Leadership, Higher and Adult Education

LHAE: Introduction

Faculty Affiliation

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)

Degree Programs

Adult Education and Community Development

MA, MEd, and PhD

Educational Leadership and Policy

MA, MEd, EdD, and PhD

  • Fields:
    • Educational Leadership and Policy;
    • International Educational Leadership and Policy (EdD only)
    • School Leadership in Diverse Contexts (MEd only)

Higher Education

MA

  • Field:
    • Higher Education

MEd

  • Fields:
    • Education in the Professions;
    • Higher Education;
    • Higher Education Leadership;
    • Student Development and Student Services in Higher Education

EdD

  • Field:
    • Higher Education

PhD

  • Field:
    • Higher Education

Collaborative Specializations

The following collaborative specializations are available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:

Overview

Scholars in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education (LHAE) are engaged in a range of theoretical and practical areas: primary, secondary, and higher education leadership and administration; adult education; policy and change; social diversity; and community engagement. LHAE develops and organizes collaborative specializations in support of particular research areas of interest including those in policy, international development education, and workplace learning. These collaborative specializations can be taken in conjunction with most OISE graduate programs.

Contact and Address

Admissions

Initial inquiries regarding admission to graduate studies in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education should be made directly to:

Web: www.oise.utoronto.ca/registrar-students
Email: admissions.oise@utoronto.ca
Tel: (416) 978-4300
Fax: (416) 323-9964

Registrar’s Office and Student Experience
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West, Rm. 8-225
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6
Canada

Programs

Web: www.oise.utoronto.ca/lhae
Email: lhae.admissions@utoronto.ca
Tel: (Admissions and Programs): (416) 978-0729

Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West, 6th and 7th Floors
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6
Canada

LHAE: Graduate Faculty

Full Members

Bakan, Abigail - BA, MA, PhD
Bascia, Nina - PhD
Bisaillon, Laura - BA, MA, PhD
Boler, Megan - BA, PhD
Buckner, Elizabeth - BA, MA, PhD
Campbell, Carol - BA, PhD
Childs, Ruth - BS, MA, PhD
Chmielewski, Anna Katyn - BA, MA, PhD
Davies, Scott - BA, MA, PhD
Dhuey, Elizabeth Ann - BA, MEc, PhD
Diaz Rios, Claudia Milena - BA, MA, PhD
Flessa, Joseph - BA, MA, PhD
Georgis, Dina - PhD
Hayhoe, Ruth - BA, MA, PhD
Hildyard, Angela - BSc, MA, PhD
Janzen, Katharine - BS, BN, MEd, EdD
Jones, Glen - BA, BEd, MEd, PhD
Kuk, Hye-Su - BA, MA, PhD
Lavigne, Eric - BE, MEd, PhD
Lopez, Ann - BA, BE, MEd, PhD
Magnusson, Jamie-Lynn - BA, MA, PhD
McCready, Lance - BA, MA, PhD
Menashy, Francine - BA, BEd, MEd, PhD
Mirchandani, Kiran - BA, MPH, PhD
Mojab, Shahrzad - BA, MEd, EdD
Mundy, Karen - BA, MA, PhD
Sá, Creso - BA, MA, DPhil
Sawchuk, Peter - BSc, BEd, MA, PhD
Slotta, James - BS, MPsy, PhD
Vieta, Marcelo A. - BA, MA, PhD
Waterman, Stephanie - BA, MA, PhD
Wheelahan, Leesa - BA, MA, PhD
Zuker, Marvin - BA, LLB, MEd

Members Emeriti

Gaskell, Jane - BA, EdD
Joshee, Reva - BLitt, MA, PhD
Lang, Daniel - BA, MAT, PhD
Miles, Angela - BA, MA, PhD
Muzzin, Linda - BA, MA, MPsy, PhD
Ryan, James - BEd, MEd, PhD

Associate Members

Acton, Karen - BSc, MSc, DPhil
Blaauw-Hara, Mark - BA, MA, PhD
Bowen, Tracey - BFA, MEd, PhD
Drinkwater, Mary - BA, BEd, MPA, PhD
Entigar, Katherine - BA, MA, PhD
Evans-Tokaryk, Tyler - PhD
Gingras, Jacqui - PhD
Knight, Jane - PhD
Manion, Caroline - BA, MA, PhD
Moodie, Gavin - PhD
Mosher, Janet - LLB
Pan, Julia - BA, MEd, PhD
Parzen, Maurine - BNSc, MS, PhD
Pinto, Laura Elizabeth - BEd, BCom, MEd, PhD
Rawle, Fiona - PhD
Restoule, Jean-Paul - BA, MA, DPhil
Scully-Stewart, Coleen - BA, MEd, PhD
Sharratt, Lyn - BA, MEd, EdD
Stickel, Micah - BASc, MASc, PhD
Sumner, Jennifer - BA, PhD
Williams, Andrea - MA, PhD

LHAE: Adult Education and Community Development MA, MEd, PhD Courses

Not all courses are offered every year. Please review the course schedule on the Registrar’s Office and Student Experience website.

Course CodeCourse Title
Introduction to Adult Education
Program Planning in Adult Education
Introduction to Community Development
Introduction to Research Methods in Adult Education (RM)
Introduction to Qualitative Research: Part I (RM)
Introduction to Qualitative Research: Part II (RM)
LHA1107HDeveloping and Leading High Performing Teams: Theory and Practice
Adult Learning
Challenging Systems of Power and Oppression through Creative Approaches
Approaches to Teaching Adults
Working with Survivors of Trauma
Gender and Race at Work
Commons, Community and Social Justice
LHA1115HLearning for the Global Economy
Creating a Learning Organization
LHA1120HProfessions, Learning, and Work
Practicum in Adult Education and Community Development
Young Adulthood in Crisis: Learning, Transitions, and Activism
Introduction to Feminist Perspectives on Society and Education
Queer Interventions: Tools for Community Organizing
LHA1145HParticipatory Research in the Community and the Workplace (RM)
Women, War, and Learning
Migration, Resettlement, and Learning
Introduction to Workplace, Organizational, and Economic Democracy
Precarity and Dispossession: Urban Poverty and Rebel Cities
Critical Perspectives on Organizational Change
Individual Reading and Research in Adult Education: Master’s Level
Indigenous Worldviews: Implications for Education
Embodied Learning and Alternative Approaches to Community Wellness
Nonprofits, Co-operatives, and the Social Economy: An Overview
Master’s Research Seminar
Indigenous Knowledge: Implications for Education
Community Healing and Peacebuilding
Adult Education for Sustainability
Cyberliteracy and Adult Education
Technology @Work: The Internet in Workplace Learning and Change
Walking Together, Talking Together: The Praxis of Reconciliation
The Pedagogy of Food
Doctoral Thesis Seminar
Individual Reading and Research in Adult Education: Doctoral Level
LHA3182HParticipatory Democracy, Activism, and Citizenship Learning
Introduction to Institutional Ethnography (RM)
Indigenous Research Methodologies (RM)
LHA5100H to LHA5120HSpecial Topics in Adult Education and Community Development: Master’s Level
LHA6100H to LHA6110HSpecial Topics in Adult Education and Community Development: Doctoral Level
Introduction to Comparative, International, and Development Education
Practicum in Comparative, International, and Development Education
CIE1006HTransnational Perspectives on Democracy, Human Rights, and Democratic Education in an Era of Globalization
CIE6000HSpecial Topics in Comparative, International, and Development Education
WPL1131HIntroduction to Workplace Learning and Social Change
WPL3930HPractitioner Communities in Workplace Learning
Advanced Studies in Workplace Learning and Social Change

Interprogram Courses

The following course is accepted for credit in the Adult Education and Community Development program and will satisfy the program’s requirement. For descriptions, see the relevant programs.

Course CodeCourse Title
Indigenous Knowledge and Decolonization: Pedagogical Implications

LHAE: Educational Leadership and Policy MA, MEd, EdD, PhD Courses

Not all courses are offered every year. Please review the course schedule on the Registrar’s Office and Student Experience website.

Some sections of existing courses are offered off campus and online in order to make them available to students in localities far from Toronto.

Course CodeCourse Title
EDP3045HEducational Policy Analysis
EDP3145HMethodological Approaches for Researching Education Policy (RM)
JOI3043HDevelopment and Use of Surveys in Education Research (RM)
JOI3048HIntermediate Statistics in Educational Research: Multiple Regression Analysis (RM)
JOI3049HMultilevel and Longitudinal Modelling in Educational Research (RM)
JOI3050HQuantitative Research Practicum (RM)
Designing Master's Research Proposals
Research Literacy in Educational Leadership and Policy
LHA1006HIntroduction to Statistics for Educational Research (RM)
Organizational Culture and Decision Making
LHA1013HDeveloping and Organizing People in Education
School Program Development and Implementation
Political Skill in the Education Arena
Diversity and the Ethics of Educational Leadership and Policy
Teachers and Educational Change
The Legal Context of Education
LHA1035HSociology of Education
Introduction to Educational Leadership and Policy: Policy, Leadership, Change, and Diversity
Social and Policy Contexts of Schooling
Educational Leadership and Diversity
LHA1043HDecolonizing and Antiracist Approaches to Educational Leadership
Managing Changes in Classroom Practice
Educational Leadership and School Improvement
Themes and Issues in Policy, Leadership, Change, and Social Diversity
Individual Reading and Research in Educational Leadership and Policy: Master’s Level
School Leadership Seminar 1
School Leadership Seminar 2
Global Educational Equity and Quantitative Policy Research
LHA1066HComparative and International Perspectives on Gender and Education Policy and Practice
LHA1067HComparative Politics of Education Policy
LHA1070HInternship in Educational Leadership and Policy
Major Research Paper
LHA3003HDesigning Research Proposals in Educational Leadership and Policy
LHA3004HResearch Literacy for the EdD Program
LHA3005HIntroduction to Research Methods for the EdD (RM)
LHA3006HData Analysis for the Education Doctorate (RM)
LHA3007HReviewing the Literature
LHA3008HProfessional Seminar and Dissertation Workshop in International Educational Leadership and Policy
Advanced Legal Issues in Education
People and Power in Organizations
Doctoral Seminar on Policy Issues in Education
Field Research in Educational Leadership and Policy (RM)
Internship/Practicum in Educational Leadership and Policy
Research Seminar on Leadership and Educational Change
Individual Reading and Research in Educational Leadership and Policy: Doctoral Level
LHA3055HDemocratic Values, Student Engagement, and Democratic Leadership
LHA3064HGlobal Governance and Educational Change: the Politics of International Cooperation in Education
LHA5000H to LHA5020HSpecial Topics in Educational Leadership and Policy: Master's Level
LHA6000H to LHA6021HSpecial Topics in Educational Leadership and Policy: Doctoral Level

Interprogram Courses

The following course is accepted for credit in the Educational Leadership and Policy program and will satisfy that program’s requirement. For a description, see the relevant program.

Course CodeCourse Title
LHA1815HEconomics and Finance of Higher Education

LHAE: Higher Education MA, MEd, EdD, PhD Courses

Not all courses are offered every year. Please review the course schedule on the Registrar’s Office and Student Experience website.

Course CodeCourse Title
Recurring Issues in Postsecondary Education
LHA1804HIssues in Medical/Health Professional Education
The College Sector
Systems of Higher Education
System-Wide Planning and Policy for Higher Education
Administration of Colleges and Universities
LHA1811HOrganizational Change in Higher Education
Education and the Professions
LHA1814HLifelong Learning and Professional and Vocational Education
Economics and Finance of Higher Education
LHA1816HSociology of Higher Education
LHA1818HPolitics of Higher Education
LHA1819HGovernance in Higher Education
LHA1822HTeaching and Learning in Higher Education
LHA1823HScholarship of Teaching and Learning
Comparative Education Theory and Methodology (RM)
Comparative Higher Education
Evaluation in Higher Education (RM)
Qualitative Research in Higher Education (RM)
LHA1835HLogics and Strategies of Case Study Research (RM)
Critical Analysis of Research in Higher Education (RM)
The Student Experience in Postsecondary Education
LHA1845HIndigenous Students in Higher Education
Internationalization of Higher Education in a Comparative Perspective
LHA1847HHuman Resource and Diversity Issues in Higher Education
Innovative Curricula in Higher Education and Professional Programs
LHA1849HFaculty in Colleges and Universities
Individual Reading and Research in Higher Education: Master’s Level
Introduction to Student Services
Student Development Theory
LHA1855HCapstone in Student Development and Student Services
Advanced Student Development Theories in Higher Education
LHA1858HInternship in Student Services 1
LHA1859HInternship in Student Services 2
LHA1860HCapstone Project for Higher Education Leadership Cohort Option
LHA3803HDoctoral Seminar: Recurring Issues in Postsecondary Education
LHA3804HDoctoral Research Seminar in Higher Education
International Academic Relations
Individual Reading and Research in Higher Education: Doctoral Level
LHA5800H to LHA5825HSpecial Topics in Higher Education: Master's Level
LHA6800H to LHA6810HSpecial Topics in Higher Education: Doctoral Level

Interprogram Courses

The following course is accepted for credit in the Higher Education program and will satisfy that program’s requirement. For a description, see the relevant program.

Course CodeCourse Title
SJE2941HBourdieu: Theory of Practice in Social Sciences