to Dublin earlier this month to accept her award, and meet similarly accomplished students from around the world to exchange ideas.

Making an impression: Inuit artist and DISE student's art to be featured on five-dollar coin

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 16:52:36 +0000

ɬ�﷬’s First Nations and Inuit Education (FNIE) celebrates Nunavik artist Ulaayu Pilurtuut, whose design “Mother and Baby Ice Fishing” has been selected by the Royal Canadian Mint to be featured on the new five-dollar silver coin. To find out more, visit http://ow.ly/n8GrU. Ulaayu is a graduate of the Certificate in Education for First Nations and Inuit program and is currently working towards her BEd for Certified Teachers.

How to change the world through sports? Lysanne Rivard, DISE Ph.D. candidate, explains in three minutes

ɬ�﷬ — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 14:17:35 +0000

Girls, Sport and Physical Education in the Global South, a presentation by Ph.D. candidate Lysanne Rivard

Faculty of Education Ph.D. candidate Lysanne Rivard, from the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE), researches the quality of girls’ physical education programming in the global south. Using photovoice and the participatory process, she brings forward girls’ voices to key policy makers in Rwanda.

Dr. Aziz Choudry of DISE co-edits new book entitled "NGOization"

ɬ�﷬ — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 20:10:55 +0000

Edited by Dr. Aziz Choudry and Dr. Dip Kapoor, NGOization - Complicity, Contradictions and Prospects, examines the growth and spread of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) through a collection of richly detailed international and local case studies.

DISE's Dale Boyle PhD a winner in International Songwriting Competition

ɬ�﷬ — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:44:54 +0000

The Faculty of Education's arts-based education researcher Dale Boyle PhD has won second place in the Americana category of the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) for his song “You Might Come Around” from his recent album "Throwback".

Dr. Beverly Baker and Dr. Aziz Choudry of DISE recently awarded SSHRC Connection Grants

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:13:23 +0000

Dr. Baker and Dr. Choudry were recently awarded SSHRC Connection Grants to fund knowledge mobilization activities, aiming to facilitate the multidirectional flow of knowledge between universities and the community.

The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal awarded to four members of the Faculty of Education community

ɬ�﷬ — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:10:43 +0000

This medal is awarded to citizens or permanent residents of Canada who have made significant contributions to Canada or for an outstanding achievement abroad that has brought great credit to Canada.

In order of medal presentation our four Faculty of Education recipients are:

1. Prof. Ratna Ghosh, DISE, medal presentation June 2012

2. LCol Michael Canavan, DISE, medal presentation August 2012

3. Prof. Shaheen Shariff, DISE, medal presentation November 2012

4. Prof. Peter McNally, SIS, medal presentation February 2013