Visiting Scholars

The Centre has had the pleasure of hosting many visitors from other educational institutions and organizations. Visitors to the Centre often present guest lectures or seminars and are available for one on one or small group conversations.  For your information, a list of current and previous visitors to the Centre is given below.

2020

  • Dr. Yuanlin Chen, Guangdong Ocean University, China

2019

  • Dr. Yuanlin Chen, Guangdong Ocean University, China
  • Qingru Duan, International Visitor, Research Award Recipient

2018

  • Dr. Yuanlin Chen, Guangdong Ocean University, China
  • Qingru Duan, International Visitor, Research Award Recipient

2016-17

  • Dr. Reva Joshee, University of Toronto/OISE (September-July)
  • Dr. Stefinee Pinnegar, Brigham Young University (September)
  • Dr. Sumer Seiki, University of San Francisco (October 2016 and June 2017)
  • Dr. Cindy Clarke, President, Prairie Spirit Teachers’ Association (November) 
  • Dr. Andrew Estefan, University of Calgary (March)
  • Dr. Shaun Murphy, University of Saskatchewan (March)
  • Viviane Bengezen, Doctoral Candidate, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil  (March)

2015-16

  • Dr. Reva Joshee, University of Toronto/OISE (various times through the year)
  • Sherry Duncan, University of Regina Masters Candidate (July)
  • Gloria Antifaiff, Red Deer College & University of Regina Doctoral Candidate (July-August)
  • Dr. Susan Burwash, Eastern Washington University (July-August)
  • Dr. Sumer Seiki, University of San Francisco (July & November)
  • Dr. Myer Horowitz, President Emeritus & University of Victoria (November & March)
  • Dr. Sonia Houle, Parkland School Division (Monthly)
  • Dr. Bosire Mwebi, St. Francis Xavier University (December & May)
  • Dr. Yoshiya Tanaka, Tsuru University, Japan (February)
  • Dr. Ji-Sook Yeom, Konkuk University, Korea (June)
  • Dr. Ilich Silva-Pena, Universidad Católica Silva Henriquez, Chile (September-April)
  • Dr. Xiaodong Wen, Beijing Normal University (September-April)

2014-15

  • Dr. Ken Zeichner, University of Washington (September)
  • Yuanli Chen, Guangdong Ocean University, China (September-May)
  • Vanessa Crecci, University of Campinas, Brazil (October-February)
  • Dr. Brigitte Smit, University of South Africa (October)
  • Dr. Sean Lessard, University of Regina (October)
  • Dr. Bosire Mwebi, St. Francis Xavier University & Kenyan Delegation (October) & Dr.
  • Mwebi as a visiting scholar (January-June)
  • Dr. Ilich Silva-Pena, Universidad Católica Silva Henriquez, Chile (November-February)
  • Dr. Craig Deed, La Trobe University, Australia (November)
  • Drs. Sachiko Asai & Masaaki Katsuno, University of Tokyo, & Dr. Yuki Kuroda, Nihon University, Japan (March)
  • Drs. Julius Jwan & David Njengere Kabita, Kenya Institute for Curriculum Development (March)
  • Linda Bosman, University of Pretoria (May)
  • Dr. Carien Lubbe-De Beer, South Africa (June)

2013-14

  • Dr. Sumer Seiki, San Jose State (July)
  • Dr. Susan Burwash, Eastern Washington University  (July)
  • Dr. Aiden Downey, Emory University  (November)
  • Dr. Myer Horowitz, University of Victoria  (November)
  • Dr. Lee Schaefer, University of Regina  (July)
  • Dr. Jan Gray, Edith Cowan University  (November-December)
  • Dr. Stefinee Pinnegar, Brigham Young University  (December)
  • Dr. Ilich Silva-Pena, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile  (February)
  • Dr. Sean Lessard, University of Regina  (February)
  • Dr. Janice Huber, University of Regina  (May)
  • Dr. Ji-Sook Yeom, Konkuk University  (May)

2012-13

  • Reva Joshee, OISE/University of Toronto  (July)
  • Janice Huber, University of Regina  (July)
  • Dilma de Mello, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil  (July-August)
  • Stefinee Pinnegar, Brigham Young University  (October)
  • Bosire Mwebi, St. Francis Xavier  (March)
  • Georgina Martin, University of British Columbia  (June)
  • Sumer Seiki, San Jose State University  (June)

2011-12

  • Reva Joshee, OISE/University of Toronto  (July)
  • Bosire Mwebi, St. Francis Xavier  (July – June)
  • Dilma de Mello, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil  (September – August)
  • C. Aiden Downey, Emory University, Atlanta  (January)
  • Naomi Katsura, Toyo University, Japan  (March)
  • Yoshiya Tanaka, Tsuru University, Tokyo  (March)
  • Hirotoshi Mori, Tsuru University, Tokyo, Japan   (March)
  • Yoshinobu Shoy, Hokkaido University of Education, Hokkaido, Japan   (March)
  • Koshun Ueda, Mukogawa Women’s University, Hyogo, Japan   (March)
  • Rina Suzuki, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia  (March)
  • Janice Huber, University of Regina  (March)
  • M. Shaun Murphy, University of Saskatchewan  (March)
  • Jan Gray, Edith Cowan University, Australia   (April)

2010-11

  • Reva Joshee, OISE/University of Toronto  (July)
  • Jan Gray, Edith Cowan University, Australia  (November)
  • Yoshiya Tanaka, Tsuru University, Tokyo, Japan  (December)
  • Ji-Sook Yeom, Konkuk University, Korea  (January)
  • Tony Ryan, University of Cork Medical School, Ireland  (January)
  • Dilma de Mello, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil   (January)
  • Myer Horowitz, University of Victoria   (March)
  • Aiden Downey, Emory University, Atlanta, USA  (June)

2009-10

  • Lisa Hunter, University of Queensland, Australia  (September – October)
  • elke emerald, Griffith University, Australia  (September – October)
  • Andrew Estefan, University of Calgary  (September)
  • Martina Kelly, University of Cork Medical School, Ireland  (April)
  • William Schragge, Associated Medical Services  (April)
  • Tadashi Ryuzaki, Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University, Japan  (December)
  • Yoshiya Tanaka, Hokkaido University of Education, Sapporo  (December)
  • Yasuhiro Ujiie, Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University, Japan  (December)
  • Seiro Yamauchi, Otani University, Japan  (December)
  • Professor Hirotoshi Mori, Tsuru University, Tokyo  (December)
  • Mary Lynn Hamilton, University of Kansas  (October)
  • Jennifer Rowe, University of Sunshine Coast, Australia  (September)
  • Myer Horowitz, University of Victoria  (October)
  • Ji-Sook Yeom, Konkuk University, Korea  (October)
  • Debbie Pushor, University of Saskatchewan

2008

  • Naildir Alves do Amaral Dias (Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil)
  • Janice Huber (St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia)
  • Yucui Ju (East China Normal University, People's Republic of China)

2007

  • Brigitte Smit (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)

2006

  • Carmel Hinchion (University of Limerick, Ireland)
  • Ji-Sook Yeom (Konkuk University, South Korea)

2005

  • Clover Hamilton-Flowers (UWI)
  • Christine Roomes (UWI)
  • Eulalee Graham-Sangster (UWI)
  • Reva Joshee (OISE/University of Toronto)
  • Gladys de Sousa (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil)

2004

Jamaican Scholars from the University of the West Indies
  • Christine Roomes
  • June Blythe-Livingston
  • Margaret Bailey
  • Lorna Gow-Morrison
  • Maureen Byfield
  • Hixwell Douglas
  • Denver Holt
  • Michael Brown
  • Sandra Annakie

2003

  • Min-Ling Tsai (national Taipei Teachers College, Taiwan)

2001

  • Lynn Butler-Kisber (McGill University, Quebec)
      • Artful Portrayals in Qualitative Inquiry
  • Paula Gunn Allen (Distinguished Visitor, University of Alberta, Alberta)
      • Thinking about teacher education and issues for teachers of Aboriginal students in urban settings
      • Glyphic narrative:  The pedagogy of whole-brain information systems

(Also included are titles of seminars presented by visitors)

2000

  • Ya-Mei Chen (National Taipei Teachers College, Taiwan)
      • Some thoughts and directions for my future research journey into narrative inquiry:  From kindergarten teachers' lives and their professional knowledge landscape to merging into the professional knowledge landscape of kindergarten student teachers and beginning teachers
      • My research journey from quantitative to qualitative approach:  From order-managing skills to kindergarten group discussion time and the professional development of student teachers
  • Myer Horowtiz (University of Alberta/University of Victoria)
      • The Youth and Society Research Group, University of Victoria, British Columbia
  • Lynn Butler-Kisber (McGill University
      • Alternative representation in qualitative research
  • Jean McNiff (Action Researcher in Great Britain and Ireland
      • The problematics of action research and the knowledge base of professional education in Northern Ireland and the Republic

(Also included are titles of seminars presented by visitors)

1998

  • Reva Joshee (OISE/UT)
      • Stopping to listen:  Teacher understandings of multicultural policy and practice
  • Linda Lambert (California State University at Hayward)
      • The constructivist leader
  • Robert Stake (University of Illinois)
      • Teacher evaluation and case study methods

(Also included are titles of seminars presented by visitors)

1997

  • Alisara Chuchat and Pimpan Dachakupt (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) and Idrenne Lim-Alparague and Daniel Chowne (Praxis Research Seminars, Vancouver, British Columbia)
      • The teacher practitioner toward becoming a dynamic researcher
  • Jerry Craig (University of the West Indies)
      • Art and storytelling from an intercultural perspective
  • Tony Hepworth (Charles Sturt University, New South Wales
      • The first year field experience:  Lessons from an Australian university
  • Jean McNiff (Action Researcher in Great Britain and Ireland)
      • A conversation on action research
  • Celia Oyler (Teachers College)
      • Challenging the dichotomies of progressive education
  • W.P. Rautenbach (South African College for Teacher Education)
      • Current trends in South African education
  • Betty Wilson (University of the West Indies, Jamaica)
      • A conversation on comparative Caribbean literature, francophone African literature, 20th-century French literature, and women's writing
  • Ming Fang He (OISE/UT)
  • Janette Gray (Edith Cowan University, Australia)
  • Yatta Kanu (Aga Khan University, Pakistan)

(Also included are titles of seminars presented by visitors)

1996

  • Shirley Freed (Andrews University, Michigan)
      • An action research into changes in undergraduate students beliefs about gender issues in math education
  • Shoshana Kieny (University of Haifa, Israel)
      • Teachers' professional development as related to school change
  • Sue Middleton (University of Waikato, New Zealand)
      • Schools at war:  A life-history analysis of learning and teaching in New Zealand 1939 to 1949
      • Canes, beets and gangsta rap:  Disciplining sexuality in school 1920 to 1995
      • Educating feminists:  Life histories and pedagogy

(Also included are titles of seminars presented by visitors)

PRIOR TO 1996

  • Joyce Bainbridge (University of Alberta)
  • David Best (Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, United Kingdom)
  • Laurie Bowers (Rocky Mountain School Division)
  • Carl Braun (University of Calgary, Alberta))
  • Sylvia Chard (University of Alberta,)
  • M. Chorney (University of Calgary, Alberta)
  • Chris Clark (Michigan State University)
  • Nophanet Dhamborvorn (Suandusit Teachers College, Bangkok)
  • Gary Fenstermacher (University of Arizona)
  • Jim Henderson (Kent State University, Ohio)
  • Sandra Hollingsworth (Michigan State University)
  • Joe Kirman (University of Alberta)
  • Pat Klinck (St. Albert Separate School Board, Alberta)
  • Nona Lyons (Brown University, Rhode Island)
  • Nel Noddings (Stanford University, California)
  • Margaret Olson (Queens University, Ontario)
  • John Osborne (University of Alberta)
  • Virginia Richardson (University of Arizona)
  • Anna Richert (Mills College, California)
  • Brian Stelk (University of British Columbia)
  • David Williams (Brigham Young University, Utah)
  • Jean McNiff (University of Limerick, Ireland)
  • An Action Research Update:  Progress and other stories
  • Darlene Witte-Townsend (Johnson State College, Johnson, Vermont and Anne E. Hill (Edmonton
  • Public Schools, Alberta)
    • The spiritual life of children in classrooms
  • Janice Huber (St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia)