OISE Alumni & Friends

Christina Caleca and Kristina Leis arrived early to class one day and an instant connection was made. The namesakes later joined our mentorship program to support each other and brought a deep passion for mentorship, education and social justice with them.

OISE's Ken McNeilly a gay father of two, says it's time Canada changed discriminatory laws that create barriers to starting a family including a tax credit that is still only available to straight parents and excludes the LGBTQ community. https://ipolitics.ca//income-tax-act-must-be-made-fair-to/

Dr. Normand Labrie has been appointed Interim Dean of OISE! A distinguished professor of sociolinguistics, Labrie steps into the position with over 17 years of public and university administration experience. We’re delighted for him! https://www.oise.utoronto.ca//Normand_Labrie_appointed_Int

OISE alum Dionne Brand, a Trinidad-born Canadian author and award-winning poet and novelist, has been recognized with the prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize an anonymously judged US literary award worth $165k USD. Brand was recognized in the fiction category. Her latest books include the poetry collection The Blue Clerk, which was a finalist for the 2018 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry, and the novel Theory, which won the 2019 Toronto Book Award. https://buff.ly/31UCU4m