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Professor Shelley Stagg Peterson, from OISE’s Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning, is one of five winners of the 2021 President’s Impact Awards.

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.

They are leaders, hardened volunteers and thoughtful supporters of their community.

OISE continues to rise in the QS World University Rankings, placing as the third highest ranked educational institution globally.

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.

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.”

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.

Professor Jim Slotta, from OISE’s Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, is one of five University of Toronto recipients of the Connaught Global Challenge Award.

With over 100 people in attendance, OISE’s first Climate Action Summit saw community members contribute 100+ ideas on how to address the climate crisis at OISE.