Supervisions

Doctorates

  • Doron Hassidim, Vision for Education as a Hermeneutic Endeavor about Being Human: Theorizing the Instrumental Approach, Education as an Agent for Humanity, and the Relationships with Philosophy, Ph.D. in Educational Administration, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE , September 2015.
  • Rafi Cashman, Conflict and Creativity in Jewish Modern Orthodox Girls’ Education: Navigating Tradition and Modernity, Ph.D. in Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, OISE, May 2015.
  • Mary Drinkwater, Democratizing and Decolonizing Education: A Role for the Arts and Cultural Praxis: Lessons from Maasailand, Southern Kenya, Ph.D. in Educational Administration, September 2014.
  • Anthony Palma, Recognition of Diversity: Charles Taylor’s Educational Thought in Philosophy of Education, Ph.D. in Philosophy of Education, December 2013.
  • Marlene Ruck Simmonds, On Hallowed Grounds: Spiritualizing the Terrain of Educational Leadership — From Endarkened Habitations, Ph.D. in Educational Administration. Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, March 2013.
  • Angela MacDonald, Teacher Attitudes and Considerations of Identity in Teaching Controversial Issues in Canadian Classrooms under Conditions of Globalization: A Critical Democratic Perspective, Ph.D. in Curriculum Studies. Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, November 2012.
  • Bryan Metcalfe, Pedagogy of Mythos, Ph.D. Philosophy of Education. Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Social Justice Education, November 2012.
  • Herveen Singh, Leadership for Social Justice: From Elusive Conceptions to Arrested Developments, Ph.D. in Educational Administration. OISE, September 2010.
  • Francine Menashy, Education as a Private or a Global Public Good: Competing Conceptual Frameworks and their Power at the World Bank, Ph.D. in Philosophy of Education. OISE, October 2010.
  • Erin Irish, The Deep Slumber of Decided Opinion: How Teachers and School Administrators Understand Controversial Issue Policy, Ph.D. in Educational Administration. OISE, December 2010.
  • Laura Pinto, Curriculum Reform during Ontario’s ‘common Sense revolution’: A Critical Democratic Explanation of Policy Formulation, Ph.D. in Educational Administration. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, January 2009.  The thesis won the Governor General’s Gold Medal Thesis Award in 2009.
  • Warren Estridge, School Influence on Student Attendance and Engagement in Learning, Ed.D. in Educational Administration. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, January 2009.
  • Robert Foster, The Ethical Teacher: A Case for Dialogical Resistance, Ed.D. in Philosophy of Education. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, April 2006.
  • Jason Price, Reclaiming Democracy for the Longschoolhouse, Ph.D. in Educational Administration. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, April 2004.
  • Brenda McMahon, Small Steps and Quiet Processes: Student Transformations from Academic Risk to Academic Achievement, Ph.D. in Educational Administration. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, May 2004.
  • Carlana Lindeman, Participatory Governance: The Role of Student Trustees on Ontario School Boards, Ed.D. in Educational Administration. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, September 2004.
  • Robert White, The incorporation of Schooling: The Anatomy of Corporate Transactions in Canada’s Classrooms, Ph.D. in Educational Administration. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, April 2003.
  • Valda Leightizer, Springboards or Boxes?: Theorizing a Social Justice Pedagogy, Ph.D. in Educational Foundations. Dalhousie University, August 2002.
  • Carlo Ricci, The Ethics of Reading,” Ph.D. (co-supervisor with Peter Trifonas). Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, OISE, November 2002.
  • Carole MacInnis, A Dialogic Analysis of the Paradigm Debate in the Field of Learning Disabilities, Ph.D. in Educational Foundations. Dalhousie University, 1994.

Masters

  • Iman Annab, The Politics of Un-feminism: Motherhood and Resistance under Israeli Occupation, M.A. in Social Justice Education, OISE, Toronto, December 2015.
  • Andrew Abraham, Intellectuality for Liberation: Exploring Anti-Oppression, Praxis and Care, Department of Social Justice Education Philosophy of Education, September 2014.
  • Chizoba Ikoma, The case for an African centered education system in Africa: A case study on African Leadership Academy, South Africa, M.A. in Educational Administration, OISE, September 2014.
  • Mario Relucio,  The Community of Inquiry as a Social Reform: Challenging Standardization in Schools through a Juxtaposition of Aquinas’ Notion of Connatural Learning,  Dewey’s Centrality of Experience, and Buber’s Concept of Dialogue, M.A. in Philosophy of Education, OISE, June 2014.
  • Zaiba Beg, Parental Participation in Ontario Schools: Exploring Muslim Immigrant Parents’ Perceptions, M.A. in Educational Administration,  OISE, June 2014.
  • Naushaad Sulliman, Critical Conceptions of Graffiti in Schools, M.A. , Curriculum, Teaching , and Learning, OISE,  June 2014.
  • Ijeoma Ekoh, High-Stakes Standardized Testing in Nigeria and the Erosion of a Critical African Worldview, M.A. in Philosophy of Education. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, September 2012.
  • Athanasios Tom Kokkinianis, Citizens of the World: Global Citizenship and the internationalization of Canadian Higher Education, M.A. in Philosophy of Education. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, September 2012.
  • Lynn Wilkins, Rethinking Education: A Paradigm for Sustainable Education, M.A. in Philosophy of Education. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, September 2011.
  • Linda O’Connor, Weight-based Stigma and Deficit Thinking: How Neoliberal Conceptions of Obesity Are Contributing to Weight-Based Stigma, M.A. in Philosophy of Education. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, September 2011.
  • Manu Sharma, Deficit Thinking in Education: Philosophical Issues, M.A. in Philosophy of Education. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, September 2009.
  • Antum Punjwani, Conceptions of Leadership and Critical Spirituality in Ismailism, M.A. in Educational Administration. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, January 2008.
  • Amanda Cooper, Student Leadership for Social Justice in Secondary Schools: A Canadian Perspective, M.A. in Educational Administration. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, September 2008.
  • Rula Kahil,  view details Possibilities for New Beginnings: Oppression, Social Agency, and Education, M.A. in Philosophy of Education. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, September 2008.
  • Glenn White, Imaginative inquiry into an Idea: Dewey’s educative experience, M.A. Philosophy of Education. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, January 2007.
  • Sean Park, Inquiry-Based learning and Adaptive Complexity theory: An Ethnographic Inquiry, M.A. Educational Administration. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, August 2007.
  • Christina Badr, Challenges and Possibilities on Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Teach Peace in Postwar Lebanon, M.A. in Educational Administration. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, August 2005.
  • Allison Carrier, Democratic Education and Experiential Education: Foundations of Outdoor Education, M.A. in Educational Administration. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, September 2004.
  • Jason Price, Leading for and from the Margins, M.A. in Educational Administration. Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE, 2001.
  • Elaine Baltzer, Coping on the Net, M.A. in Educational Counselling. Acadia University, 1999.
  • Nancy Garapick, The Challenge to Create a Humanizing Critical Pedagogy in the High School Classroom, M.A. in Educational Psychology. Mount Saint Vincent University, 1995.
  • Judith MacDougall, High School Students’ Perceptions of Intelligence and Equality of Educational Opportunity, M.A. in School Psychology. Mount Saint Vincent University, 1989.
  • Sharon Palermo, Philosophical Encounters with Children: Critical-Creative Thought in the Six- and Seven-Year-Old, M.A. in Reading. Mount Saint Vincent University, 1989.