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 (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!

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.

two recently published books, featuring contributions by faculty of education members dr. michael hoechsmann, dr. ellen field, dr. connie russell, and dr. gerald walton have won 2022 american educational studies association (aesa) critics’ choice awards.

the three-volume, 125-chapter book, the sage handbook of critical pedagogies (s. steinberg & b. down, editors) features a chapter by connie russell ("fat pedagogy and the disruption of weight-based oppression: toward the flourishing of all bodies") and a chapter by gerald walton ("in a rape culture, can boys actually be boys?"). michael hoechsmann edited the 10-chapter section on "communication and media." for more information on this book, see this link.

education for democracy 2.0: changing frames of media literacy, co-edited by dr. michael hoechsmann, gina thésée (université du québec à montréal), and paul r. carr (université du québec en outaouais) has also won an aesa critics' choice award. the book features a chapter by ellen field ("is it all just emojis and lol, or can social media foster environmental literacy and activism?"). for more information on this book, see this link.

maria vasanelli (former director of strategic initiatives and professional learning, faculty of education) began her new role as the chair of 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s board of governors. the appointment has a term of two years.

maria joined lakehead's board of governors in 2015 and has served on several of its standing committees, including finance and operations, governance and nominating, and learning and liaison.

maria's experience in senior administration in education includes superintendent of education at the durham catholic district school board and superintendent at the thunder bay catholic district school board. she is currently the director of education at the superior north catholic district school board and a member of the ontario college of teachers council.

after earning her b.a. in philosophy and a bachelor of education from 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 , maria received a master in religious education degree from saint paul university, and a master of business administration from cape breton university.

among other accreditations, she holds a certificate in canadian aboriginal relations from confederation college, and recently completed a certificate in executive leadership at the rotman school of business.

her professional interests include leadership development, board governance, and education equity.

dr. ruth beatty (associate professor, orillia) and colinda clyne (coordinating principal of indigenous education, upper grand district school board) have been awarded a sshrc partnership engage grant for their research project, titled “researching a comprehensive culturally responsive indigenous mathematics program.”

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there are three main goals of their research:

(a) to work with community partners to establish protocols for engagement that brings together community members and classroom educators to create respectful, reciprocal relationships;

(b) to study the effects of integrating cultural knowledge, values, and perspectives on participating 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 ’ cultural knowledge and mathematical achievement; and

(c) to assess levels of teacher confidence in co-planning and co-teaching with indigenous community partners to incorporate holistic approaches of indigenous pedagogy in mathematics education.

ruth has been working with indigenous artists and indigenous and non-indigenous educators in the upper grand district school board (ugdsb) for the past four years, exploring short-term, culturally based mathematics investigations in classrooms. the shhrc partnership engage award enables this work to continue in further depth through the implementation of year-long investigations in four participating ugdsb classrooms.

in 2021/22, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 received nearly $2 million in assistance from the research support fund to support the indirect costs of research, which includes costs for supporting the management of intellectual property, research and administration, ethics and regulatory compliance, research resources, and research facilities.

pictured below: colinda clyne (left) and ruth beatty (right)

the faculty of education's september 2022 education exchange newsletter is now published.

this issue features articles on the "operation happy to be here" research project, the digitization of program archives from the native and indigenous language instructors' programs, faculty news, alumni profiles, and more.

to access the education exchange newsletter, click here.

steven secord (contract lecturer, orillia) has received a contribution to teaching award for the 2021-2022 academic year. the committee noted that steven’s 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 cited his passion for teaching, his innovative use of technology, and his clarity of instruction in their nomination. they also shared that his classes are engaging and effective, giving them opportunities to learn from and with professionals in various types of science education.

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congratulations, steven!

in conjunction with lakehead’s year of climate action, faculty members dr. ellen field (assistant professor, orillia) and dr. paul berger (associate professor, thunder bay), along with graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 devon lee (phd program) and sara layton, olivia hunt, and craig barclay (med program) edited and curated a special issue of pathways: ontario journal of outdoor education, titled “year of climate action.”

the summer 2022 issue of the journal features numerous examples of graduate and undergraduate student learning and engagement with climate change in the faculty.

as outlined in the editors’ introduction, “we have curated this special issue … to share [lakehead] student writing, multi-modal media art, and poetry about the climate crisis as both a call-to-action and pedagogical inquiry on how we, collectively, as educators, can turn to what profoundly matters in these moments of rapid change and uncertainty. … the pieces selected for this theme are snapshots of our 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 ’ sense of urgency, and offer windows into the accompanying complex climate emotions and the importance of action.”

the journal’s contents are organized into four themes exploring climate change education and pedagogy: connections to place and land - flourishing and survival; urgency and processing complex emotions; agency and activism; and climate change education.

pathways is published by the council of outdoor educators of ontario (coeo), a non-profit, volunteer-based organization that promotes outdoor education experiences for people of all ages.

to access a digital copy of the special issue, please contact ellen field.

dr. gary pluim (assistant professor, orillia), has received an international research partnership award from 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 for his research project, “enhancing international research networks in malta and southern africa.” this vpri (vice-president, research and innovation) award supports research that promotes increased engagement with international partners to address global challenges and issues.

gary’s research focuses on the transfer of educational curriculum between commonwealth countries in the caribbean, south pacific, eurasia, and sub-saharan africa. his work examines not just the challenges and opportunities with curriculum lending and borrowing, but also the cultural consequences of education transfer in post-colonial settings. the international research partnership award will allow him to advance this research by formalizing agreements with institutions in eurasia and south africa. previous partnerships from the project have been established with the university of the south pacific and the bahamas technical and vocational institute; this funding will enable him to pursue prospective mous with organizations in lesotho, botswana, eswatini, and south africa.

“this award will assist in the development of sustainable research collaborations by deepening relations with potential partners in southern africa,” gary explains. “connecting with organizations directly will allow us to explore the viability of the project in these regions while enabling a greater understanding of the culture and contexts of our research. we will also look at the possibility of drafting collaborative funding proposals for research in which our interests might align.”

having established relations with international partners in malta and cyprus this year, gary is currently preparing for a field visit to southern africa later this year or early 2023. this trip is scheduled to begin in johannesburg and pretoria (south africa), and continue to gaborone (botswana), maseru (lesotho), and mbabane (eswatini), with presentations, meetings, and tours scheduled at each location.