Research

IN THE MEDIA: Parents struggle to homeschool kids during COVID-19

With schools closed across Canada because of COVID-19, parents struggle to keep the learning going at home.

IN THE MEDIA: How Toronto families are adjusting to schooling at home, from historical films to dog walking

As schools are shut down amid the COVID-19 pandemic, parents are looking for ways to keep their kids learning and physically active.

Professor Jen Gilbert talks sex education, queer issues, and bullying on the latest episode of Podcast or Perish

Professor Jen Gilbert discusses her research with young people to understand their experiences of bullying on the latest episode of Podcast or Perish.

IN THE MEDIA: Why emojis and #hashtags should be part of language learning

Associate Dean Research Heather Lotherington analyses four apps for language learning in a recent piece that she wrote for The Conversation Canada.

Research Minute - UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education Towards Sustainability

The UNESCO Chair research projects are carried out in a very unique way. UNESCO Chair research serves the international education community and is tailored to provide policy recommendations to UNESCO in conjunction with its strategy, recommendations and other particular activities.

PhD candidate Lois Kamenitz awarded Schlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging Scholarship

Faculty of Education PhD candidate Lois Kamenitz has been awarded the Schlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging Scholarship by the Canadian Association on Gerontology. The award recognizes academic success and community involvement with older adults and supports doctoral students whose programs of study relate to gerontology.

Professor Pam Millett offers tips on hosting a hearing-friendly holiday party for deaf and hard-of-hearing guests

Holiday party hosts need to ensure everyone can take part in the celebrations, says Pam Millett, an audiologist and an associate professor in the Faculty of Education with more than 30 years of experience working with children and adults with hearing loss. Senior citizens, for example, may experience hearing loss due to the natural aging […]

Professor Mario Di Paolantonio delivers talk at Columbia University's Teachers College

This past academic term, professor Mario Di Paolantonio was invited by the Philosophy and Education program at Columbia University's Teachers College, to give a talk titled “Education in Abject Conditions: Survival, Survivance and Education in Spite of it All.”

Research Minute - Professor Pam Millett on Maximizing classroom hearing technologies for deaf and hard of hearing students

The vast majority of students with hearing loss today using hearing technologies such as hearing aids, cochlear implants or bone anchored hearing aids, they use spoken language for communication and they are educated in their neighbourhood schools alongside hearing peers.

Professor Qiang Zha presents at prestigious Munk School Graduate Student Conference

Earlier this spring Professor Qiang Zha spoke at the University of Toronto’s 12th annual Munk School Graduate Student Conference. Zha participated as a member of a panel discussion on the Unexpected Impacts of Intervention.  More specifically he spoke to elements of his own research titling his talk The Trajectory of Educational Intervention in the International […]