CIDEC Seminar Series and Events Calendar​

Please scroll down to the bottom of page for the most recent and upcoming CIDEC events, and remember to check back regularly for updates.  All are welcome to join CIDE/C events and seminars. To join the seminar via zoom, please contact the CIDEC administrator at cidec.oise@utoronto.ca 

Thursday September 9 2021; 5:00 PM – 6:15+ PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CIDE/C Orientation 2021-22
• Presenter: CIDE/C

Wednesday, September 22 2021; 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CIDE SEMINAR: “All You Need to Know About Applying for And Attending Conferences”
• Presenter: Vandra Masemann & Kara Janigan
• Chair: Carly Manion

Friday, September 24 2021; 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CIDESA Welcome Event 

Wednesday, September 29 2021; 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CIDE SEMINAR: “Thesis Presentations”
• Presenter: Mabruk Kabir & Norin Taj 
• Chair: Carly Manion

Tuesday, October 19 2021; 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CIDE SEMINAR: “A conversation on education, peacebuilding and reconciliation: a regenerative lens“
• Presenter: Mieke Lopes Cardozo
• Chair: Carly Manion

Friday, October 22 2021; 12:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CIDE/C Book Club: “Inconvenient Generation”

Wednesday, November 3 2021; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CIDE SEMINAR: “Indigenous Maternal Methodologies: Ethical and Relational Responsibilities”
• Presenter: Jennifer Brant
• Chair: Carly Manion

Monday December 6 2021; 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CMCE X CIDE Event: “Sexual Violence on Candian University Campuses”
• Presenters:  Dr. Miglena Todorova & Dr. Lana Stermac 

Thursday, January 13 2022; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CIDE SEMINAR: “Incentives for University Internationalization in Argentina, Canada Lithuania, Portugal and Taiwan”
• Presenter: Grace Karram Stephenson
• Chair: Carly Manion

Friday, January 14 2022; 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CIDE/C Book Club: “Teach for Arabia by Neha Vora”

Friday, January 14 2022; 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CIDESA Event: CIDESA Winter Social

Wednesday, January 19 2022; 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CMCE X CIDE Event: “The pill & the contraceptive revolution in America”
• Presenters:  Dr. Elaine Tyler May & Daniella Robinson 

Wednesday, January 19 2022; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CSEP & CIDE Co-Sponsored SEMINAR: “From exclusive to inclusive schools: The example of the Language Friendly School”
• Presenter: Dr. Emmanuelle Le Pichon-Vorstman
• Chair: Nina Bascia

Friday, January 28 2022; 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CIDE/C Book Club: “International Aid to Education: Power Dynamics in an Era of Partnership”- Francine Menashy

Wednesday, February 9 2022; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CMCE X CIDE Event: “Globalizing Discussion on Gender, Violence and Education in K-12 Context“
• Presenters:  Dr. Carly Manion & Hayley Brooks

Friday, February 18 2022; 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CIDE SEMINAR: “The Joseph P. Farrell CIDE Student Research Symposium 2022″

Thursday, February 24 2022; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CIDE SEMINAR: “Knowledge Production and the United Nations: Gender, Race, Indigenous Peoples and Politics” 
• Presenters: Abigail Bakan & Yasmeen Abu-Laban
• Chair: Carly Manion

 Thursday, March 24 2022; 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CIDE SEMINAR: “Experience and Perspectives of Children and Parents of Post-Soviet Immigrant and Refugee Families: Educational Research on Stakeholders from a Seldom-noticed Group”
• Presenters: Sarfaroz, Niyozov, Max Newman, Yecid Ortega, Zahra Jaffarova & Kateryna Pashchenko
• Chair: Carly Manion

Thursday, April 7 2022; 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CMCE X CIDE Event: “Sexual Violence Prevention on Campus & The Role of Student Unions“
• Presenters:  Rachel Persaud, Adaeze Mbalaja, José González, Ryan Tomlinson

Thursday, April 7 2022; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CIDE SEMINAR: “SDG 4 and Improving Early Grade Learning: Research Evidence from South Africa”
• Presenters: Brahm Fleisch
• Chair: Carly Manion

Wednesday, May 4 2022; 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CIDE Co-Sponsored SEMINAR: “Studying Education Amidst Uncertainty & Crisis: A Dialogue on Research Dilemmas “
• Presenters: Dr. Dryden-Peterson
• Co-Sponsors: Education, Conflict & Peacebuilding (ECP) and the Immigrant and Refugee Education (IRE) groups.

Wednesday, May 11 2022; 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CIDE SEMINAR: “Towards Slow Buen Vivir and other epistemologies for conflict resolution and conflict transformation”
• Presenters: Yecid Ortega, Karenveer Pannu, Steven Conte
• Chair: Carly Manion

Monday, July 11 2022; 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CIDE SEMINAR: “All you ever wanted to know about preparing for and attending conferences.”
• Presenter: Vandra Masemann & Kara Janigan
• Chair: Carly Manion

Wednesday, September 28, 2022; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT; OISE Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

• CIDE SEMINAR: “Peace and Harmony through uBuntu in a Globalized World.”
• Presenter: Joel Mukwedeya
• Chair: Carly Manion

Monday, October 3 2022; 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM EDT; Online Via Zoom

• CIDE CO-SPONSORED SEMINAR: “Narrativas Textiles: Pedagogíca urbanas para la memoria paz y reconciliación en Colombia”/”Textile-based Narratives: Urban Pedagogies for Memory, Peace, and Reconciliation in Colombia”
• Presenters: Claudia Girón, Marina Salazar, Dr. Beatrice Elena Arias López
• Chair/Host: Diana Barrero

Wednesday, October 12 2022; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT; OISE Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

• CIDE SEMINAR: “White ignorance in the education in emergencies sector”
• Presenter: Dr. Francine Menashy
• Chair: Carly Manion

Wednesday, October 19 2022; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT; OISE Room 12-199 & Online Via Zoom

• CIDE & CSEP CO-SPONSORED SEMINAR: “Researching new approaches to school partnerships in England”
• Presenters: Paul Armstrong & Stephen Raynor
• Chair: Carly Manion

Friday, November 4, 2022; 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM EDT; OISE Room 7-105 and Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “Book Launch: Teaching Peace and Conflict: The Multiple Roles of School Textbooks in Peacebuilding”
• Presenters: Catherine Vanner, Spogmai Akseer, Thursica Kovinthan Levi (eds.), with chapter author guests
• Chair: Carly Manion

Thursday, November 24, 2022; 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST; OISE Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “Private Higher Education Development: Global trends and regional variations “
• Presenters: Mohan Zhang, Elizabeth Buckner, Cassidy Gong
• Chair: Ruth Hayhoe

Tuesday, January 24, 2023; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET; OISE Room 7-105 and Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “Soundscapes of the diver[city]: Understanding languages and cultures as dynamic and synergic complex systems”
• Presenters: Yecid Ortega
• Chair: Carly Manion

Thursday, January 26, 2023; 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET; Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “Educational Research for Development in Ghana, Honduras, and Nicaragua: Community-based reading camps for young children”
• Presenters: Kara Janigan, Ismael Zepeda, Joseph Cobbinah, Vongaishe Changamire, Andrew Ofosu-Dankya, Ynes Martinez, Silvia Ampie
• Chair: Carly Manion

Friday, February 10, 2023; 8:45 AM – 4:00 PM ET; OISE Room 7-105 and Online Via Zoom

• J. P. Farrell CIDE Student Research Symposium
• Presenters: Sarah Alam; Fina Azmiya; Sheena Bell; Tatiana Feitosa de Britto; Walter Suarez Garcia; Nana Gulić; Zahra Jafarova; Racheal Kalaba; Jennie Kim; Punita Lumb; Kanza Tariq; Fotini Vlahos
• Chairs: Yara Abdelaziz; Yilun Jiang; Francine Menashy; Gabrielle Thibeault-Orsi

Wednesday, March 8, 2023; 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EST; Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: Roots of the Revolutionary Women’s Movement in Iran 
• Presenter: Dr. Rezvan Moghadam, with Dr. Hind Ahmed Zaki and Yara Abdelaziz
• Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Tuesday, April 4, 2023; 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET; Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: Constructing and Using the World Education Reform Database
• Presenter: Dr. Rie Kijima
• Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Thursday, April 6, 2023; 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET; OISE Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC & CIDESA SEMINAR: Organizing and Conducting Fieldwork Abroad: Tips and Strategies for Graduate Students 
• Presenter: Dr. Grace Karram Stephenson; Izza Tahir, Sheena Bell, Zahra Jafarova

Friday, May 19, 2023; 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET; Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: Professional Development Series: Strategies for Networking and Telling Your Story
• Presenter: Zohra Lakhani
• Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Tuesday, June 13, 2023; 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET;Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “How Career Centres Support International Students’ Career Development: A Case Study of a Canadian University”
• Presenter: Yilun Jiang
• Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Friday, June 16, 2023; 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET; OISE Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC & CERLL Research Circle Co-Sponsored Seminar: “Internationalisation and Transnational Educational Collaboration Reframed: Programme Designs and Multilingual Pedagogies in a Disrupted Society” 
• Presenter: Dr. Jo Angouri
• Chair: Dr. Julie Kerekes

Monday, June 26, 2023; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET; Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “All you ever wanted to know about preparing for and attending conferences
• Presenters: Dr. Kara Janigan & Dr. Vandra Masemann
• Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Wednesday, September 27, 2023; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET; In-Person, Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “What Motivates Students to Pursue the EdD?”
• Presenters: Dr. Joe Flessa & Dr. Karen Acton
• Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Thursday, October 19, 2023; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET; In-Person, Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “How do Syrian young adult refugee life experiences, pre and post resettlement, influence their aspirations and life chances in the adult education system in Montreal?”
• Presenter: Arianne Maraj-Guitard
• Chair: Dr. Sarfaroz Niyozov

Friday, November 10, 2023; 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET; Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “CIDEC Professional Development Series – Session 1: Telling Your Story”
• Facilitator: Zohra Lokhani
• Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Wednesday, November 15, 2023; 2:15 PM – 3:15 ET; In-Person, Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “Comparative Case Studies: New Directions”
• Presenter: Dr. Lesley Bartlett
• Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Wednesday, November 29, 2023; 3:00 PM – 4:30 ET; In-Person/Nexus Lounge

• CIDESA Event: “End-of-Term Social“
• Organizers: CIDESA Co-Chairs, Stephanie Fowler & Tavila Haque
• All welcome!

Thursday, November 30, 2023; 3:30 PM – 4:30 ET; Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “CIDEC Professional Development Series – Session 2: Applying for Jobs”
• Facilitator: Zohra Lakhani
• Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Friday, January 19, 2024; 3:30 PM – 4:30 ET; Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “CIDEC Professional Development Series – Session 3: “Building Your Professional Network”
• Facilitator: Zohra Lakhani
• Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Monday, January 22, 2024; 3:30 PM – 5:00 ET; In-Person, Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “Divergent Trajectories of Confucius Institutes in Sub-Saharan Africa and North America: Understanding China’s Higher Education Internationalization through a Constructivist Lens”
• Presenter: Bingqing (Cindy) Shen
• Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Friday, February 9, 2024; 3:30 PM – 4:30 ET; Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “CIDEC Professional Development Series – Session 4: The Elevator Pitch”
• Facilitator: Zohra Lakhani
• Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Friday, February 16, 2024; 3:30 PM – 4:30 ET; In-Person, Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

• J. P. Farrell CIDE Student Research Symposium
• Presenters: TBA
• Session Chairs: TBA

Tuesday, March 5, 2024; 3:30 PM – 5:00 ET; Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “Connecting and Networking at CIES 2024”
• Facilitator: Zohra Lakhani
• Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Wednesday, March 6, 2024; 3:30 PM – 5:00 ET; Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR (Co-sponsored with CIHE and York University): “The new global universities: Reinventing education in the 21st century”
• Presenter: Dr. Noah Pickus
• Chair: Dr. Qiang Zha and Lisa Philipps (discussant)

Wednesday, March 27, 2024; 3:30 PM – 5:00 EDT; In-Person, Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “Bridging the Gap: Analyzing Knowledge Production and Mobility of Education for All”
• Presenter: Dr. Helen Seitzer
• Chair: Dr. Karen Mundy

Thursday, April 25, 2024; 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM EDT; In-person, 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “Anti-corruption Education and Peacebuilding: The Case of Ubupfura in Rwanda”
• Presenter: Dr. Jean de Dieu Basabose
• Chair: Dr. Kathy Bickmore

Monday, April 30, 2024; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT; Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “Scales of Transnational Education: The Case of Canadian International School, Vietnam”
• Presenter: Dr. Beyhan Farhadi
• Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Thursday May 2, 2024; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT; In-person, 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “The Inclusive Education Project for Teachers of Syrian Students in Turkey: Sharing Practices and Insights from Experience“
• Presenter: Dr. Gülin Karabağ
• Chair: Dr. Kathy Bickmore

Wednesday May 8, 2024; 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT; Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC-Renison University College Co-Sponsored Book Launch: “FirstGen Docs: Personal, Political, and Intellectual Perspectives from the FirstGeneration Doctoral Experience“
• Contributors: Nur Diyanah Anwar, Miguel Baique, Nina Bascia, Kathy Bickmore, Jinny Menon, Elizabeth Montaño, Newton Asakhulu Mukolwe, R. Nanre Nafziger, Yecid Ortega, Crystena ParkerShandal, Rosaisela Rodriguez, Janel Janiczek
  Smith, and Zora Wolfe

Wednesday July 17, 2024; 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EDT; In-person, Nexus Lounge (12th floor OISE) & Online Via Zoom [register here]  

• CIDEC SEMINAR (Co-sponsored with Centre for the Study of Canadian and International Higher Education (CIHE) and OISE Scan) : “Higher Education and the Future of Sustainable Development: Critical Perspectives and Implications for Practice“
• Speakers: Drs. Elizabeth Buckner, OISE/University of Toronto; You Zhang, OISE/University of Toronto; Tristan McCowan, Institute of Education, University College London; Pedro Roberto Jacobi, Institute of Energy and Environment, Universidade de São Paulo; Denise Carreira Soares, Faculty of Education, Universidade de São Paulo

Tuesday July 23, 2024; 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT; In-person, 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR (Co-sponsored with Centre for Leadership and Diversity/CLD): “Doing DARPL – DARPL vision and operation – doing the ‘Heart work’/’Gwaith Calon’ in Wales, UK“
• Presenters: Chantelle Haughton and Dr. Susan Davis, Cardiff Metropolitan University
• Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Tuesday July 30, 2024; 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM EDT; Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “Designed for disruption: A comparative case study of Karen teacher professional development on the Thai-Myanmar border“
• Presenter: Greg Tyrosvoutis (EdD Candidate, LHAE/IELP, OISE)
• Chair: Carly Manion

Wednesday, August 7, 2024; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET; Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “All you ever wanted to know about preparing for and attending conferences”
• Presenters: Dr. Kara Janigan & Dr. Vandra Masemann
• Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Monday, September 23, 2024; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET; Nexus Lounge, OISE & Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR (Co-sponsored with Munk School of Global Affairs’ Initiative for Education Policy and Innovation): “Teachers in the Global Cultural Dynamic: Regionality and Regional Models”
• Presenter: Dr. Gerald K. LeTendre (Pennsylvania State University)
• Chair: Dr. Rie Kijima

Tuesday, October 1, 2024; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET; In-person, 7-105 & Online Via Zoom [postponed/will be rescheduled for a November date]

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “School Leaders’ Perspectives on the Inclusion of Migrant Students: Reflections From the Chilean Context”
• Presenters: Carolina Cuéllar (Católica Silva Henríquez University, Chile)
• Chair: Dr. Carly Manion

Wednesday, October 23, 2024; 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET; In-person, 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “Educational Collaboration between Canada and China: A Shared History and Future Directions”
• Presenters: Profs. Guo Jin (Soochow University) and Doug McDougall (OISE/CTL)
• Chair: Dr. Ruth Hayhoe

Monday, October 28, 2024; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET; Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “Beyond the classroom: The struggle for refugee teacher professionalization amidst national inclusion efforts”
• Presenter: Dr. Mary Mendenhall (Teachers College, Columbia University)
• Chair: Dr. Francine Menashy

Thursday, October 31, 2024; 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET; In-person, OISE 7-105

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “Multilingual education: Language in transition in Estonia’s schools”
• Presenters: Professor Virve Vihman (University of Tartu, Estonia)
• Chair: Johanna Helin (EdD/IELP Candidate, LHAE)

Friday, November 1, 2024; 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET; In-person, 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR (Co-sponsored with York Centre for Asian Research/YCAR): “China’s Two Education Revolutions 1890-2023: The Best and the Rest”
• Presenters: Professor James Z. Lee
• Chair: Professor Qiang Zha
• Discussants: Profs. Ruth Hayhoe and Yanqin Wu

Wednesday November 6, 2024; 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EST; OISE Room 7-105 & Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “Consolidating the field of higher education in the Francophonie“
  
• Presenter: Olivier Bégin-Caouette (Université de Montréal)
• Chair: Dr. Ruth Hayhoe

Tuesday January 14, 2025; 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST; OISE Nexus Lounge & Online Via Zoom

• CIDEC SEMINAR: “Methodology, Methods and Stories – Looking for trust, rigor and fidelity in complex research situations“
  
• Presenter: Dr. Supriya Baily (George Mason University)
• Chair: Dr. Carly Manion