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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations to Dr. Samantha Burns, one of our former graduate students, who recently started a wonderful new role as Assistant Professor at the University of Guelph.

We wish you all the best!

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · 8d

And in the second, Dr. Dhuey is explaining the "motherhood penalty" that women can experience after having children and how work from home policies can help change career trajectories: www.hrreporter.com/focus-areas/...

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Work from home and the motherhood penalty: what new research says

Research sheds light on how work from home policies shape mothers’ careers: ‘It follows you for the rest of your life’, academic says

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · 8d

Here's our director, @bdhuey.bsky.social, featured in two media articles! The first deals with middle schools in Ontario and their effect on student achievement: www.thestar.com/news/ontario...

Are Ontario’s middle schools hurting student achievement? A new report says yes — but that’s not the whole story

C.D. Howe Institute study says students who switch to middle schools in Grade 6 score “significantly worse” on standardized tests, reigniting debate.

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Linda A. White @lindawhite.bsky.social · 27d

Congratulations to @sborwein.bsky.social, lead author on this article now on first view @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social. With @bdhuey.bsky.social Jim Farney. @equityed.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Income Inequality and Parent Education Spending in Canada | Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique | Cambridge Core

Income Inequality and Parent Education Spending in Canada

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · 26d

You can also find the link to it on our website! equityeducation.ca/income-inequ...

Income Inequality and Parent Education Spending in Canada - Equity Education Canada

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Linda A. White @lindawhite.bsky.social · Aug 7

Excited to announce that this article with Adrienne Davidson and Jenna Quelch is online. We examine child care government regulatory frameworks and institutional business power in Australia, Canada, and Germany @rcwpolicies.bsky.social @equityed.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · Aug 6

Creativity is a significant focus for our teams! Here's an article analyzing 50 years of creativity research in ECEC - congrats to our authors!
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Enhancing Children’s Creativity in Early Childhood Education and Care: A Systematic Review and Multivariate Meta-Analysis of Studies Between 1969 and 2019 - Equity Education Canada

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · Aug 5

Congratulations to our team on another published article! This one explores how policies about "future skills" are being made in Canada. See the article via our website: equityeducation.ca/selective-ad...

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Selective Adoption or Comprehensive Learning? Domestic Policy Makers’ Use of International Organization and Global Management Consulting Firm Advice in Future Skills Policy Making in Canada - Equity E...

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · Jul 28

Over on our LinkedIn page, we're piloting a new Research-in-Progress article series. You can check it out here!

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Whose School System? Rethinking Immigration and Education Policy in Ontario

How one of our research teams, led by Dr. Phil Triadafilopoulos, is examining Ontario’s evolving response to the educational needs of immigrant and second-generation pupils How is education policy res...

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Linda A. White @lindawhite.bsky.social · Jul 26

Delighted this article is now in first view @equityed.bsky.social @bdhuey.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Enhancing Children’s Creativity in Early Childhood Education and Care: A Systematic Review and Multivariate Meta-Analysis of Studies Between 1969 and 2019 - Early Childhood Education Journal

This study integrates evidence on the effectiveness of interventions within early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings that aimed to promote the development of creativity in young children, fr...

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · Jul 23

Parents often feel the need for affordable, quality childcare in the summer more than ever! Here's a recent study from our team about parental experiences with Canada's childcare policy - CWELCC.

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“It is almost impossible to get a spot when you need it”: Understanding parental knowledge and experiences of Canada’s new child care policy - Equity Education Canada

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · Jul 21

Here's an article about outdoor ed in ECEC from our team -perfect on this summer Monday when so many educators are leading explorations outside! Congrats to the team!

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Assessing Educator Responsivity in Outdoor Early Childhood Education and Care Settings - Equity Education Canada

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · Jul 7

New week, new publication! This one explores best practices in teaching science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activities in ECEC settings. See our website for more: equityeducation.ca/teaching-pro...

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · Jul 3

And, last year, we interviewed Salar about this project - here's his Research Chat with us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-fZ...

Research Chat with Salar Asadolahi

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · Jul 3

It's also available on our website: equityeducation.ca/variation-al...

Variation All the Way Down: Charting the Subnational Trajectories of School Choice Policy across and within Multicultural Democracies - Equity Education Canada

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · Jul 3

Double new article day! Here's another from our team, analyzing school choice in Australia, Canada, Germany, and the UK. Congratulations to Salar, et al!

Here's the article: academic.oup.com/publius/adva...

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Variation All the Way Down: Charting the Subnational Trajectories of School Choice Policy across and within Multicultural Democracies

Abstract. The expansion of choice within and outside the public education system has become a defining characteristic of countries across the Western world

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · Jul 3

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · Jul 3

Congrats to our team on the publication of a new paper in 'Public Administration Review'! This explores the relationship between ECEC regulations and parent reviews in the US. You can read the abstract and find the full link to the paper on our website: equityeducation.ca/are-citizens...

Are Citizens Responsive to the Regulatory State? The Effect of Regulation on Evaluations of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) - Equity Education Canada

Public service delivery has increasingly involved mixed markets, with for-profit, not-for-profit, and government-delivered programs. In such contexts, regulation can protect the public interest by enh...

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Linda A. White @lindawhite.bsky.social · Jul 2

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Our article is now at @pareview.bsky.social. We scraped parents’ Google reviews and then used a regression discontinuity design to test the impact of state regulatory systems on parent reviews of their child care @bdhuey.bsky.social @equityed.bsky.social

<em>Public Administration Review</em> | ASPA Journal | Wiley Online Library

Public service delivery has increasingly involved mixed markets, with for-profit, not-for-profit, and government-delivered programs. In such contexts, regulation can protect the public interest by en...

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · Jun 10

Congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Dhuey on this wonderful award from the Canadian Women Economists Committee!

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#utsc #uoft #experiencetolead | Management at U of T Scarborough (UTSC)

Congratulations to University of Toronto Scarborough Economics Professor Elizabeth Dhuey, recipient of the Sylvia Ostry Service Award from the Canadian Women Economists Committee (CWEC). Given biannu...

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · May 12

Here's a commentary written by one of our expert co-directors, commenting on the state of education funding in America: www.brookings.edu/articles/tru...

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Trump administration weighs future of special education oversight and funding

Project 2025 proposes major changes to federal special education funding, raising questions about oversight and equity.

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · Apr 23

Congratulations to our directors, part of a team that have received one of the 2025 Catalyst and Synthesis Grants from the SDG office at U of T! Read more here: sdg.utoronto.ca/research-the...

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · Apr 16

Congratulations to Samantha Burns, winner of a student leadership at OISE for 2025! What a wonderful honor for a great researcher!

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#ece #education

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Educators, researchers, student leaders: Meet OISE’s student leadership award winners for 2025 | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Samantha Burns, Zian Zhang, Ghazal Malik, and Si Jia Wu were named the OISE-based winners of the University of Toronto Student Leadership Award in 2025.

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · Apr 15

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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · Apr 10

Here's a link to the paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

tscluster: A python package for the optimal temporal clustering framework - Jolomi Tosanwumi, Jiazhou Liang, Daniel Silver, Ethan Fosse, Scott Sanner, 2024

Temporal clustering extends the conventional task of data clustering by grouping time series data according to shared temporal trends across sociospatial units,...

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