Faculty Research Awards & Honours
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July 17, 2024
Prof. Nxumalo wins federal funding to launch a project on climate-responsive school gardening in South Africa
Fikile Nxumalo won federal funding from the NFRF’s International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation competition.
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June 3, 2024
OISE Professor Kang Lee recognized with 2024 Governor General’s Innovation Award
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May 10, 2024
OISE co-led Indigenous collaboration to bring findings to community, Elders
A research collaboration with OISE, University of Manitoba, Lakehead University, and Simon Fraser University will present their findings publicly on May 13th.
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April 2, 2024
How they will pay it forward: Here are our 2024 OISE Teaching Excellence Awards winners
OISE’s annual Teaching Excellence Awards recognize faculty and instructors who have made significant contributions to teaching and learning.
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December 4, 2023
Professor Xi (Becky) Chen appointed as Tier 1 Canada Research Chair
Professor Xi (Becky) Chen has been appointed as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in literacy development of bilingual and multilingual children.
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November 23, 2023
Professor Kang Lee receives 2023 SSHRC Insight Award
Professor Kang Lee has been named winner of the 2023 Insight Award from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
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September 6, 2022
Professor Ansloos appointed to Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
Associate Professor Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
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April 1, 2022
Professor Kang Lee, world authority on childhood lying, wins 2022 President’s Impact Award
Dr. Kang Lee has been named one of this year’s laureates of the President’s Impact Award.
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December 15, 2021
Cassie Brownell reflects on four award wins for early career work in children's literacies
Since arriving at OISE in July 2018, Assistant Professor Cassie J. Brownell has been dialled into critically considering and amplifying young children’s literacies practices.
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March 31, 2021
Professor Shelley Stagg Peterson named co-winner of 2021 President’s Impact
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.
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March 25, 2021
On March 25, 2021, Normand Labrie was presented with the 2020 CRCCF Prize as part of its annual symposium.
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December 14, 2020
Closing the gap: CBIE Catalyst Award-winning book tackles international education policy in Canada
Professor Glen Jones and colleagues receive Canadian Bureau of International Education Catalyst Award.
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September 8, 2020
OISE professor Marlene Scardamalia named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Professor Scardamalia and Gerin-Lajoie join several OISE-affiliated Fellows in the Royal Society.
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September 8, 2020
OISE professor Diane Gérin-Lajoie named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Gérin-Lajoie, a professor with OISE’s CTL department and the former director of CREFO, joins nearly 400 Royal Society of Canada fellows from U of T – many affiliated with OISE.