Faculty Affiliation
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
Degree Programs
Curriculum and Pedagogy
MA, MEd, and PhD
- Emphases:
- Arts in Education;
- Critical Studies in Curriculum and Pedagogy;
- Digital Technologies in Education;
- Indigenous Education and Decolonization;
- Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT);
- Wellbeing
- Field (MEd only):
- Online Teaching and Learning
Language and Literacies Education
MA
MEd
- Field:
- Language Teaching
PhD
Teaching
MT
- Fields:
- Elementary Education;
- Secondary Education
Combined Degree Programs
- STG, English (Major), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- STG, History (Major), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- STG, Kinesiology, BKin / STG, Master of Teaching
- STG, Mathematics (Major), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- STG, Music Education (Stream), MusBac / STG, Master of Teaching
- STG, Psychology (Major), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- STG, Sociology (Major), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTM, Astronomical Sciences (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTM, Biological Chemistry (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTM, Biology for Health Sciences (Major), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTM, Biology (Major), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTM, Biology (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTM, Chemistry (Major), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTM, Chemistry (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTM, Comparative Physiology (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTM, Ecology and Evolution (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTM, Forensic Biology (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTM, Forensic Chemistry (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTM, French Studies (Major), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTM, French Studies (Specialist), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTM, Language Teaching and Learning: French and Italian (Specialist), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTM, Language Teaching and Learning: French (Major), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTM, Mathematical Sciences (Major), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTM, Mathematical Sciences (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTM, Molecular Biology (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTM, Physics (Major), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Biochemistry (Major), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Biochemistry (Major Co-op), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Biology (Major), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Chemistry (Major), Honours BSc / STG, MT
- UTSC, Chemistry (Major Co-op), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Chemistry (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Chemistry (Specialist Co-op), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Conservation and Biodiversity (Major), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Conservation and Biodiversity (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, English (Major), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, English (Major Co-op), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, English (Specialist), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, English (Specialist Co-op), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Environmental Chemistry (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Environmental Chemistry (Specialist Co-op), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Environmental Physics (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Environmental Physics (Specialist Co-op), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Evolutionary Anthropology (Major), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Evolutionary Anthropology (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, French (Major), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, French (Major Co-op), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, French (Specialist), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, French (Specialist Co-op), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Global Environmental Change (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Global Environmental Change (Specialist Co-op), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, History (Major), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, History (Specialist), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Human Biology (Major), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Human Biology (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Human Geography (Major), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Human Geography (Specialist), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Integrative Biology (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Mathematics (Major), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Mathematics (Major Co-op), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Mathematics (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Mathematics (Specialist Co-op), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Medicinal and Biological Chemistry (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Medicinal and Biological Chemistry (Specialist Co-op), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (Specialist Co-op), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Molecular Biology, Immunology and Disease (Major), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Music (Major), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Physical and Mathematical Sciences (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Physics and Astrophysics (Major), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Physics and Astrophysics (Specialist), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Plant Biology (Major), Honours BSc / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Socio-Cultural Anthropology (Major), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Socio-Cultural Anthropology (Specialist), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Sociology (Major), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Sociology (Specialist), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
- UTSC, Theatre and Performance (Major), Honours BA / STG, Master of Teaching
Collaborative Specializations
The following collaborative specializations are available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:
- Comparative, International and Development Education
- Curriculum and Pedagogy, MA, MEd, PhD
- Language and Literacies Education, MA, MEd, PhD (note: effective Fall 2026, students in the Language Teaching field within the MEd program are not eligible to participate in this collaborative specialization)
- Education, Francophonies and Diversity
- Curriculum and Pedagogy, MA, MEd, PhD
- Language and Literacies Education, MA, MEd, PhD (note: effective Fall 2026, students in the Language Teaching field within the MEd program are not eligible to participate in this collaborative specialization)
- Educational Policy (admissions have been administratively suspended)
- Curriculum and Pedagogy, MA, MEd, PhD
- Language and Literacies Education, MA, MEd, PhD
- Engineering Education
- Curriculum and Pedagogy, MA, PhD
- Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies
- Language and Literacies Education, MA, MEd, PhD
- Knowledge Media Design
- Curriculum and Pedagogy, MA, MEd, PhD
- Language and Literacies Education, MA, MEd, PhD
- Sexual Diversity Studies
- Curriculum and Pedagogy, MA, MEd, PhD
- Women and Gender Studies
- Curriculum and Pedagogy, MA, MEd, PhD
- Language and Literacies Education, MA, MEd, PhD
Overview
The Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning (CTL) is the largest of four departments at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). With a diverse community of tenured and tenure-stream faculty as well as lecturers, the department offers a wide range of graduate courses and programs relating to academic scholarship and professional practice. Faculty and students research, write, and teach about a wide variety of subjects concerning children, youth, and teachers, both in and out of schools.
The department offers graduate programs in three areas of study: 1) Curriculum & Pedagogy; 2) Language and Literacies Education; and 3) Teaching. These programs reflect a variety of scholarly interests and are closely linked with the department's strong research base.
Contact and Address
Admissions
Initial inquiries regarding admission to graduate studies in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning (CTL) 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, Room 8-225
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6
Canada
Program
Web: www.oise.utoronto.ca/ctl
Email: www.oise.utoronto.ca/ctl/contact
Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West, 11th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6
Canada
Graduate Faculty
Graduate faculty membership information will be coming soon.