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Caesura Collective is about breaking the cycle of competition and isolation in higher ed and blurring the lines of who gets to create and share knowledge.
With this group we encourage our student & teacher members to take ownership of their learning by creatively reflecting on their interests with other thinkers!
We strongly believe that learning is a lifelong process best enjoyed with friends and colleagues who share a passion for questioning, prodding and probing ideas!
I was recently invited to write a piece for the inaugural launch of the Conversation Canada. If you're not familiar, it's a research news...
Paulina Scheck
- Jul 27, 2017
- 5 min
So, I organize the Archaeological Theory Interest Group
When Mimi asked me to write a piece about my interest group, the Archaeological Theory Interest Group (ATIG), I thought of it as an...
Rebecca Chui
- May 2, 2017
- 2 min
The identities and classroom instruction of non-native FSL teachers in Ontario secondary schools
As a multicultural and multilingual Canadian citizen who aspires to become a French teacher, I can relate to many of the cultural and...
May 6 from 1-4PM
- Apr 24, 2017
- 1 min
Caesura Spring Potluck!!
Potluck season is fast approaching! It's been so long since we've had a chance to break bread and catch up with each other - What have...
Elizabeth Bolton
- Apr 24, 2017
- 7 min
Acceptance
When I think back on it, I think simply of the color red. In truth, only the curtain hanging behind me was red, but the whole room and...
Mimi Masson
- Apr 24, 2017
- 2 min
What does collaboration sound like?
This week at OISE, Seb and I will be presenting our Arts-based education research (ABER) project on using sound to understand long term...
Sebastian Roberts
- Apr 22, 2017
- 1 min
Bring yr brain and get weird!
Howdy folks – So arguably the best thing about Toronto is that, each November, it hosts a speculative philosophy (via a sound studies...
Mimi Masson
- Apr 19, 2017
- 1 min
A very special RAD Book Club
This month, we have the great honour of welcoming Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler to our RAD Book Club meeting to discuss some of his work -...
Hamza Taufique
- Apr 16, 2017
- 3 min
Do you know the Graduate Speaker Series @ the Grad Room?
When I started my graduate degree at the St. George campus, one of the big changes was the sheer size of the campus. Having done my...
Lynne Alexandrova
- Apr 10, 2017
- 2 min
GSRC2017 Call for contributors
Dear Participants in the 17th OISE Graduate Student Conference, We invite those who are interested in an online publication of their...
Mimi Masson
- Apr 10, 2017
- 3 min
Becoming a SSHRC Storyteller
I have a tendency to be drawn to side-projects. From a thesis supervisor’s perspective, this is a minus for someone completing a PhD. For...
meet up: April 27 from 12-2PM at OISE
- Apr 2, 2017
- 1 min
April RAD book club
Our next RAD book club is Thursday April 27 from 12-2PM at OISE on the 10th floor at the red couches (south side of the building). Mark...
Mimi Masson
- Apr 2, 2017
- 11 min
Wilfred Rusk Wees on form and content
I was recently awarded the Wilfred Rusk Wees Fellowship for 2017. It involved reading Dr. Wees thesis written in 1935 and submitting an...
Mimi Masson
- Mar 7, 2017
- 2 min
The writing release
I recently had a powerful writing release – one of those moments where you feel you have passed a threshold and you are on to greater...
meet up: March 23 from 12-2PM at OISE
- Mar 2, 2017
- 1 min
March RAD book club
Our next RAD book club is Thursday March 23 from 12-2PM at OISE on the 10th floor at the red couches (south side of the building). Mark...
meet up: Feb 23 from 12-2PM at OISE
- Feb 14, 2017
- 1 min
February RAD book club
Our next RAD book club is Thursday February 23 from 12-2PM at OISE on the 10th floor at the red couches (south side of the building)....
Mimi Masson
- Jan 9, 2017
- 2 min
Some RAD suggestions for January 2017
Some #RADbookclub suggestions from our members. This is just the beginning of the conversation... Be sure to share your thoughts on our...
Mimi Masson
- Jan 9, 2017
- 1 min
Update for RAD book club
Happy New Year 2017!! Welcome back to the school of RAD!! Following the awesome discussions we've had at the last few RAD meetings in...
Shengjun Huang
- Dec 6, 2016
- 6 min
L'utilisation des matériels didactiques dans le domaine du FLS
Dans le domaine pédagogique, les approches sont constamment dynamiques grâce à tous les efforts des pionniers dans le domaine de...
meet-up: DEC 15, 2016, OISE
- Nov 8, 2016
- 2 min
RAD Book Club Jackson & Mazzei (2012) Thinking with theory in qualitative research
Our book for December 2016 is a look at running qualitative analysis through different theoretical lenses, namely those associated with...
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