Academic Planning Engagement Team

As per my recent communication on the start of the academic planning process, I am writing with an update about our progress and to announce the membership of the OISE Academic Planning Engagement Team.

I am grateful to all who reached out with interest in the Engagement Team, and to our academic and administrative leaders for a wonderful range of nominations. Considered ambassadors of our academic planning process, the Engagement Team includes representatives of faculty, staff, students, and alumni while balancing representation across departments, units, and community wide. Members of our Academic Planning Engagement Team are:

Jun Cheng, Senior Financial Analyst, Continuing & Professional Learning
Denise Dwyer, OISE alumna, Assistant Deputy Minister, Indigenous Education and Well-Being, Ontario Ministry of Education
Bessie Giannikos, Manager, Finance & Administration, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Ellie R. Gutowski, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development
Devon Healey, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Justice Education
Mandana Jafarian, EdD Student, Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development
Sim Kapoor, Director, Advancement & External Relations, Dean’s Office
Imani King, MEd Student, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Ryan Lahti, Technology Adoption Consultant, Education Commons
Kang Lee, Professor, Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development
Ann Lopez, Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Doug McDougall, Professor, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Kenneth McNeilly, Lecturer & Master of Teaching Partnership Coordinator, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning
Willis Opondo, PhD student, Department of Social Justice Education
Nikoletta Papadopoulos, President, OISE Alumni Association
Justin Patrick, President, OISE Graduate Students’ Association
Deborah Peart, Assistant Director, EDI Recruitment & Engagement, Registrar’s Office & Student Experience
Angela Pyle, Associate Professor, Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development
Shobana Ramesh, MT student, Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Stephanie J. Waterman, Associate Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Jenaya Webb, Director, OISE Library

The Engagement Team members will provide guidance and input on our approach to community consultations and engage in formal and informal conversations with peers and colleagues—listening for input, encouraging participation and cross-pollination of ideas and perspectives community wide. They will also give feedback on emerging themes and the initial academic planning framework ensuring alignment with the voices that we hear throughout the planning process.

This is an exciting time for OISE, and I am thankful that these community members have all agreed to serve our community in this way. The first meeting of the Engagement Team will take place in mid-February. Following this meeting, we will be in touch with you all with further updates as the planning process unfolds. As always, if you have questions, please feel free to write me at dean.oise@utoronto.ca.