News & Stories: Alumni and Friends

OISE alum Darren Hamilton becomes the first Black person to receive the MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Juno Award.

OISE's Jacqui Getfield talks about the intersection of race and disability as well as her lived experience as a Black woman with a disability. Listen here!

OISE alum Darlee Gerrard co-lead an initiative for Indigenous youth offered through U of T's Engineering Outreach Office.

Alum Gina Valle’s stories cut across cultures, languages to illuminate the human condition.

Co-founded by OISE alumna Dr. Keren Brathwaite in 1971, the Transitional Year Programme is a full-time, eight-month access-to-University program.

Faculty of Medicine grad Kristine Keon, left, and OISE grad Angelique Belcourt, right, looked to each other for inspiration to their Indigenous roots.

Dr. Jacque/line Lavallee, 79, earned her Doctorate of Education this spring. Dr. Lavallee is OISE's elder-in-residence.

Meet our 2022 OISE graduate, Dr. Bishop Owis, who reflects on their doctoral journey with an emphasis on care

Mona El Samaty was named the 2022 winner of the OISE Leithwood Award for Outstanding Thesis of the Year for her dissertation.

They are public speakers, volunteers and advocates. For four of them, they call OISE their primary community.

Dr. OmiSoore Dryden championed the research institute’s creation as a transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary centre of excellence for Black scholars.

During the pandemic, OISE alum Dr. Dean Barnes created a hockey card collection, featuring about 100 Black hockey players.