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BÉLANGER, Nathalie »


Nathalie Bélanger

Full professor
Faculty of Education

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 4159
Cell: 819-918-0507
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Website

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E-mail, Cell Telephone, Office Telephone

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Education politics, School and society, Role of children at school and in society, French schools, Minority of the French language, Vulnerable students, Troubled students, Diversity in schools, Competition and collaboration between schools, Education system, Inclusive education  

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BROWN, Adam Oliver »


Adam Oliver Brown

Science Lecturer
Assistant professor
Faculty of Science
Biology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (6308)
Cell: 613-558-2326
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I am an ecologist with an expertise in science communication to the general public, the public understanding of science, the scholarship of teaching and learning Science, as well as working to develop effective teaching techniques and technologies to help students learn Biology at the undergraduate level of University. I have also been involved in the production, scripting and hosting of TV and radio shows and documentaries (CBC The Nature of Things, TVOkids Finding Stuff Out & The Prime Radicals).

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CHITPIN, Stephanie »


Founder of ELN
Full professor
Faculty of Education

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Office: 6135625800 x 4146
Cell: 6132868376
Home: 6132868376
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Website

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Dr. Chitpin’s area of expertise is in decision-making and professional development of educational leaders. She rejects the inductive method and adopts Sir Karl Popper’s critical rationalism, as a new tool for understanding principals’ decision-making.

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English and French , Creole, Hakka

COOK, Sharon Anne »


Sharon Anne COOK

Assistant Director of Teacher Education, Professor of Education and Distinguished University Professor /
Full professor
Faculty of Education

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4486)
Home: 613-749-3957
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E-mail, Office Telephone

Research information:

Teacher education, history of teaching and the role of women in education, women's history, women and religious expression, temperance, anti-tobacco campaigns, women's history, the history of addictions and global development and peace education.

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DALLEY, Phyllis »


Associate professor
Faculty of Education

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4120)
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E-mail

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As an educationist who focuses on minority contexts, I conduct research in French schools and community institutions throughout Ontario. My research interests include the relation between language and identity, the inclusion of diversity, as well as the social, political and legal contexts of French first-language education.

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DUPLÀA, Emmanuel »


Associate professor
Faculty of Education

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4635)
Cell: 613-292-3135
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Website

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

e-Learning Serious Games Digital literacy

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English and French

FINNIE, Ross »


Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

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Office: 613-562-5800 ext 4552
Cell: 613-295-5798
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E-mail, Cell Telephone, Office Telephone

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I have many interests in the area of education policy research, including access and barriers to post-secondary education (PSE); student retention, student pathways, and student success while in PSE; skills, skills shortages, and the “new skills agenda” which includes “non-cognitive” or transferable skills; and the measurement of quality and accountability mechanisms. I also work on incomes, income support programs, and related topics in labour and public economics.

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FLEURET, Carole »


Full professor
Faculty of Education

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Office: 61356258004106
Cell: 819-6616905
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E-mail, Cell Telephone

Research information:

French as a second language. Writing/spelling intercultural approach. Minority populations

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LEVESQUE, Stephane G. »


Stephane G. Levesque

Dr.
Associate professor
Faculty of Education

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4082)
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E-mail, Office Telephone

Research information:

  • Développement de la pensée historique chez les élèves.
  • Utilisation des technologies (TIC) en éducation historique.
  • Formation citoyenne et identitaire.
  • Histoire de l'éducation et des francophones.
  • Mise en réseau de l'enseignement de l'histoire canadienne (thenhier.ca).
  • Enseignement de l'histoire et des études sociales.
  • Didactique de l'histoire.
  • Éducation à la citoyenneté.
  • Programmes d'études et curriculum

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MACDONALD, Colla J. »


Full professor
Faculty of Education

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4110)
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E-mail

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I run a research laboratory in Flexible Delivery and Transformative Pedagogies on various aspects of innovative teaching and learning strategies including emerging technologies such as simulators, avatars, artificial intelligence, digital storytelling and mobile learning. This “team” collaborates with her developing creative, practical, efficient methods to address everyday educational problems.

I designed and published three learning models (the Partnership Model, 1998; The Demand Driven Learning Model (DDLM), 2001; and the W(e)Learn Framework, 2009). A few of my recent projects in professional development and training include (a) developing, delivering and evaluating the worlds first online physician wellness program (b) an online workplace health program for health providers; and (c) a face-to-face program for healthcare teams across Ontario. Two promotional articles written about these project can be seen at here and here.

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MCMURTRY, Angus »


Associate professor
Faculty of Education

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4042)
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E-mail

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My research focuses on how to understand and support learning in groups, whether those groups are classes, interdisciplinary research teams, or interprofessional healthcare teams. I like to draw upon complexity science and other leading-edge socio-ecological theories--yet also explain them in terms that are accessible to the general public.

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MONDAIN, Nathalie »


Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Sociology

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Trained in demography and sociology, I defended my PhD in 2004. I am interested in social and demographic changes in West Africa. I explore these issues by studying family dynamics and gender relationships, working more particularly on education, migration and family reconfigurations through marriage processes. I also work on the ethical issues related to our research methodologies through the lenses of pedagogic decolonisation in the academic environment. My current projects are on young and adolescent girls' educational dynamics in Senegal, and on immigrants' social participation to the host society in Canada/Québec.

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English and French , suédois

OUELLETTE, Robert Falcon »


Associate professor
Faculty of Education

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Cell: 2045100844
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Website

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Cell Telephone

Research information:

Indigenous education, military, ethics, warrior culture, anthropology, Indigenous education programs, politics, Parliament, Federal politics, MPs, languages, environment, resource extraction.

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English and French , Mandarin

PONGOU, Roland »


Assistant professor
Faculty of Social Sciences

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Office: 613-562-5800 (7067)
Cell: 613-805-6019
Home: 613-424-6019
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Website

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

Social networks, spread of HIV/AIDS, gender gap in HIV/AIDS prevalence, sex and gender gap in infant mortality, gender gap in schooling

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REIS, Giuliano »


Associate professor
Faculty of Education

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4497)
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E-mail

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My research interests include science and environmental education in diverse learning settings, science and the environment in the media, public understanding of science, teacher education, qualitative research and discourse analysis.

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English and French , Portuguese

ROBERTSON, Judith P. »


Full professor (retired)
Faculty of Education

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Cell: 941-806-8777
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E-mail

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Active graduate student supervision, writing and research. Role of narrative experience in childhood; how reading experience helps children to resolve psychological dilemmas and challenges associated with growing up. My research also extends to cultural studies of reading experience, as in books clubs or incidences of literary pilgrimage.  

Other areas of expertise include narrative, reading, literary pedagogy, book clubs, literary tourism.

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ROUSSEAU, Céline »


PhD student
Faculty of Education

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Cell: 514-922-1485
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Mes champs d'expertise sont l'apprentissage de la lecture, spécialement au niveau primaire, l'apprentissage de la langue maternelle et la littérature de jeunesse. Mon domaine de recherche est le cercle de lecture.

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SALEHI, Shabnam »


Visiting professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

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As a Visiting Researcher at the University of Ottawa, I am currently engaging in research on human rights issues, with a particular focus on subjects aligned with human rights in rights situation in Afghanistan and human rights and immigration. Prior to this, I had the privilege of leading the women's rights mandate of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, where I developed and designed several programs on Human rights specifically women's rights, elimination of early and child marriage, gender equality, and violations against women. I have also contributed to curriculum development and had the opportunity to teach courses in public policy and administration, law, and political science, and serve as a lecturer at Kabul University.

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English only, Pashto and Dari

SENECHAL, Carole »


Dr psychology
Associate professor
Faculty of Education

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4094)
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E-mail

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Je suis spécialiste de deux domaines. Le premier concerne les troubles envahissants du développement et particulièrement l'autisme. Le deuxième domaine concerne l'épuisement professionnel particulièrement chez les enseignants en début de carrière.

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SMITH, J. David »


Vice-dean and faculty secretary
Associate professor
Faculty of Education

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2006)
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E-mail

Research information:

Bullying and victimization among children, social causes of bullying, anti-bullying programs, effectiveness of anti-bullying interventions in schools.

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THÉBERGE, Mariette »


Full professor
Faculty of Education

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4147)
Home: 819-685-9338
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E-mail

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My main research areas deal with art education, the creative process, the question of identity, and the training in dramatic art/theatre within the francophone context in Canada.

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WALLNER, Jennifer »


Assistant professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 1720
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E-mail

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I work on the politics of education systems in federal countries, with strong expertise on Canadian, Australian, and American schools. I also work on intergovernmental relations and fiscal federalism in Canada.

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WESTHEIMER, Joel »


Joel Westheimer

University Research Chair
Full professor
Faculty of Education

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4161)
Cell: Contact Media team
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Website

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E-mail, Cell Telephone

Research information:

Relationship of schooling to society, social norms; education and democracy; teachers' workplace environment; civic education; service learning; politics and education; youth civic engagement and activism; different philosophies of education; testing, standards, and "accountability''.

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