Carmel French, PhD
Children with Challenging Needs and Their Families. Assessment Issues and Measures. Early Intervention. Children’s Rights. Inclusive Education. Policy Development and Evaluation. Profile
Jonathon MeDrano, PhD
Historical and cultural dimensions of Indigenous health, specifically physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. His research contains an emic perspective and a lived understanding of specific beliefs and practices of both reservation and urban-based Native American communities. Profile
Jessie-Lee McIsaac, PhD
Early childhood development, health and well-being; School-based health promotion and healthy living; Social determinants of health, Early childhood and educational policy; Engaged scholarship and research collaborations; Qualitative and participatory research methods and knowledge mobilization. Profile
Christine McLean, PhD
Play and Play-based learning. Pedagogical Documentation. Reflective Practice and Professional Learning. Emerging Language and Literacy. Early Learning and Child Care Programming, Policy Development and Evaluation. Early Learning Frameworks. Child Care Advocacy. Profile
Fernando Nunes, PhD
Academic Underachievement. At-Risk Minority Youth. Immigrant Settlement and Integration Services. Critical Pedagogy. Participatory Research.lenging Needs and Their Families. Profile
Sarah Reddington, PhD
Inclusive education, capacity approaches to learning, children and youth’s rights and advocacy, differentiated curriculum, visual and arts-based methods, Universal Design for Learning, and critical approaches to child and youth study. Profile
Shane Theunissen, PhD
Cross-cultural education, community development, as well as teaching marginalized youth in alternative education contexts. Profile
Joan Turner, PhD
Child Life Professional Practice Issues. Professional Development. Children’s Concepts of Health and Illness. Effects of Illness and Hospitalization on Children and Families. Profile
Donna Varga, PhD
Cultural Ideas about Early Childhood Education. History and Philosophy of Early Childhood Education. Popular Culture for/about Childhood and Adolescence. Representations of Childhood in Children’s Stories. Animal-Human Interrelationships. Play in Childhood. Profile