News & Stories: Equity and Diversity

Almost 15 years ago, Jennifer Sylvester was a single mother working in social services when she was accepted into U of T’s Transitional Year Programme – a bridge to university for students who left school early. Now, the MEd graduate, who is of Anishinaabe descent, has returned to pursue her PhD in social justice education and teach university students who remind her of her younger self.

Mary Reid, an expert in math education at OISE, weighed in on the current state of EQAO results with the CBC radio program Ontario Today.

As OISE launched a hurricane relief drive, student Eboni Morgan and the Black Girl Magic Collective will help gather essential items through their community.

These OISE-based researchers argue that if governments don’t address equitable access to affordable care, inequities will harden and poverty will deepen.

Dr. Tanitiã Munroe, who completed her PhD in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education (LHAE), focuses on Black youth in education.