Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, OISE, U of T

We wrapped up this term with our APHD End of Term Social last Wednesday, April 8 🌍

So great to come together and celebrate the diversity of our APHD community through food, art, fun trivia, and shared moments. Thank you to everyone who joined us!

Hope you all get some well-deserved rest and enjoy the beautiful weather ☀️

See you next term!

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Convocation season may be over, but our APHD grads are just getting started! Find out more about their advice for incoming students, why they chose OISE, and their future plans: https://bit.ly/4lejD4S.

🍷If you're an APHD alum who enjoys wine, check out the U of T Alumni x Featherstone Estate Winery Event on July 17!

➡️ Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/3I1hJpB

🏫 APHD's Todd Cunningham, Assistant Professor and SCCP Program Chair, weighed in on why Canadian students are scoring lower than before on international evaluations of education. Read more:

What’s causing Canada’s education quality decline? Experts chime in Canada’s education quality has been facing a slow decline over the past few years, research has shown.

🏫 APHD's Todd Cunningham, Assistant Professor and SCCP Program Chair, weighed in on why Canadian students are scoring lower than before on international evaluations of education.

What’s causing Canada’s education quality decline? Experts chime in Canada’s education quality has been facing a slow decline over the past few years, research has shown.

🎉 Nanyu Luo, a PhD student from APHD has been selected to join the 2025-2026 cohort of Graduate Fellows in the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society!

✨ Nanyu is among the youngest Fellows and the only representative from OISE. Read more: https://bit.ly/SRI2526.

OISE continues Top 10 hold, Top Canadian institute in global QS Rankings by Subject | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education The 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject has placed OISE as the top Canadian faculty of education and in 10th place globally.

Congratulations to all OISE APHD students celebrating at Convocation today!

You did it, ! We're proud to welcome you to our alumni community on your Convocation Day. There are many ways to learn, grow and connect after graduation. Check out your alumni benefits and stay connected! https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/alumni-friends/perks-benefits 💐💚

The Toronto Writing Project is thrilled to invite faculty, students, alumni, and friends of OISE to participate in our speaker series, TWP Speaks!

TWP Speaks! brings educators and scholars together in conversation, and at 6PM EST on July 8, 2025, Dr. Tim San Pedro will join us for a virtual public lecture followed by a Q&A session.

In his talk "Embodying Connection: Practicing Culturally Relevant and Sustaining Pedagogies in the Graduate Classroom," Dr. San Pedro will share insights from a graduate-level course where culturally relevant and sustaining pedagogies (CRSP) were not only studied—but embodied through collaborative, equity-focused practices. For more information and to register: https://bit.ly/4kwjb1A

✨We are pleased to share the 25/26 APHD Student Association!
📍President: Kanza Batool
📍Vice President: Calahndra (Cali) Brake
📍Financial Officer: Zein Abuosbeh
📍Communications Officer: Teresa Orbillo
📍EDI Officer: Meagan Muscat
🔗Meet them here ➡️bit.ly/3YOSRpa

👏🎉A huge congratulations goes out to APHD's Dr. Eunice Eunhee Jang being named UofT's one of eighteen Connaught Innovation Award recipients!
Read more here bit.ly/45qxoYX

✨Give us a follow on our *NEW* APHD LinkedIn page for a chance to win an APHD gift-pack! Contest closes on June 6 and the winner will be notified via LinkedIn messaging.

Follow us here ➡️bit.ly/APHDLinkedIn