Upcoming Events at (Oy to the Vey) OISE

This is what's on tap at the joint that teaches our teachers how to teach:

February 22, 2012
AP&HD Colloquium

"The Developmental Theory of Embodiment: Research Program and Implications"

Time: Wednesday, February 22 - 12:30 - 2:00 PM
Location: OISE/UT, 9th Floor, Rm. 9-105

Niva Piran, Ph.D.

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February 23, 2012
CUS Forum on Equity and Social Justice in Education presents:

ATTAWAPISKAT: Moving Beyond the Colonial Legacy

Time: Thursday, February 23 - 5:00 - 8:15 PM
Location: OISE Library

How is it that in 2012, the Canadian government is still ignoring its treaty responsibilities? How do we education and increase public awareness about this and take action through our curriculum to combat these inequities? Keynote Speakers:Joanne Dallaire, educator, and Jules Koostachin, educator and activist artist. Both are speakers from Attawapisakat First Nation. Following the keynote, small group sessions will provide participants with discussion points and the launch of a brand new curriculum resource for K-12 classrooms. Foodshare will provide refreshments.

More info:http://cus.oise.utoronto.ca

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February 24, 2012
The Annual Percy H. Taçon Lecture in Art Education

Queered Pedagogies and Privatized Schools: Is Art Education Politically Relevant?

Time: Friday, February 24 - 5:30 - 8:00 PM
Location: OISE Ground Floor Library Space

Featuring guest speaker: Therese Quinn (Chair and Associate Professor of Art Education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

More info:http://cmce.oise.utoronto.ca/Events/Percy_H._Tacon_Lecture_in_Art_Education/index.html

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February 27, 2012
Promoting Learning for All:

Reflections on recent innovations and the state of play in the field

Time: Monday, February 27 - 12:30 - 1:30 PM
Location: 7105

Dr. Lynn Murphy, a Programs Officer for the Hewlett Foundation, will speak about new trends in international efforts to promote learning for all.

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February 27, 2012
Panel on Understanding Equity and Engagement

And you ask why our public schools are bastions of quasi/crypto-Marxist "social justice" indoctrination?