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Social Justice Education, OISE, University of Toronto The Department of Social Justice Education (SJE) is an intellectual community committed to producing and advancing knowledge on social justice education.

The Department of Social Justice Education (SJE) is an intellectual community committed to producing and advancing knowledge on social justice education in Canada and beyond. We understand social justice education as a robust term, allowing for diverse meanings and methodologies. Its graduate program is concerned with both theoretical and empirical problems regarding in/equity in educational spaces, broadly conceived. Faculty and students approach their inquiries from disciplinary (e.g., anthropology, history, philosophy, political science, or sociology) and/or interdisciplinary (e.g., anti-colonial, critical race, disability, feminist, francophone, indigenity, indigenous, or queer) perspectives. They focus on identifying new relationships and making connections by asking significant questions about social justice education within and across disciplines. Hence, they foreground research and teaching in social justice education, pursued through the analytical and empirical tools from the humanities and social sciences. The department’s vision is to enable both graduate students and initial teacher education students to explore questions, such as “What was, what is, and what should be the relationship between education and society?” and “What kinds of knowledge do educators need to answer those questions?” The department aims to provide students with the academic knowledge and skills necessary to engage and raise questions of critical importance to educational theories and practices, and their relationship to individuals, communities, and societies.

🌍 Do you want to join the community of one of the 10 best educational institutions globally?💡 Discover Social Justice Ed...
09/26/2026

🌍 Do you want to join the community of one of the 10 best educational institutions globally?

💡 Discover Social Justice Education (SJE) at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) where you can help make a difference in education, communities, and society!

The SJE at OISE offers multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary graduate programs that examine the social, historical, cultural, political, economic, and ethical dimensions of education.

🎓 Join us for the SJE Open House and discover our graduate programs!

📅 Saturday, October 3, 2026
🕐 PhD & EdD Programs: 9:30–10:30 a.m.
🕐 MA & MEd Programs: 10:45–11:45 a.m.

Come meet our community, learn about our programs, and see whether Social Justice Education might be the right place to pursue your academic and professional interests.

05/31/2026

Make it a reunion to remember with alumni, families, and friends — four standout OISE experiences await at !

From pickleball and a retro art class to fascinating lectures and outdoor family fun, there’s something for everyone at our biggest alumni community gathering.

Your OISE Alumni Reunion starts now:

✨ Pick-up Pickleball with OISE
🎨 Drawing Disco with media sensation Erin Finley
🧠 Professor Scott Davies explores: Did COVID school closures leave Ontario students behind?
🧩 OISE Kids’ Passport: The Enigma Zone

🔗 www.bit.ly/oise-reunion-2026

Spots are limited—register now and join us back on campus!

This event has been rescheduled for FRIDAY, JUNE 5, from 12 - 1:30 PM. RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JrnSV...
05/27/2026

This event has been rescheduled for FRIDAY, JUNE 5, from 12 - 1:30 PM.

RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JrnSVuBCnCrroXzNMU5Tk4lC2nfDasTInSQHLslz8Gc/viewform?edit_requested=true

Join the OISE Centre for Media Culture and Education, (CMCE) featuring Hoda Gharib, a PhD candidate from SJE and Dr. Gordon Katic, a recent APHD graduate from SJE. A Lunch time event, it explores how emotions motivate Journalists and Social Movement Leaders.

The event will question the quote “Keep the flame of hope burning,” Hoda and Dr. Gordon exploring how and where do we find hope and how do we keep it alive? They will relate these questions to two key political actors: journalists and social justice activists, both drawing from their doctoral research.

📅 Wednesday, May 27, 2026
🕛12:00-1:30 pm
📍Hybrid: Zoom and OISE 12-252

🔗RSVP by May 25 at 12:00 pm if you wish to have lunch provided: https://buff.ly/mrudb7L

3rd Biennial Black/African Feminisms Conference 2026Restoring the Heart of Leadership: Black African Feminisms and Woma...
05/22/2026

3rd Biennial Black/African Feminisms Conference 2026

Restoring the Heart of Leadership: Black African Feminisms and Womanisms in Motion

May 22–23, 2026. Online.
https://www.bafi.ca/conferences/bafc-2026

Keynote Conference Speakers:
⭐️Ba Mulenga Kapwepwe (Author, Artist & Cultural Luminary)
Shereen Ashman (Award-Winning Innovation Strategist & Artist-Scholar)
⭐️Dr. Njoki Wane (Professor, Department of Social Justice Education, University of Toronto)
⭐️Dr. Lydia Hangulu (Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Lusaka Apex Medical University)

Keynote Panel Speakers:
⭐️Dr. Andrew B. Campbell (Panel Chair & Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, OISE, University of Toronto)
⭐️Samba Yonga (Communications Specialist, Cultural Curator & Award-Winning Journalist)
⭐️Dr. Lombé Mwambwa (CEO, Global Observatory for Gender Equality and Sport)
⭐️Dr. Racheal Kalaba (Scholar-Activist, Author, Educator & Founder, ZAMWILL)

This day-long in-person event is designed to support PhD students and postdocs in identifying and articulating transfera...
05/19/2026

This day-long in-person event is designed to support PhD students and postdocs in identifying and articulating transferable skills for the non-academic job search.
folio.utoronto.ca

The SAC will meet twice an academic term during the Fall and Winter semesters (September–April), with at least one meeti...
05/12/2026

The SAC will meet twice an academic term during the Fall and Winter semesters (September–April), with at least one meeting during the Summer semester.
Applications are open now, apply by May 26, 2026, at 12 p.m. EDT.
https://svpscentre.utoronto.ca/sac-2026/

Theory in Motion. Change in Action.The Black African Feminisms Institute (BAFI) invites you to be part of the 3rd Bienni...
04/09/2026

Theory in Motion. Change in Action.

The Black African Feminisms Institute (BAFI) invites you to be part of the 3rd Biennial BLACK AFRICAN FEMINISMS CONFERENCE 2026:

Restoring the Heart of Leadership: Black African Feminisms and Womanisms in Motion
📅 May 22–23, 2026
🌍 Virtual
🔗 www.bafi.ca/home

REGISTRATION IS OPEN — visit the website to secure your spot and learn more.

This year’s conference brings together scholars, activists, artists, healers, and community organizers from across the African continent and diaspora to engage in powerful, transnational dialogue rooted in Black and African feminist traditions. In a moment that calls for connection, care, and collective imagination, BAFC 2026 creates an accessible virtual space to share knowledge, build solidarity, and move from theory to transformative praxis.

⌛️ Call for Abstracts due April 20, 2026 – BAFI is still accepting submissions for papers, panels, workshops, posters, and creative presentations that center Black African feminist thought and practice.

Founded by Dr. Njoki Wane, BAFI continues to cultivate spaces that honour the intellectual richness of African and diasporic feminist scholarship while challenging dominant frameworks of knowledge production. As a Professor and former Chair of the Social Justice Education department at OISE, she exemplifies a deep and ongoing connection between BAFI’s work and SJE’s commitments to critical, decolonial, and transformative education.

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Social Justice Education at OISEUofT is currently accepting applications for multiple programs! 🎓The following programs ...
04/09/2026

Social Justice Education at OISEUofT is currently accepting applications for multiple programs! 🎓

The following programs are still accepting applications on a rolling deadline for the 2026–27 admissions cycle (Sep 2026 start): 

▪️Master of Education (MEd) – Full-time & Part-time
▪️Doctor of Education (EdD) – Full-time & Part-time
▪️Master of Arts (MA) – Part-time
▪️Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – Flex-time 

⏳ Programs may close with minimal advance notice — don't wait! Questions? Contact us 📧 [email protected]

📚 Our four different degree programs are designed to meet diverse intellectual and professional interests and needs. Whether you're just beginning your graduate studies or advancing your research, there's a program designed to meet you where you are ✨

Learn more about SJE programs: www.oise.utoronto.ca/home/sje

See key dates + apply:
www.oise.utoronto.ca/registrar-students/admissions/deadlines-closing-dates 
www.oise.utoronto.ca/registrar-students/admissions

04/07/2026

Join SJE on Friday, April 17 for a colloquium with Dr. Alan Sears, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Toronto Metropolitan University, on his recently published book Eros and Alienation: Capitalism and the Making of Gendered Sexualities (Pluto Press, January 2025). 

Eros and Alienation explores the relationship between alienated labor and sexuality, showing how the organization of work shapes dominant regimes of gendered sexualities, structured along binary categories of heterosexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality. Dr. Sears draws on decades of activist and scholarly engagement with q***r Marxism to illuminate how economic structures intersect with gender and sexual formation.

⌛ Friday, April 17 from 3-5 PM EST
📍 Hybrid event: OISE Rm 12-199 + Zoom. Zoom link will be shared with all registered attendees.
☕ Refreshments provided for in-person attendees
🔗 Registration link in bio or at https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/vUrmhmkAVW 

This event is part of the Social Justice Education 2026 Colloquium Series.

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