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PART 4: A OISE Mentorship Program feature series from the 2020-2021 academic year. Christina Caleca and Kristina Leis.

Shelley Stagg Peterson is one of five winners of the 2021 President’s Impact Awards, which celebrates and honours faculty members whose research has led to significant impact beyond academia.

By establishing a bursary for Indigenous (First Nations, Métis and Inuit), Black Indigenous and Taino students, Professor Erica Neeganagwedgin is looking to tell a different story.

PART 3: A OISE Mentorship Program feature series from the 2020-2021 academic year. Dr. Cindy Sinclair and Dr. Salma Siddiqui.

IEN marked its recent 30th anniversary by re-centring and reasserting a commitment to relationships with Black, Indigenous, and Black-Indigenous people.

Black students must matter — and conversations about Black identities, culture, and history should happen year-round, says PhD student Tanitiã Munroe.

OISE doctoral student Osholene Oshobugie uses education as a tool to combat systemic racism and build resilience among young people of African descent.

Professor Emeritus Michael Connelly is being conferred an honorary doctorate from the Education University of Hong Kong.

PART 2: A OISE Mentorship Program feature series from the 2020-2021 academic year. Wei Li and Dr. Barbara Soren.

When it comes to outdoor recreation, the conservation industry, even the climate change movement, “there are barriers based in the legacies of history,” she explains. “We don’t see ourselves advertised. They don’t have Black people on staff. It sends a clear message that if you’re Black, this isn’t your space.”

PART 1: This series explores the strengths of the OISE Mentorship Program and how it has fostered relationships between many in the community.

An assistant professor in OISE’s Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development and the lead researcher on the study, concluded that there was a link between social isolation and worsening mental health among university students.