Chair and Co-Chair Profiles
Paul R. Carr, Chair
Professor
Département des sciences de l'éducation
Université du Québec en Outaouais
CANADA
Gina Thésée, Co-Chair
Professor
Département de didactique
Université du Québec à Montréal
CANADA
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Research concerned with political sociology and social justice, with specific threads related to education for democracy, media literacy, peace studies, intercultural relations, and transformational change in education
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Editor of seventeen books, and the sole author of the award-winning Does your vote count? Critical pedagogy and democracy (Peter Lang, 2011), and co-author (with Gina Thésée) of “It’s not education that scares me, it’s the educators…”: Is there still hope for democracy in education, and education for democracy?, in addition to over a hundred peer-reviewed articles and book chapters
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Co-editor of four book series, and also has been and is an editor of several journals
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Co-founder and co-director of the Global Doing Democracy Research Project, founded in 2008 with Dr. David Zyngier (Monash University, Australia)
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Speaks English, French and Spanish, collaborates with colleagues internationally, and has won several awards for his academic achievements and leadership
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Principal Investigator of a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) grant entitled Democracy, Political Literacy and the Quest for Transformative Education, which has generated a broad range of articles, books and contributions to the field (2012/2013-2017/2018)
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Principal Investigator of a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) grant entitled Social Media, Citizen Participation and Education, which has developed a number of innovative methodologies, collaborations and outcomes (2017/2018-2022/2023)
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2014/2015: undertook several projects with the UNESCO International Teacher Task Force for Education For All in Paris
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Has provided expert testimony and reports in the field of anti-racism, and has published widely within that field
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Before entering academia, was a Senior Policy Advisor in the Ontario Ministry of Education, working on equity/social justice policies, programs and initiatives
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Research focuses on teacher education, transformative education, inclusive education, critical pedagogy, epistemology, interculturalism, environmental education, education for democracy, and science education
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Past Director (three years) of the Bachelor in Secondary Education program at UQAM
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Previous member (six years) of the Teacher-Education Programs Accreditation Committee (CAPFE), an advisory committee to the Quebec Ministry of Education, which reviews all teacher-education programs in the twelve universities of the province
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2006: laureate for the Montreal Black History Month, which honoured her for her work in the Black community
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Speaks English, French and Créole (and intermediate Spanish), collaborates with colleagues internationally, and has won several awards for his academic achievements and leadership
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Co-editor of three book series, and also has been and is an editor of several journals
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Co-Investigator of the Democracy, Political Literacy and Transformative Education research project; collaborated with Carr on numerous publications/projects.
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Co-Investigator on the Social Media, Citizen Participation and Education research project
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Since 2012, involved in UNESCO International Task Force on Teachers (TFT) for Education For All (EFA), with active participation in policy dialog fora in Cameroon, Namibia, Namibia, Congo (DRC), Morocco, Mexico and Cambodia
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Wrote a “Policy brief on inclusion and equity in teacher policies and practices” for the TTF in 2016
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Presenter at numerous civil society and educational sector events, conducting workings, training and providing expert advice
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Before becoming a university professor, was a secondary science teacher in Montreal for 13 years