Schedule - 2024 OISE Graduate Student Research Conference

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 Canada, 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

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 Canada 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 Canada
- 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: Ontario French immersion students: goals, retention, and sociolinguistic development
- Jocelyn Yu and Heidi Dienesch : Using Critical Literacy to Reimagine Student Engagement in Ontario 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 Ontario Secondary Schools
- Fatima Farrukh: An Exploration of Support, Training, and Resources for K-8 Ontario 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.

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.

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

"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.

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.

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 Ontario, Canada
- 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 Canada 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 Ontario Elementary Public Education
- Palvi Sidana: Addressing Anti-Muslim Racism in Ontario 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 Canada
- 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