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Schedule - 2023 ÃÈÃÃÉçÇø Graduate Student Research Conference

April 2, 2023

8:00 - 9:00am

Volunteer Orientation & Conference Setup

Nexus Lounge

9:00 - 10:00am

Registration/Refreshments; Art Reflection

Nexus Lounge

10:15 - 11:45am

Research Talks and Q & A

  • Room
    OI 5160
    • Policies of (In)equity and (Un)inclusion (Christina Caleca)
    • Contributing factors to attrition among minority student affairs professionals in higher education (Tiara DeKoning)
    • Problematizing Modern Approaches in Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) Therapy (Alexandra Devitt)
  • Room
    OI 5170
    • Teaching formal mathematics through a mathematical literacy focused curriculum (Sisi Feng)
    • The Effects of Online Learning Environment in Higher Education among Western and Asian Countries (Yibo Zeng)
    • Supporting Mental Health Literacy Education: Perspectives from Northern and Rural Elementary Educators in Ontario (Alexandra Santos)
    • Highlighting Gaps in the Implementation of Indigenous Ways of Knowing in Elementary Ontario Science Curriculum (Fagun Kaushik)
  • Room
    OI 5230
    • Experiential Learning and Capital Acquisition Through a Domestic Canadian Student Exchange Program (Ashley Rostamian)
    • Exploring the Role of Disclosure in the Development of Disability Identity in Postsecondary Students (Erin Anderson)
    • Race and Language in ESL programs in Toronto (Lisa Lackner)
    • Ontario French immersion students’ perspectives: Connecting learners’ goals sociolinguistic development, and ongoing enrolment (Gabrielle Forget)
  • Room
    OI 5250
    • The Human in Human Capital: Understanding International Student Success in the Backdrop of Canada’s International Education Strategy 2019–2024 (Alison D'Cruz)
    • Being under the roof of an inclusive and anti-racist leader: Experiences and attitudes of trans students and their parents – implications for educational leadership (Manuel Joseph Ellul)
    • Is it Influenced by Research?: A Policy Analysis of a Student Mental Health Strategy (Abigail Fisher)
    • A Multi-level Analysis of Language-in-Education Policies toward Syrian students in Türkiye (Selcuk Emre Ergut)
  • Room
    OI 5260
    • The Myth of Ocnus (Steve Tu)
    • What difference is my research making? Using ÃÈÃÃÉçÇø’s Research Impact Toolkit to look beyond academia (Christine Corso)
    • Interlinkages between Teacher Transfer Policy and School Culture in a Dark Zone of India (Elwin Varughese)
    • Weathering foreign influences: Vietnam facing Chinese and French transplantation in education (Tien Pham)
  • Room
    OI 5270
    • Secondary School Teachers’ Practical Wisdom and Its Manifestation in Language Arts Class: A Narrative Inquiry (Shamina Shaheen)
    • The Five-Minute Interview Assessment: An Intervention for Developing Feedback Literacy in Middle School Students (Sarina Sabet Sarvestany)
    • Nurturing Collective Sustainable Well-being in School Communities (Emily Dobrich)
    • 'You Don’t Even know You’re Triaging an Eating Disorder': Exploring Disordered Eating in Education (Michelle Richardson)
  • Room
    OI 5280
    • How sustainability impacted my research in Language and Literacies Education (Ma Guadelupe Sanchez Sandoval)
    • Resistance, Neoliberalism & Education Within Community Legal Clinics (Oriel Varga)
    • A longitudinal study of leadership-as-practice during the implementation of the Chilean Public Education Reform (Isabel Margarita Nunez Carbullanca)
    • From Descriptive to Predictive Analytics: How far are higher education institutions prepared to go with predictive analytics? (Xiangyun Zheng)
  • Room
    OI 5290
    • (Re)imagining research with children: learning and making meaning with children in dynamic, inclusive, and participatory ways (Nidhi Menon)
    • The Effect of Parental Factors and Learning-Related Skills on Academic Outcomes in Rural Côte d’Ivoire (Medha Aurora, Lujayn Mostafa)
    • Unintended consequences? A Study of Third-party Arrangements between Ontario public colleges and private career colleges (Laurel Schollen)

12:00 - 1:00pm

Lunch & Network

Nexus Lounge

1:00 - 1:15pm

Artwork Reflection/Conference Artwork Ceremony

ÃÈÃÃÉçÇø Auditorium
Conference Artwork Winner: Faduma Hassan
Conference Artwork Competitors: Silvia Nguyen, Jasmine Biloki, Marianne Botros, and Vidya Sri

1:15 - 2:00pm

Ukrainian Dance Performance and Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET) Durham Ukrainian Relief Project Presentation

ÃÈÃÃÉçÇø Auditorium
Performers: Barvinok Ukrainian Dance School
Presenter: Dimitry Avdeev

2:00 - 3:45pm

Real Estate and Industry Panel

ÃÈÃÃÉçÇø Auditorium
Moderator: Kai Forcey-Rodriguez
Panellists: Richard Lyall, Tara Silver, and Jennifer Low

4:00 - 5:30pm

Roundtables/Workshops

  • Room
    OI 5160

    Community Arts Education: An Informal Transformative Learning Process to Develop Collective Community Consciousness and Autonomy (Marianne Botros)

  • Room
    OI 5170

    Let's Heart-Brain-storm: Student Life & How Best to (co-)Learn/Teach Self+Other Care (Lynne Alexandrova)

  • Room
    OI 5230

    Your life as a model of interinstitutional learning dynamics (Ashraf Rushdy)

  • Room
    OI 5250

    The GEE Project: An Urban Community Initiative (Ihnaha Grace Kim)

5:30 - 6:30pm

Conference Closing Ceremony

Nexus Lounge
Co-chairs' Closing Remarks: Amy Leung, Kai Forcey-Rodriguzez, and Sigrid Roman
Closing Keynote Speaker: Canadian Teachers' Federation
Closing Address: Normand Labrie (Interim Associate Dean, Programs)

6:30 - 7:00pm

Conference Closing Reception

Nexus Lounge