Making Spaces Lab OISE

Only two weeks to the Access and Equity in Higher Education Research Symposium at OISE on October 4th, 2024 . Register here: https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/aehems

Hope you will join us for the Access and Equity in Higher Education for Mature Students (AEHEMS) Research Symposium, which brings together adult and continuing education scholars and practitioners, alumni of the Transitional Year Programme and policymakers to exchange research knowledge and best practices on equity and access to higher education for mature students. Check out the conference website for a list of speakers and registration: https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/home/aehems. AEHEMS flyer is attached. Questions and/or concerns about the symposium? Contact [email protected].

BLACK YOUTH LEAVING CARE (BYLC) PROJECT: INFO SESSION
Join us on Monday, June 13th, 2022, from 5:00 to 6:00 PM for more information on the project and Q&A with Dr. Lance McCready,
Sewsen Igbu and
Rose-Ann Bailey.

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Tell us about your experience of transitioning out of the child welfare system.

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* Up to $200 Honorarium will be provided for participating in this research study

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Scarborough will have a new crisis service team called “Someone to walk beside.” The service will combat the need to call armed police amid mental health crises.

'Someone to walk beside': Scarborough's new community crisis service team offers a helping hand Thousands of times every year in Scarborough, people call 911 for someone having a mental health crisis, and armed police arrive.

A documentary will take another look at the Young Street Uprising. The protest was in response to the police killings of many Black men in and around Toronto. The protests began peacefully but became violent. In the word’s of UofT’s Rinaldo Walcott, Canada has made its citizens and the global community believe that racism is not an issue in our country in the way that is in other countries.

New documentary revisits Yonge Street Uprising, 3 decades later | CityNews Toronto Veracity: The Yonge Street Uprising, explores how the protest outside City Hall turned into a night of chaos and confrontation between those involved and Toronto Police Service.

Dr. Rhonda McEwen will become the first Black woman president and vice chancellor of Victoria University on July 1st. Dr. McEwen has served as vice- president and principal on anti- racism and equity, was a director at the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology. She was also instrumental to the University of Toronto’s Black Research Network.

Trinidadian Dr Rhonda McEwen first black woman president at a Toronto university - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Trinidadian Dr Rhonda McEwen will be the first black woman president and vice-chancellor of Victoria University, a college in the University of Toronto, when she takes up the position on July 1. She said one in five university presidents in Canada are women, and living in a predominantly white count...

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The City of Toronto is having a tribute towards the many women that have aided in the shaping of the city. Many of the women were essential to the Canadian feminist cause as well as pushing back against racism.

HerStory campaign celebrates Toronto’s inspirational women | CityNews Toronto A city-wide campaign is paying tribute to women who have helped shape the City of Toronto.

Happy Earth Day! Be sure to see how is increasing sustainability across campuses in this article.

Earth Day: See how U of T’s campuses are building sustainability into their operations At the cutting-edge New Science Building on the banks of the Credit River in Mississauga, a geothermal system will cover 90 per cent of the building’s energy requirements.

The Parents of Black Children have documented anti- Blackness across various schools and are presenting their findings to the Ontario Human Rights Commission with the hopes that they will conduct a full investigation into Ontario’s education system.

GTA school boards broken down by anti-Black racist incidents in new report from advocacy group “Every child has a story and we’ve normalized that. We can’t do that anymore,” said Kearie Daniel of the Parents of Black Children organization.