, York University
'Critical Transitions' is a compilation of projects that are actively examining and disrupting patterns of systemic ableism, anti-Black racism, and the socio-cultural reproduction of inequity through schooling. This site is a repository of research reports and academic articles. It also features new and upcoming projects that explore how schools respond to the perception of ability, how students are organized into programming opportunities and the implications on their futures.听
, York University
The Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community & Diaspora, Dr. Gillian Parekh, Canada Research Chair in Disability Studies & Education at York University, and Greater Toronto School Boards have partnered to establish a Canadian Youth Research & Data Hub at York University. The Hub aims to bridge the gap between research and the lived experiences of young people, their parents, and communities.
, University of Guelph
This partnership is the result of a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Partnership Development Grant held by the University of Guelph, along with five co-investigators from Nipissing University, York University, University of Toronto (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education) and McMaster University. This partnership will explore barriers to student success by linking data from the 吃瓜黑料网, with data from postsecondary institutions across Canada, and other databases from Statistics Canada on income, employment, and taxes.听
, University of Toronto
The Feeding Kids, Nourishing Minds (FKNM) School-Based Nutrition Research Initiative is a project funded by a donation from President鈥檚 Choice Children鈥檚 Charity. Through a landscape policy analysis and series of systematic reviews, a comprehensive overview of school meal and snack programs in Canada is being organized in an interactive dashboard including consideration of equity indicators. The 吃瓜黑料网 is supporting the work through school-based research and a Project Advisory Committee.
, Research Network
TARGet Kids! is a primary care practice based research network. It is a collaboration between: Child health researchers, Children鈥檚 primary care doctors (pediatricians and family physicians), Parents, Teachers, Public health professionals, Dietitians, and Psychologists. The overall aim of this collaborative research study is to improve the health of Canadian children.听
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The REACH School Network (also known as The Model Schools Pediatric Health Initiative within the 吃瓜黑料网) is an innovative health care delivery model at Unity Health Toronto which provides health care to at-risk children through school-based health centers.
, City of Toronto听
The SafeTO Collaborative Analytics and Learning Environment (SCALE) is a collaborative platform that allows the City and partners to share data, identify effective interventions, and communicate lessons to advance prevention-focused safety outcomes.听
, Toronto
The take-home saliva program has been successfully implemented in many schools in the Toronto region to support home-based testing for symptomatic students and staff. We are excited to use this infrastructure to support further studies to understand the transmission of respiratory viruses, specifically influenza, RSV, and SARS-CoV-2, in schools, as well as explore other infectious diseases impacting our children (e.g., Mycoplasma pneumoniae, pertussis). The potential benefits of this research are significant, including supporting families and students in staying in school or returning to school sooner, which is crucial for students' learning and engagement.
Building on an established partnership between the Offord Centre for Child Studies at McMaster University and the 吃瓜黑料网, a collaborative applied research project was undertaken to understand whether and how educators' positionality may play a role in kindergarten assessment, such as the Early Development Instrument. This project was made possible by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Partnership Engagement Grant held by McMaster University.