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Dr. Lee Airton

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Welcoming gender diversity

January 2, 2017 — 
The 2018 Ed Talk Series kicks off Monday, Jan. 8, with Dr. Lee Airton, assistant professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in Education at Queen's University.

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Tricia Logan

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High school Indigenous club students visit faculty

December 16, 2016 — 
The Faculty of Education hosted high-school Indigenous post-secondary club members in December creating an awareness and excitement about opportunities in advanced education.

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Op-ed: Canada’s children deserve better

December 16, 2016 — 
What if, this holiday season, we granted children their rights, the ones we agreed to implement and to which they are legally entitled?

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Brandy Usik

Faculty of Education News

Teachers tackling special needs on First Nations

November 25, 2016 — 
Keeping students like this in school is among the reasons why Quill and some 75 other elementary-, middle- and high-school teachers from almost every First Nations school in the province joined the RISE program this month.

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Faculty of Education News

Deans of education embrace reconciliation

October 28, 2016 — 
Topping the agenda for some of Canada’s most influential education leaders during a three-day conference in Winnipeg this week was implementing the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions calls to action.

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Research fellowship available in Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics

October 24, 2016 — 
Researchers from all faculties invited to apply

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Op-ed: Refugee parents must be involved in children’s education

October 24, 2016 — 
Over the past 40 years, research has demonstrated that finding ways to involve parents in their children's education is an important lever that increases their academic success.

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Victoria Nolan, Meghan Montgomery, Andrew Todd, Curtis Halladay and Kirsten Kit win bronze in the LTA mixed coxed four at the Lagoa Stadium at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio. Photo Scott Grant/Canadian Paralympic Committee

Q&A with alumna Meghan Montgomery, Paralympian medallist

October 17, 2016 — 
The paralympian recently returned to campus after winning bronze in Rio this summer

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Dr. Laara Fitznor

Faculty of Education News

Peru study program students embark on ‘epic journey’

October 7, 2016 — 
Petroglyphs, ancient ruins and floating islands made from bundled reeds highlighted the Peru study program led by Dr. Laara Fitznor this year.

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Faculty of Education News

Teacher shares power of reconciliation

September 27, 2016 — 
Teacher and activist Lisa Howell knows firsthand the liberating and transformative power of education in reconciliation.

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