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Research Celebration 2013Research that makes a difference
Year in Review 2012-2013
Faculty of Education
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For your viewing pleasure in the reception area
• Video-screening of Celia Haig Brown’s film “Cowboys, Indians and Education”
• Images from Esther Fine’s Conference “The Greater Toronto Area Conference on Alternative Public Schooling: Past, Present & Future”
• Demonstration of Ron Owston’s Open Virtual Usability Lab (www.openvulab.org)
• Display table of research publications from various faculty members & the YCEC
• YU Bookstore book display & purchasing table
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What our grant proposals say about us
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Research quick statistics – vol. 1*• Thirty-eight (38) research funding applications were
submitted to granting agencies in 2011-2012
• Twenty-seven (27) new research funding applications &/or contracts were funded in 2011-2012
• Over $884,000 of new research income was generated by Principal Investigators in 2011-2012
• Thirty-one (31) research funding applications have been submitted to granting agencies so far in 2012-2013
* according to Faculty of Education records
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A selection of our partners and research collaboratorsWithin the University:• Centre for Feminist Research (CFR)• Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS)• Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC)• Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES)• Osgoode Hall Law School – Pro-Bono Law Student Program
External community partners and/or funders:• Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO)• Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services (MCYS)• Ontario Ministry of Education (OME)• Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB)• Peel District School Board (PDSB)• Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB)• Toronto District School Board (TDSB)• York Region District School Board (YRDSB)
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Hot off the press in 2012-2013!Seven (7) books were published by Education faculty
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Impacting the field of educationMore than 62 publications were published by Education faculty in 2012-2013*, including:
• Single-authored books and edited collections: 7• Journal articles: 28• Book chapters: 18• Encyclopedia entries: 2• Research reports: 4• Other sources (blogs, OP-ED pieces, etc.): 2
Plus! At least 10 forthcoming works in press
* based on faculty members who responded to our request for information
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Research quick statistics – vol. 2• Education faculty members comprise just over 3.5% of
the faculty members at York*
• We submitted 11% of the SSHRC Insight Grant applications in the Fall of 2012**
• We submitted 7% of the SSHRC Insight Development Grant applications in the Fall 2012**
• We held more than 4% of the University’s research income in 2011*
* according to the York University Factbook** according to the Office of Research Services data
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Recently defended dissertationsStudent Supervisor Dissertation Title
Arlene Campbell Alison GriffithLife Notations of Daisy Sweeney: Reflections of Othermothering, Musicianship and Montreal
Christine Cho Susan DionQualifying as a Teacher: Investigating Immigrant Teacher Candidates' counter-Stories of Replication and Resistance
Samantha Cutrara Susan Dion Creating Possibilities: Meaningbul Learning in History Education
Brent Debassige Celia Haig-BrownRe-searching, Expessing (literacy),and Journeying in Indigenous Education: Coming-to-know AnisinaabeMino-Bimaadiziwin and the Oshkabaywis-academic
Spy Denomme-Welch Didi KhayattAnisnaabe-Nagamon: Deolonoizing Historical Ruptures and Healing Dissonan Sounds in he Opera Giiwedin
Fang Duan Deborah Britzman Speaking the 'Unspeakable': A Psychoanalytic Study of the Migrant UnbecomingNancy Fraser Carl James Guilt Trippin' and the Mothering of Black Boys in TorontoPariss Garramone Naomi Norquay Seeing the "New Forest": A Visual Curricular ExperimentDejan Ivkovic Sandra Schecter Virtual Linguistic Landscape: A Perspective on Multilingualism in CyberspaceRM Kennedy Alice Pitt The Human Poblem of CosmopolitanismLaura Mae Lindo Jen Jenson "I'm Writing for Freedom!" Mapping Public Discourse on Race in Comedy
Robert Mizzi Didi KhayattDisturbing Boundaries: How Professionalism (Mis)Manages Adult Educators Working in International Development
Naomi Nichols Alison Griffith"All My Live I've Slipped through the Cracks": The Social Coordination of "Youth Work"
Lisa Roman-Dwyer Alison Griffith"And I Can Get Anyone into Hamlet" Using Humanities-Based after Expulsion for School Violence: A Hermeneutical Transformation of Safe Schools
Roger Saul Dan Yon Youth in the Time of YouTubeSandra Styres Celia Haig-Brown "Land as First Teacher": An Indigenous Philosophy of Education?Maxine Wood Carl James Banking on Education: Black Canadian Females and Schooling
Peter Zavodny Don DippoEuropean Citizenship and the Life Long Learner: Public Education and the Struggle for Curriculum in Slovakia
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Jean Augustine Chair in Education in the New Urban Environment
The Jean Augustine Chair in Education in the New Urban Environment is an endowed Chair established by the HonourableJean Augustine, the first black woman elected to the Parliament of Canada.
The Chair has been providing an intellectual centre for studies and learning activities relating to gender parity, community engagement and the practice of democracy, and cultural diversity; as well, she is making a vital contribution to the development of educationcurriculum and practice and the education of teachers and educational leaders.
Professor Nombuso Dlamini, the inaugural Jean Augustine Chair is enriching a multitude of activities at York University and in the
community through her teaching, research and academic expertise by developing and enhancing partnerships between academic institutions and community organizations .
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Jean Augustine Chair: Events hosted throughout this academic year
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Jean Augustine Chair: Ongoing projects
Engaging Girls, Changing Communities Project
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SSHRC-funded projects 2011-2012SSHRC Aid to Scholarly Journals:
Paul Axelrod – “Historical Studies in Education / Revue d'histoire de l'éducation” ($35,164)
SSHRC Connection Grants:Esther Fine – “Alternative Education Conference in Toronto - The Greater Toronto Area Conference
on Alternative Public Schooling: Past, Present and Future” ($31,742)
SSHRC Insight Development Grants:Ami Mamolo – “Exploring teacher knowledge of mathematics in issues of social justice” ($69,012)
SSHRC Insight Grants:Lyndon Martin – “Teaching for mathematical understanding: The potential of 'folding back' as a
pedagogical tool” ($169,897)
SSHRC Partnership Grant – Letter of IntentSteve Gaetz – “Canadian Observatory on Homelessness” ($20,000)
SSHRC Public Outreach Grants – Dissemination:Steve Gaetz – “Knowledge mobilization for housing and economic vulnerability” ($141,798)
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Non-SSHRC recently funded projectsPrincipal Investigator
Value Funder Project
Susan Dion $15,000 Métis Nation of Ontario “The Métis Education Study”
Ester Fine $18,000 Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB)
“Secondary and Adult Alternative Models: Research Project”
Steve Gaetz $29,670 Human Resources and Skill Development Canada (HRSDC)
“Canadian Foyer Model for Homeless Youth”
Steve Gaetz $35,132 Human Resources and Skill Development Canada (HRSDC)
“NHRC Working Group Panel and Youth Homelessness E-Book”
Steve Gaetz $94,500 Human Resources and Skill Development Canada (HRSDC)
“Promising Practices in the Homelessness Sector 2011-2012”
Steve Gaetz $60,000 Human Resources and Skill Development Canada (HRSDC)
“Housing First”
John Ippolito $5,570 Ontario Ministry of Education “Research and community in minority demographic schools”Carl James $28,000 Department of Justice / Ministry
of Child and Youth Services “Being Proactive: Supporting Children and Youth Mental Health and Wellness in Schools and Communities Conference”
Carl James $9,900 International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
“Jamaica-Canada Connections: Public Lecture, Workshop and Book”
Carl James $40,237 Toronto District School Board (TDSB)
“TDSB Alternative Africentric School - Research and Evaluation Project”
Carl James $41,791 Department of Justice / Ministry of Child and Youth Services
“Being Proactive II: Looking after the Mental Health and Well-being of Children and Youth in our Communities Conference”
Jen Jenson $50,130 York University Foundation / Friends of York University
“AMD After School Game Production Club”
Sharon Murphy $15,000 National Reading Campaign National Reading Campaign
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2012-2013 SSHRC Grant News! Successful SSHRC Connection Grants:**Susan Dion – “inVISIBILITY: An urban aboriginal education connections project”($49,772)
Steve Gaetz – “York Symposium on the Scholarship of Engagement” ($30,187)
** all other SSHRC grant news is under a communications embargo
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A selection of YCEC-affiliated projects
YCEC
The GTA conference on alternative public schooling:
Past, present & futurePI: Esther Fine, funded by SSHRC Connection Grant
Investigating intercultural ways of
knowing through dance and
movement in diverse classrooms
PI: Margaret Manson, funded by SSHRC
Insight Development Grant
Literature for all: Promoting inclusive education through
digitizing textual and contextual materials
PI: Leslie Sanders (LA&PS), funded by SSHRC Public
Outreach Grant
Promoting the academic literacy development of generation 1.5
English language learners: A pro-active agenda
PI: Sandra Schecter, funded by SSHRC
Insight Development Grant
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Profile of a YCEC research initiative:One project, major impactThe International Development Research Centre (IDRC) funded the “Jamaica-Canada Connections” Project
The results: one manuscript; three events in Canada; two events in Jamaica hosted by the Canadian High Commission; one invited lecture at IDRC; & onetelevision appearance in Jamaica
IDRC Lecture
Interview at Smile Jamaica
Meeting the Jamaican Prime Minister & High Commissioner to Canada
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YCEC hosted 8 events since August 2012!
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Planting seeds of scholarly promise
More than $39,000 in Minor Research Grant (MRG) funds were awarded by the Faculty’s Research & Awards Committee between 2011 and 2013 to provide seed funding or to fund project completion
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Annual YGSE conference: Highlighting graduate student research
Inclusion Insights: The 12th
Annual Graduate Conference in Education at York UniversityApril 12-13, 2013
Featuring Keynote addresses by: Dr. Ron Owston & Dr. Suzanne de Castell& Bilingual Being Book Launch http://yugsc.info.yorku.ca/
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Celebrated scholarly excellence
Professor Carl JamesFellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Professor Heather LotheringtonInaugural Researcher
of the Month
Professor Khaled Barkaoui
Outstanding Young Scholar Awardee
Professor Ron OwstonShifting Minds National Award winner