Three graduate students from 91社区's Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE) have been honoured with prestigious fellowships and awards for their international research endeavours.
搁别苍别别听顿补惫测, a PhD candidate in Educational Studies, is a 2023 recipient of the International Doctoral Research Awards (IDRA). Funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and managed by Universities Canada, the IDRA aims to enhance research skills in Canada and the Global South, with the goal of improving the lives of people in the developing world. In 2023, 25 doctoral students from 12 Canadian schools each received up to $20,000 in awards. Her project entitled听Transforming Writing Instruction:听Engaging Marginalized Youth in a Community Publishing Approach to Writing听explores听how marginalized youth鈥檚 engagement with community writing and grassroots publishing听can shape their social and academic identities.听Using听a participatory action research听approach, her work aims to challenge the deficit discourse surrounding marginalized youth and their language and literacy development.听Renee鈥檚 research is being supervised by Dr. Amir Kalan.
Sitong Wang,听a PhD candidate in Educational Studies, has been awarded the Graduate Mobility Award, which encourages graduate students to study and conduct research abroad as part of their 91社区 degree program by defraying part of the cost of the international experience. Titled 鈥淒iscovering the Reading Subject鈥�: Reducing Linguistic Prejudice in Writing Assessment in Academic Writing, focuses on reducing linguistic prejudice in writing assessment. This award enables Sitong Wang to collect material and data to examine writing course outlines, institutional language policies, and other relevant documents from universities in China. This research contributes to a thorough analysis and comparison of pedagogical methodologies and materials across universities in diverse countries, helping to determine the ubiquity of linguistic prejudice in writing education and thereby addressing Wang's research questions. Sitong Wang's research is being supervised by Dr. Amir Kalan.
Chama Laassassy, an MA student in Second Language Education, has been selected as an incoming young leader for the 2024-25 Pathy Foundation Fellowship at the Coady Institute. This prestigious 12-month fellowship, supported by the Pathy Family Foundation, provides each Fellow with up to $40,000 in funding to implement a self-designed initiative. Chama Laassassy's initiative, 獾夆禉獾♀祲 | ISWI aims to support youth at a high risk of school abandonment听in Nador, Morocco (丕賱賳丕馗賵乇,听丕賱賲睾乇亘). This project seeks to create a supportive environment for young people, helping them develop skills and opportunities that promote their personal and professional growth. offers community-focused experiential learning opportunities for graduating students. Chama Laassassy is in the final year of her MA program, focusing her research on the impact of outside-of-the-classroom language practice on language learning. Her commitment to fostering sustainable positive social change has earned her this important fellowship. Chama Laassassy's research is being supervised by Dr. Susan Ballinger. Learn more about the听.
Congratulations to the winners for their commitment to driving social change in international contexts!
