Growing social, economic, environmental and political challenges make scientific knowledge not only a critical need, but a path to a shared and brighter future for humanity. That was the message astronaut Julie Payette delivered at her installation this week as Canada’s 29th Governor General. Read full article.  

Dr. Carol Mullen publishes new article that offer a lens for understanding intriguing developments of schooling in Chinese education surrounding the concept of creativity. Citation: Mullen, C. A. (2017). Creativity in Chinese schools: Perspectival frames of paradox and possibility. International Journal of Chinese Education, 6(1), 27-56. (Brill Academic Publishers & Institute of Education at Tsinghua University,…Read More

Emma Sabzalieva, OISE PhD Candidate in Higher Education, is this year’s Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship Recipient, awarding her $50,000 per year for three years during doctoral studies in How does higher education respond to major institutional change? The fall of the Soviet Union and universities in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan Congratulations Emma!

CIHE Director and OISE Professor, Creso Sá unpacks the potential implications of the “no free speech on campus means no federal grants” position taken by Andrew Scheer, new leader of Canada’s Conservative Party. As Sá notes, though the idea is in no ways novel, the way in which Scheer’s proposal politicises federal research policy is…Read More

Dean & Professor Glen Jones addresses the importance of placing the focus of increasing participation as a core policy objective for all of Canada. Referring to the results of the Statistics Canada’s report, “Postsecondary Enrolment by Parental Income: Recent National and Provincial Trends”, Jones highlights the disparity between provinces, in postsecondary education pursuance by students…Read More

Creso Sa, OISE professor and director of CIHE, publishes new op-ed piece on Times Higher Education, whereby he sheds light on the political game in which science funding finds itself precariously dangling. With promises by the Liberal party of bringing forth pro-science efforts, there was great anticipation towards investment in science research. However, the delay of…Read More

Creso Sa, OISE professor and director of CIHE, publishes a provocative op-ed piece that calls into action the need for Canada to change its discourse revolving science, technology, and innovation. Professor Sa addresses the pitfalls of oversimplification of innovation that has been influenced “…to fit a global narrative that has shaped science policy in Canada and internationally.” To…Read More

Professor Leesa Wheelahan was interviewed by The Australian, March 8, 2017. Picture: David Geraghty. Excerpt: Competency-based training needs to be discarded, along with the training packages it is based around, vocational education ­researcher Leesa Wheelahan has declared. In a rare visit to her homeland, the Toronto-based researcher said CBT — the bedrock approach to Australian…Read More

As an international vocational education and training expert, Professor Leesa Wheelahan, CIHE member and William G. Davis Chair in Community College Leadership at OISE, University of Toronto, was featured in University of Melbourne’s article, “Narrow training sells students short:  The crisis in Australia’s training sector means TAFEs need to develop their own courses tailored to an…Read More