dr. ruth beatty, acting chair of orillia educational programs, has been conducting mathematics research for several years in schools in southern and eastern ontario. 

working in conjunction with the algonquins of pikwakanagan first nation and the ministry of education, her recent research project, “the mathematics of algonquin looming,” explores how to incorporate indigenous perspectives into the ontario math curriculum.

one of the schools where her research was conducted, eganville and district public school, has recently been named as a recipient of the premier's accepting schools award.

this award “recognizes teams across the province that have done exceptional and innovative work in creating a safe, inclusive and accepting school environment,” as outlined on the ministry of education website.

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congratulations dr. beatty for this achievement, which shows how faculty research can have a significant impact.

letizia tremonti, principal of st. martin school in thunder bay, was named principal of the year by the catholic principals council of ontario and selected by her peers as outstanding principal this year.

letizia is a faculty of education bed alumnus, who graduated with first class standing in 1986.

in a press release, she stated: “there have been many wonderful moments over my 31-year career but being nominated for principal of the year by my colleagues is one of my greatest moments.”

for more information, see the article here.

we are pleased to announce that the may issue of our education exchange newsletter has been published. this newsletter brings our current and former 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 as well as our educational partners together to share news, successes, and innovations.

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darren lentz, kingsway park/hyde park public school principal, has been named as one of canada’s outstanding principals of 2017.

darren is known for his dedication, professionalism, and enthusiasm. he is a faculty of education bed and med alumnus, and has taught for the faculty in several programs, including the bed, nlip, and aq programs.

this prestigious award is well-deserved recognition for darren's achievements.

for more information, visit https://www.lakeheadschools.ca/outstanding_principal/

lakehead orillia bed 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 dave venneri and ryan pasquin have helped to develop an experiential-based learning model for camp couchiching’s climbing tree experiential tutoring program.

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dave and ryan are completing an internship with the camp couchiching community initiative through lakehead’s education 4000 course.

we are pleased to announce that the january issue of our education exchange newsletter has been published. this newsletter brings our current and former 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 as well as our educational partners together to share news, successes, and innovations.

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dr. sonja grover has published a new book with routledge, entitled the responsibility to protect: perspectives on the concept’s meaning, proper application and value.

this edited book presents the views of various international law and human rights experts on the contested meaning, scope of application, value and viability of the principle of the responsibility to protect (r2p). r2p refers to the notion that the international community has a legal responsibility to protect civilians against the potential or ongoing occurrence of the mass atrocity crimes of genocide, large scale war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

for more information, visit dr. grover's website.

dr. sonja grover is co-investigator on a three-year, $200,000 sshrc partnership development grant awarded to the international and canadian child rights partnership (iccrp). iccrp establishes a new multi-sectoral partnership, including ten ngo partners and seven academic research institutions in five countries.

the partnership is investigating the relationship between child participation in international and national child protection contexts and quality of child protection outcomes. dr. grover will be doing case analysis on child participation in the child refugee protection context. iccrp will conduct case study research via fieldwork and document analysis in canada, brazil, china, and south africa. 

dr. gerald walton has received a contribution to teaching award for the 2016-2017 academic year. the committee noted that dr. walton is highly respectful of 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , establishes an excellent learning environment, is deeply committed to social justice, and encourages critical thinking.

congratulations to dr. walton on this award!

phd student holly tsun haggarty has won a graduate student award from the canadian association for curriculum studies (an association of canadian society for the study of education) for her master’s thesis, entitled “resisting positivism: unfolding the epistemological basis of two arts-integrating research methodologies, arts based research and a/r/tography.”

holly’s thesis explores how an arts practice may be considered a research methodology and a way of knowing. her research was supervised by dr. pauline sameshima with committee member dr. don kerr. holly is continuing her research into the philosophical basis of arts-integrating methodologies in her current phd studies.

one of the judges commented that holly’s thesis inquiry "is excellently conceived and constructed - the level of scholarship and writing outstanding…[with] witty, reflexive poetry integrated throughout." another noted that holly “brings a balanced and powerful methodological synthesis to bear on this inquiry, which appropriately combines critical, creative and heuristic approaches.”

congratulations, holly, on this award!