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CURRICULUM VITAE
Date of document preparation: December 2009
A. Name: GRACE FEUERVERGER
Rank: Professor, Tenured
Citizenship: Canadian
Languages: English, French, Italian, Yiddish, some Hebrew, Polish, German
Address:
Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6
CANADA
Tel.: (416) 978-0229
Email: [email protected]
B. Degrees/Certification
Ph.D. University of Toronto (Graduate Department of Education), 1983 - 1986.
Visiting Graduate Research Student, Melton Centre for Jewish Education in the Diaspora,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Mount Scopus Campus), 1983-1984.
M.A. University of Toronto Graduate Department of Education (O.I.S.E.), (Applied
Linguistics), 1979-1983.
P.D.A.D. (Professional Diploma after Degree), University of Alberta, (Education), 1972-1973.
Diploma Corso Medio (Lingua e Letteratura Italiana), Universita Per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy,
Spring & Summer 1969.
B.A. McGill University, (Joint Honours French and Italian Studies), 1967-1971.
C. Employment History
July 08 – Promotion to Full Professor
July 97 – June 08 Associate Professor, The Centre for Teacher Development, (Department
of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning), The Ontario Institute for
Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
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Tenure and promotion to Associate Professor was officially granted
July 1997.
Sept. 91 - June 97 Assistant Professor, The Joint Centre for Teacher Development,
(Department of Curriculum), The Ontario Institute for Studies in
Education.
Appointment to the Graduate Faculty in School of Graduate
Studies University of Toronto, as Associate Member.
(Effective July 1, 1992 – Present).
Jan. 2003- Visiting Scholar
July 2003 School of Education
University of California at Berkeley
Jan. 1999- Visiting Scholar
July 1999 School of Education
University of California at Berkeley
Jan. 1996- Visiting Scholar
July 1996 School of Education
University of California at Berkeley
Dec. 1995 – Appointment to the Graduate Faculty in the School of Graduate Studies,
University of Toronto as Full Member.
Jan. 1990 - Senior Research Officer, Modern Language Centre, Ontario Institute
Aug.1991 for Studies in Education.
1988-1989 Part-time Instructor (3130Y Comparative Education), Department of
History, Philosophy and Sociology of Education, Faculty of Education,
University of Toronto.
1987-1989 Visiting Scholar, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History and
Philosophy (Multicultural Studies), Ontario Institute for Studies in
Education.
1974 - 1979 Extended French and French Immersion Teacher, North York Board
of Education
1973 - 1974 French and Language Arts Specialist, Edmonton Public School Board.
1970 - 1971 Translator, English-French, French-English (part-time) McGill
University, McLennan Library.
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D. Awards, Honours, Special Memberships
“Fangenes Testamente” (The Prisoner’s Testament) Peace Award in Risor, Norway on
June 20, 2009 for contribution to peace making processes and to conflict resolution by the
HumanDHS group. (Group Award)
Promotion to Full Professor July 2008
Invitation to become a member of 1000 Women for Peace: Peace Women Across the
Globe Partnership Project. (This organization was nominated for the 2005 and 2007
Nobel Peace Prize.) 2007-
Swiss Association of Applied Psychology Award for research and dissemination work
on trauma and conflict resolution in the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies
(Columbia University), October 2006. (Group Award).
Invitation to a private luncheon at Massey College in honour of HRH Prince Firas bin
Raad of Jordan in order to present my book "Oasis of Dreams: Teaching and Learning
Peace in a Jewish-Palestinian Village in Israel " to him on April 24, 2002. I participated
in "The University of Toronto and the CISEPO Visiting Professors for Peace Program"
Roundtable Discussion with HRH; Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of
Medicine and the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto.
AERA (American Education Research Association) Division B Book Recognition
("Outstanding Book in Curriculum") in April 2002 for the book Oasis of Dreams:
Teaching and Learning Peace in a Jewish-Palestinian Village in Israel , 2001).
Individual Member of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO. (Formal invitation
by the Secretary-General.) April 2002. The mandate is to help build peace through
cooperation among the peoples of the world in the fields of education, natural and social
sciences, culture, communication and information.
Invitation by the “People to People Ambassador Programs” to join a delegation of
professionals to visit South Africa in August 2000 to study primary, secondary and
university teaching of English language, literature, writing, and teacher preparation. April
28, 2000, The goal of “People to People” is to promote international understanding and
co-operation, and it was founded in 1956 by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower within
the context of international peace initiatives.
My article Oasis of Peace: A Community of Moral Education in Israel published in the
Journal of Moral Education, Vol.24, No. 2 in May 1995 was considered for the Charles
De Benedetti Prize in Peace History (Washington, D.C.) in September 1997. They
deemed this article to fit their category of an “exemplary response of an individual to
peace and war issues”.
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Multiculturalism Studies Fellowship, Secretary of State.
1989-1990.
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
1987-89.
Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
1983-1986.
Ontario Graduate Scholarship. 1981-1982.
Graduate Assistantships, University of Toronto (OISE). 1979-1983.
Alessandro Farace Italian Embassy Tuition Scholarship, McGill, 1969-1970.
McGill University Scholarship, 1967-1969, 1970-1971.
Italian Government Scholarship to Study at the Universita Per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy.
(Awarded in 1969 for outstanding accomplishment in Italian Studies at McGill
University.)
E. Supervision and Teaching
Number of Thesis Supervisorships and Thesis Committee Memberships
Supervisorships (not up-to-date)
Completed In Progress Total
Doctoral 3 6 9
M.A. 15 2 17
QRP 12 1 13
MRP 42 42
Thesis Committee Memberships
Completed In Progress Total
Doctoral 35 12 47
M.A. 7 7
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Reader/QRP]
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Courses
CTL1010 Children‟s Literature in a Multicultural Context
CTL1031 Language, Culture and Identity: Using the Literary Text
CTL1033 Multicultural Perspectives in Teacher Development
EDU3508 School and Society
Supervisor: Doctoral Dissertations
Update:
Coretta Sampson
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Lorna Muir
Chyleen Shih
Alain Koo, CTL. Ed.D. Attitudes of Kindergarten Teachers towards ESL in Hong Kong
Schools (in progress),
Patricia Robinson, CTL. Ed.D. In-Between Places: Exploring the Personal Practical
Knowledge of Experienced ESL Teachers of Adults (in progress).
Joan O’Callaghan, CTL. Ed.D. (Co-supervisor) (in progress).
Finney Cherian, CTL. Ph.D. "Student Teachers and Their Journey: A Reflexive
Ethnography". (completed: Senate Final Oral, Jan. 16, 2003).
Gina Valle, CTL. Ph.D. Transcending Difference: A Research Inquiry into Multicultural
Teacher Education (completed: Senate Final Oral; Nov. 30, 2001).
Manju Varma, CTL. Ph.D. Multicultural Children's Literature as a Vehicle for the
Development of Citizenship in a Pluralistic Society (completed: Senate Final Oral; Sept 7,
2000.)
Supervisor: Master of Arts (M.A.) Theses
Update:
Agra Baroti-Gheorghe
Melissa Mikel
Tiffany Bartlett
Evelyn Paris, CTL. Teaching From Compassion: Student-Teacher Relationships in a
Canadian Urban High School (September 2008)
Emily Antflick, CTL, Milk and Honey in the Snow: Teaching and Learning Israel in a
Jewish High School in Toronto (September 2007)
Diana Prentice-Campo, CTL. Global Citizenship in Canadian Curriculum (September
2005)
Miwa Tonami, CTL. Heritage Language Development: A Reflexive Ethnography of
Second-Generation Japanese-Canadian Students (September 2005).
Coretta Sampson, CTL. Black Voices, Black Souls: Black Music as a Means of Voice,
Resistance, and Social Transformation in Education (September 2004).
Naoko McQueen, CTL. Racially and/or Culturally Mixed Individuals : How does
Education Influence the Cultural Identity of These Individuals and Conversely How does
their Cultural Identity Influence their Schooling? (September 2002).
Melissa Abramovitz, CTL. Peacebuilding for Citizenship Education: A Case Study
Analysis.(September 2002)
Rosalin Krieger, Sociology and Equity Studies. Strategies of Survival: Meditations on a
Jewish Subjectivity (January 2000).
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Janet Hicks, An Analysis of Don DeLillo‟s Powerful Imaginings: The Atmosphere of the
Individual Implicated in the Postmodern Condition (September 1999).
Suparna Nirdosh, Curriculum. Refugees and Minority Status in Schools (September
1998).
Shoshi Fogelman, Curriculum. Language Culture and Identity in the Israeli Context
(1995).
Yuko Ohno, A Collaborative Research Study of the Interrelationships between
Teachers, Parents and Students at a Japanese Supplementary School in Toronto. Yuko
Ohno, Curriculum (1994).
Aoi Okuno, Ethnic Identity and Language Maintenance of Third Generation Japanese-
Canadian Students, Sociology ( 1993).
Supervisor of Qualifying Research Papers (QRP)
Thursica Kovinthan, HDAP. Meeting the Needs of Refugee Children in Toronto (in
progress)
Mrinal Debnath Emerging from the Shadow or Plunging into Darkness: Renegotiating
Identity of immigrant Women from Bangladesh (completed September 2002)
Anthony Bellissimo, CTL. Pedagogical Considerations in Anti-Racist Education: A
Personal Narrative (2000)
Sara Promislow, CTL. In Search of a Lost „Button‟: Language Loss and Identity
Formation in Minority Education (completed September 2000)
Robert Shields, CTL. Issues of Culture and Identity: A Comparative Canadian Study in
Education (1999)
Michal Gorodischer, Curriculum. Second Language Learning in Multicultural Contexts
(1999).
Finney Cherian, CTL. "We Are What We Read". Multicultural Literature: A Social
Mirror Reflecting Individual and Group Identity (1998).
Teresa Carolan, Curriculum. Personal and Professional Issues in French Language
Teaching (1997).
Pina Marchese, JCTD. Cultivating a Calabrian Culture: Stories of Women (1995).
Gina Valle, Curriculum. Integration of Comprehensive Multicultural Perspectives in
Pre-Service Teacher Education Programs (1994).
Nuzhat Amin, Curriculum. Minority Women Teachers' Experience on Ownership of
English (1994).
Valerie M. Smith, JCTD (Curriculum), A Case for Mentoring for Beginning Nursing
Teachers (1992).
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Supervisor: Masters Research Paper (MRP)
Umesh Jain, CTL. Movies and Psychopathology and their Application to ADHD:
Determining their Educational Utility (2007).
Rejeanne Puran, CTL. A Look at Multicultural Education/Curriculum and Its
Implications (2007).
Esther Chang, CTL. A Cross-Age Tutoring Pilot Project (2006).
Joanne Saragosa, CTL. First Language Bilingual Books: An Effective Literacy Tool in
the International Languages Program (2006).
Lucia Travelho-Cruz, CTL. Looking through the Lens of Teaching and Education in a
Multicultural Society (2006).
Renee Cohen, CTL. Encouraging the Child‟s Impulse to Creativity: Creating Empowered
Artists and Architects through a Hands-On Arts-Based Curriculum Design (2006).
Michelle Fellin, CTL. Multicultural Education in Monocultural Settings: My Past,
Present and Future Challenges in Education (2006).
Chiara Mondelli, CTL. Raising the Musical Bar: One Music Educator‟s Mission (2005).
Ying Lin, CTL. Toward a Discovery of Self: A Chinese Woman Immigrant‟s Narrative
Study of Her Experience in Both China and Canada (2005).
Janine DiMillo, CTL. Opposing Anti-Immigrant Discourse in Classrooms: The Value of
Literature in Multicultural Education (2005).
Luci Loisi, CTL. Alternative Education Programs for At-Risk Youth (2005).
Sabina Tomic, CTL. The French as a Second Language Learner in the Culturally Diverse
Junior Level Classroom: Implementing Creative Approaches (2004).
Lynn McLean, CTL. Cultural Appreciation: An Arts Based Approach Using
Multicultural Children‟s Literature (2003).
Amina Wolsey, CTL Perspectives of a Multicultural Family: An Education in Itself.
(2002).
James Flynn, The Affirmation of Canadian National Identity Amidst Radical
Globalization: A Critical Analysis of Factors Past and Present that have Formed the Soul
of Canadian Identity (2001.)
Wendy McVicar-Lew, "Meeting the Needs of Second Language Learners: A Critical
Analysis of Program Models" (2000)
Vesna Nicolic, "Self-Evaluation and ESL Education" (2000)
Lisa Jeremic, "Preserving Cultural and Linguistic Identity in the classroom: The
Immigrant Experience" (2000)
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Sara Promislow, CTD. Language and Culture in Bilingual Identity: An Educational
Narrative (2000).
Bryon Doherty, CTL. Being a Mosquito Among Geese: Teaching Among the Inuit
(2000).
Gale Henry, CTL. Literary Innovations in Multicultural Literature (September 1999)
Michele Moran, CTL. A Multicultural Awareness Project: An Empirical Study (1999).
Robert Shields, CTL. Values and Education (1999).
Kelly Gilligan-Healy, CTL. A Different School: A Different Education (1999).
Liliana Pavicic, CTL. Bibliotherapy for Refugee Children: A Tool for Healing and
Dialogue (completed 1998).
Francesca Briglio, CTL. A Qualitative and Quantitative Perspective in Developing a
Code of Behaviour in an Elementary School: Personal and Professional Reflections
(1998).
Michelle Wagman, CTL. Teaching the Holocaust: A Necessary Discourse in Learning
About Racism, Intolerance and Moral Issues (1998).
Sally Salaama,CTL. French Teachers on the Margins (1998).
Dora Zigrossi,CTL. Bilingual Literacy in Action: A Case Study (1998).
Solina Panza-DiGirolamo,CTL. Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in the Mainstream
Classroom: An Inclusive Approach (1998).
Dawn Willingham,CTL. Do the Arts, Music Specifically Have a Positive Effect on
Learning? (1998).
Nancy Reiner, CTL. The Importance of Primary Language MaintenanceResearch and
Implications for the Mainstream Classroom (1998).
Doris Figueroa, CTL, “Towards A Positive Sense of Identity” (completed 1997).
Evette Serota, CTL. A Story from the Holocaust: My Mother and Max (completed
Septemer 1997).
Karen Strype, Curriculum. Dear Guardian Angel: An Educational Narrative (1995).
Josie Provenzano, Curriculum. Advocating Change in Educational Practices: A Personal,
Professional and Academic Journey Amidst the Prevailing Resistance (1995).
Teresa Carolan, Curriculum. Through the Looking Glass: A Personal Reflection on
Teacher Development (1995).
Cathy Stanley, Curriculum. The Tapestry of Our Canadian Consciousness: Weaving a
National Identity Through Canadian Children's Literature (1995).
Rosina Andreacchi, Curriculum. A Journey into the Immigrant Experience and Teacher
Development (1995).
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Karen DiPasquale, Curriculum. Considering One's Teacher Narrative: Travels for a New
Direction (1995).
Angele Allard, Curriculum. Anti-Racist Teaching in a Peaceful Classroom (1994).
Laura Webster, Educational Administration. Language Policy across the Curriculum
(1994).
Shaughnessy Herman, Curriculum. Becoming Bilingual: Personal Perspectives (1993).
Supervisor of Graduate /Research Assistants for a project on in-service teacher education
and cultural diversity, as well as for Ontario Ministry of Education and SSHRC projects:
992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2002-
2002, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, (Students: Pam Patterson, Gina Valle,
Christopher Hilmer, Shuguang Qi, Michael Gayner, Jia Li, Finney Cherian, Manju
Varma, Lisa Richards, Mrinal Debnath, Mela Sarkar, Christine Mehan, Claire Howard,
Jia Li, Sara Promislow, Thursica Kovinthan, Kelly Akerman, Evelyn Paris, Emily
Antflick,.
Second Readerships (Qualifying Research Papers)
Jeanette Romkema, Curriculum. Critical Lenses for Evaluating Children‟s Literature
(1997).
Paola Cherrier, Curriculum. Factors Influencing Children‟s and Teacher‟s Responses to
Literature (1996).
Mara Lazar, Curriculum. Landau - Kleffner Syndrome: An Acquired Childhood
Language Impairment (1995).
Pat Corson, Curriculum. Towards an Anti-Bias Education in Pre-Schools (1994).
Valerie Hickey, JCTD, A Vietnamese Student's Story of Immigration (1993).
Gillian Lennox, MLC, The Threat of Equality (1993.)
Jo-Ann Phillion, Curriculum. Asian Students' Narratives: A Qualitative Analysis of
Experiences of Education in Canada (1993).
Pam Patterson, Curriculum. Why a Separate Feminist Art Education?" (1993).
Michael Warden, MLC, English as a Second Language Policy in Ontario: A Historical
Perspective ( 1992).
Joan Vinall-Cox, JCTD, A Woman's Web of Reading (1992).
M.A. Committee Memberships
Margaret Bent
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Christina Minaki
Gillian Nembhard
Sarah Moher, CTL. Reading Between the Covers: Asian Heritage Language Students‟
Responses to Multicultural Literature (April 2006).
Surekha Jaitly, Sociology. Growing Up Brown and Negotiating Identity Among South
Asian Youth in Canada (2003)
Maria Mercurio, Curriculum. Curriculum Development in Italian Heritage Language
Teaching (1997).
Dina Georgis, History & Philosopy. The Feminization of the East: A Historical Look at
the Impact of Western Patriarchy on Orientalism (1995).
Monica Singh, Curriculum. Indo-Canadian Adolescent Females' Perceptions of
Language, Culture and Identity (1995).
Doctoral Committee Memberships
Julie Byrd Clark
Martha Viveros-Viramonte
Dana Colarusso
Sookhee Im
Pina Marchese
Christina Minaki
Young Yee Kim
Kyeong Suk Min
Candace Schlein Cultural Identity: A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Canadian
Teacher-Returnees from Northeast Asia (September 2007)
Darrell Dobson, CTLTransformative Learning: Constructing Professional Knowledge
through Interacting Narratives. (September 2007).
Maria Berafatti, CTL The International Languages Program: Curriculum Development
(in progress)
Sylvie Lamoureux, CREFO La Transition de l‟Ecole Secondaire de Langue Française à
l‟Université en Ontario : Perspectives Etudiantes. (completed April 2007)
Hsin-fen (Fennie) Chang, CTL. Living in “Chicken Cage”: A Narrative Inquiry into
Cross-Generational Taiwanese Experiences in Learning and Teaching from the 1930s to
the Present (2007)
Phyllis Galliano, CTL. (in progress).
Ling Li, CTL. Stories in Contest: Constructing Professional Identity in China and Canada
(in progress).
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Julie Byrd Clark, CTL. The Politics of Language and Identity in Becoming a
Multilingual and Multicultural Canadian Citizen Through Voices of Youth (in progress).
Teresa Manduca, CTL. (in progress).
Winifred Hunsburger, CTL. Teachers‟ Roles in Inquiry Learning (in progress).
Catherine MacKernan, CTL. (in progress).
Kazuya Oseki, CTL. (in progress).
Carol Lipszyc, CTL. Self As Journeyer: On Writing and Teaching Paths (2006).
Odilia Ng, CTL. Narrative Beyond Teaching: Inquiry into the Shifting Identity, Culture
and Professional Practice of Five Visible Minority Immigrant Teachers in a Diverse
Lifespace (2006).
Carole Richardson, CTL. Collaborative Consonance: Hearing Our Voices While
Listening to the Choir (2006).
Patrick Darkhor, CTL. China‟s Strategy Towards Environmental Governance.
September 2005.
Darlene Ciuffetelli-Parker, CTL. Literacy Narratives: Writing and Relating Letters and
Stories of Teacher Knowledge, Identity and Development (2004).
Elaine Chan, CTL. Narratives of Ethnic Identity: Experiences of First Generation
Chinese Canadian Students (2004).
Erica Simmons, TPS. Making Israelis: Youth Aliyah Education in the 1950s (2003).
Mika Damianos, SESE. (2003)
Isabella Colalillo-Kates, CTL. Awakening creativity and Spiritual Intelligence: The Soul
Work of holistic Educators (Final Oral Examination September 20, 2002).
Danita Mushkat, Sociology (U of T). "Rethinking Jewish Vitality: Exploring Sources of
Significance, Affection and Change in Traditional Jewish Ritual" (Senate Final Oral, May
2, 2001).
Josephine Mazzuca, Sociology and Equity Studies. Teachers, Caregivers, Defectors
and Good Daughters: Italian-Canadian Women’s Experiences with Graduate Studies
(Final Senate Oral June 20, 2001.)
Lisa Richards, Sociology and Equity Studies (SESE). "Positioning the Elementary Core
French Teacher: An Investigation of Workplace Marginality". (Final Oral Examination,
November 12, 2001).
Phi-Phung Jeannette Tran, Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling
Psychology. Impact of Education on Culture: Case Study of the Vietnamese Women
Immigrants in Southwest Ontario from 1975-1995. (Final Oral Examination, October 2,
2001).
Carmen Romero, MLC. Bilingual Literacy and Language Learning (February, 2000)
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Mitsuyo Sakamoto, Curriculum. Raising Children as Monolinguals, Bilinguals, and
Multilinguals (2000).
Jerry Diakiw, Curriculum. Becoming a Teacher: Racial Minority Perspectives (1999).
Michael Gayner, CTL, Buddhist Reflective Practice (1999).
JoAnn Phillion, CTL (CTD). Narrative Inquiry in a Multicultural Landscape:
Multicultural Teaching and Learning (April 1999).
Sonia Fiorucci, Curriculum (Modern Language Centre). Teaching A Heritage Language
to Dialect-Speaking Students: An Exploratory Observational Study of Italian Heritage
Language Classrooms (completed 1998) .
Ming Fang He, Curriculum (Joint Centre for Teacher Development). The Professional
Knowledge Landscape for Chinese Female Graduates' Enculturation and Acculturation
Processes in Canada (completed 1998).
Dina Andersen, History & Philosophy. Concepts of Love and Some Implications for
Education (completed 1998).
Ilze Matiss, Applied Psychology. Renegotiation of Ethnic Identification among Second
Generation Latvian-Canadians: A Life History Story (completed 1998).
Terry May, Educational Administration Community and School in an Era of
Demographic Change: Establishing Minority Group Partnerships With A Canadian
Elementary School (completed 1998).
Tanya Lewis, Sociology. Weaving Between the Fragments: Performing “Normal after
Incest Memory‟s Return (completed 1998).
Judith Markose, Educational Administration. The Israeli Teacher in the Canadian
School (completed 1997).
Marty Kofsky, Curriculum. Signposts, Compasses and Guides: Mapping the Territory
of Teacher Education (1996).
Barbara Applebaum, History & Philosophy of Education. Respect for Diversity: Its
Meaning, Moral Justification and Educational Implications (1994).
Carol Mullen, Curriculum (Joint Centre for Teacher Development). Imprisoned
Selves: A Narrative Inquiry into Incarceration and Education (1994).
Osamah Aljaber, Instruction and Special Education. The Development,
Implementation and Evaluation of a Parent Outreach Program for Developmentally
Delayed Children in Jordan (1994).
b. Graduate Courses Taught
1991- present
CTL1033 (formerly 4009): Multicultural Perspectives in Teacher Development: A Reflective
Seminar
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1991- present
CTL1031 (formerly 4007): Language, Culture, and Identity: Using the Literary Text in Teacher
Development
1992-1993
1304F: An International Survey of Innovations in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Contexts
in Education: From Theory to Practice
1991-present
CTL1010 (formerly 1324S): Children‟s Literature Within a Multicultural Context
2003-2006 (inclusive)
CTL 1000 Foundations in Curriculum Studies
c. Individual Reading and Research Courses
2009 Challenges and Change for Newcomers to Canada James Soobrian
2006 How Qualitative Inquiry Informs the Urban School Teacher‟s Development from
PreService to Seasoned Veteran. (E. Paris)
2006 Standardized Testing in Ontario. (E. Chang)
2006 Narrative Inquiry – Experience and Story in Qualitative Research (A. Koo)
2006 Israeli Palestinian Conflict in Jewish Diaspora Education (E. Antflick)
2004 War-Themed Children‟s Literature (J. MacLeod)
2001 Racially and/or Culturally Mixed Students' Identity: Relationship to School Identity
and Schooling (N. McQueen)
2000 Self-Evaluation and ESL Supervision (V. Nikolic)
1999 The Pedagogy of Israel‟s Youth Aliyah Movement (E. Simmons)
Hebrew-English Bilingualism and Identity formation (S. Promislow)
Language and Culture Through Autobiography Textual Analysis (K. Gilligan-Healy)
1996 Theoretical and Empirical Considerations in Pre-Service Education for Diversity
(G. Valle)
1995 A Reflective Analysis of Personal Experiences in School Improvement (K. Di
Pasquale)
1995 Issues in Pre-service and In-service Multicultural Teacher Education (G. Valle)
1994 Silent Voices of the Holocaust: Curricular Issues (S. Fogelman)
1993 The Educational Perspectives of Multiculturalism in Canada (J. Diakiw)
1992 A Literary Approach to Language Education and Identity (S. Herman)
F. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
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a. Funded Research & Field Development Activities
Title: The Pedagogy of Peace: Language Awareness in a Jewish-Palestinian
Elementary School
Year: 1999-2000
Type: Individual
Source CTL Small-Scale Departmental
Amount: $1,640
Purpose: Ethnography on Intercultural Education, Peace Education, Bilingual Language
Education, Conflict Resolution
Title A Multicultural School Literacy Initiative in English- and French-Canadian
Contexts
Year: 1999 ongoing
Type: Individual
Source CTL Small-Scale Departmental
Amount: $2000
Purpose: Research on Intercultural Linkages, Teacher Development, Marginality, Minority
Language Education
Title: Educational Stories from the Margins: A Reflective Inquiry into the
Immigrant/Refuge Experience in Toronto and Montreal
Year: 1998-2003 (extended to 2005)
Type: Individual
Source SSHRC Standard Research Grant
Amount: $85,000
Purpose: Research on Multiculturalism, Conflict Resolution, Marginality, Minority
Languages
Title: Teaching in Minority Language Contexts in Toronto and Montreal:
A Reflective Inquiry
Year: 1997-98
Type: Individual
Source: Small-Scale SSHRC Funding
Amount: $2500
Purpose: Minority Language Research; Conflict Resolution Research
Title: Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking in Education: A Cultural and Linguistic
Portrait of a Jewish-Arab School in Israel
Year: 1997-98
Type: Individual
Source: Small-Scale Departmental Funding
Amount: $2000
Purpose: Manuscript Preparation, Research
Year: 1996-1999
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Type: Group (Collaborator, R. Hayhoe, principal investigator)
Title: Women and Minorities as Educational Change Agents: The Canada- China
Project
Source: CIDA Research Development Grant
Amount: $750,000
Purpose: Research Development in Education between China and Canada
Year: 1995-1999 (one-year extension)
Type: Group (Co-Investigator with S. Acker)
Title: Making a Difference: Feminization and the Changing Climate of University-
Based Professional Education
Source: SSHRC Strategic Grant
Amount: $66,000
Purpose: Teacher Development/Women and Change/Higher Education
Year: 1995-1996
Type: Group (with J. Cummins & J. Lopes)
Title: Home School Collaboration to Promote Literacy Skills Among Portuguese
Background Student
Source: Ontario Ministry of Education Transfer Grant
Amount: $50,000
Purpose: Multilingual literacy development
Year: 1994-1995
Type: Individual
Title: Multicultural Literacy Innovations: Listening to the Teachers' Voices
Source: Small-Scale SSHRC Funding
Amount: $5,000
Purpose: Teacher development
Year: 1994-1995
Type: Group (Co-Investigator with J. Cummins)
Title: Language Learning Strategies of Students from Non-Official Language
Backgrounds in French Immersion Programmes: An Ethnographic Study
Source: Secretary of State, Language Acquisition Development Program, Official
Languages in Education Directorate, Ottawa
Amount: $45,000
Purpose: Multilingual research development
Year: 1993-1994
Type: Individual
Title: A Multicultural Drama Reading Project.
Source: Departmental Small-Scale Funds
Amount: $555
Purpose: Teacher development
Year: 1993-1994
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Type: Individual
Title: The Ravages of War: The Fruits of Peace: Educational Initiatives in Conflict
Resolution and Peacemaking.
Source: Small-Scale SSHRC Funding
Amount: $2,000
Purpose: Teacher development
Year: 1993-1994
Type: Individual
Title: Telling Our Multicultural Stories: A Visual Narrative of Crescent Town Public
School.
Source: Transfer Grant Funding, Ontario Ministry of Education
Amount: $32,463
Purpose: Multilingual research development
Teacher development
Year: 1993-1994
Type: Group (with J. Cummins & J. Lopes)
Title: The Challenge of Diversity: Adjusting to the Cultural and Linguistic Realities of
the Mainstream Classroom.
Source: Transfer Grant Funding, Ontario Ministry of Education
Amount: $64,239
Purpose: Multilingual research development
Year: 1992-1993
Type: Individual
Title: A Critical/Reflective Annotated Bibliography of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
within a Teacher Development Context.
Source: Small Scale OISE Research project
Amount: $500
Purpose: Multilingual research development
Year: 1991-1992
Type: Individual
Title: Oasis of Peace: An Ethnographic Study of The "Neve Shalom/Wahat Al-Salam"
Bilingual-Bicultural Community Education Program
Source: SSHRC Small-Scale Research Grant
Amount: $2,500
Purpose: Ethnography of a bilingual/bicultural school
Year: 1991-92
Type: Group (Cummins, J. & Feuerverger, G.)
Title: Persian Heritage Language Curriculum
Amount: $7,382
Purpose: Curriculum materials development
Year: 1991-1992
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Type: Group (Cummins, J. & Feuerverger, G.)
Title: Biliteracy and ESL Students: The Impact of Encouraging First and Second
Language Literacy Development within the Mainstream Curriculum.
Source: Ontario Ministry of Education.
Amount: $28,000
Purpose: Development of inservice teacher program
Year: 1987-89
Year: 1990-1992
Type: Group (Cummins, J., Danesi, M. & Feuerverger, G.)
Title: Development of Annotated Inventories and a Curriculum Framework for Heritage
Language Materials, Teacher Training Courses and Language Programs.
Source: Research Grant from the Secretary of State, Multiculturalism, Canada.
Amount: $162,000
Purpose: Heritage Language Materials Survey
G. Publications
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a. Lifetime summary count
Dissertations 2
Books 2
Chapters in books 24
Refereed publications 26
Non-refereed publications 7
In published proceedings 5
Technical reports relevant to academic work (e.g. Ministry reports) 15
Papers presented at conferences, workshops and colloquia, keynote
addresses
200
Patents/copyrights pending or granted 2
Other publications (e.g. article/book reviews, policy papers, curriculum
materials)
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Total: 316
b. Details By Category
Masters Thesis An Exploratory Study of the Ethnolinguistic Vitality of Italo-
Canadian Students in Toronto (249 pages) (1982). University of
Toronto.
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Ph.D. Dissertation Jewish-Canadian Ethnic Identity and Non-Native Language
Learning. (291 pages) (1986). University of Toronto.
Books (Sole Authorship)
1. Title: Teaching, Learning and Other Miracles. Rotterdam: SensePublishers (2007).
2. Title: Oasis of Dreams: Teaching and Learning Peace in a Jewish-Palestinian Village in
Israel. New York, London: RoutledgeFalmer (2001).
Chapters in books
1. Feuerverger, G. Teaching about Peaceful Coexistence: Reflection, Dialogue and
Transformative Action. In Brantmeier, E. & Lin, J., (eds.) Transforming
Education for Peace. Information Age Publishing Inc., 2008. (p. 129-142)
2. Feuerverger, G. Chap 8. Jewish-Canadian Identity and Hebrew Language
Learning in Montreal and Toronto: Belonging (or Not Belonging) in Diaspora. In
Zajda, J., Daun, H., and Saha, L. (eds.) Nation-Building, Identity and Citizenship
Education: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (Volume 3) Springer Publishers (p. 117-
130)
3. Feuerverger, G. & Richards, E. Finding Their Way: Immigrant Students in a
Toronto School, in Eds. Thiessen, D. & Cook-Sather, A. International Handbook
of Student Experience in Elementary and Secondary School. Hamburg: Springer.
2007. (p. 555-575).
4. Feuerverger, G. Searching for „Home‟: A Personal and Professional Quest for
Peace in Iram, Y., (assoc. eds.) Gross, Z. & Wahrman, H. Educating Towards
a Culture of Peace, Information Age Publishing, Inc. 2006. (p. 282-296).
5. Feuerverger, G. Multicultural Perspectives in Teacher Development Chapter 10 in
Eds. Phillion, J, He, M.F. & Connelly, M. Narrative & Experience in
Multicultural Education. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 2005. (p. 175-
199)
6. Feuerverger, G. My Yiddish Voice. In Difficult Memories: Talk in a (Post)
Holocaust Era (eds. Morris, M. and Weaver, J.) New York: Peter Lang 2002. 13-
25.
7. Feuerverger, G. Les dynamiques langagières d‟un projet scolaire en littératie
interculturelle dans l‟espace francophone et anglophone au Canada in (eds.)
Leray, C. et Pineau, G., Histoires de Vie et Interculturalite dans le Contexte
Sociolinguistique, Universite de Rennes,, 1999, 25-38.
8. Feuerverger, G. Oasis of Peace: A Community of Moral Education in Israel.
Revised version in Eller, C. (ed.) Handbook on Interethnic Coexistence. New
York: Continuum Press. (1998)
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9. Acker, S. & Feuerverger, G. Enough is Never Enough: Women's Work in
Academe. In C. Marshall (ed.) Critical Policy Analysis: A Perspective from Post-
Secondary Education, Vol. 2. London: Falmer Press, 1997. 122-140
10. Feuerverger, G. Un Oasis de Paix: Un Programme Bilingue et Biculturel en
Israël. In McAndrew, M., Toussaint, R & Galatanu, O. (eds), Pluralisme et
Education: Politiques et Pratiques au Canada, en Europe et dans les Pays du
Sud. L'Apport de L'Education Comparee. Les Publications de la Faculté de
L'Education. Université de Montreal. Revue Francophone D'éducation Comparee,
No. 48, Mai 1995. (267-274).
11. Feuerverger, G. Attitudes towards the learning of Hebrew and French by Jewish-
Canadian students in Montreal and Toronto. In Danesi, M., McLeod, K. & Morris,
S. (eds.) Heritage Languages and Education -- Language and Learning. Oakville:
Mosaic Press, 53-69, 1993.
12. Feuerverger, G. Gli Attegiamenti degli Studenti Italo-Canadesi: La Storia di
Anna Maria e Giovanni. In C. Colella, M. Danesi, & A. Pompeo (Eds.), Lingua,
Cultural, Ed Educazione. Edizioni Dimensione Europea, Roma, 1993.
(manuscript: 16 pages)
Refereed Journal Articles
1. Feuerverger, G. Building Bridges of Peace in a Jewish-Palestinian Village in Israel: A Role
Model for Social Justice and Citizenship Education, Encounters on Education, Vol. 9, 127-
144. 2004.
2. Acker, S. & Feuerverger, G. Hearing others and seeing ourselves: empathy and emotions in a
study of Canadian academics. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing (JCT), Vol. 19, No. 3 (49-
64). 2003.
3. Feuerverger, G My Yiddish Voice in Difficult Memories: Talk on a (Post) Holocaust Era,
Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, (14-24). 2002.
4. Feuerverger, G. Une reflexion sur un projet novateur: une intervention en litteratie pour les
eleves des communautes à Montréal et Toronto dans P. Dumont et C. Santodomingo, La
coexistence des langues dans l'espace francophone, approche sociolinguistique, Paris,
Agence universitaire de la francophonie, 61-67. 2001.
5. Feuerverger, G. My Yiddish Voice. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, Vol. 16, Number 4,
(pp. 11-20) 2000.
6. Feuerverger, G. Les dynamiques langagières d‟un projet scolaire en littératie interculturelle
dans l‟espace francophone et anglophone au Canada in (eds.) Leray, C. et Bouchard, C.,
Histoires de Vie et Dynamique Langagiere , Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 199-207,
2000.
7. Feuerverger, G. & Leray, C. Une Comparaison des Histoires de Vies des Immigres en France
et au Canada. Canadian Journal of Education/Revue Canadienne de l’Education. 1999.
8. Feuerverger, G., Labercane, G. & Griffith, B. Critical Language Awareness Curriculum and
Teaching, Curriculum and Teaching, 13(1), 53-60, 1998.
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9. Feuerverger, G. Neve Shalom/Wahat Al-Salam: A Jewish-Arab School for Peace. Teachers
College Record, 99(4), 692-730, 1998.
10. Feuerverger, G. & Hilmer, C. Crossing Borders and Expanding Horizons: Research and
Reflection on Multicultural Children's Literature. Lingua E Testo, (Italy), 1998.
11. Feuerverger, G. Deux langues, deux peuples: L'Education pour la paix en Israel. in Etudes
Recentes en Linguistique de Contact (ed. Labrie, N.) 89-99, 1997.
12. Feuerverger, G. An educational program for peace: Jewish-Arab conflict resolution in Israel.
Theory into Practice, 36 (1), 17-25 , 1997.
13. Feuerverger, G. On the edges of the map: A study of heritage language teachers in Toronto.
Teaching and Teacher Education, 13 (1), 39-53, 1997.
14. Feuerverger, G. Learning Hebrew for cultural and personal identity: A study of Jewish
adolescents in Canada. (Hebraisch lernen zur Entwicklung kultureller und personlicher
Identitat: Eine Studie unter judischen Jugendlichen in Kanada.) Osnabrucker Beitrage zur
Sprachtheorie. (OBST) , 54 (1), 37-59, 1997.
15. Feuerverger, G. Peacemaking through emancipatory discourse: Language awareness in a
Jewish-Arab school in Israel. Curriculum and Teaching, 11 (2), 53-62, 1996
16. Acker, S. & Feuerverger, G. Doing good and feeling bad: The work of women university
teachers.Cambridge Journal of Education , 26 (3), 401-422, 1996.
17. Abu Rabia, S. & Feuerverger, G. Towards understanding the second language learning of
Arab students in Israel and Canada: The relationship of attitudes and cultural background to
reading comprehension. Canadian Modern Language Review, 52 (3), 359-385, 1996.
18. Feuerverger, G. & Mullen, C. Portraits of marginalized lives: Stories of literacy and
collaboration in school and prison. Interchange, 26 (3), 247-265, 1995.
19. Feuerverger, G. Oasis of Peace: A community of moral education in Israel. Journal of
Moral Education, 24 (2), 113-141, (Berkshire, England),1995.
20. Feuerverger, G. A multicultural literacy intervention for minority language students.
Language And Education, 8 (3), 123-146, (Clevedon, England), 1994.
21. Feuerverger, G. University students' perceptions of heritage language learning and ethnic
identity maintenance in multicultural Toronto. Canadian Modern Language Review, 47 (4),
660-677, 1991.
22. Feuerverger, G. Jewish-Canadian ethnic identity and non-native language learning: A social-
psychological study. The Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 10 (4),
327-357, (Avon, England), 1989.
23. Feuerverger, G. Ethnolinguistic vitality of Italo-Canadian students in integrated and non-
integrated programs in Toronto. The Canadian Modern Language Review, 46 (1), October
Issue, 50-72, 1989.
c. Scholarly Work in Progress
In Press
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1. Feuerverger, G. (in press) “Personal Reflections on an Emancipatory Pedagogy of Peace
and Human Dignity” in Fontan, V. and Lindner, E. (eds.) Human Dignity and
Humiliation in Violent Conflict.
2. Feuerverger, G. (in press) “A Meditation on the Stigma of Victimhood. In Kalayjian, A.
(ed.) Forgiveness, Reconciliation and Peace.”
3. Feuerverger, G. (in press) “A Grassroots Peace Education Innovation in a Co-operative
Jewish-Palestinian Village in Israel: Mahatma Gandhi‟s Concept of “Satyagraha” in
Action.” In Trifonas, P. (ed.) Critical Issues in Peace and Education, in New York:
Routledge
4. Feuerverger, G. Reflective Portraits of Peace Educators in a Jewish-Palestinian Village in
Israel. ed. Kuriansky, J. Trauma in the Holy Land, CT: Greenwood Press.
5. Feuerverger, G. The Language of the Soul: First Language Learning for Immigrant and
Refugee Students in Multicultural Toronto in (eds.) Adams, A. & Rijlarrsdam, G. Mother
Tongue Language Learning and Literature, University of Amsterdam Press.
In progress
1. Feuerverger, G. Personal Reflections on an Emancipatory Pedagogy of Peace and Human
Dignity in Fontan, V. and Lindner, E. (eds.) Human Dignity and Humiliation in Violent
Conflict.
2. Feuerverger, G.A Meditation on the Stigma of Victimhood. In Kalayjian, A. (ed.)
Forgiveness, Reconciliation and Peace.
3. Feuerverger, G. The Ravages of War / The Fruits of Peace: A Cultural and Linguistic
Portrait of Students in a Binational School in Israel.
4. Feuerverger, G. Peacemaking through Educational Innovation. In ed. Roberts, A.,
Schooling in the Global Era A Glimpse Beyond Borders (New York: Routledge)
d. Non-refereed Publications
1. Feuerverger, G. In Honour of Mick Connelly, Special Edition Festschrift in Honour of Dr. F.
Michael Connelly, AcT Community Journal, Number 33. 2004.
2. Feuerverger, G. Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking in Israel. International House Program
Newsletter: University of California at Berkeley. 2003. (1-5)
3. Feuerverger, G. September 11 Reflections of Our First Day of Class in Among Teachers:
Experience and Inquiry, Number 31, September, 2001. (3-9)
4. Feuerverger, G. et al., The Term They Cancelled Hallowe‟en: A Class Response to Bill 160.
Among Teachers Community: Experience and Inquiry, No. 24, Winter 1998. (7-22)
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5. Feuerverger, G. Sharing Cultures at the Tower of Babel. The Language Awareness
Newsletter, University of Cambridge/University of Calgary, 1995. (2 pages)
6. Feuerverger, G. First Language Literacy in an Inner-City School. The Language Awareness
Newsletter, University of Calgary, 1994. (2 pages)
7. Feuerverger, G. What are the benefits of the heritage language program? Ethnocultural
Notes and Events. University of Toronto. March-April Issue, 1987. (3 pages)
e. Articles in Published Proceedings
1. Feuerverger, G. (invitational: in press) “Teaching and Writing Vulnerably:
Autoethnography as “Home.” 10th
Anniversary of the Curriculum and Pedagogy
Conference Proceedings Book.
2. Lasonen, J. (Ed.) Cultures of Peace: From Words to Deeds, The Epsoo Seminar
Proceedings, Institute for Educational Research, Jyvaskala, Finland, A Culture of Peace
in a Jewish-Palestinian Village in Israel. (117-119). 2004.
3. Feuerverger, G. & Leray, C. Histoire de vie en Formation D'Emigrés et Croisement de
Savoirs Intergenerationnels. Université de Rennes, 2000.
4. Feuerverger, G. Une Intervention en Littératie Pour les Élèves des Communautés
Culturelles. In Painchaud, G. & Folco, A.M. (eds.) Les Langues Patrimoniales: Une
Richesse à Développer, Montréal: Université de Montréal, 13-20, 1993.
5. Feuerverger, G. Reflections on Collaborative Research. In Clandinin, J. (ed.) Searching
for Connections: Struggling for Community. Edmonton, AL: University of
Alberta/Among Teachers Community (AcT), 102-107, 1993.
f. Technical Reports Relevant to Academic Work
1. Feuerverger, G. Sharing Multicultural Stories: The Internet as a Catalyst for Literacy and
Health Development and Partnership between Students in Canada and Mexico. Executive
Summary for the Teen Net Project Meeting at the Department of Public Health Sciences at
the University of Toronto on February 6, 2002.
2. Feuerverger, G. Education: Immigration Policy and Practice in Canada. Invited by the
Department of Citizenship and Immigration (CIC) in Ottawa to be a group leader in order to
create a course syllabus to enhance the understanding of those who deal directly with
immigrants (both children and adults) and to confront the process of immigration, integration
and cultural diversity in education. 2001. (85 pages + biblio)
3. Feuerverger, G. A report/deputation to Irene Atkinson, Chair of the Toronto District School
Board and to fellow trustees on March 5 2001 in defence of the Integrated/Extended
International Languages programs (as a result of the recommendation of the Program and
School Services Committee to terminate the International Languages/Integrated Program in
the TDSB). (15 pages) 2001.
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4. Feuerverger, G. Searching for Professional Identity: Conversations with
Heritage/International Language Teachers. (29 pages) 2000.
5. Feuerverger, G. Consulative Report to Center for Strategic and International Studies,
Washington, D.C. on Israel-Palestine conflict resolution. 1998. The Preventive Diplomacy
Program.
6. Feuerverger, G. A Research Inquiry into Heritage Language Education in Metropolitan
Toronto. Small-Scale SSHRC Research Report. 1996. (26 pages).
7. Feuerverger, G., Griffith, B. & Labercane, G. Language Awareness Issues for Multicultural
Teacher Education in the European Union. Research Report to the British Council, Ottawa.
1995. (30 pages).
8. Cummins, J., Feuerverger G. & Lopes, J. The Challenge of Diversity: Adjusting to the
Cultural and Linguistic Realities of the Mainstream Classroom. Research Report for the
Ontario Ministry of Education, 1994. (57 pages)
9. Feuerverger, G. Telling Our Multicultural Stories: A Visual Narrative of Crescent Town
Public School. Research Report to the Ontario Ministry of Education, 1994. (27 pages)
10. Feuerverger, G. Multicultural Literacy Partnerships in East York: Cultural Voices and
Visions. Submission to the Royal Commission on Learning, 1994. (5 pages)
11. Feuerverger, G. The Ravages of War: The Fruits of Peace. An Annotated Bibliography of
Children of War. Unpublished OISE Report [Small-scale SSHRC Research Report.] 1994.
(13 pages)
12. Cummins, J., Feuerverger, G. & Lopes, J. Annotated Inventories of Heritage Language
Materials Survey Across Canada. Report and Data Analysis for Multiculturalism Canada,
Ottawa, 1993. (95 pages)
13. Adams, A., Feuerverger, G., Kron, F., Labercane, G., McNeill, J., Taverner, D.,
Tulasiewicz, W.Policy Statement for the Green Paper on Education, Brussels, European
Parliament, 1993.
14. Feuerverger, G., Cummins, J. & Lopes, J. Biliteracy and ESL Students: The Impact of
Encouraging First Language Literacy Development within the Mainstream Curriculum.
Research Report to the Ontario Ministry of Education, 1992. (39 pages)
15. Feuerverger, G. French Immersion: Some Socio-Cultural Perspectives. Unpublished Report,
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 1980. (20 pages)
g. Papers Presented at Conferences
1. Feuerverger, G. (Invitational) Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies Meeting,
Columbia University, December 11-12, 2009. A Genuine Dialogue about Humiliation
and Violent Conflict.
2. Feuerverger, G. 7th Bi-annual Holistic Learning Conference, jointly sponsored by the
University of Waterloo and OISE/UT. Soulful Spaces: Transforming Self/Transforming
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the World. A Professional Journey to India. Geneva Park Conference Centre (north of
Toronto), October 23-25, 2009.
3. Feuerverger, G. 10th
Anniversary of the Meeting of Curriculum & Pedagogy Conference,
“Engaging the Possibilities and Complexities of Hope.” Teaching and Writing
Vulnerably. Decatur, GA, Oct. 7-10, 2009.
4. Feuerverger, G. (Invitational) The Paulo and Nita Freire International Project for Critical
Pedagogy, The Initiative for Critical Discussion, in collaboration of the Centre of Research
in Theories and Practices that Overcome Inequalities at the University of Barcelona; and
The University of Granada. Critical Cultural Issues for Immigrant and Refugee Students in
Toronto. September, Baeza, Spain, September 16-20, 2009 (in absentia)
5. Feuerverger, G. (Invitational) Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (HDHS)
Conference University of Hawaii. My First Day of Kindergarten: Ode to Difference.
August 20-23, 2009
6. Feuerverger, G. International Academy of Intercultural Research (IAIR) Conference,
Honolulu, University of Hawaii. World Peace Through Intercultural Understanding.
Aug 15-19, 2009
7. Feuerverger, G. The Practical: An East-West Curriculum Dialogue” at Capital Normal
University, Beijing, China. Uplifting the Human Spirit: Curriculum as a Pathway to
Liberation. June 12-14, 2009 (unable to attend due to H1N1 scare in China)
8. Feuerverger, G. Faculties of Education Forum at the Ministry of Education, OISE,
Toronto, Teaching, Learning and Other Miracles. May 12, 2009
9. Feuerverger, G. September 3-7, 2008. Engaging the Other: Compassion and Conflict
Resolution. Common Bond Institute. San Mateo, CA. A Pedagogical Role Model for
Peaceful Coexistence.
10. Feuerverger, G. June 26-29, 2008. AERO conference, Troy, New York, Russell Sage
College. Narratives of Social Justice.
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11. Feuerverger, G. May 28-June 1, 2008. Wisdom Traditions in Education, Mt. Madonna
Center, CA. Teaching as Spiritual Journey.
12. Feuerverger, G. AERA Annual Conference, NYC. April 24-28, 2008. 1) An
Educational Innovation Fostering Civic Responsibility: A Jewish-Palestinian Village in
Israel 2) Teaching, Learning and Other Miracles: Creating Spaces for Compassion,
Civic Responsibility and Voice in Classrooms.
13. Feuerverger, G. & Richards, E. Finding Their Way: ELL Learners in Sociolinguistic
Contexts. “International Pragmatics & Language Learning Conference” in Honolulu
March 27-29, 2008.
14. Feuerverger, G. & Richards. E. Finding students in translation. Paper presented at the
Institute of Modern Languages and Communication, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. March 18,
2008.
15. Reading for the Love of It Conference, Toronto, February 14-15, 2008. Teaching,
Learning and Other Miracles. (2 presentations)
16. Feuerverger, G. Holistic Learning Conference: Breaking New Ground, OISE/UT,
October 26 -28, 2007. Teaching, Learning and Other Miracles: A Spiritual Journey.
17. Feuerverger, G. Second International Conference on Multicultural Discourses. Institute
of Discourse and Cultural Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou,, China. Building
Bridges Toward Peace. April 13-15, 2007.
18. Feuerverger, G. AERA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. April 9-13, 2007. Tales of
Trauma: The Immigrant and Refugee Experience in an Inner-City School in Toronto
(Division G)
19. Feuerverger, G. AERA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL April 9-13, 2007. An
Educational Innovation as a Moral Endeavor in a Co-operative Jewish-Arab Village in
Israel (Religion and Education SIG)
20. Feuerverger, G. & Richards, E. Hawaii Conference of Education, Honolulu, HI. January
2007. The Immigrant and Refugee Experience in Toronto.
21. Feuerverger, G International Conference on Education for Peace and Democracy
Antalya, Turkey. November 19-23, 2006 A Conflict Resolution Model for Schools.
22. Feuerverger, G. IPRA (International Peace Research Association) Conference June 29-
July 3, 2006, Calgary, AB A Pedagogy of Peace.
23. Feuerverger, G. International Peace Educators Group, World Peace Forum June 23-28,
2006, Vancouver, BC Creating a Culture of Peace: An Ethnographic Journey To A
Jewish-Palestinian Village in Israel.
24. Feuerverger, G. AERA Annual Conference, April 7-11, 2006, San Francisco. Education
Research in the Public Interest, Discourses of Conflict and Resolution
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25. Feuerverger, G. AERA Annual Conference, April 7-11, 2006, San Francisco Finding
Their Way: Immigrant and Refugee Students in a Toronto High School.
26. Feuerverger, G. CIES Annual Conference Honolulu, March 14-18, 2006 (in absentia)
27. Feuerverger, G. Holistic Learning: Breaking New Ground, OISE/UT, October 28-30,
2005. Dreaming of Peace in a Jewish-Palestinian Village in Israel: A Spiritual Journey
28. Feuerverger, G. Peacebuilding in Action Conference, Toronto, June 9-12, 2005,
Transformative Learning Centre, OISE/UT. Peace is Possible.
29. Feuerverger, G. International Conference on Conflict Resolution: Engaging the Other,
St. Petersburg, Russia, May 13-18, 2005.
30. Feuerverger, G. Feuerverger, G. IAIMTE conference, Université deToulouse Le Mirail,
France, Albi, May 11-13, 2005. Language Awareness and Peace Education.
31. Feuerverger, G. AERA annual conference “Demography and Democracy in the Era of
Accountability”, April 11-15, 2005, Montreal. Inter-faith Understanding, SIG,
Religious Studies.
32. Feuerverger, G. CIES conference (Comparative and International Society), Beyond
Dichotomies. March 22-26, 2005, Stanford University. Local and Global Dialogue at
The School for Peace, Peace Education Studies Symposium. March 25.
33. Feuerverger, G. Reading for the Love of It 29th
Annual Language Arts conference, Feb.
10, 2005 at Westin Harbour Castle, (2 talks on Feb. 10) Reclaiming the Voices of ESL
Students: Building Bridges Toward Cross-Cultural Understanding and Literacy
Development.
34. Feuerverger, G. CTD conference Teacher Inquiry for Professional Development
November 11, 12, 2004. Building Cross-Cultural Understanding in Diverse Classrooms
35. Feuerverger, G. World Congress of Comparative Education Havana, Cuba, Education
and Social Justice, October 25-29, 2004. Dreams of Peaceful Coexistence.
36. Feuerverger, G. 2nd
Annual Conference on Anti-Bias Education, Arizona State
University, Tempe, AZ, June 10-13, 2004. Inter-group Relations for Peaceful
Coexistence and Conflict Resolution.
37. Feuerverger, G., 10th
LinguaPax Congress, Barcelona, Spain. May 20-23, 2004.
Language Diversity, Sustainability and Peace.
38. Feuerverger, G. Canadian Commission for UNESCO Annual General Meeting, Halifax,
May 6-11, 2004. Schools for Peace.
39. Feuerverger, G. AERA 2004 Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. April 12-16, 2004. SIG
International Studies; Cross-Cultural Studies in International Contexts. An International
Role Model for Conflict Resolution.
40. Feuerverger, G. AERA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. April 23, 2003. A Reflexive
Ethnographic Inquiry into a Jewish-Palestinian Village in Israel. (International Studies
Committee SIG)
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41. Feuerverger, G. AERA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. April 23, 2003. A Role Model for
Social Justice and Equity in Education, April 24, 2003. Division L. Issues of Identity,
Justice and Teaching in Transnational, Transcultural, Transgendered Contexts,)
42. CIESC (Comparative and International Education Society of Canada) and CERN
(Citizenship Education Research Network) at the May 25-28, and May 29, 2002.
43. Invitation-only: Curriculum Inquiry/Blackwell Conference on Experiential Approaches
to the Study of Multicultural Education. Building Bridges of Peace and Hope. May 16-
19, 2002.
44. Feuerverger, G. 23rd
Annual Ethnography Forum at the University of Pennsylvania,
March 1-3, 2002. Title: Building Bridges of Peace: A Reflexive Ethnography of a
Jewish-Palestinian Village in Israel. March 2, 2002.
45. Feuerverger, G. Reading for the Love of It Conference (East York- Scarborough Reading
Association) on February 7 and 8, 2002. Title: Oasis of Dreams: A Role Model for
Conflict Resolution and Intercultural Harmony.
46. Feuerverger, G. Fifth National Metropolis Conference, Ottawa October 16-20, 2001,
Ottawa, Ontario. Immigration, Integration and Cultural Diversity in Education.
47. Feuerverger, G. UNESCO 46th
Session of the ICE conference Education For All
(September 5 - 8, 2001) in Geneva, accompanying the Canadian delegation (Canadian
Commission for UNESCO). A Time for Peace.
48. Feuerverger, G. Reading for the Love of It Conference (East York- Scarborough Reading
Association) on February 8 and 9, 2001. Title: Telling Our Multicultural Stories.
49. Feuerverger, G. Invited Speaker to the Israeli Association for Research in Jewish
Education, School of Education, Bar-Ilan University December 11-12, 2000. Belonging
in Diaspora: Hebrew Language Learning and Jewish Identity in Canadian Society.)
50. Feuerverger, G. Invited speaker to the JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and
Classroom Practice, Bergamo Conference Centre, Dayton, Ohio October 25-28, 2000.
Language Loss and Recovery: A Social-Psychological Study. Single Paper Session.
51. Feuerverger, G. Language Loss and Recovery: A Personal Narrative. Paper presentation
at the Internationalization of Curriculum Conference (organized by William Pinar, LSU)
April 27-29, 2000 Baton Rouge, LA.
52. Feuerverger, G. AERA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA., April 2000. a) Narratives of
Peace: A Reflective Interview Study about Teachers and Learners in a Jewish-
Palestinian School in Israel, Peace Education SIG symposium, Monday April 24, 2000.
b) Empathy, Ethics and Emotions in a Study of Academics in Education, Symposium on
Feminist Theory and the Politics of Citizenship in the Millenium: The Case of
Education, April 26, 2000.
53. Feuerverger, G. One-Day Conference Bringing the World into the Classroom through
World Languages at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, April 5, 2000.
54. Ethnocultural Equity conference at the Centre for Womens‟ Studies, New College,
University of Toronto, March 31, 2000.
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55. Feuerverger, G. Second International Symposium on Language Policy: Language Policy
at the Millennium, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, November 23-25, 1999.
Plurilingual Policies and their Problems.
56. Feuerverger, G. IAIMTE Conference (International Association of the Improvement of
Mother Tongue Teaching) on the teaching and learning of language and literature.
University of Amsterdam, July 14-16, 1999. Telling Our Multicultural Stories in
Toronto and Montreal: An Exploratory Canadian School Literacy Programme
57. Feuerverger, G. Third International Conference on Teacher Education Almost 2000:
Crises and Challenges in Teacher Education, Israel June 27-July 1, 1999 .
58. Feuerverger, G. CEICI Forum (Centre de L‟Education Interculturelle et de
Comprehension Internationale), Montreal, April 29-30. L‟integration scolaire des eleves
immigrants et l‟education a la citoyennete dans une perspective mondiale.
59. Feuerverger, G. AERA Annual Conference: Peacemaking in A Community of Moral
Education, (Peace Education SIG) Montreal, April 19-23, 1999.
60. Feuerverger, G. (with Acker, S.) Invited Paper Presentation at the Gender and Education
Conference: Hearing Others and Seeing Ourselves: Ethics, Empathy,and Emotions in a
Study of Canadian Academics. University of Warwick, England, March 29-31, 1999.
61. Feuerverger, G. Invited Paper Presentation at International Conference on Teacher
Education: Teacher Effectiveness and Teacher Development in the New Century, The
Hong Kong Institute of Education, February 22-24, 1999. (in absentia)
62. Feuerverger, G. Colloque International Histoires de Vie et Dynamiques Langagieres,
Universite de Rennes, France, September 28-30, 1998 (personally funded by the
Consulate General of France to Canada).
63. Feuerverger, G. Universite de Rabat, Maroc, September 25-28, 1998. La Coexistence des
Langues dans L’espace Francophone.
64. Feuerverger, G. Invited Paper Presentation at Teachers‟ International Conference at
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Sept. 23-25, 1998. Teachers and their
University Education at the Turn of the Millennium.
65. Boyd, M., Muzzin, L., Feuerverger, G., Baines, C., & Acker, S. Transforming the
academy: women in leadership, mentoring and collegiality. For International Women's
Leadership Conference. Nice, France, June 1998.
66. Acker, S., Baines, C., Boyd, M., Feuerverger, G., & Muzzin, L. Making a difference: a
symposium on the experiences of women academics in education, social work,
pharmacy and dentistry. Canadian Association for Studies of Women in Education
(CASWE) Institute, May 31-June 1, 1998.
67. Feuerverger, G. Conference on Academic Partnerships Israel and U of T, Hart House,
May 14, 1998.
68. Feuerverger, G. Teaching Conflict Resolution. Paper Presented at AERA Annual
Meeting, San Diego, April 16, 1998
69. Feuerverger, G. Invited Speaker to Colloque du Congres Annuel de la SCEE, mai 1998.
Titre: La Seduction dans la Relation Pedagogique en Contexte Minoritaire.
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70. Feuerverger, G. International Conference on Multiculturalism and Minority Groups:
From Theory to Practice, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, June 24-26, 1997.
71. Feuerverger, G. Emancipatory Discourse of A Peace Education Program in Israel. Paper
presented at the AERA Annual Meeting, Chicago, March 27, 1997.
72. Feuerverger, G. Etudes Recentes en Linguistiques de Contact, Centre de Recherche sur
le Plurilinguisme, Brussels, May 28-31, 1997.
73. Feuerverger, G. Issues on Moral Education for the Millenium, University of Lancaster,
United Kingdom, July 13-18, 1996. Topic: An Israeli Educational Approach to
Negotiation and Coexistence. (In absentia)
74. Feuerverger, G. Linguistic Laments for Lost Voices. Mifgash conference on Identity in
the Academe, University of Toronto, Hart House, November 17-19, 1995.
75. Feuerverger, G. The Semiotics of Moral Dilemmas and Conflict Resolution in a Jewish-
Arab Israeli Educational Community. Invited Paper presented at the Conference on
Semiotics as a Bridge Between the Humanities and the Sciences, Victoria College,
University of Toronto, November 5, 1995.
76. Feuerverger, G. University Students' Perceptions of Multiculturalism in Canada. Paper
CSSE Conference, Montreal, Quebec, June, 1995.
77. Feuerverger, G. Echos of Peace in a Land of Conflict: A Jewish-Arab Community
Initiative. AERA Annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 21, 1995.
78. Feuerverger, G. Comparative Perspectives on Multicultural Teacher Education. Second
Research Seminar on Language Awareness, at Cambridge University, December 12-15,
1994.
79. Feuerverger, G. Sharing Cultures at the Tower of Babel. Invited Participant in
Colloquium on Language Awareness From Canadian and European Perspectives.
Organized by the Association for the Unity and Integration of Knowledge (AUIK)
(Learned Societies), University of Calgary, June 16-18 (presentation June 17), 1994.
80. Feuerverger, G. The School as a Moral Community for Conflict Resolution and
Peacemaking: An International Perspective. Invited Speaker to CSSE, (CIESC),
(Learned Societies), University of Calgary, June 15-19, 1994.
81. Feuerverger, G. Oasis de Paix: Une Éthnographie d'un programme d'Éducation
Communautaire Bilingue et Biculturel. Invited Speaker to the Association Francophone
de l'Éducation Comparée (AFEC), Université de Montréal, May 9-13, 1994.
82. Feuerverger, G. Multicultural Literacy Initiatives in the Toronto School System.
International Seminar on Language Awareness, Wolfson College, University of
Cambridge. December 7-10, 1993.
83. Feuerverger, G. Cross-cultural Factors in Disputes and Dispute Resolution. 1993.
SPIDR Annual Conference on Seeking Common Ground: Enhancing Understanding by
Examining Diversity, Toronto, October 21-24, 1993.
84. Feuerverger, G. University Students' Perceptions of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in
Multicultural Toronto. Invited Speaker, 10th World Congress of Applied Linguistics,
Amsterdam, August, 8-14, 1993.
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85. Feuerverger, G. 1993. Second Sikh Educational Conference, Toronto, July 25, 1993.
86. 11th World Association for Educational Research (WAER): The Role and Place of the
Humanities in Education for the World of the 21st Century, Jerusalem, Israel, June 27 -
July 2, 1993.
87. Feuerverger, G. A Multicultural Literacy Intervention for Minority Language Students
in a Democratic Society. International Conference on Education for Democracy in a
Multicultural Society, Jerusalem, June 6-10, 1993.
88. Feuerverger, G. Narrative and Voice: Marginalized Perspectives in Teacher Education.
AERA Annual meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, April 12-16, 1993.
89. Feuerverger, G. Une intervention de Litéracie Pour les Étudiants Minoritaires à Toronto.
Invited Opening Speaker to the Premier Colloque du Centre des Études Ethniques (Les
Langues Patrimoniales: Une Richesse à Developper), Université de Montréal,
November 21, 1992.
90. Feuerverger, G. A Social Psychological Perspective on Ethnic Identity Maintenance in
Multicultural Toronto. Invited Speaker, Conference of the Association for the
Advancement of Baltic Studies, Symposium on Multicultural Stories of University
Students Within Canadian Society: Explorations in the Meaning of Ethnicity, Victoria
College, University of Toronto, June 12-14, 1992.
91. Feuerverger, G. Narrative and Voice in Teacher Education: Immigrant, Student,
Prisoner, Teacher, and Researcher Perspectives. 20th Learned Societies Annual
Conference (CSSE), University of Prince Edward Island, June 5-8, 1992.
92. Feuerverger, G. Biliteracy and ESL Students: The impact of encouraging First
Language Literacy Development Within the Mainstream Curriculum. 20th Learned
Societies Annual Conference (CSSE), University of Prince Edward Island, June 5-8,
1992.
93. Feuerverger, G. Collaborative Research in Teacher Education. Canadian Association of
Teacher Education and Among Teachers Community Pre-Conference to CSSE Annual
Conference, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, June 3-4, 1992.
94. Feuerverger, G. 1) Home-School Partnership in a Multicultural Literacy Project in
Toronto. 2) The Transformative Power of Multicultural/Multilingual Children's
Literature in a Toronto Inner City School. Inaugural Among Teachers Community
Conference, Lake Simcoe, Ontario, April 3-5, 1992.
95. Feuerverger, G. University Students' Perceptions of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in
Toronto. 17th Annual Conference of the California Association for Bilingual Education,
San Francisco, Feb. 26-29, 1992.
96. Feuerverger, G. Portraits of our Canadian Multicultural Heritage: Conversations with
University Students. International Society for Educational Biography Symposium on
Narratives in Education, Faculty of Education, University of Toronto, April, 1991.
97. Feuerverger, G. Interviews with University Students: Individual Multicultural Portraits.
Conference on Multicultural Education and Community Services, OISE, February 1991.
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98. Feuerverger, G. Learning Hebrew and French by Jewish-Canadian Students in Montreal
and Toronto. VII World Congress of Comparative Education, Université de Montréal.
June 26-30, 1989.
99. Feuerverger, G. Common Interests of English as a Second Language, French as a
Second Language and Heritage Language Teaching from the Italo-Canadian Perspective.
Invited speaker at the Italian Language Conference on Current Issues in Second
Language Learning and Teaching sponsored by the Consulate General of Italy in Toronto
in conjunction with McMaster University, the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
and York University, October, 1988.
100. Feuerverger, G. Attitudes Towards Ethnolinguistic Group Vitality and Language
Maintenance: A Study of Italo-Canadian Students in Integrated and Non-Integrated
Heritage Language Programs in Toronto. TESL Canada Summer Forum, Concordia
University, Montreal, July, 23, 1988.
101. Feuerverger, G. Italo-Canadian Students in Toronto: Attitudes towards Heritage
Language Learning in Integrated and Non-Integrated Programs. Eleventh Annual
Heritage Languages Symposium, November, 1987.
102. Feuerverger, G. Jewish-Canadian Ethnic Identity and the Learning of Non-Native
Languages. Tenth Annual Heritage Languages Symposium, November, 1986.
103. Feuerverger, G. The Relationship of Ethnic Identity and Language Maintenance
towards Attitudes in Italian Language Learning. Ontario Modern Language Teachers
Association (OMLTA) Conference, Queen's University, October, 1981.
h. Keynote/Plenary Addresses
1. City Adult Learning Centre (CALC) Toronto, June 11, 2009. “Teaching, Learning and
Other Miracles: Immigrant and Refugee Issues in Schools.”
2. The Chinese Buddhist Language School Graduation Ceremony at the Taiwan Cultural
Centre, Toronto, June 7, 2009. “Holistic Dialogues for Cross-Cultural Understanding.”
3. Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO (May 7-9), Ottawa,
May 8, 2009. “Intercultural Competence as a Vehicle To Human Rights.”
4. Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 19, Berkeley City Council Chambers, “Never
Again: What You Do Matters.”
5. The Hillel Children‟s Workshop (for parents) housed in the Alan Howard Waldorf
School in Toronto, April 5, 2009. “A Pathway Toward Peace: Reconciliation and
Redemption.”
6. Canadian Friends of Haifa University in Honour of the Jewish-Arab Center at Haifa
University, Beth Tzedek Synagogue, April 2, 2009. “Designing for Diversity.”
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7. Inaugural International Education for Peace Conference in Vancouver, November 14-17,
2007. Panelist, Plenary Session, “The Role of Educators in Peace Education.”
8. NAME (National Association of Multicultural Education) Conference, Baltimore, MD.
October 31- November 4, 2007. “Meet The Author” Plenary Session, Re: Teaching,
Learning and Other Miracles.
9. Jaipur Peace Conference, January 4-6, 2007, Jaipur, India. S.S. Jain Subodh College, in
affiliation with University of Rajasthan. Peace and Conflict Resolution in a Globalised
World: Issues of Culturalism. A Grassroots Peace Education Innovation in a Co-
operative Jewish-Palestinian Village in Israel: Mahatma Gandhi’s Concept of
Satyagraha in Action.
10. Québec Inaugural Peace Conference, McGill University, October 20-22, 2006. Plenary,
Academic Panel. Building Pedagogical Bridges Toward Peace.
11. Rotary Club of Bradford, meeting on August 9, 2005. Learning to Live in Peace: A
Personal Journey to a Jewish-Palestinian Village in Israel.
12. Association for Jewish-Muslim Relations at Temple Emanuel, Toronto, February, 21,
2005, 8 pm. Learning to Live in Peace: An Israeli-Palestinian Approach.
13. Centro Scuola Italian-Canadian Cultural Centre under the auspices of the Toronto
Catholic District School Board, Department of Community Relations, for International
Languages Teachers Conference, February 11, 2005. A Role Model for Intercultural
Understanding in a Jewish-Palestinian Village in Israel.
14. Hadassah Women‟s Group, 8 p.m., November 15, 2004. The Challenge of Peace: Fact
and Fiction
15. UNESCO International Conference, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. December 1-3, 2003.
Education for a Culture of Peace.
16. Canadian Institute of International Affairs, (CIIA) October 24, 2003 at Dinner Banquet,
Hamilton District Chamber of Commerce, Ontario. United Nations Association in
Canada - CIIA / ICAI, Educators Building Bridges for Peace.
17. 2002 Canadian Bureau of International Education (CBIE), Annual Conference, Theme:
Building Human Security through Education: Celebrating the International Decade of
the Culture of Peace. November 2, 2002. Plenary: Peace Education: Canada's Role on
the World Stage.
18. 22nd Annual International Languages Symposium, November 27, 1998. Title:
Reflections on Teaching and Learning International Languages for the New Millennium.
19. Awards Event for Race and Ethnic Relations Multiculturalism of the Toronto Catholic
School Board (formerly MSSB) May 25, 1998. Title: School Narratives of
Multiculturalism in the Post-Modern World.
20. Feuerverger, G. Plenary Session of the Second Annual U of T Symposium for Women
Faculty and Librarians on Issues and Realities for Women in Research, Hart House,
April 22, 1998. Title: Women in the Academe: The Caring versus the Research Script.
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21. International Conference on Conflict Resolution and Education in Eastern Europe,
United World College, Montezuma, New Mexico, January 31-February 4, 1994. Title:
Children of War: A Personal and Professional Perspective.
22. Heritage Language Teachers Association, Edmonton, Alberta November 1990. Title:
State of the Art in Heritage Language Education Across Canada.
i. Invited Lectures
1. Educazione all Pace, Reunione dei Cittadini Contro La Guerra, Florence, Italy. June 21,
2007. (in Italian)
2. Universita Per Stranieri, Siena, Shalom, Salaam, Pace. June 15 , 2007. (in Italian)
3. University of Siena, Italy. Centro Siena-Toronto, Oasi di Sogni: Educazione alla Pace
June 12, 2007. (in Italian)
4. Berkeley City Club, UC Berkeley, CA. May 3, 2007. Lecture on Teaching, Learning and
Other Miracles.
5. The Art of Living, Foundation, Bangalore, India. January 16-17, 2007. The Art of
Peaceful Coexistence.
6. Lafayette Peace Dialogue Group, Lafayette, CA., Oakland, CA, Conflict and
Reconciliation Sunday August 14, 2005.
7. Beth Tikvah Synagogue, November 27, 2005. A Bilingual, Bicultural Village in Israel.
8. Hadassah Women‟s Group, December 12, 2005, Peace is Possible: A Reflective Journey
to a Jewish-Palestinian Village in Israel.
9. University of California at Berkeley, sponsored by International House and the Center for
Middle Eastern Studies at April 3, 2003. Social Justice and Human Rights in an Israeli-
Palestinian Educational Project.
10. Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, November 18, 2002. Sponsored by the Faculty
Senate of Temple University and the College of Education, Jewish Studies, Middle
Eastern Studies. Teaching and Learning Peace in a Bilingual, Bicultural Context.
11. School of Education and Human Development SUNY Binghamton and Intercultural
Education Anna Taylor Building, Cornell University, May 12- 15, 2002. A Role Model
for Human Rights and Social Justice.
12. TDSB/MLC conference Celebrating Linguistic Diversity on April 22, 2002. Title:
Peacemaking through Emancipatory Discourse: A Reflective Inquiry into Bilingual
Education in a Jewish-Palestinian Elementary School in Israel.
13. Rockway Mennonite Collegiate in Kitchener, Ontario to address the whole school at
Chapel and then lead discussions in individual classrooms. Full day, April 18, 2002.
Struggling Toward Peace.
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14. CERIS (Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement) on Language,
Settlement and Identity, March 6, 2002 5-7 pm. Title: Settlement Issues in a Jewish-
Palestinian Village in Israel: A Reflective Inquiry into Peaceful Coexistence.
15. National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia. Title: Living in the Oasis of Peace: A
Grassroots Community of Israelis and Palestinians. March 3, 2002, 3 - 5 p.m. A
reception followed.
16. Student Program sponsored by the Ackerman Centre for Democratic Citizenship, Purdue
University. Title: A Child's View of the Holocaust: A Personal Story. (350 upper
elementary students and parents) March 22-March 24, 2002, March 22, Purdue
University, West Lafayette, Indiana
17. Titles of my presentations: 1) Working Together for Common Needs and 2) Learning
Peace - Living Peace. March 22-March 24, 2002, March 23,Purdue University, West
Lafayette, Indiana
18. Diocese of Lafayette and Hillel Foundation - St. Thomas Aquinas Center, Title:
Resolving Differences as a Facilitator. 21st Annual Holocaust Remembrance Conference.
Theme: Post-Holocaust Global Terrorism, March 22-March 24, 2002, March 24 --
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
19. 23rd
Annual International Languages Symposium sponsored by Centro Scuola e Cultura
Italiana in cooperation with the Toronto Catholic District School Board, Toronto District
School Board and York Region Catholic District School Board, Friday, October I, 1999 at
the Columbus Centre, Toronto: International Languages: A Passport for the Millennium.
20. Centro Scuola and Cultural Italiana Institute, (in conjunction with the Italian
Government): Multicultural Literacy as a Vehicle for International Languages Teaching.
Toronto, November 17-21, 1997.
21. Freie Universitat, Berlin: Methodological Issues in Sociolinguistics and Narrative:
Empirical Research in Toronto. b) Issues of Change in Quebec Universities: Stories of
Academics in Transition, Berlin, May 21-25, 1997.
22. Potsdam Universitaet, Sociolinguistics, Minority Language Learning and Methodological
Issues. May 26, 1997.
23. Harbord Collegiate Institute, Toronto, June 9, 1994. Topic: Conflict Resolution and
Peacemaking in Personal and Professional Contexts.
24. Beit Berl Teachers College, Kfar Sava, Israel. June, 1993. Title: Multicultural Literacy
Development in Canada.
j. Invited Workshops
1. Interchange for Peace-building Storytelling Workshop, OISE. Living in Two Worlds:
Autobiographical Musings. July 6, 2009
2. Pre-departure Workshop for Teachers‟ Educational Tour in East Africa, Canadian Centre
for Genocide Education, OISE. A Personal Narrative of Inter-Generational Trauma.
June 27, 2009
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3. Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies Workshop Dec. 14-15, 2006, Teachers College,
Columbia University, NYC.
4. Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies Network, University of Peace, San Jose, Costa
Rica, September 6-9, 2006.
5. UNESCO Annual General Meeting, Omni Mont-Royal Hotel, Montreal, March 16-18,
2006
6. UNESCO Annual General Meeting, Toronto, Sheraton, 2005.
7. Humiliation and Violent Conflict, Columbia University Conflict Resolution Network,
New York City, December 15-16, 2005 (invitational) A Role Model for Conflict
Resolution: The School for Peace.
8. University of Montreal: 15 Years After Bill 101, 1993. Topic: The Integration of Ethnic
Minority Students in the Montreal French Language Public Schools.
9. CIDEC Seminar Series, March 2, 2005, OISE/UT. An International Model for Peace.
10. Noe Valley Ministry, Workshop San Francisco, August 23, 2004, Autobiography and
Ethnic Identity Issues.
11. Opening of Photo Exhibition of Givat Haviva Peace Coexistence organization (Israel)
Through Their Eyes at the Downtown Jewish Community Cenre, September 16, 2004.
12. Canadian Commission for UNESCO Annual General Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
May, 6-11, 2004.
13. Couchiching Seminar, Faculty Club U of T, Roundtable, Religion in Canada, June 24,
2004.
14. American Friends Service Committee: A Peace Education Model Group meeting,
Oakland, CA, Sunday August 29, 2004.
15. Spirituality and Activism Forum, East Bay Church of Religious Science, Oakland, CA,
August 28, 2004. Learning to Listen to the Other.
16. Center for Peace Studies at the University of Winnipeg. March, 2003. A Role Model for
Peace.
17. UNESCO pre-conference and conference on Intercultural Education, June 15-18, 2003,
Espoo and University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. Title: Building Bridges to Peace A Global
Role model for Intercultural Education and Social Justice in a Jewish-Palestinian
Village in Israel.
18. International Association for Human Values, Zellerbach Auditorium, UC Berkeley, May
14, 2003. Innovative Education and Spirituality.
19. Day of Mutual Recognition: Humanizing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Dialogue
between Jewish and Arab Students on UC Berkeley Campus. Sunday, May 4, 2003.
20. National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) We The People, Building
Bridges for Peace and Social Justice. Crystal City, Virginia (Washington, D.C. area).
October 30-November 1, 2002.
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21. Invitation to workshop meetings at UNESCO with Director of Education for Universal
Values and with Canadian Ambassador to UNESCO, May 2- 8, 2002.
22. York University sponsored by the Department of Jewish Studies. The Future of Memory:
Holocaust and anti-Racist Education. February 10, 2002.
23. A Jewish-Catholic Dialogue, St. Michael's College, October 22, 2001. Grassroots Inter-
Faith Experiments.
24. The Transformative Learning Conference, November 2-4, 2001. Pre-conference Peace
is Possible Seminar, November 1, 2001. Title of talk: Living in Intercultural Harmony:
It is Possible
25. Department of Citizenship and Immigration (CIC) in Ottawa, Fall 2001. Education:
Immigration Policy and Practice in Canada.
26. Workshops at the Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico, Centro de Idiomas, May 15-19,
2000. Apprender Idiomas en Situacion De Minoridad en Canada.
27. Workshops at the 23rd Annual International Languages Symposium, Toronto, October 1,
1999. Title: The Power of Story in a Rainbow of Cultures.
28. Toronto Catholic School Board) Primary/Junior/Intermediate Educators (Special
Education, Heritage, Support Staff, Librarians, Administrators) Toronto, April 29, 1998.
Title: Making and Learning With Bilingual Books.
29. Race and Ethnic Relations Multiculturalism Department of the Toronto Catholic School
Board regarding in-service teacher development,1998.
30. Co-Organizer of Conference on Multicultural Issues in Teacher Education at Beit Berl
Teachers College, Kfar Sava, Israel, June 23-29, 1996.
31. Workshop on Knowledge in Education: The Challenge of Gender, Ethnicity and
Language. (Canada-China Project). In collaboration with Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA), at OISE, May 24-27, 1995.
32. Organizer of Multicultural Event: Celebration of Yiddish Language/Literature/Song, at
OISE, May, 17, 1995. Co-presented with Women Educational Resources Centre at OISE
and with the Committee for Yiddish: Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto. In
collaboration with the Goethe-Institut of Toronto.
33. International Languages Teachers, East York Board of Education, Topic: Multicultural
Literacy in the Mainstream Curriculum. February 3, 1995.
34. Beit Berl Teachers College, Kfar Sava, Israel. June 20-24, 1993. Multicultural Literacy
Programs.
35. Facing History and Ourselves Curriculum Conference. Breaking the Legacy of Silence:
A Dialogue between Children of Holocaust Perpetrators and Children of Holocaust
Survivors, Brandeis University, Boston, July 29-August 2, 1993. Surviving the
Survivors.
36. Heritage Language Instructors Association, East York Board of Education, March 22,
1993. Topic: Partnerships Between Home, School and Community: A Multicultural
Collaboration.
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37. Spring Series of Lectures in Ethnicity, Ethnic Immigration and Pluralism Studies,
University of Toronto, Topic: Multicultural Literacy Development within a Canadian
Context of Diversity. March 12, 1993.
38. Workshop Organizer, OISE Conference on Jewish Women's Voices: Past and Present,
February 19-21, 1993. Topic: Poetry and Prose Readings on Yiddish Language,
Culture, Identity and History.
39. University of Wollongong, Centre for Multicultural Studies, August 26, 1992. Topic:
Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Australia
40. JCTD Narrative Seminar Series, OISE, January 27, 1993. Topic: A Multicultural
Literacy Intervention for Minority Language Students. (with J. Cummins) Topic: A
Visual Narrative of a Multicultural Literacy Project in an Inner-City Toronto School.
Topic: Parental Involvement with Home Language Books in the School Library.
41. Parents‟ Meetings at Crescent Town Public School (East York), January 30, 1992,
February 1, 1992.
42. Modern Language Centre Colloquium, OISE, April 10, 1992. University Students’
Perceptions of Ethnic Identity Maintenance Programs.
43. 20th CSSE Annual Conference, Charlottetown, P.E.I., June 5-8, 1992. Les Intéractions
Sociales et les définitions de situation à une innovation scolaire en milieu pluriethnique.
44. Conference on Power Within Diversity, OISE, November 11-14, 1992. Topic: The Neve
Shalom Bilingual Community School: A Role Model for Intercultural Education.
45. International Development Series at Mount Allison University (postponed).
46. Ontario Library Association Conference, Dangerous Liaisons: The Challenge of
Partnerships. November 13-16, 1991, Hamilton. Topic: Serving the Multilingual Needs
of our Community: A Collaboration between Home and School.
47. Conference on ESL and Multicultural Race Relations Policy, East York Board of
Education. April 4, 1991. Topic: Biliteracy and ESL Students: Encouraging First
Language Literacy within the Mainstream Curriculum.
48. Strengthening Canada's Heritage in A Changing World. Association of Multicultural
Heritage Language Schools of Eastern Ontario, St. Paul's University, Ottawa, October
28, 1990. Topic: Heritage Language Resource Materials in Canada.
49. Modern Language Centre Colloquium, OISE, October 5, 1990. Topic: Some Recent
Perspectives on Language, Ethnic Identity and Multiculturalism in Canada.
50. Ontario Multicultural Association (OMA) Annual Conference, Markham, Ontario. April
27-28, 1990. Community Development, Education and Equity.
51. Ethnicity Core Colloquium in the Sociology Department, University of Toronto. January
27, 1989. Topic: Ethnicity as a Thesis Subject: Methodological Issues and Problems.
52. Heritage Language Teacher Training Conference, National Heritage Language Resource
Unit, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, January, 1988.
53. International Research Conference on Jewish Education, Hebrew University, Jerusalem,
June 1984. Topic: Jewish Identity in the Diaspora.
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54. Fourth Annual Heritage Languages Symposium, Toronto. Sponsored by Centro
Canadese Scuola e Cultura Italiana (Canadian Centre for Italian Culture and
Education), November, 1980. Topic: Developing More Effective Communication
Strategies between Heritage Language Instructors, French Language Teachers and ESL
Teachers.
55. Parents' Workshop on French, Toronto Board of Education, February 1980. Topic: Third
Language Learning.
Media Coverage
General Newspaper Interviews
Interview with Canadian Jewish News regarding participant observation in a bilingual-
bicultural school in Israel. (“Neve Shalom School Program Seen as Useful Model for
Canada.") April 9, 1992.
Interview with Corriere Canadese regarding Third language learning and French Immersion
programmes in Canada. Toronto, June 8, 1990.
Interview with New Perspectives (a Ukranian newspaper) regarding Multiculturalism in
Canada. Toronto, December 20, 1988.
Research on heritage language education, cited by A. Grande (MPP) in Hansard Reports of
Provincial Parliamentary Debates, December 1986.
Interview with Telecorriere (Multicultural TV, Channel 47) regarding Heritage language
education. Toronto, December 18, 1986.
Interview with local newspaper of St. Joseph de Beauce, “Une Immersion dans la Vie de la
Beauce.” August 1977.
Media Publications about Oasis of Dreams
Newspaper/Magazines
Telephone Interview with Derek Penslar of Activist Magazine, July 8, 2006, 2pm (half-hour)
re: Oasis of Dreams”. Article will appear in the magazine.
Book Review Tikkun (an American-Jewish magazine, New York, Los Angeles) in
Spring/Summer 2003).
Internationaliste, Vol 13. No 3 Fall/ Automne. 2002. “Promoting Peace Through
Education/Promouvoir La Paix Par L‟Education.”
Bittar, Doris. Interviewed by Al-Jadid Arab-American Cultural Magazine (Los Angeles),
Interview: "Dialogue in Diaspora: Lure of Hope in Bicultural Village" and Book Review:
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"Oasis of Storytelling: Narrative as a tool for Change in Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue" June
2002.
Brawarsky, Sandee. Book Critic. In "New books offer insights about the Israeli-Arab conflict
and the kind of society Israel is becoming." (Book Cover is featured as well as review.) New
York Jewish Week (Manhattan Edition). May 3, 2002.
Richardson, Mark. "Village Example of Peace at Work". The London Free Press, April 10,
2002.
Patterson-Neubert, Amy. "Holocaust Conference: Grace Feuerverger encourages Hope for
Peace on Earth". Journal and Courier, Greater Lafayette, Indiana. Sunday, March 24, 2002.
Remsen, Jim. "A Jewish-Palestinian Village in Peace". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Saturday,
March 2, 2002.
Books Editor Martin Levin. Book Review under "Other Notable Books", The Globe and
Mail, Saturday March 2, 2002.
Rinehart, Dianne. An Oasis of Peace, Homemakers Magazine, February Issue, 2002.
Sieben, Hermann. Beiblatt zum Rundbrief Dezember 2001 der "Freunde von Neve
Shalom/Wahat Al Salam." (also to appear in Freiburger Rundbrief shortly.)
Saujani, Sheyfali. "Israel's Tiny Oasis of Peace". The Toronto Star, September 22, 2001.
Page M16.
Kirshner, Sheldon. "OISE Scholar Explores Mideast Co-Op Community." The Canadian
Jewish News, September 13, 2001.
Santanna, Julia. "Um Oásis de Tolerância em Israel: Familias Palestinas e Israelenses
Convivem em Paz Mantendo as Tradições em Pequena Comunidade no Centro do PaÍs".
Jornal do Brasil. Domingo, 5 de Agosto de 2001.
Noordermeer, Judy. "Finding Hope in an Oasis of Dreams: A Daughter of Holocaust
Survivors is Inspired by Jewish-Palestinian Friendship". University of Toronto Bulletin, July
23, 2001. Page 5.
TV and Radio Coverage re: Oasis of Dreams and Teaching, Learning and Other Miracles
Interview with Meghan Housley, student reporter, Ryerson University on motivation in
language learning. December 7, 2009
Interview with Cheryl Jackson, Host/producer “Your Voice” (a parenting and education
show) TVO re: children and learning multiple languages. December 3, 2009
Interview with Amanda Kwan for Take 5 current affairs radio program on CIUT 89.5 re:
French language education in Canada 40 years later. Sept. 25, 2009
Interview with Mike Crisolago, Arts and City editor for NewsFIX.ca on immigrants in
Canada. September 15, 2009
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Feature in the Annual 2005-2006 OISE/UT Report for my peace education research and
fieldwork.
Telephone Interview with Gaya, November 22, 2006 for Ryerson paper re: ESL Ss in Toronto
Telephone Interview Radio-Canada September 20, 2006 with Genevieve Chacon Re:
international languages programs in Toronto
Telephone Interview with Derek Penslar of Activist Magazine, Sat. July 8, 2006, 2pm (half-
hour) re: Oasis of Dreams
Telephone Interview with Donna Lee June 20, 2006 re: The Meaning of Multiculturalism in
Canada Today” in preparation for CBC “Canada Now: Behind the Headlines” with Ian
Hanamansingh
Telephone Interview with Martha Warrick (CTV) „Peace and War‟ May 18 2006
Discussion with Sandra Lalancet, Radio Canada Quebec, November 16, 2005
Discussion with Jessie Lorraine 570News Toronto re: intercultural issues in schools June 4,
2005
Invited Radio Interview with Paul Cross, host of “Toronto Weekend” on Radio 640, Toronto,
April 23, 2005. 2:30-3:00 pm. (producer, Sarah Mehan)
San Francisco Bay Area KESTAM Live Radio Interview with host Matthew Fox. Spirit in
Action. 8-9 am. August 28, 2003.
Berkeley/San Francisco Bay Area KPFA Live Radio Interview, (Producer: Eric Park) The
Morning Show, A half-hour interview with Philip Maldari and call-in show. .July 11, 2002.
Discussion with journalist Jennifer Tuffaha for CBC News World, April 19, 2002.
Discussions with consultant Julia Hammid for the "Marc Steiner Show" in Baltimore,
Maryland, to organize a radio interview with several villagers on NPR Radio, April 5, 2002.
CBC Radio Interview on "Tapestry" with Don Hill: "Jews and Palestinians Living Side by
Side in Peace" aired on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2002 at 2 p.m. (advertised in the Globe and
Mail on Saturday, March 30, 2002),
Interview on News Radio Station in Philadelphia on Friday March 1, 2002.
Vision TV Interview Sadia Zaman, Senior Producer, and Honey Khan, producer "Oasis of
Dreams", aired on Thursday, December 13, 2001 9 p.m. and Friday December 14, 2001 at 2
p.m.
CBC Radio Cross-Country Check-up with Rex Murphy. Sunday December 9, 2001. Call-in
Show.
CTV Canada Am Live Interview with Rod Black, (Heather Cheifetz, Producer) "Oasis of
Dreams." 8 a.m. Monday, December 3, 2001.
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I. University and Wider Academic/Community Service
OISE/UT
External Examiner for the PhD Final Oral Examination of Amani Alghamdi at the University
of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, December 2, 2005. Dissertation “ Quilted Narratives
of Arab Muslim Women’s Tapestry: Intersecting Educational Experiences and Gender
Perceptions.”
Journal Article Reviews 1996- (approx. 30)
International Council, OISE/UT, 2005-
CIDE (Comparative and International Development in Education) Collaborative Program,
OISE/UT, 2003-
CTL Council, OISE/UT, 2003-
Outreach Committee Member for JCTD 1995.
Comprehensive Exams Committee Member, 1995, 1996.
Curriculum Department Admissions Committee Member, 1994-95.
Member of the JCTD Professional Development Committee, Joint Centre for Teacher
Development (OISE/FEUT), 1993-present.
Faculty Advisor to the JCTD Student Orientation Committee, Joint Centre for Teacher
Development (OISE/FEUT), 1991, 1992.
Curriculum (CTL) Department Awards Committee Member, 1991-
Promotions Committees
Member of Internal Teaching Evaluation Committee Report for the Promotion to Full Professor,
January 2009, CTL
Member of Internal Reading Report for Probationary Three-Year Review, September 2009,
SESE
Member of Internal Reading Committee for Research and Scholarship for Promotion to Full
Professor, December 2009, SESE
Member of Internal Reading Committee for Research and Scholarship for Promotion to
Associate Professor and Tenure, December 2009, CTL
Member of Tenure Committee (Internal Report): Dr Karyn Cooper, completed December
2006.
Member of Tenure Committee: Dr. Wanja Gitari, 2005-2206.
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Member of Tenure Committee (Internal Report): Dr. Nathalie Bélanger, completed December
2002.
Report for the three-year probationary review of Dr. Jo-Anne Dillabough, completed August
31, 2000.
Report for the three-year probationary review of Dr. Nathalie Bélanger, completed June 12,
2000.
Member of Tenure Committee (Internal Report): Dr. Mary Kooy, CTD. (1999-2000).
Member of Tenure Committee (Internal Report): Dr. Carola Conle, CTL. 1997-1998.
Member of Tenure Committee: Dr. Tara Goldstein, CTL. 1997-1998.
Hiring Committees
Search Committee, CIDE, Tenure-track Assistant Professor position, CTL, 2004-2005.
Search Committee, Centre for Urban Schooling, CTL. Tenure-track Assistant Professor
position, 2005-2006
University of Toronto
I am member of the Ethnic and Pluralism Studies Interdisciplinary Program,
Department of Sociology, 2006-
I regularly attend seminars/colloquia at the Munk Centre for International Studies
I am involved in collaborative peace initiatives with CISEPO (Canada International
Scientific Exchange Program), Faculty of Medicine, 2002-
I am involved in meetings at CERIS (Centre of Excellence in Research on Immigration
and Settlement), 1999-
I was invited to serve on the Provincial OGS Scholarship Selection Panel for 2010 and
onward.
Consultation
Discussions with colleagues at the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Institute, Jerusalem. May 2009
Discussions with the Director of the Yiddish Theatre Symposium sponsored by McGill
University and the Segal Centre for the Performing Arts, June 17-25.
Discussions with the JDC (Jewish Joint Distribution Committee) in New York City, a non-
profit organization, to help in the development of a school and community project for orphan
children in East Africa, July 18.
Vetting of a research proposal from Tufts University to examine a pilot project to evaluate
the psychological development of vulnerable children in a particular community in East
Africa for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), September 2009.
Continuing Discussions with the Director of “Facing History and Ourselves” regarding the
inclusion of my book Teaching, Learning and Other Miracles into their workshop curriculum
materials on issues of war and genocide. Fall 2009.
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Initial Meeting with Professor Michael Gervers (History, U of T) and Professor Clare Pain
(Psychiatry, U of T) regarding curriculum development for war-affected children in Sub-
Saharan Africa. Oct. 19, 2009
Discussions initiated with the Directors of the Canadian Centre for Genocide Education
regarding professional development, June 2009 and ongoing.
Appraisal of International Research Grant Proposal. January 2008
Discussions with colleagues at the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Institute, Jerusalem. January
2008
Contacted by the Director of “Operation Respect” in New York City, a non-profit
organization, to help in the development of curriculum materials for their “Don’t Laugh At
Me” video which focuses on issues of “difference” and “outsiderness” in diverse classrooms.
March 2008
Vetting of DVD and Teacher‟s Guide, “Traditions and Transitions” a project of the
Women‟s Intercultural Network (W.I.N.) Winter, 2008
Initial Discussions with Director of “Facing History and Ourselves” regarding the inclusion
of my book Teaching, Learning and Other Miracles into their workshop curriculum materials
on issues of war and genocide. October 2008
UNESCO Consultation Membership (Education Sector), 2002- present
Member of Committee to Promote Multiculturalism in North York Schools, North York
Board of Education, Department of Community and Continuing Education, 1976-1977.
Inter-Cultural Liaison Consultant, CFTM (Tele-Metropole) Television. (Sovereignty-
Association Referendum Day, May, 1980).
Inter-Cultural Liaison Consultant, CFCF-TV (CTV Television Network). Quebec provincial
elections. April 1981, December 1985, and September 1989.
Inter-Cultural Liaison Consultant, CFTO-TV. National elections. September 1984.
Inter-Cultural Liaison Consultant, CFTO-TV. Ontario provincial elections. September 1987.
Inter-Cultural Liaison for CTV Television Network, CFTO Studio, Toronto. Referendum
Night. October 26, 1992.
Consultative meeting with the Centre for Coexistence and Democracy, Israeli Ministry of
Education, Jerusalem, June 17, 1993.
Local and International Professional Activities and Memberships
Board of Directors, World Literacy of Canada organization (commencing 2008)
Advisory Board of the “International Human Rights Committee” at the United Nations,
2007-
1000 Women for Peace: Peace Women Across the Globe Partnership Project, 2007-
Board of Directors, Canadian International Peace Project (CIPP), 2006-
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Board of Directors, Peace Education Commission of the International Peace Research
Association (IPRA), 2006-
“United to End Racism” (international non-profit organization (Seattle, Washington),
2006-
Research and Development with Executive Director at Berkeley, CA “YMCA”. 2004-
Board of Directors, the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies group embedded within
the Columbia University Conflict Resolution Network in New York. 2006-
Centre Internationale de Résolution de Conflit et Médiation, International Center for
Conflict Resolution and Mediation, (ICCRM), Montréal, 2003-
Member of Advisory Committee of the School of Early Childhood Education at Ryerson
University. 2003-
Regular UNESCO Education Sectoral meetings (Ottawa) 2003- present.
UNESCO Education Sectoral Commission, 2002-
Canadian Commission for UNESCO, Ottawa, 2002-
“Palestinians for Peace and Democracy” and with Bethlehem University and Al-Quds
University in East Jerusalem regarding Israeli-Palestinian peace education initiatives.
1999-
Multilingual Research Center in Brussels, Belgium, 1999-
European Union in Strasbourg, France regarding comparative issues of minority language
education in Europe and Canada, 1997-
Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie which is an international research organization
of francophone universities. This group focuses on sociolinguistique et dynamique des
langues. (Communications office at Université Paul Valéry – Montpellier III), 1997-
Book review editor of Heritage Language Journal, University of Toronto and
Multiculturalism Canada. 1994-1996
Language Policy Research Center at Bar-Ilan University, 1993-
Israeli Association for Research in Jewish Education and the Ministry of Education in
Israel, 1993-
Cultural and Language Awareness Group, Wolfson College, Cambridge University,
1993-
Contact Research Liaison at OISE for "Department of Special Projects and Outreach",
Beit Berl Teachers College, Israel, 1993-
Member of “Canada-Italy Relations Committee”, Dimensione Europea, Rome, Italy,
1992 -present.
Board of Directors of the Canadian Modern Language Review. September 1992–2001.
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Facilitator and participant in Multicultural Literacy Project, In-service Teacher
Development work in collaboration with East York School Board, January 1990 -
present.
Patents/Copyrights pending or granted:
Feuerverger, G. The Canadian Ethnocultural Questionnaire. Copyrighted 1989, Ottawa.
Feuerverger, G. The Jewish Ethnodynamic Questionnaire. Copyrighted January 1985,
Ottawa.
Other Publications (e.g. book reviews, policy papers, curriculum materials, CDROMS):
Public Acknowledegment of Review of DVD and Teacher‟s Guide, “Traditions and
Transitions” a project of the Women‟s Intercultural Network (W.I.N.) Gala event with
Minister of Education Kathleen Wynne in attendance. March 6, 2008
CDROM titled Ways of Promoting a Culture of Peace with colleagues at the University of
Jyvaskala, Finland, Storlund, V. University of Jyvaskala ; Ketkoski-Rexed, Ambassador,
Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Lasonen, J. University of Jyvaskala; (eds.). This is a video of a
group of international academics and members of NGOs who came together by invitation to a
seminar at Espoo, Finland on peace and rehabilitation in international settings. 2005
Telling Our Multicultural Stories: The Crescent Town First Language Project. Preservice
and Inservice videotapes and resource guide for teachers outlining the process and outcomes
of L1 literacy promotion (includes classroom activities, interviews with students, teachers,
parents). OISE 1995
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