Dr. Mindy R. Carter, Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE), was recently awarded the 2025 AERA Outstanding Achievement in Arts and Learning Award for her dedication to research, teaching and service in arts education.


ĢƵ, through the Office of the Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic), has conferred important internal recognition awards to three Faculty of Education professors in celebration of their outstanding scholarship and research excellence.

The Kaushalam program, a collaborative initiative between the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) Uttarakhand and the Udyam Learning Foundation, aims to cultivate 21st-century life skills and an entrepreneurial mindset among students in Uttarakhand. A comprehensive study conducted during the 2024–25 academic year assessed the program's impact on Grade 9 students across seven districts.

UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development in India (MGIEP) recently hosted Faculty of Education Dean, Vivek Venkatesh, and Professor Joseph Levitan, DISE, for a dialogue on community based participatory action research, and pluralism and polarization.
Their visit was part of a research tour including a dialogue on these topics to foster collaboration and to exchange ideas on education and societal challenges.
Dr. Patrick Dias, another long-term member of DISE, recently passed away. Here are some reflections from Anthony Paré, retired colleague and previous DISE chair, as well as Patrick's obituary, to honor his passing and service to the department.

Howard Riggs was a dedicated, hard-working professor of math education. His work ethic was a product of his Prairie upbringing and his deep commitment to his students. He was hired by ĢƵ to teach social studies, but was pressed into service as a math educator in the Department of Elementary Education, one of the units that eventually morphed into DISE.

ĢƵ’s day of giving raises a record $5.3 million on the strength of 7,181 gifts!

, it is time to fully integrate Black history into Québec education.

A community conversation on the Ministry of Education’s report on the “toxic culture” created at Bedford Elementary, led by the CBC’s Nantali Indongo, included local parents, community organizers and leaders, education professionals and youth, as well as Faculty of Education members Ratna Gosh (DISE, Emeritus), Nanre Nafzinger (DISE, Assistant Professor), Adama Kaba (DISE, PhD), Bronwen Low (DISE, Cha

Azam Dashti Khavidaki, a Ph.D. student in Educational Studies at ĢƵ’s Department of Integrated Studies in Education and a Fellow at the Participatory Cultures Lab (PCL), has been awarded the prestigious DRI EDIA funding from the Digital Research Alliance of Canada.
This recognition underscores her unwavering commitment to strengthening digital research infrastructure and expanding access to 21st-century skills for marginalized children and youth, advancing the pursuit of digital equality.

Get to know Justin Goldberg and Nattamon Tokaeo,ĢƵ Education's top McCall MacBain Scholarship Candidates:
Recognized for his leadership potential, Honours Kinesiology student Justin Goldberg (BSc'25) is a national finalist for the McCall MacBain Scholarships at ĢƵ.
As a new initiative of the Faculty of Education, Dean Vivek Venkatesh recently launched the Dean's Speaker Series. This biannual series is expected to host prominent guest speakers on relatable topics that span the Faculty's departments and hosted by the Dean as a free event for academics, students, staff, and invited guests.

McCall MacBain Scholar (2023), Mohit Kumar, is an M.A.Educational Leadership student in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE). He is working to devise curricula for Eklavyas (have-nots), for primary school students which aims to catalyze quality education and larger behavioral changes regarding learning, educational awareness, and opportunities.

Professor Paul Zanazanian from the Department of Integrated Studies in Education is very pleased to announce the publication of his new book and the release of his new podcast series.
Paul's new book, , published by University of Toronto Press (2025), introduces a novel approach to examining how people construct and employ historical knowledge for navigating their daily lives.

According to, released on January 22 by Times Higher Education (THE),ĢƵ ranks among the top 90in the worldin all of the 11 subjects assessed, placing six subjects in the top 50.TheUniversityplacedthird in Canadain in EducationStudies and six other domains.THE’s subject rankings evaluate 11 disciplines based on five performance indicators: teaching, research environment, research quality, international outlook and Industry.