OISE Alumni & Friends

08/19/2026

🕊️OISE Remembers: Former Professor Rod Michalko, an early scholar of Disability Studies in Canada, writer, teacher, provocateur, and generous builder of an intellectual and caring community, has sadly passed. The OISE community shares our heartfelt condolences to Professor Tanya Titchkosky, his loving partner of 38 years.

Read more about Dr. Michalko's remarkable life and impact: https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/alumni-friends/in-memoriam

08/14/2026

🌍 Why do language-friendly schools matter? Ask OISE Professor Emmanuelle Le Pichon-Vorstman!

In this reel, she shares why creating schools where all languages are welcomed, valued and respected matters — and why educators, researchers and anyone passionate about more inclusive education should be part of this conversation.

Join OISE Professors Le Pichon-Vorstman, Antoinette Gagne, and other language and literacies experts for the 3rd International Language Friendly School Conference in Amsterdam on September 4, 2026. Together, they’ll explore what it takes to create learning environments where every student can thrive, regardless of the language they speak at home. 🗣️🚸📚

Ready to join faculty, alumni, graduate students and the international community?

Learn more! https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/the-third-international-language-friendly-school-conference-tickets-1990568590238

08/12/2026

November 5: Join news anchor Heather Hiscox as she engages Hon. Bob Rae and Hon. Erin O'Toole in debate over the question: Should national interest take precedence over global responsibility?

The evening will support a fund in honour of a trailblazing OISE alum. All proceeds go to the Dr. Jean Augustine Professorship in Transformative Education.

🍁 Get your early bird discount tickets now! https://victoria.alumni.utoronto.ca/event/Greatcanadiandebate2026/home/

08/09/2026

📸 The many shades of our events and celebrations!

Get into the picture with your OISE alumni community — from cocktail receptions and sporting events to stimulating lectures, educational workshops and kid-friendly fun! Explore more at www.uoft.me/alumni-connect

🎨 In colour:

1. OISE Winter Wonderland & Community Skate
2. Alumni Lunar New Year Business & Culture Night
3. Teacher Carol Stephenson at our Future of Education panel on AI and children’s learning
4. Grad students dance at our Dean’s Leadership Circle event in recognition of OISE’s esteemed donors
5. Alumna Hon. Jean Augustine at her Rose Wolfe Award for Distinguished Service ceremony at OISE

08/06/2026

Help us thank this incredible group of student and alumni volunteer leaders! 🌹

All year our OISE Alumni Association Student Advisory Committee—led by an incomparable team of masters and doctoral graduates—has worked hard to engage our community and create experiences that bring us together.

The OISE experience goes beyond academic work. This group has made the campus experience richer for everyone who joins us at events or takes part in our initiatives.

Please join us in warmly thanking our OISE Alumni Association Student Advisory Committee Co-Chairs:

💙 Ghazal Tauseef Khan
💙 Xiaoyi D**g
💙 Stephanie Xinyi Teng

We also wish to thank our growing and passionate network of student, new grad, and alumni volunteers including Rheannon Demeter, Yukti Malik, Kristina Leis, Zuzana Balazova, Ahmet Su, PhD, Lilith Xin Li, Ellen Fesseha, Faith Ruth Kiende, Rana Khan, and many more. And here’s a very special welcome to incoming SAC Chair Krystal Huang who will be starting in September!

08/06/2026

Canada’s proposed restrictions on social media for children under the age of 16 have sparked passionate debate. At the heart of that debate lies a simple developmental question: When should we expect young people to be able to navigate digital environments deliberately designed to compete for their attention, shape their behaviour and influence their sense of self?

OISE alum Dr. Jillian Roberts writes more on the topic for the Globe and Mail: https://lnkd.in/eRTJiVQQ

07/30/2026

🚨💼 OISE is looking for a senior executive administrator to support the Dean. Working across academic, administration, management, and finance spaces, the Executive Assistant to the Dean helps steer one of the world’s top faculties of education.

Join OISE’s vibrant community. Apply by August 9! https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Executive-Assistant-to-the-Dean-ON/604674117/

07/30/2026

For OISE alum Dr. Neil Price, the power of narrative, in higher ed, the art world, and social justice work, is everything:

New grad Neil Price is a scholar, art critic, and a nonprofit consultant focused on Black life.

07/28/2026

Welcome back to Toronto to OISE alum Dr. Dionisio Nyaga who has joined the School of Social Work at the Toronto Metropolitan University as Assistant Professor.

Dr. Nyaga's teaching and research focuses on critical quantitative and qualitative studies, Black and Blackness, psychic analysis, African philosophy, African Indigenous spiritualities, critical anti-oppressive theory, and critical masculinity.

Congrats on your new appointment!

07/28/2026

🏆 Congratulations to six outstanding alumni whose leadership and impact have transformed their communities and professions.

Meet our exceptional 2026 Leaders & Legends Awards recipients—Maria-Cantalini Williams, Rochelle Prasad, Devon Healey, Debby Wilson Danard, Muhammad Waqar Ahmad, and Sofia Malik—who are creating lasting change in education: https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/about/news/07-23-26-exemplary-contributions-how-2026-leaders-and-legends-award-winners-are