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dr. leisa desmoulins and dr. don mccaskill receive nib trust fund grant: infusing anishinaabe pedagogy in classrooms

dr. leisa desmoulins (associate professor, orillia) and dr. don mccaskill (professor emeritus, trent university) have been awarded an nib trust fund grant for their research project, titled infusion of anishinaabe cultural ways of knowing and doing into public school classrooms. 

their project involves the development of culturally based anishinaabe pedagogy and curricula, to be created in partnership with elders, knowledge holders, and educators from the simcoe county district school board and beausoleil first nation.

leisa explains that “this project connects to trc calls to action 62, 63, 64, specifically to develop culturally grounded curricula and resources, support teacher training needs, and ultimately, to build student capacity for intercultural understanding, empathy, and mutual respect that will foster reconciliation.”

over the next year, leisa and don will work with first nations partners to explore the underlying features of anishinaabe pedagogy (ways of knowing and doing), to in turn develop a culturally based curriculum for high school 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 within the simcoe county district school board.

“based on the research into the broader anishinaabe culturally based curriculum from the elders and knowledge holders, we will work with partners to develop local anishinaabe geography curricula for secondary 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , both indigenous and non-indigenous 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 alike,” leisa says.

the nib trust fund grants support education programs aimed at healing, reconciliation, and knowledge building, to help first nations and métis people, organizations, and communities address the long-lasting impacts of the residential school system.

pictured below: dr. dr. leisa desmoulins and dr. don mccaskill.

dr. pauline sameshima named oaea “post secondary teacher of the year”

dr. pauline sameshima (professor, faculty of education) has been awarded the post secondary teacher of the year, 2022 award by the ontario art education association (oaea).

the oaea recognizes excellence in visual and media arts education, and honours visual art schools and community educators who exemplify standards of quality in art education in ontario.

pauline was nominated for the award by andrew dean, vice president, research and innovation at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 , for her numerous and significant contributions to the arts. as written in the nomination letter:

"since her arrival as the canada research chair in arts integrated studies (a first in this field) at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 in 2012, pauline has continued to promote the arts and alternative representations of research knowledge as ways to engage and stimulate thought, conversation, and learning across wide audiences, disciplines, and communities. her work provides extensive opportunities for artistic expression and learning, and introduces new artistic techniques and arts integrating methodological approaches to the university community, the thunder bay community locally, and internationally through the galleries she curates… her leadership and contributions to art education here at lakehead, in our community, and internationally through her research and curation are richly deserving of this award.”

some of pauline’s notable achievements include:

  • opening and curating seven galleries spaces: six on-site campus locations plus a virtual gallery that hosts local, national, and international juried art exhibitions as well as featured art work. the galleries are used to teach about local research, build community and research capacity, and showcase local community artists in an academic setting;
  • publishing parallaxic praxis: multimodal interdisciplinary pedagogical research design (2020), an arts integrating methodology book that won a society of professors of education outstanding book award;
  • creating her own artwork. one artwork was recently selected as one of the 80 of 425 submissions to be exhibited in the 2022 national art education association’s members’ juried exhibition;
  • participating in a current research project with a large scientific research team on a 26.5 million usd national institutes of health grant. pauline leads the community arts integrated research program for this grant, which seeks to develop, with scientists and community members, an education curriculum for hiv cure research through the arts; and
  • being inducted into the college of new scholars, artists and scientists of the royal society of canada, one of the highest honours for a canadian academic.

a zoom awards ceremony was held to honour pauline and the other award winners, hosted by the oaea awards committee.

congratulations, pauline!

phd student claudia flores moreno publishes book chapter with drs. sonia mastrangelo and meridith lovell-johnston

phd student claudia flores moreno, along with her supervisors dr. sonia mastrangelo and dr. meridith lovell-johnston (orillia campus), have authored a research chapter titled “a self-regulation framework to support the mental health and wellbeing of international female graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 .”

the chapter is published in the book, supporting student and faculty wellbeing in graduate education (routledge, 2022). this book discusses new pressures impacting graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and their supervisors, teachers, and mentors, as well as offering strategies that reflect on well-being as part of student-mentor relationships.

as noted in the abstract of their chapter, “managing stressors is a growing concern among international graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , particularly for international female graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 (ifgs) during the global covid-19 pandemic. ifgs have coped with delayed program starts, loss of economic stability, social isolation, uncertainty, and continuous readjustments over this period. self-regulation is a framework for understanding and managing stress that can be beneficial in helping 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 with their learning, mental health, and wellbeing. this chapter explores the journey of an ifgs and shows how the shanker self-regulation framework can help across five interrelated domains (biological, emotional, cognitive, social, and pro-social).”

claudia notes that the book chapter emerges from her deep interest in shanker’s self-regulation framework, and takes the form of “complementary narratives” between herself and sonia and meridith.

she explains that she "found the genre of a collaborative autoethnography complex, [partly due to the fact that] my lived experiences have involved much uncertainty and cumulative loss over covid-19. dr. lovell-johnston brilliantly proposed that complementary narratives would allow space for ‘responses.’ knowing what was going on from their perspective, as co-supervisors, was a great opportunity to understand the co-regulation process.”

maclean’s ranks 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 in the top 20 best education programs in canada

maclean’s has included 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 among canada’s top 20-ranking schools for education programs in canada. the annual survey reviewed education programs’ reputation for quality and research strength, with both areas contributing equally to the final rankings.

dr. wayne melville, faculty of education dean, notes that this ranking is “a testament to the work each of us has been doing within the faculty… including our commitments to each other, our programs, and our 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 .”

you can view maclean’s 2023 list of “canada’s best education programs” here.

james steele appointed to the canadian association of second language teachers board of directors

contract lecturer james (jimmy) steele has been appointed to the board of directors of the canadian association of second language teachers (caslt).

as noted on the caslt website, the association’s goal is to foster and advance professional excellence in language teaching in canada, “by creating opportunities for professional development, by initiating and disseminating research, and by facilitating the exchange of information and ideas among language educators.”

jimmy has worked in second language education for nearly 20 years. he has taught secondary spanish, german, french immersion, core french, esl, and portuguese over his career in the toronto district school board in toronto. at the faculty of education, he is currently course instructor for the “french as a second language” course in the intermediate/senior division. he also worked for three years as a secondee to york university's faculty of education, where he delivered 10 undergraduate and bed courses in french and english. he continues to facilitate continuing education courses for teachers at both nipissing university and oise/university of toronto.

“professional development is at the heart of lifelong learning for classroom teachers and education workers,” he says. “i truly believe that learning from experts and peers alike has a measurable, meaningful impact on our teaching, programming, and assessment. because of this, i have been involved with several provincial organizations throughout my teaching career, including ten years with the ontario modern language teachers’ association and nine years as president of the ontario association of teachers of german. when the call for interested candidates for the caslt board of directors came out, i was encouraged to apply, and now, as part of the national team, having the chance to support teachers across canada and help impact policy development in second language teaching is a very special experience.”

congratulations on this appointment, jimmy!

dr. pauline sameshima receives teaching innovation award

dr. pauline sameshima (professor and canada research chair in arts integrated studies) has received a 2022 teaching innovation award from 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s senate teaching and learning committee.

the committee highlighted pauline’s implementation of the “the slides strategy,” a teaching technique that “stimulates high levels of engagement in 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , allowing them to understand each other’s perspectives well and affording much more creativity and the ability to participate in reading assignments to a greater depth than existing alternatives.”

the teaching innovation award recognizes the development and/or implementation of innovative pedagogical practices and technologies.

for an explanation of “the slides strategy,” please see the publication by pauline sameshima and tashya orasi, “what’s better than the asynchronous discussion post?”

congratulations, pauline!

climate action field school awarded the 2022 teaching innovation award

the lake superior living lab network's (lslln) climate action field school was awarded the 2022 teaching innovation award by the 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 's senate teaching and learning committee. a number of education folks were involved with the field school, including full-time faculty members dr. paul berger, dr. david greenwood, and dr. connie russell, adjunct faculty member dr. charles levkoe, phd student and contract lecturer devon lee, med student gavin shields, and alumni sue hamel, aynsley klassen, darrel makin, and ledah mckellar.

more information on the field school can be found on the lslln website.

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