The UM Faculty of Education is the only U15, research-intensive faculty of education in the province of Manitoba, and a leader in teacher education and educational research. Research in the Faculty of Education is focused on issues related to curriculum, teacher education, higher education and educational administration, and works to advance issues of equity, inclusion, social justice, and reconciliation. Our faculty's research activities are supported by a wide range of external funders, including Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Research Manitoba, the Spencer Foundation, and Mitacs, and our faculty members collaborate with researchers from across Canada and around the world, in addition to a range of public, private, and not-for-profit organizations in Manitoba and beyond. We welcome community partnerships, graduate students, post-doctoral students, visiting scholars, and visiting students.
Learn more about our faculty members and their current research on the Academic and Support Staff page.
Featured Research
Events
Research Chairs
The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program is a federal initiative aimed at attracting and retaining some of the world's most accomplished and promising minds who aim to achieve research excellence in their field. The UM Faculty of Education is proud to host Tier 2 CRC's.
Policy Briefs
Research in the Faculty of Education is driven by a commitment to improving educational systems and outcomes through evidence-informed policy and practice. Explore a selection of recent research and policy briefs from our scholars below.
School Principles and Managing their Emotions: What Works? – Dr. Cameron Hauseman
Graduate Research
The UM Faculty of Education has nearly 400 Masters of Education students and 60 PhD in Education students enrolled each year. Our students' research projects reflect the cutting edge of education research in Manitoba and Canada. You can learn more about our graduate students' recently completed research projects below.
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Matthew McCorquodale-Bauer, M.Ed.
Interrogating mainstream news media’s re-presentation of the ‘Parental Rights’ movement: neoliberal influences and the imposed moral panic of gender
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Christine Rigey, M.Ed.
Desire lines: mapping well-being and ecological care through life writing practices
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Michael Osei-Owuso, M.Ed.
A case study of teachers’ perspectives on middle school students’ misconceptions and myths in learning mathematics in Ghana
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Vindra Dinanathsingh-Jain, M.Ed.
Writing, teaching, healing, becoming: poetic inquiry as praxis
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Angela Voutier, Ph.D.
Developing inclusive schools: school leaders' perspectives on policy to practice
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Katya Ferguson, Ph.D.
Down to earth: an arts-based Matryoshka of critical place inquiries in Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Jordan Laidlaw, Ph.D.
Critical teacher leadership as transformative professionalism: Inquiry and (inter)action via a methodological bricolage
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Grace O’Hanlon Ph.D.
Critical literacies and diverse epistemologies in librarian teaching
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