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OISE doctoral student Amani Hitimana's latest study, looks at Canada's labour crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education is proud to announce The Fariah Chowdhury Memorial Social Justice Award at the University of Toronto.

Following an overwhelmingly successful crowdfunding campaign, a scholarship fund has been created in honour of the late Fariah Haque Chowdhury, an OISE alumna who was a trusted community member involved a number of social justice movements. Fariah passed away in 2020.

The OISE community joyously congratulates Professor Emerita Helene Polatajko, who was named one of 39 new Officers of the Order of Canada.

In the Globe and Mail, OISE Professor Karen Mundy joins a trio of education faculty arguing for more investment in tutoring as the pandemic continues.

Dana Sheikh, Matthew Stodolak and Joel Mukwedeya have been recognized for their volunteer service with the University of Toronto’s Arbor Award.

The researchers, from Multilingualism and Literacy Lab, have worked with École Howden, a French Immersion school, to develop their dyslexia intervention program.

Master of Teaching graduate Athena Tassis is using technology to enrich her teaching, creating projects like a virtual museum for social issues while fostering a strong commitment to transforming education.

Professor Shelley Stagg Peterson, from OISE’s Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning, is one of five winners of the 2021 President’s Impact Awards.

Shelley Stagg Peterson is one of five winners of the 2021 President’s Impact Awards, which celebrates and honours faculty members whose research has led to significant impact beyond academia.

By establishing a bursary for Indigenous (First Nations, Métis and Inuit), Black Indigenous and Taino students, Professor Erica Neeganagwedgin is looking to tell a different story.