Research laboratories, networks and centres
Research laboratories
Brain and Behaviour Laboratory
Led by Tracy Vaillancourt, the Brain and Behaviour Laboratory's main research looks at the lifelong link between brain function and behaviour, with an emphasis on emotional self-regulation, aggression, peer-victimization and mental health outcomes.
CHENINE Collaboratory
Under the leadership of Andrew Hargeaves and Trista Hollweck, the Change, Engagement and Innovation in Education: A Canadian Collaboratory (CHENINE) is a national, interdisciplinary Canadian Centre with global impact and reach, conceived to create and to coordinate technological, pedagogical, curriculum and research infrastructure. The Centre supports and fosters innovative and engaging learning for all students irrespective of their context or circumstances. CHENINE is a public resource for educators and educational leaders in all provinces and territories at all levels and is an intellectually independent and transparent university-based entity.
edstudiO
Directed by Michelle Schira Hagerman, the edstudiO is a multidimensional research, teaching, and community space. Access to programs and new technologies in the edstudiO advance our strategic priorities in preparing the next generation of teachers and educational researchers to use a range of digital and physical tools in their practice. The edstudiO has four purpose-built activity zones for making and tinkering, digital gaming, digital media production and collaboration.
Networks
Canadian Playful Schools Network (CPSN)
The Canadian Playful Schools Network (CPSN) is a network of publicly-funded schools from across Canada that leverage learning through play to improve engagement and well-being for traditionally marginalised students in grades four to eight, led by Andrew Hargreaves and Trista Hollweck.
Chantiers d'actions et de recherches pour des Ffrancophonies inclusives (CARFfI)
The network Chantiers d'actions et de recherches pour des Ffrancophonies inclusives (CARFfI), led by Phyllis Dalley, focuses on the co-construction of local, regional and provincial Francophonies as well as the federal Francophonie (and therefore Ffrancophonies) that are ever more inclusive, for and through French-language education.
EvalCap
The research work of EvalCap, directed by Isabelle Bourgeois, seeks to better understand the individual and organizational factors that influence the production and use of quality evaluations.
EngFemmes: Rethinking the Faces and Spaces of Engineering
EngFemmes, led by Donatille Mujawamariya, highlights the role and contribution of female engineers in research and technological innovation, and on women’s issues.
L'Observatoire sur l’éducation en contexte linguistique minoritaire (OÉCLM)
The Observatoire sur l’éducation en contexte linguistique minoritaire (OÉCLM) is an initiative directed by Nathalie Bélanger, in collaboration with the Collège des chaires de recherche sur le monde francophone at the University of Ottawa. The goal of the OÉCLM is to mobilize knowledge and to share relevant and emerging research which can inform practitioners and improve educational practices in schools.
Centres
Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services (CRECS)
The Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services (CRECS) collaborates in research, evaluation, and training with organizations in the educational, social service, and health sectors to improve social programs and policies for citizens, especially those facing social exclusion.