LARED
(OISE/UT)
Latin
American Research, Education
and Development
Ontario
Institute for Studies in Education
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Keywords: collective memory, identity, history, representation,
pedagogy, arts, theatre, politics, cultural studies, documentary and film
studies. Research interests: Pedagogical dimension of public memory; history, identity and socio-cultural representation; applied theatre, theatre in education and drama practices; video and documentary work. Countries or region of interest: Latin America, Europe, Canada and Colombia. Current research projects and publications: He has been a LARED research member since 2002, participating and collaborating with the research projects; “Civic and Political participation of Latin Communities in Canada” and “Building Bridges/Tendiendo Puentes” on Arts and Immigration issues (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/Toronto University and Universit`e du Qu`ebec `a Montr`eal/ UQAM). He has also been participating as research assistant in projects on discrimination in Canadian high school education in the OISE/Curriculum Teaching and Learning Department. As result of his research interests he has recently traveled to Peru and Mexico, visiting archaeological places of Aztecas, Mayas and Incas cultures. In March 2005 he participated in an international conference that took place in Mina de Gerais University, Bello Horizonte/Brazil, presenting a paper about his Ph.d research topics. Publications:
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Centre Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Keywords:
All Latin America and the Caribbean regions His multi-disciplinary background combines a B.Sc. in Plant Ecology from Los Andes University (Venezuela, 1992) and a M.Sc. in sustainable agriculture from McGill University (Montreal, 1997). Back in the late 80's Luis was already an active IT player in the LAC region. He worked at HACER-ULA (Venezuela), which at that early date organized the first 'Escuela de Redes' in the region. In recent years, Luis has gained extensive research experience in the field of Education & Learning while working with NALL (New Approaches to Lifelong Learning), the Transformative Learning Centre (University of Toronto) and the Ontario Literacy Coalition. Currently,
Luis is also a Ph.D. candidate at the Ontario Institute for Studies in
Education (University of Toronto), in the department of Adult Education.
The topic of his thesis dissertation is the facilitation of informal
learning
in on-line discussion environments. Countries or region of interest: All countries in the region Current
research projects and Publications: Support many projects in the LAC
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Barriga, Martha
Keywords: Community development, environmental education,
immigrant participation, gender. In Canada, she became involved in two research projects: The first one focuses on the political participation of Latin American immigrants in Toronto and Montreal; and the second, on the institutional history of Latin American immigrants in Toronto. She is a founder member of la Red de Estudios sobre Latinoamericanos en Toronto (RELAC) http://reel.utsc.utoronto.ca/relac/index.html Her educational background combines a B.Sc. in Journalism from Javeriana University in Colombia and a course in Environmental Education from the Institute of Ecological Investigations in Malaga, Spain. In 2004, Martha completed a master's program on Community International and Transformative Learning & Environmental Studies (Collaborative Program) at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education ( OISE ), University of Toronto. Research interests: Social and political participation of Latin American immigrants, institutional history of Latin American Immigrants, gender issues, immigration, environmental education, community gardens.Countries or region of interest: Canada and all Latin American countries, especially Colombia. Current research projects and Publications: Her thesis addressed the learning experience of community gardeners in Toronto. Currently she works as research assistance in a project about the institutional history of Latin American immigrants at the Univerisity of Toronto. Contact
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Boido, Olimpia
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Department,Program and Centre: SESE, Communications & Culture, PhD CadidateKeywords: Communications,
discourse analysis, migrants, transnationalism, social networks,identity.
Research interests: I am interested in transnational social networks that form linkages between Brazil, Canada and Portugal--particularly those formed by Brazilian migrants living in Canada to people in their country of origin and to the Portuguese migrant population in Toronto. There appears to be a unique relationship between these new immigrants and the more-established Portuguese community in Toronto. Preliminary research has indicated that the shared language and greater visibility of the Portuguese community; provides the impetus for initial social contact by; new Brazilian immigrants while searching for access to the smaller Brazilian population in Toronto. This older immigrant population is also a source of job opportunities for Brazilians, and thus further influences their network ties. I wish to explore how this unique relationship in Toronto affects a) the immigrant's ability to adapt to Canadian life and b) the linkages back to Brazil. Examining the communication strategies and discourses invoked by the different groups will provide insight into these dynamic relationships in the transnational arena. Countries or region of interest: Brazil, (Portugal & Canada) Current research project: Finding Their Place in the World: Brazilian Migrant Identities in an Increasingly Interconnected World Contact
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Department,Program and Centre:Theory and Policy Studies, Research Assistant at the IIGE -OISE-UT (until dec.2002) Keywords:Citizenship education, politic, inter-cultural
education,
anti-discrimination. Latin America, South Africa and Canada. Countries or region of interest: Latin America, South Africa and Canada. Current
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Alessandra Dibos Gálvez
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Keywords: organizing, ICTs, social movements, alternatives, migration, neoliberalism, feminism, labour, social justice, human rights. Brief Biography: Evelyn is Chilean born community activist and researcher. She grew up in Canada where she had to contend with difficult issues such as forced migration, discrimination and systemic barriers. She graduated from Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) and Political Science from York University. She went to summer school in the Universidad del Oriente, Casa del Caribe, in Santiago de Cuba through the LACS program. Evelyn's political activism earned her a place in SolidarityWorks Youth Action Project sponsored by the Canadian Labour Congress and the Ontario Federation of Labour where she became more concerned with labour rights particularly among marginalized communities. She returned to York University to complete a Masters Degree in Political Science with a focus on Latin America where she conducted extensive research on the historical roots of violence in Colombia and worked as a graduate assistant at CERLAC. After the completion of her masters courses she was awarded a CIDA sponsored internship to work on education, research, labour rights and Information Technology Communications (ICTs) issues with the Central American Network of Women in Solidarity with Women Maquila Workers in Vancouver BC, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. Upon completion of this internship she assisted in various research projects, special events, non-profits and became the associate researcher of Williams O Connell consulting firm that enabled her to conduct research in Chile related to feminist organizational effectiveness. Evelyn is the cofounder of Justicia for Migrant Workers collective that promotes the rights of Mexican and Caribbean Migrant workers in rural Ontario and was awarded by the Centre for Spanish Speaking Peoples for this volunteer community organizing. She also collaborated with close contacts with Mexican workers and translation skills to a NFB film, El Contrato, about the plight of Mexican migrant workers in Leamington, Ontario. Currently she is also contributing to the Canadian Chiapanecas Women for Justice that supports the work of women's organizations in Chiapas, Mexico focusing on indigenous women, anti-militarization and human rights. Research interests: Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program / Neoliberal Restructuring, Resistance and Alternatives / Labour Rights / ICTs, activism and women / Latin American Community Development in Canada / Violence, Militarization, Criminalization and Impunity in Latin America / Community, Participatory, Action Research / Latin America Women's Movement /Latina Feminisms. Countries or region of interest: Toronto, Rural Ontario, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala . Current research projects: My main focus is my doctoral thesis. I will be expanding on my Masters MRP, titled "Chile, Latin America's Free Market Miracle?: Deconstructing Market Triumphalism In an Era of Mirages", to probe into resistance to the neoliberal model in contemporary Chile. I will explore the experiences of marginal ized indigenous and non-indigenous women that simultaneously find themselves in the urban and rural sectors. Contact
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Keywords:Gender studies, identity, immigration, exile, citizenship learning and local democracy/government. Brief
Biography: Born in Chile where I studied at the Catholic University
of Santiago obtaining the diploma of 'Teacher of Philosophy' in 1973.
I particularly looked at economic factors and social/cultural processes
conditioning the production of knowledge. Research for this degree
examined
the various educational approaches for social change being above all
concerned
with issues of inclusion and exclusion of marginalized people in Chilean
society. Research interests: Revolve around: 1) Political learning and local democracy in Peru. 2) Development of a gendered view on issues such as citizen participation and local governance. 3) Identity construction of Latin Americans living in Canada. 4) Issues regarding qualitative and quantitative approaches as well as test and adapt several of tools designed to gather data. Countries or region of interest:Chile, Peru, Canada Current research projects and Publications: Contact
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Department,Program and Centre :Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Comparative, International and Development Education Centre (CIDEC) Coordinator, Collaborative Graduate Program in Comparative, International and Development Education. Keywords: Comparative and international education;
alternative
forms of primary education; educational equality; education policy
studies;
comparative teacher development; education and identity formation;
non-formal
education; Chile. Countries or region of interest: Developing countries. Current
research projects and Publications: I am now in the midst
of a long-term research program, which began in the late 1980s, aiming
to document and come to an understanding of a large number (we have
information
on more than 100 to date) of radically alternative forms of primary
education
for severely marginalized children, mostly in developing nations. . While
I serve as coordinator and leader of this effort, it involves several
OISE/UT faculty, a large number of OISE/UT graduate students, and a
world-wide
network of colleagues. These alternative programs range in size from
networks
of from 10 to 20 schools, in a very early "pilot" stage of development,
to large "systems" involving tens of thousands of schools, some of which
have existed for more than 20 years. Most are poorly documented, many
have been partially evaluated, and some have been carefully and
thoroughly
evaluated. Where carefully evaluated the results have generally indicated
remarkable achievements in student learning and retention in the
educational
system and even more remarkable teacher learning and change, and the more
partial information on many programs suggests, but cannot yet
demonstrate,
the same. Not only is their pedagogical practice dramatically different
from that found in traditional formal schools but the process by which
change to these new models has occurred appears to be radically different
from educational change models typically advocated and applied. They
appear,
that is, to be genuinely paradigm-breaking, as well as generally
succeeding
in meeting the learning needs of what are often thought of as the
"hardest
to reach and hardest to teach" children in the world. The aim of the
overall
research program, now tentatively titled "Transforming the Forms of
Primary
Education: The Quiet Educational Revolution in the Developing World",
is to systematically document this extensive, and rapidly growing,
experience,
and to try to understand how, why and under what conditions these
alternative
learning programs are succeeding where traditional forms of schooling
have usually failed. Thus far (as of Summer, 2002) this program has
produced
a book manuscript on the African experience, to be published by UNESCO,
a string of papers and book chapters, and several masters and doctoral
theses already completed or well-underway. Books ·
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Department,Program and Centre :Sociology & Equity Studies in Education, OISE/University of Toronto Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies, CIARS-OISE/University of Toronto Keywords:
Critical race, transnational feminism, Latina/o diaspora studies,
Canadian
studies, Latin American studies Countries of region of interest: I am interested in Canada as well as Latin American countries, especially Chile. Current
research projects and Publications: My thesis research , "Marginal
Realities: The Construction of Latina/o Identity in Canada.", examines
how young adults who are either born in Latin America and are Canadian
citizens or are first generation Canadian citizens of Latin American
descent
define and perform their identity as latinos in Canada. I start from the
premise that the way in which these young adults shape, define and
represent
their identities in Canada is related to the way in which they see
themselves
as fitting within the Canadian nation. I theorize that the construction
of identity in general and of Latina/o subjectivity is accomplished
through
discursively framed narratives.
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Jorge Ginieniewicz holds two "Licenciaturas" from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (Political Science and Sociology). He moved to Canada in 2001 and got an MA in Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University. Currently, as a Ph Student at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto (OISE/UT), Jorge is interested in the concept of citizenship as a lifelong learning process. His dissertation topic addresses the changes in the civic and political behavior of a group of Latin American immigrants living in Toronto.
He researches the political and civic experiences that immigrants had in their home countries and how they affect their interaction with the host society. Jorge is focusing his attention on the factors that promote and inhibit the political participation of Latin American immigrants to Toronto.
In addition, Jorge is also interested in the new social movements that have flourished in the last years in South America and how they have propelled innovative forms of leadership. In particular, he did research on the Argentinean case, which has become a model of participatory democracy and civic participation.
Research interests: Political Participation, Civic Engagement,
Immigration, Social Movements Countries or region of interest: Latin American region and Canada Current
research projects and Publications: I am working on the SSHRC-funded project "Lifelong citizenship education, immigration and social cohesion: examining civic change among Latin Americans in Canada"
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Keywords: Mexico, poverty, successful schools, primary
children,
case study, maternal education Countries or region of interest: All of Mexico, but a particular interest in the northern Nuevo Leon state. Current
research projects and Publications: Thesis topic: I will
conduct an exploratory case study of a Mexican primary school located
in a low-income region of northern Mexico. This "successful, poor school"
was given an award in 2001 by the Organization of Economic and
Co-operative
Development (OECD). Using both a qualitative and quantitative approach,
the case study will compare the award-winning school to five other poor
schools in the vicinity. The main research question to be asked is: In
what ways, if any, are the instructional, parental, and community factors
different at this "successful" school from the other five schools? The
methodologies to be utilized include interviews, school observations,
and a school staff questionnaire. While one cannot make generalizations
to all high-poverty, high-performing schools based on one case study
alone,
insights from this research may point to directions for further inquiry.
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Keywords: Parks, popular education, environment. Countries or region of interest: Peru, Canada Current
research projects and Publications: James will be a CUSO
cooperant in Lima, Peru for two years beginning in January 2003 with a
local NGO Educatif San Agustino. He will be establishing some
environmental
indicators and facilitating workshops in the Freirean Popular education
style with an environmental focus. His thesis research title is
"Narratives
in Transformation: A case-study of a Novel Environmental Education
Program
in Lima, Peru." Contact
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Isla,Ana
Department,Program and Centre: Women’s Studies and Sociology, at Brock University Brief Biography: Graduated at OISE/UoT, 2000. Assistant Professor at Brock University Research interests:Common Knowledge, Women’s Issues, Indigenous Peoples, and Peasant Issues. Countries or region of interest: Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile. Current
research projects and publications:
2003 “Debt Crisis and Debt-for-Nature Investment in Costa Rica.” Report on the 25th Annual World-System Conference. Volume I. Connecticut: Greenwood Press. Ed: Wilma A. Dunaway. Pp., 51-68. 2003 “Women and Biodiversity: New Areas for Capital Accumulation”in Socialist Studies No. 69. 2003 “Comercializacion de la Naturaleza para el Desarrollo Sostenible: Implicaciones para las Comunidades de la Fortuna y Z-Trece” in Revista de Ciencias Sociales, No.95 - Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), San Jose, Costa Rica. Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica. Pp., 15-31. 2003 ”Desarrollo Sustentable/Globalización de las Corporaciones en Costa Rica. Una Vision Eco-feminista.” in Lectura Critica del Plan Puebla Panama. Edited by: Salazar Perez, Robinson and Eduardo Sandoval Forero. Editorial, Libros en Red. Collection: Insumisos Latinoamericanos.Pp., 67-117 2002 “Investigación Participativa Feminista en el Proyecto Plantas Medicinales y Agricultura Orgánica en Abanico” in Revista Espiga, Universidad de Educacion a Distancia (UNED), San Jose, Costa Rica. Pp. 6-26. 2002 “A Struggle for Clean Water and Livelihood: Canadian Mining in Costa Rica in the Era of Globalization.” Canadian Woman Studies. Vol. 21/22, # 4. Pp. 148-154 2002 “Enclosure and Micro-enterprise as Sustainable Development: The Case of the Canada/Costa Rica Debt-for-Nature Investment.” Canadian Journal of Development Studies. Vol. XXII, Ottawa: University of Ottawa. Pp. 935-955 2002 “The Politics of Corporate Environmentalism. Research Report” special issue on Ecofeminism at the Millenium in Women and Environments International Magazine. Toronto:York University.Pp. 30-31 2002 “Gendered Resistance to Corporate Environmentalism and Debt-for-nature Swaps in Costa Rica” In Just Ecological Integrity: The Ethics of Maintaining Planetary Life. Eds: Laura Westra and Peter Miller. New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield. Co-authored with Terisa Turner. Pp. 311-322. Forthcoming: “The Politics of Sustainable Development. A Subsistence view” in Women and Sustainability. From Rio de Janeiro (1992) to Johannesburg (2002), special issue, Canadian Woman Studies. Vol.22, No,4. Summer 2003. Contact
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Diversity,human rights, peace education, global citizenship education,
International Development, Interdisciplinary Studies, Hispanic and
Indigenous
Cultures of the Americas. Brief Biography: I am currently pursuing doctorate studies in Social Justice and Cultural Studies in Education at OISE-UT (Focus of research: Global Citizenship; Peace Education; Latin American Studies; and Expression through Art). I completed my MA in Testimonial Narrative of Central American Women (Focus: Revolutionary Literature of Salvadorean Women). I have been a Secondary School Teacher of Spanish, ESL and Community-Based Education (YRDSB). I am
currently
involved in the School Safety Committee (anti-violence program),
Diversity
and Equity Committee, and the Character Ed Committee focusing initiatives
on human rights and world peace. I have been involved in a number of
volunteer
committees that have worked with refugees from various parts of the
world,
Latin American community centres, Outreach, MCC and other community-based
organizations. Research interests: Peace Education, International Development, Global Citizenship Education, and Interdisciplinary Studies. Countries or region of interest: Andean region, Central America, and the Amazon Basin. Current
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Macias, Teresa
Keywords:Human
rights, nation-building, peace processes, transnational feminism, memory,
governmentality.
Countries or region of interest: My PhD Thesis is focussed on Chile. However, my regions of interest include all of Latin America and Latino communities in the North. Current research projects: I am currently working on my PhD Thesis entitled: "The Unreconciled Truth of 'Truth, Justice and Reconciliation'": Human rights discourses and the constitution of the Post-Pinochet Chilean nation. This thesis traces discourses of human rights in post-dictatorship Chile. Using a Foucauldian approach, my thesis explores how the Chilean nation reconstitutes itself after the end of the Pinochet dictatorship specifically on the terrain of human rights struggles. In this thesis, I investigate the process of production of a post-dictatorship, white, bourgeois, male, but certainly post-colonial Chilean subject that claims rights over the new democracy while attempting to differentiate himself from past violence and from the legacy of terror left by the dictatorship, a legacy that continues to taint and haunt the new democracy due to the negotiated and conciliatory character of the democratic transition. Publications:
Contact Information: I am
currently
on a visiting scholarship at Universidad ARCIS in Santiago, Chile where
I will remain until August 2003. I can be reached by e-mail at tmacias@oise.utoronto.ca
or by mail at Pje Quila 7338 Dept 32 Condominio Plaza del Sol, Pudahuel
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Keywords: Citizenship education, popular and adult education,
participatory action research, Mexico, Cuba, Canada Countries or region of interest: Mexico (Chiapas), Cuba, Canada. Contact
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Keywords: global citizenship education, informal learning Brief Biography: John is a doctoral student at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto in the Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Department, with a specialization in Comparative, International, and Development Education. His research interests are in social movement learning and global citizenship education, particularly the relationship between life experiences and informal learning, and citizenship learning and teaching. His dissertation investigates case studies in Porto Alegre, Brazil and Toronto, Canada of the relationship between social studies teachers terms of how teachers create democratic pedagogical spaces that promote social justice. Research interests:social movement learning and global citizenship education, particularly the relationship between life experiences and informal learning, and citizenship learning and teaching. Countries or region of interest: Brazil, Canada, the United States. Current research projects and Publications:His dissertation investigates case studies in Porto Alegre, Brazil and Toronto, Canada of the relationship between social studies teachers terms of how teachers create democratic pedagogical spaces that promote social justice. Contact Information: John P.Myers@oise.utoronto.ca |
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Keywords: environmental education, embodied knowledge,
transformation,
social justice, teacher development, program development. Countries or region of interest: I have been involved with projects in Mexico, Ecuador, and Chile, although I am interested in connecting with people/projects from any other countries especially Brazil. Current
research projects and Publications: Besides my doctoral
research I am a member of a developing network of environmental educators
in Canada and Mexico; I volunteer with FutureWatch - a small Canadian
NGO who does work in Canada and Latin America (current projects in
Paraguay
and Cuba) and works with Canadian youth from communities that are
socio-economically
marginalized; I am on the steering committee of the Canadian Association
of Environmental Educators, EECOM. Although I don't find enough time for it, dance is very important to me and I like to encourage others to experience the social dance, called "Contra Dance", here is info about dances in Toronto: http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/~tcd/ Publication
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Department, Program and Centre: I completed my Ed. D in 2001 through the Comparative, International and Development Education Centre (CIDEC) at OISE/UT. Keywords: Curriculum, pedagogy, mass movements, social change, educational reform, indigenous struggles, social justice and peace. Brief Biography:: My interest in social change was forged during the student movement days of the late 1960s and early 1970s. I lived in Chile during the Allende period and wrote my M. A. thesis in political science on that experience. Following my Masters studies, I combined political activism in Saskatchewan, with a part-time teaching career at the University of Regina where I lectured in the Political Science Department and in the School for Social Justice, a project of the Faculty of Social work. I worked for five years at the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission. I left Saskatchewan in the mid 1980s to work in a supervisory capacity for CUSO and then Horizons of Friendship in community development in Latin America. More recently I have combined a teaching career in public education with my graduate studies. My doctoral thesis, From Santiago Atitlàn to the Pan Maya Movement: National Educational Reform, Local Power and Social Change in Guatemala, allowed me to pursue a number of research interests including educational reform, social change, popular movements, indigenous issues and the struggle to implement the Guatemalan peace plan. I lectured in development studies at Humber College's International Project Management Program. I am presently employed as a special education teacher with the Toronto District School Board. I volunteer locally with CUSO and have spent recent summers collaborating in Guatemala assisting with strategic planning and program evaluation with a Mayan community development and popular education organization, PRODESSA. Research Interests: The limitations imposed by full-time employment limit research possibilities, however, my interests continue to lie with north-south relations, particularly Canada's role in the south, and with the topics referred to above, namely, mass movements, social change, educational reform, indigenous struggles, social justice and peace. Countries or region of interest: Latin America in general, Central America and Andean countries in particular. Contact
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Keywords: Journalist, Edu-communication, Transformative Learning, Community Leaders Education, Holistic Curriculum, Engaged Pedagogy. Biography: I was born and studied journalism in Bogotá, Colombia. (Javeriana University). I worked at the National University of Colombia as a journalist in the Press Office; there I was also the writer and director of more than 250 national radio programs (1985-87), covering political, social and scientific issues of the country, from the university's point of view. In 1987-88 I worked as a chief editor in the publication of literary work for students of high school. In 1989 I moved to Canada and started tutoring Spanish. I also wrote a novel (not published yet) about the uncertain situation of Colombia and the intensity of my experiences there. In 1996 I started to work in Humber College, Toronto and also started to teach Spanish and Latin American Culture. At this point, I realized my commitment to education. In 1999 I went back to Colombia and I started working as a journalist and an educational researcher for the "Partnership for Education and Revitalization in the Americas" (PREAL) www.preal.cl I also taught Community Development and Sociology of Mass Media to students of journalism at Los Libertadores University in Bogotá. In 2001 I returned to Toronto and applied to get into the M. Ed program at OISE (which I started on September 2002). I am presently teaching Spanish and Latin American Culture at Humber and Seneca Colleges. Research interests: · Edu-Communication (Media and Education), · Education and community development · Holistic learning and teaching · Transformative Learning Countries or Region of interest: Colombia and Canada Current Research Projects and Publications: ·
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Department,Program and Centre:MEd (AECP, OISE/UT), Centre for Research in Women's Health Keywords: Latin America, Women, Community Health, Chile Brief Biography: She is, at present the Executive Director
of the International Society for Equity in Health and the Manager of the
International Programs of the Department of Family and Community Medicine
of the University of Toronto. Her tasks include the development of
international
educational and research initiatives in primary care and family health.
She is presently working with Chile, Brazil and Albania. Research interests: Program evaluation in health care, Community development and primary health care, Adult Education and the training of primary health care, professional Health Indicators in Primary Health Care and family Health. Countries or region of interest: Chile, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, Argentina, and Albania Current research projects and Publications:
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Keywords: Spanish as a second/foreign language, bilingual
and multicultural education, Quechua population In 2001, I was awarded a Fulbright Teacher Exchange Scholarship to
teach Spanish as a foreign language in Jefferson High School,
Alexandria,Minnesota.
Since 2001, I have done voluntary work since 2001 in the "Street Child
Workers Project" Lima, Perú and in the Commission of the Truth and
Reconciliation.
In 2002, I taught at the International Christian School of Lima and
worked
as a pedagogical consultant for the National Commission for Bilingual
and Intercultural Education, Peruvian Ministry of Education. In January
2003, I started the MA program at OISE thanks to a one year Rotary
Ambassadorial
Scholarship funded by the Scholarships Fund Pool for Low-Income
Countries. Countries or region of interest: Andean region Current research projects and Publications: Spanish
Grammar
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Rozental, Manuel Department,Program and Centre : OISE/ UT Student Keywords:
Countries or region of interest: Colombia Current
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Department,Program and Centre:OISE/UT Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, Doctorate Candidate in Sociology of Education. Keywords: space, citizenship, race and gender, legislation,
Latino Americans in the Diaspora.
Countries or region of interest: Latin America, United States and Canada. Current research projects and Publications: The objective of my research is to examine the politics of how particular spaces are produced through the articulation of race, gender, and class. In my thesis, I will focus on how concrete technologies of policing, judicial regulatory regimes and school policies maintain the homogeneity of race and class of the student body in Toronto schools. I am presently working on a paper called "If You Don't Like It Here, You Can Leave" which explores the rhetorical devises of exclusion in racialized processes in nation building and their significance to political protest. This paper was presented at the Critical Race Scholarship and the University Conference. Toronto, Ontario
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Keywords:environmental education, global citizenship education. Brief Biography:Marli is a Brazilian economist and political scientist, who is dedicated to bringing new ideas to bear on environmental education and management in Brazil, and to share the vision and creativity of Brazilian environmentalists. She is currently a graduate student at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, a researcher at the International Institute for Global Education where she is participating in the Global Citizenship Education project and the president of a NGO active in environmental education, which is based in São Paulo, Brazil. Working in one of the world's largest public housing development agencies, the São Paulo State Housing Authority, she initiated an environmental education program, involving all categories of employees, based on the concepts of Global Education (IIGE-OISE/UT), Clean Production and Healthy Communities (OHCC) approach to promote change towards environmental management. This approach is based on experience acquired in the course of teaching and research as well as working in municipal and environmental planning. Marli also participated in international training courses, such as the International Seminar on Environmental Education, Conservation and Public Action, in Israel, summer sessions in space studies held by the International Space University in Barcelona and Stockholm as a student and a staff member respectively. Marli is the member of several international organizations, including the Instituto de Estudos do Futuro, the Israel Consulate in São Paulo Alumni Association, Rede Paz Globalnet as well as local community organisations, including the board of directors of the Pinheiros YMCA in São Paulo. Research interests:Marli designed a non-formal program in environmental education for Brazilian educators and community activists, the International Training for Environmental Leadership (ITEL). This program is based on the theory and practice of global education, taking participants through a process of holistic change. Between 1993 to 2001, ITEL has brought groups of Brazilians to Canada, in Montreal and Toronto for an intensive two-week program reaching 119 participants, generating spin-off projects in Brazilian municipalities, NGO's, schools, universities, businesses and community organizations. ITEL has initiated discussion and contributed to empower people to take action and launch pilot-projects around the concepts of Global Education and Healthy Communities in Brazil. Countries or regions of interest:Brazil and Canada Contact
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Keywords: latin american education, education policy and
politics,
citizenship education, popular education Countries or region of interest: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, Canada. Current
research projects: One of my current
research
projects deals with the connections between citizenship learning,
participatory
democracy and local governance. The first three cases analyzed in this
project are the participatory budget of Porto Alegre (Brazil), the
Healthy
City Project of Toronto (Canada), and the neighbourhood councils of
Montevideo
(Uruguay). This study explores, among other things, the relations between
different types of learning (formal, non-formal, and informal) about
democracy,
the changes in knowledge, skills and values that result from
participation
in processes of deliberation and decision-making, the potential of
participatory
democracy for the redistribution of political capital, and the links
between
civic engagement and public policy. Another research project I am
currently
coordinating is entitled ‘The citizenship education of citizenship
educators.'
This project explores the ways in which civic educators acquire their
perspectives, knowledge, skills and attitudes about civics and democracy,
and about the teaching of civics and democracy throughout their lives.
By looking at different educational experiences - such as primary
socialization,
secondary schooling, pre-service and in-service teacher training,
community
involvement, adult education courses or political engagement - this
project
examines the relationships (often complementary, sometimes contradictory)
between formal, nonformal and informal learning of civics and democracy,
and their influence on curriculum implementation. I am also coordinating
(with the collaboration of Shannon Wall) a project entitled "Building
expertise among Ontario literacy practitioners through literacy research
circles." This particular project aims at enhancing the research capacity
of adult literacy practitioners and learners in Ontario through a
collaborative
approach between practitioner-based research and academic-based research.
In the following months, I will act as Principal Investigator in a
three-year
SSHRC project entitled "Lifelong citizenship learning, immigration and
social cohesion: Examining 'civic change' among Latin Americans in
Canada."
This project will be undertaken in collaboration with Dr. Victor Armony
(University of Montreal). Some Recent Works
For more information about Proffessor Schugurensky visit his web page at: http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~daniel_schugurensky Contact
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Department,Program and Centre:MA, Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, OISE/UT Keywords: race, space and national subjects; historical
memory;
Uruguay; anti-racism; multiple knowledges; national
narratives. Countries or region of interest: Uruguay, Latin America, Canada Current
research projects and Publications: For my thesis titled "From
Salsipuedes
to Tabaré: Race, Space and the Uruguayan Subject," I looked at how at
how the normative Uruguayan subject is constructed in official accounts
of the nation. Specifically, I take up a historical moment - Salsipuedes
- that is narrated the elimination of the Indigenous population from the
territory. I analyzed several definitive history and anthropology texts,
an epic poem, and commemorations of Salsipuedes. My reading is that the
texts narrate Uruguay as a non-Indigenous space constituting a hegemonic
national subject that is white, neo-European. For my doctoral studies
I want to further pursue this line of inquiry. I want to shift the gaze
towards how individuals may or may not be interpellated by official
accounts
of the nation. This would include a look at practices and discourses of
resistance. Publications:
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Department,Program and Centre:OISE/UT Ph.D. Candidate in
Curriculum,
Teaching and Learning (CTL)
Keywords: identity, Latin American women, sense of place,
women and culture, life history, embodied learning, spirituality in education,
language and sense of self. Countries or region of interest: Mexico and Canada Current
research projects and Publications: Martha's masters'
thesis focused on an exploration of the integration of mind and body through
visual art. Her current research centers on the study of identity reconstruction
of four immigrant women of Mexican origin who work in the professions in Canada.
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Department,Program and Centre:Professor of Adult, Comparative and Higher Education at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto (OISE/UT). Keywords: Educational planning, technical and vocational
education,
distance education. Countries or region of interest: Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela and Caribbean nations. Current
research projects and Publications: Currently, joint editor
of International Handbook on Technical and Vocational Education and
Training,
forthcoming from Kleuwer Academic Publishers, 2004 Contact
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Department,Program and Centre:Adult Education, Comparative, International and Development Education Collaborative Program. Keywords: International and development education,
ethnomathematics,
Latin American education, life-long learning, cross-cultural
learning. Countries or region of interest: Developing regions (special interest in Latin America) Current
research projects and Publications: Contact
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Department, Program and Centre: Sociology and Equity Studies in
Education. 4th year Ph.d student. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/Toronto
University. OISE/UT.
Department,Program
and Centre :Ph.D. Student Adult Education International Development
Research 
Department,Program and Centre:Department of Adult Education,
Community International and Transformative Learning - Environmental
Studies
(Collaborative Program). M.A. Student.
Department,Program and Centre:SESE Collaborative Program:
CIDE MA programme. 
Department,Program and Centre: Postdoctoral studies, OISE/UT,
University of Toronto
Department,Program and Centre:OISE/UT Ph.D. student in the Department of Adult Education 
Department,Program and Centre:PhD Candidate, Sociology and
Equity Studies in Education, Oise/University of Toronto. Associate
Investigator:
Doctorado en Estudios de las Sociedades Latino Americanas, Universidad
ARCIS, Santiago, Chile
Department,Program and Centre: Ontario Institute for Studies
in Education of the University of Toronto in the Curriculum, Teaching
and Learning Department- Comparative, International, and Development
Education
Department,Program
and Centre: M.A. student - Sociology and Equity Studies in Education
and CIDEC.