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Schedule - 2024 OISE Graduate Student Research Conference

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March 23, 2024

9:00 - 10:30am

The Jack Quarter Lectureship on Social Economy: "Solidarity Economies, Direct Democracy, and Lifelong Learning: Lessons from Argentina"

OISE Library
Ana Inés Heras
My goal in this presentation is twofold, conceptual, and methodological. On the one hand, I intend to address the concepts of solidarity economies, direct democracies and lifelong processes for accessing social justice and human rights, as they relate to the Argentinean experience.

"Surveillance, Saviorism, and "Care": Challenging Nationalist Educational Policies and Teacher Practices through Media-Based Resistance."

OI 5150
Niyousha Bastani
Abarna Selvarajah
Sarah Ázeline
Hayley H. Brooks
This highlighted panel session will explore how educational policies and teacher practices across ޾ֲ, the United States, and the United Kingdom shape specific nationalist discourses that produce and reproduce racial violence.

10:30 - 11:00am

Coffee Break

11:00am - 12:30pm

Students and Faculty in Conversation: ‘Slow Spaces’ and Community Building in Academia

Nexus Lounge
Yara Abdelaziz
Ebru Bağ
Nana Gulic
Justine Jun
Carly Manion
Emikay Ogbeide
Norin Taj
This roundtable uniquely blends reflective exploration with a focus on the transformative potential of “slow spaces” within graduate institutions.

Student Research Session 3

  • Room
    OI 2296
    • Bushra Shahrin: Are We Doing Enough?: A Critical Analysis of Commodification of International Education and Student Affairs
    • Stephanie Salib: Linguistic Discrimination in ޾ֲ Through Linguicism and Glottophobia
    • Jinyang Wang: Studying in Virtual Multicultural Classroom: The Application of AI in Dialogical Education
    • Chair: Bushra Shahrin
  • Room
    OI 5230
    • Mengyuan Guo: Fanben Kaixin: Exploring the Potential of Chinese Traditional Culture for a Holistic Understanding of Sustainability
    • Alison Lam: Redefining Consumption and Sustainable Planning: Freetown and the City of Darkness Through a Green Lens
    • Steve 4. Tu: Velut arbor ævo: Other-than-humans and the future of higher education research
    • Chair: Steve 4. Tu
  • Room
    OI 5250
    • Rida Fatima: Increasing Access to Study Abroad Programs for Underrepresented Students
    • Usha Sharma: Internationalization of Higher Education and Quest for Global Common Good
    • Mehdia Hassan: Collage-making as bridge-building: Gathering insights into a transformative pedagogical practice with racialized youth in Toronto
    • Chair: Christina de los Santos
  • Room
    OI 5270
    • Christie Lazo: How First- and Second-Generation Immigrant Mothers Provide Ethnocultural Education to Their Children Within Pluralist ޾ֲ
    • Elaine Yu: Queering Parental Care: Informed by Queer Asian Youth
    • Blessing Timidi Digha: Exploring the Link between Financial Abuse and Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights
    • Chair: Alissa Lévesque
  • Room
    OI 5170
    • Gabrielle Forget: ޾ֲ French immersion students: goals, retention, and sociolinguistic development
    • Jocelyn Yu and Heidi Dienesch : Using Critical Literacy to Reimagine Student Engagement in ޾ֲ Grade 9 Core French (online)
    • Sara Zoghbi: Intercultural Competencies in Education: a solution for a more inclusive and diverse world
    • Chair: Sara Zoghbi
  • Room
    OI 5150

    Xun Ril Li

  • Room
    Auditorium

    Maryuri Marin

  • Room
    OI 5240
    • Seo Young Lee: An overlook into the experience of internationally-trained teachers in the post-secondary education setting
    • Savina Nankoo: Barriers and Solutions to Reporting Gender Based Violence: The Experience of Survivors
    • Afraa Yusuf: Professional Development on Gender Identity and Teaching Trans Youth in ޾ֲ Secondary Schools
    • Fatima Farrukh: An Exploration of Support, Training, and Resources for K-8 ޾ֲ Teachers Working with Students with Chronic Illnesses (online)
    • Sara Pagliaro: Transcending the Classroom: Re-imagining “Social Justice Education” for TDSB Teachers
    • Shelley Rafailov: The Effect of Attention on Elementary Word Reading in English-French Bilinguals
    • Aliya Mustafina: The impact of the EQAO assessments on students’ opportunity to learning (OTL)
    • Zein Abuosbeh, Avril Brigden, Yu Shan Wei, and Shelley Rafailov: The impact of demographic characteristics on the phonological processing skills of French Immersion students.

12:30 - 1:30pm

Lunch

1:05 - 1:25pm

"To Be" is to Inter-Be: Mindfulness Practice Sessions

OI 8280
Ann Dugan
Alana Rodger Jacobson
Yishin Khoo
This is a space for conference participants to pause in the middle of the busy conference schedule, ground themselves, take care of their minds and bodies, and connect with each other at a deeper level.

1:30 - 3:00pm

Food is medicine: Indigenous culinary journey - Exploring Sacred medicine and Traditional Recipes

Nexus Lounge
Embark on a culturally enriching and interactive experience with our Indigenous Cooking Class, where participants will delve into the rich tapestry of Native American traditions.

"Writing for Performance" workshop with Dr. Gowrinathan and D'Lo

OI 5170
Dr. Nimmi Gowrinathan
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Join this year’s GSRC Keynote Speaker Dr. Gowrinathan and ’L for a workshop on applying key concepts from the keynote lecture in academic spaces with a specific focus on art-making, storytelling, and comedy.

3:00 - 3:15pm

Coffee Break

3:15 - 4:45pm

Student Research Session 4

  • Room
    OI 2296
    • Cristina Peter: Finding the Secret Sauce to Success: Measuring Metacognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills in ޾ֲ, ޾ֲ
    • Sara Shivafard: Changing The Way We Think: Sex Education as a Tool of Sexual Violence Prevention
    • Danielle Denichaud: Harmonizing theory and practice in Environmental & Sustainability Education through embodied, compassionate and eco-spiritual praxis
    • Chair: Cristina Peter
  • Room
    OI 5240
    • Elena Hannach-Courard: Unveiling Truth, Recognizing Complicity: A Call for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Child Study
    • Elwin Varughese: Exploring the Dark History of Colonial Education on Indigenous Communities in ޾ֲ and India
    • Marie McLeod: Embedding Decoloniality: Constructing Anti-Colonial Epistemological Possibilities for Education
    • Chair: Elena Hannach-Courard
  • Room
    OI 5250
    • Meral Choudhry: Resisting Islamophobia: Muslim Students’ Identity Formation and Agency in ޾ֲ Elementary Public Education
    • Palvi Sidana: Addressing Anti-Muslim Racism in ޾ֲ Public Schools
    • Pirasanya Gnanasuntharam: Re-imagining Race-Based Data to Elevate Equitable Decision-Making in Educational Policy and Leadership Spaces
    • Chair: Meral Choudhry
  • Room
    OI 5280
    • Justin Patrick: The University of Ottawa Students’ Union Revolution
    • Blessing Digha: When Community meets Academia
    • Xuefan Li: Decoding Performance: Chinese PhD Students’ Motivation, Finances, and Cross-Cultural Adaptation in ޾ֲ
    • Chair: Xuefan Li
  • Room
    OI 5270

    Annalissa Crisostomo

  • Room
    OI 5230

    Christina de los Santos

  • Room
    OI 5150

    Debanjan Borthakur

  • Room
    OI 5170
    • Alissa Lévesque: Breathing to Abolition
    • Xun Li : #WebComics: Fostering Global Dialogue through Political Webcomics on Instagram

4:45 - 5:00pm

"To Be" is to Inter-Be: Mindfulness Practice Sessions

OI 8280
Ann Dugan
Alana Rodger Jacobson
Yishin Khoo
This is a space for conference participants to pause in the middle of the busy conference schedule, ground themselves, take care of their minds and bodies, and connect with each other at a deeper level.

Break

5:00 - 6:00pm

Closing Ceremony & OISE GSA Award Ceremony

Nexus Lounge

6:30 - 8:00pm

Post-Conference Social

Pauper’s Pub (539 Bloor St W)

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