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Mental Imagery and Affect in English/French Bilingual Readers: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective
(Canadian Modern Language Review, University of Toronto, Mar-08)We investigated the evocation of mental imagery and affect in English/French bilinguals to determine whether the linguistic demands of reading in a second language (L2) limit readers’ ability to form non-verbal text ... -
Deaf children creating written texts
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Continuing Collaborative Knowledge Production: Knowing when, where, how and why
(Journal of Intercultural Studies, 2001)This paper questions assumptions about conducting research based in programs developed to serve communities which have traditionally had restricted access to the university. Grounded in an off-campus Master of Education ... -
University Governance in Canadian Higher Education
(Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, United Kingdom., 2001)In this paper we review the major historical developments in the evolution of Canadian university governance arrangements and synthesise data from two important national studies in order to provide an overview of university ... -
“Returning the Dues:” Community and the Personal in a University-School Partnership
(Urban Education, 2001-03-01)This study uses interviews to explore students’ perspectives of a university path program, one initiative of a university-school partnership. Responses show that the abstraction of the program lives in concrete and personal ... -
A Pedagogy of the Land: Dreams of respectful relations
(McGill University, Faculty of Education, 2002)This article arises out of a partnership between an aboriginal community member and a university faculty member whose relational focus is the development of a pedagogy of the land within the Indigenous Knowledge Instructors ... -
Traditional Governance Structures - Current Policy Pressures: The Academic Senate and Canadian Universities.
(Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, United Kingdom., 2002)The objective of this paper is to identify current policy pressures in Canadian higher education and explore their implications for academic decision‐making bodies based on data we obtained in our national study on university ... -
Creating spaces: testimonio, impossible knowledge, and academe
(International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 2003)This article examines what it means to engage seriously with speech and writing events, such as testimonio, articulated by people whose theoretical base lies primarily in experience outside the walls of academe. I argue ... -
Foreign Impacts on Japanese and Chinese Higher Education: A Comparative Analysis
(2004)Two forces shaped Japanese and Chinese systems of higher education. These include the impact of foreign influences on the basic academic model; and the indigenization of the universities as part of the national development ... -
Comparing University: A Case Study between Canada and China
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Understanding Research on Homelessness in Toronto: A Literature Review
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Shifting Roles and Approaches: Government Coordination of Postsecondary Education in Canada from 1995 to 2006
(Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2007)This paper analyses changing approaches to system-level governance in Canadian post-secondary education from 1995-2006. A review of major policy initiatives reveals a shift in provincial and federal government roles in ... -
Participants, texts, and processes in second language writing assessment: A narrative review of the literature.
(University of Toronto Press, 2007)Essay tests are widely used to assess ESL/EFL learners' writing abilities for instructional, administrative, and research purposes. Relevant literature was searched to identify 70 empirical studies on ESL/EFL essay tests. ... -
Rating scale impact on EFL essay marking: A mixed-method study
(Elsevier, 2007)Educators often have to choose among different types of rating scales to assess second-language (L2) writing performance. There is little research, however, on how different rating scales affect rater performance. This ... -
Taking Indigenous Thought Seriously: A Rant on Globalization with Some Cautionary Notes
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Indigenous Thought, Appropriation and Non-Aboriginal People
(Canadian Society for the Study of Education, 2010-01-04)In this article, I explore the question, “What is the relationship between appropriation of Indigenous thought and what might be called ‘deep learning’ based in years of education in Indigenous contexts.” Beginning with ... -
Between art and testimony: Transforming oral histories of Holocaust survivors into young adult fiction and creative non-fiction.
(Oral History Forum/Forum d’histoire oral, 2012)Works of historical fiction and creative non-fiction written about the Holocaust continue to occupy an important place in both the literary and history curricula in K to 12 schools. In discussion with author Kathy Kacer, ... -
Toward a Pedagogy of Land: The Urban Context
(Canadian Society for the Study of Education, 2013)This article examines the possibilities when shifting what we have come to call a pedagogy of Land from rural to urban contexts. The authors explore some persisting questions around what it means to bring a pedagogy of ...