Undergraduate Students

Beyond the Classroom: Exploring Career Pathways for Educators

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 16:30:06 +0000

🚀 FREE Coaching & Career Program for 91�� students & alumni led by Peter Balyta, PhD(07), BEd (94), President of Texas Instruments – Ed Tech

Speaking for Ourselves: Indigenous Educational and Leadership over our Identities, Stories, and Histories

admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:04:06 +0000

Research presentation by Nicole Lugosi-Schimpf, PhD

Speaking for Ourselves: Indigenous Educational and Leadership over our Identities, Stories, and Histories

August 19, 2025, 1:30 - 3:15 PM

Beyond the Classroom: Exploring Career Pathways for Educators

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:48:56 +0000

🚀 FREE Coaching & Career Program for 91�� students & alumni led by Peter Balyta, PhD(07), BEd (94), President of Texas Instruments – Ed Tech

Message in the Smoke: What Anishinaabemowin’s Sound-Based Philosophy Reveals about Worldview, Culture, and Contemporary Powwow

admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:07:52 +0000

Research presentation by Jennifer Meness, PhD

Message in the Smoke: What Anishinaabemowin’s Sound-Based Philosophy Reveals about Worldview, Culture, and Contemporary Powwow

August 20, 2025, 10:00 - 11:45 AM

Revitalizing and Mobilizing Ancestral Knowledge in Rotinonhsón:ni Communities

admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:09:28 +0000

Research presented by Taiaiake Alfred, PhD

Revitalizing and Mobilizing Ancestral Knowledge in Rotinonhsón:ni Communities

August 21, 2025, 10:00 - 11:45 AM

91�� Education Building Learning Commons (Room 120)

August Research Presentations by CRC First Nations, Inuit and Métis Researchers

admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 17:04:36 +0000

The Faculty of Education is hosting three research presentations by Canada Research Chair candidates as part of a special open call for First Nations, Inuit and Métis applicants in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education. See the schedule below and consider participating in these enlightening opportunities for learning and connecting:

Nicole Lugosi-Schimpf, PhD

Speaking for Ourselves: Indigenous Educational and Leadership over our Identities, Stories, and Histories

August 19, 2025, 1:30 - 3:15 PM

Limin Jao (DISE) Appointed as 91��'s Ombudsperson for Students

admin — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:57:16 +0000

As the Ombudsperson for Students, Dr. Limin Jao (she/her) provides an independent, impartial, and confidential service through which students may seek equitable and informal resolution of any University-related concern. The Ombudsperson may also, where appropriate, review University policies, guidelines, and procedures affecting students, make recommendations for change, and promote discussion of student-related concerns across the University.

Dr. Pengfei Zhao, DISE, Appointed Academic Director for Global Engagement

admin — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:06:04 +0000

The Faculty of Education is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Pengfei Zhao, from the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE), as the Academic Director for Global Engagement.

BHM & Inclusive Histories in Quebec Secondary Schools

admin — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:15:38 +0000

As Montréal celebrates its 34th Black History Month, it is time to fully integrate Black history into Québec education.

Dr. Mindy Carter, DISE, Recipient of the 2025 AERA Outstanding Achievement in Arts and Learning Award

admin — Thu, 08 May 2025 20:19:27 +0000

Dr. Mindy R. Carter, Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE), was recently awarded the 2025 AERA Outstanding Achievement in Arts and Learning Award for her dedication to research, teaching and service in arts education.

Joseph Levitan, DISE, Presents Kaushalam Program Study Results at SCERT Uttarakhand

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:41:39 +0000

The Kaushalam program, a collaborative initiative between the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) Uttarakhand and the Udyam Learning Foundation, aims to cultivate 21st-century life skills and an entrepreneurial mindset among students in Uttarakhand. A comprehensive study conducted during the 2024–25 academic year assessed the program's impact on Grade 9 students across seven districts.

Remembering Howard Riggs

admin — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:12:36 +0000

Howard Riggs was a dedicated, hard-working professor of math education. His work ethic was a product of his Prairie upbringing and his deep commitment to his students. He was hired by 91�� to teach social studies, but was pressed into service as a math educator in the Department of Elementary Education, one of the units that eventually morphed into DISE.

DISE's Nanre Nafziger Appointed a 2025 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow

admin — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:06:57 +0000

We are proud to announce that Nanre Nafziger, DISE, is a 2025 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. Her research topic is Contestations for Nigerian History Education in Primary and Secondary Schools: from Colonialism to Neocolonialism. This year, the selection committee, comprised of leading scholars in education research, selected 25 fellows from an extremely competitive pool of 270 education scholars.

Major work on McTavish Reservoir will Impact Vehicular Access to Upper Campus

admin — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 16:17:54 +0000

The City of Montreal begins major work on the McTavish water pumping station; a section of Doctor Penfield Avenue will close to traffic until 2033.

Kiana Kishiyana Explores Adoptee Identity as an SSHRC Storytellers Challenge Finalist

admin — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 13:02:03 +0000

(The following is an excerpt from the 91�� Reporter. Article by Katherine Gombay.)

Kiana Kishiyama remembers feeling scared when, at the start of her first undergraduate class in beginner’s Mandarin, her teacher looked at her and said, “You need to speak to me after class.”

“And I’m like, what, I’m in trouble already?”

It turned out that the teacher believed that Kishiyama, who was adopted from China by a Canadian couple, was just being modest about her language skills.

Undergraduate Students

Beyond the Classroom: Exploring Career Pathways for Educators

Speaking for Ourselves: Indigenous Educational and Leadership over our Identities, Stories, and Histories

Beyond the Classroom: Exploring Career Pathways for Educators

Message in the Smoke: What Anishinaabemowin’s Sound-Based Philosophy Reveals about Worldview, Culture, and Contemporary Powwow

Revitalizing and Mobilizing Ancestral Knowledge in Rotinonhsón:ni Communities

August Research Presentations by CRC First Nations, Inuit and Métis Researchers

Limin Jao (DISE) Appointed as 91������'s Ombudsperson for Students

Dr. Pengfei Zhao, DISE, Appointed Academic Director for Global Engagement

BHM & Inclusive Histories in Quebec Secondary Schools

Dr. Mindy Carter, DISE, Recipient of the 2025 AERA Outstanding Achievement in Arts and Learning Award

Joseph Levitan, DISE, Presents Kaushalam Program Study Results at SCERT Uttarakhand

Remembering Howard Riggs

DISE's Nanre Nafziger Appointed a 2025 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow

Major work on McTavish Reservoir will Impact Vehicular Access to Upper Campus

Kiana Kishiyana Explores Adoptee Identity as an SSHRC Storytellers Challenge Finalist

Limin Jao (DISE) Appointed as 91��'s Ombudsperson for Students