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Dr. Robyn Ruttenberg-Rozen

Assistant Professor, STEAM Education,
Director, Ideas^s Lab
​ Ontario Tech University
In my research, I explore the tensions and possibilities of belonging and inclusion in STEAM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) learning environments for typically underserved,
linguistically and culturally diverse, and exceptional populations of learners and their teachers. I explore how STEM identities intersect with other identities, for example with gender, race, disability and ethnicity, and how agentic strategies can be nurtured to support belonging for marginalized people in STEM. At the centre of my research is the study of change, innovation, inclusion, and equity. Using an interdisciplinary approach, I focus on humanizing STEM learning and disrupting deficit perceptions that ‘other’ learners in STEM learning environments.

​​In 2020 I received the Ontario Tech Early Career Teaching Award. Currently I serve as co-newsletter editor for CMESG (Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group)​ and I am on the editorial board for the ​​Journal of Educational Informatics.
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AFFILIATES & RESEARCHERS

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Dr. Tapo Chimbganda
Executive Director and Founder, Future Black Female
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​Dr. Tapo Chimbganda is a licensed psychoanalyst, educator, and personal development and relationship coach, and writer.  She worked in higher education in Canada and England but her passion has always been strengthening individuals and families through comprehensive strategies that educate, empower, and enlighten people to meet their goals. Tapo has almost 20 years experience working for community and non-profit organisations, schools, healthcare providers, and in private practice. She has presented at conferences in Australia, Finland, Canada, and other parts of the world; and has been published on matters of mental health, education, the social family, and social justice.
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Dr. Suzanne de Castelle
Visiting Professor, UBC
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Suzanne de Castell is Professor Emerita in the Faculties of Education at Simon Fraser University and at Ontario Tech Univsersity, where she has held professorial, administrative and decanal roles. She has published books and articles on educational theory, literacies both traditional and digital, research technologies, educational equity, and digital games and learning. She is currently Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia.
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Dr. Rob Elkington
CEO, Global Leadership Initiatives
Assistant Professor, Trent University
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Rob has extensive experience working internationally on food security projects, HIV Aids reduction, poverty intervention, and education for disadvantaged and marginalized communities. Locally, Rob works with organizations such as  the Durham Youth in Policing Initiative, Durham Youth Services, Durham Victim Services, and disadvantaged schools in the Durham Region. Rob’s research focuses on the intersection of leadership and society by exploring topics such as Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership in Disadvantaged Contexts, and African Leadership expressed in themes such as Ubuntu, and Ukhama. Rob has published extensively in these areas.
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Rob currently serves as an Assistant Professor at Trent University
Master of Management program, and a Senior Lecturer with the Stellenbosch University School of Public Leadership.
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Dr. Marc Husband
Assistant Professor, St. Francis Xavier University
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Dr. Ami Mamolo
Associate Professor, Ontario Tech University
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​Ami’s research is in educational mathematics. Her work explores how to foster and elicit reasoning that can disrupt misguided and ingrained preconceptions about mathematics content, learning, and teaching.  Ami is especially interested in how creative and multi-modal approaches to math teaching and learning can be networked to encourage conceptual growth, meaningful engagement, and enjoyment with mathematics. Currently, Ami serves as co-chair of the Fields Institute Mathematics Education Forum, as well as Editorial Board member of the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, the Journal of Mathematical Behavior, and the Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education.
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Dr. Miroslav Lovric
Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics
McMaster University
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Dr. Helen Thouless
Lecturer, Mathematics Education
University College London

ADMIN

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Katelin Hynes
Creative Director, Research Manager
​M.A. Student

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Andrew DiVito
​Project Manager - eCampus Projects
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RESEARCH ASSISTANTS

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Sanya Cardoza

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Chantal Mckenzie

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Jennifer Muchmaker

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Jessica Latimer

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Kothai Gunaratnam

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Habiba Imam

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Jasmeet Dhaliwal


ALUMNI

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Brianne Brady

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Julianne Gerbrandt

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Neal Gupta

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Andrew Hum

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Sahana Mahendirarajah

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Dakota McIntyre

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Mary Seres

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