Graduate Education in a Global Context Speaker Series

The CIHE Speaker Series supports the dissemination of higher education research and scholarship, and brings together a community of higher education experts, practitioners, and graduate students throughout the academic year. 

CIHE Speaker Series events are free and open to the public.

This seminar series is offered by the Centre for the Study of Canadian and International Higher Education (CIHE) at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. The series will look at the practices of graduate education in various countries, with a particular focus on the disruptions generated by the pandemic and innovative practices that advance the quality of graduate education.

This series will be of interest to anyone working or studying graduate education or the graduate student experience.

You can find detailed information on the upcoming online seminars below. Please register now to reserve your spot! We will update our website and Twitter page with upcoming webinars and events as they're confirmed.

Dr. Barbara Grant

Associate Professor, School of Critical Studies in Education, University of Auckland

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Dr. Michele Jacobsen

Professor, Learning Sciences, University of Calgary

Dr. Katrina McChesney

Senior Lecturer, University of Waikato

Emma Jones

Research Scholar, University of Waikato

Dr. James Burford

Assistant Professor, Global Education and International Development, Warwick University

Professor Liezel Frick

Director, Centre for Higher and Adult Education, Stellenbosch University

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Maryrose Weatherton

PhD Candidate, University of Tennesee

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Dr. Kimberly A. Truong

Adjunct Lecturer on Education; Chief Equity Officer, Harvard University

Dr. Alison Elizabeth Jefferson

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education (LHAE), OISE, University of Toronto

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