Event Details
When: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 from 8:00AM–12:00PM
Breakfast & mingle from 8:00-9:00AM, followed by workshop content from 9:00AM–12:00PM).
Where: Glenerin Inn & Spa
Address: 1695 The Collegeway, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5L 3S7
2-minute drive or 10-minute walk from UTM (P4/P8)
Registration deadline: Friday, December 1st.
Registration is required as this event has limited capacity. Please contact isup.chairadmin@utoronto.ca for any questions or concerns.
Panelists
Listed in descending order of the last names.
Rong Wu (rong.wu@utoronto.ca) is the Internal Competitions and Events Coordinator at the Office of the Vice-Principal, Research (OVPR), UTM. She oversees UTM internal funding competitions for faculty researchers and postdoctoral fellows, e.g., Research and Scholarly Activity Fund (RSAF), Pedagogical Research Fund (PRF), and UTM Postdoctoral Fellowship Award. She also facilitates the UTM internal research award/prize nomination process and the coordination of OVPR events. Rong holds a master’s degree in Information Studies.
Rutwa (pronounced root-va) Engineer (rutwa.engineer@utoronto.ca) is an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream (CLTA) in the Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (MCS). She teaches Introduction to Computer Programming and Computer Science, in addition to computer organization and systems programming courses. Her research invites new ways of thinking, dreaming, and coding in computing education and AI education through epistemic diversity. She is the faculty advisor for the UTM Society for Algorithmic Modelling (UTMSAM). Moreover, Rutwa has published at SIGCSE, ITiCSE, SALTISE, CSSE, and AERA. Rutwa serves as a senior copywriter editor for the Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education and a reviewer for the University of Cambridge's Educational Research journal.
Michelle Dubek (michelle.dubek@utoronto.ca) is an Assistant Professor of STEM Education, Teaching Stream, in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at OISE. Her research focuses on integrated STEAM education and assessment within interdisciplinary contexts. She primarily teaches Science methods courses in the MT teacher education program at OISE/UT. Her most recent publication is Toward a Praxis-Oriented Understanding of Student Self-Assessment in STEAM Education: How Exemplary Educators Leverage Self-Assessment.
S. Nombuso Dlamini (nombuso@edu.yorku.ca) is a Full Professor of Education at York University. Trained as an anthropologist, she teaches courses in research methods, diversity, ethics, schooling, youth culture, identity, and youths’ civic engagement. She also supervises thesis students. Her main research interests are in new approaches to youth political and sociocultural engagements in urban spaces (their activism and identities including the gender experiences of Canada’s racialized populations). The corresponding keystone youth-based project was the 2018 Youth in Politics (www.youthinpolitics.ca) funded by the Ontario Ministry of Education. Nombuso was the inaugural Jean Augustine Chair in the New Urban Environment, at York University, after her tenure as Research Leadership Chair at the University of Windsor. Her publications include the 2022 and the 2021 co-edited volume, Global Citizenship Education: Challenges and Successes.
She spearheaded interdisciplinary projects in Sub-Saharan Africa including a SSHRC-funded project in Tanzania, (2008 - continues to date with the support of U of Windsor), designed to enhance teachers’ capacities in serving marginalized children in the global south. She led research and workshops in the (2005-2012) CIDA-funded Social Work in Nigeria Project (SWIN-P), an international collaboration between the University of Benin, Nigeria, and three Canadian universities – York University, the University of Windsor and the University of British Columbia.
Isha DeCoito (idecoito@uwo.ca) is an Associate Professor of STEM education in the Faculty of Education, with a cross-appointment to the Faculty of Science at Western University. She is a Faculty Scholar and a past recipient of a President’s University-Wide Teaching Award. She is a leader in program development, including the STEM specialty focus in teacher education and a certificate (with Engineering and Health Sciences) in higher education in STEM disciplines. Isha has extensive experience in stakeholder/relationship management and communication and has developed successful partnerships and collaborations with school boards, community programs, Indigenous communities, federal and provincial governments, the private business sector, and universities. She has led several large-scale longitudinal projects in STEM education and studies measurable outcomes and impact, for creating new and better opportunities for students. Her research focuses on STEM engagement and career aspirations amongst girls and underrepresented populations, corrosion science, experiential learning, gamification, educational technologies, engineering and medical education, professional development, and the history and philosophy of science. She is the Chair of the NMREB, Chair of the Equity Committee in Education, a member of Western’s EDID Working Group, and an SRBA member for the past seven years.
Stefanie Bernaudo (stefanie.bernaudo@utoronto.ca) is a Strategic Research Development Officer in the Office of the Vice-Principal, Research. She supports the UTM community by advising faculty on funding applications, prizes, and awards. Stefanie holds a PhD in the biological sciences, focusing on the molecular mechanism of ovarian cancer. Stefanie’s previous roles include a postdoctoral fellowship and Research Officer for the Faculty of Science at York University. She has extensive experience supporting grant applications, prestigious awards, partnerships, contracts, and other external funding.
Jayne Baker (jayne.baker@utoronto.ca) is an Associate Professor of Sociology, Teaching Stream, in the Department of Sociology at UTM, where she also serves as Associate Chair. Additionally, she is the Chair of the Social Sciences, Humanities, and Education tri-campus Research Ethics Board at the University of Toronto. She teaches a range of courses from the large, first-year Introduction to Sociology to upper-level courses on education and gender. Jayne’s disciplinary research revolves around the sociology of education and the sociology of gender, most especially masculinities; this includes a recent publication co-authored with a graduate student and UTM alumni, Jordan Foster. Additionally, Jayne regularly engages in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning research, such as student perceptions of vulnerability in SoTL research and developing undergraduate writing skills in required courses. Across these research agendas, Jayne typically works alongside undergraduate and graduate students.