Joint PhD in Educational Studies Third Annual Conference "Globalization, Equality, and Education"
The Joint PhD in Educational Studies will host the third annual conference entitled "Globalization, Equality, and Education" on July 6 and 7, 2006. Members of the media are welcome to drop by any session, as outlined below. Please note that on July 6 the conference is at Hazelwood Lake Centre and on July 7 the conference continues at Lakehead University. The on-site contact is Dr. Fiona Blaikie, Director of the Joint PhD in Educational Studies Program and a faculty member at Lakehead University. The Joint PhD in Educational Studies is offered by Lakehead University, Brock University, the University of Western Ontario, and the University of Windsor.
Conference Schedule
THURSDAY, JULY 6 -- HAZELWOOD LAKE CENTRE
8:00 - 9:00 am Registration & Breakfast
9:00 - 9:10 am Opening Remarks: Dr. Fiona Blaikie, Director of the Joint PhD in Educational
Studies Program, with Janis Cox and Dwayne Wessel
9:10 - 10:30 am Session One: Panel Presentation:
Dr. Sonja Grover - "Street-Involved Children as Functionally Stateless: An Example of Global Equity Issues in Education"
Dr. Yvette Daniel - "Education policy in a globalized economy: The changing Rules of Engagement and its Impact on the Social Justice Agenda"
Linda Weber: "Internationalization at Canadian Universities"
10:30 - 10:45 am Refreshment Break
10:45 - 12:00 pm Session Two: Panel Presentation:
Leisa Desmoulins - "E/raced: Aboriginal Youth Identities and Schooling"
Dr. Robert Sweet - "Educational Planning and Preparation in Vulnerable Families"
Dr. Joe Engemann - "Equity Issues within Large-Scale Assessment"
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 - 2:15 pm Session Three : Keynote Address:
Dr. Rishma Dunlop, Faculty of Education, York University -sdf "Pump with Blood and Bread: The Professor's Diaries"
2:15 - 2:30 pm Refreshment Break
2:30 - 3:45 pm Session Four: Panel Address:
Lan Zhong - "Communication Apprehesion/Anxiety Among Chinese Visiting Scholars in A North American University"
Roger Fisher - "Implementing Research Cultures at Community Colleges: New Opportunities, New Challenges"
Carol Maingot - "Ontario School Boards Collaborate to Promote International Education
3:45 - 4:45 pm Session Five: Panel Address:
Sherry Ramrattan Smith - "Are My/Your Actions Based on Love or Fear? Considerations
For Educators Concerned About Equality and Social Justice"
Dr. Dragana Martinovic & Jelena Magaliaro - "The Technological Perspective and the Role of Educators"
FRIDAY, JULY 7 -- LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY - FACULTY LOUNGE
8:15 - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 - 10:15 am Session One: Keynote Address
Dr. Donal O'Donoghue, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland
"Un/doing Research: Multiplying and Diversifying Processes and Practices of Inquiry"
10:15 - 10:30 am Refreshment Break
10:30 - 12:00 pm Session Two: Panel Address:
Catherine Bates - "Educational Equity Through Educational Policy: Where the Rubber hits the Road"
Dr. Connie Russell - "Generous scholarship and working across methodological
Difference"
Frances Chandler - "An Analysis of Ontario Educational Policy 1990-2005 - Employing a Feminist-Foundationalist Framework"
12:00 pm Closing Notes: Dr. Fiona Blaikie, with Lan Zhong