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Centre for Urban Schooling

Welcome!

 

The Centre for Urban Schooling (CUS) is dedicated to improving the quality of the teaching and learning experiences available to children and youth living in underserved urban communities. Established in 2005, at the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, CUS carries out academic and contracted research, offers educational programs and professional development opportunities, and supports students, teachers, schools, parents and district boards in the development of school reform initiatives that have a clear focus on equity for all students. Read our Mission Statement.

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Fifth  Annual William Waters Symposium on Urban Education

 

April 25th, 2012  

Public Lecture - Activism in Education: Pushing Limits in Increasingly Conservative Times

New time:  6:00pm to 8:00pm 

Keynotes:  

James Banks – Educating Citizens in Global Times for Knowing, Caring and Acting

Judy Rebick  -  Occupy Education

 

 

6:00pm-8:00pm
Isabel Bader Thearte
93 Charles Street West,
Toronto, ON

RSVP to: Nina Lewis   email: wwsymposium.oise@utoronto.ca 


 

Scholarship Opportunities

The Miyumi Saski Education Fund 

Miyumi Sasaki was an ardent advocate for social justice and equity in education and in the larger community. She taught in inner-city Toronto schools for many years, and in the three years before her untimely death in March of 2007, she was the course director of a highly acclaimed urban teacher education program located in Regent Park. She is deeply missed by her family and many friends and colleagues. In memory of her devotion to education , a scholarship fund has been created in her name, dedicated to student teachers who plan to make their own contribution to urban education.

Eligibility for the Scholarship Fund...more

Application deadline: April 2nd, 2012

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William Waters Scholarships in Urban Education

  OISE is offering four scholarships to promote
  excellence in teaching in the urban classroom. The
  successful candidates will be experienced teachers
  entering a full-time Master’s program with an interest
  in questions of social justice and school success for
  students from economically disadvantaged
  neighborhoods attending underperforming schools.

  In addition to the requirements set out by the graduate
  program, the successful scholarship recipients will be
  invited to join the Centre for Urban Schooling and
  participate in the wide variety of activities related to
  research, professional development, advocacy and
  teacher education promoted by the Centre over the
  course of the year. 

 Application deadline January 16, 2012.

 

Please visit our Scholarships in Urban Educationpage for more information about future applications.  

UPCOMING  - EVENTS

 

Fifth Annual William Waters Symposium on Urban Education

April 25th, 2012  

Public Lecture - Activism in Education: Pushing Limits in Increasingly Conservative Times  

Keynotes:  

James Banks – Educating Citizens in Global Times for Knowing, Caring and Acting

Judy Rebick  -  Occupy Education

6:00pm-8:00pm
Isabel Bader Thearte
93 Charles Street West,
Toronto, ON

RSVP to: Nina Lewis   email: wwsymposium.oise@utoronto.ca

 

NEW Book Sneek Preview 

                                   

    Equity Continuum: Action for Critical Transformation in 
    Schools and Classrooms

   “For a sneak peek into the Equity Continuum,
    please click
here for a few sample pages.”

 

  

 Order the book now: click on Order Form below

 Book Order Form

For more information please contact
Nina Lewis at cusresources.oise@utoronto.ca

 

NEW! Teaching, Learning Sexuality Education: a four-part seminar series

  Schedule of seminars
  Nov 22 - Pedagogical Dilemmas in Policy and
  Sexuality Education: Implementing provincial and
  local equity policy

  Jan 17 - Pedagogical Dilemmas in Youth Culture and
  Sexuality Education: Troubling Identifications

  Feb 21- Pedagogical Dilemmas in Curriculum and Sexuality
  Education: Teaching about Gender and Sexuality

  Mar 20- Teaching about Gender and Sexuality, Part 2
 
  For more information: 
  http://www.uc.utoronto.ca/sdsseminar  

 

 

Announcement:  New William Waters Teacher-in-Residence in Urban Education -

The Centre for Urban Schooling is pleased to announce selection of Vanessa Russell as the 2011 William Waters Teacher-in-Residence. We are excited about working with Vanessa, who is a well-established scholar and activist for equity in education.

Karen Murray, the 2009 Teacher-in-Residence, will be leaving CUS at the end of June. We are sad to see her go, and we wish her all the best in her future endeavours.
 

Update:  William Waters Symposium on Urban Education

Please visit the 2011 William Waters Symposium page to view the video of this event.

2011-2012 William Waters Scholarship Winners:

The Centre for Urban Schooling congratulates the four William Waters Scholarship winners for the 2011-2012 academic year:

Julia Hainer-Violand - Oyster-Adams Bilingual Public School
Melanie Willson - York Humber High School
Jozef Konyari - Robert F. Hall Catholic Secondary School
Ambeika Sukhram - Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute

To learn more about Julia, Melanie, Jozef and Ambeika, click here.

 

Reports

2010-2011     Fourth Annual Report of CUS Activities - Academic year 2010-2011

2009-2010     Third Annual Report of CUS Activities - Academic year 2009-2010

2008-2009     Second Annual Report of CUS Activities - Academic Year 2008-2009

2009             CUS Full Framework for a Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy

2008            Towards a Multidimensional Framework for Student Engagement 

2007-2008    First Annual Activities Report