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Dr. Beverly Baker and Dr. Aziz Choudry of DISE recently awarded SSHRC Connection Grants

Published: 4 April 2013

Dr. Baker聽and Dr. Choudry were recently awarded SSHRC Connection Grants to fund knowledge mobilization activities, aiming to facilitate the multidirectional flow of knowledge between universities and the community.

Dr. Baker鈥檚 workshop, entitled聽"Language assessment development with Haitian teachers,"聽will take place in Cap-Ha茂tien, Haiti. It will bring together approximately 150 English as a Foreign Language teachers from within Haiti in order for them to engage with recent research in language assessment, and make use of this research in the creation of quality examination questions that will directly impact educational outcomes.

Dr. Choudry鈥檚 workshop, entitled聽"Unfree Labour? Struggles of migrant and immigrant workers in Canada,"聽will take place in Montreal in May 2013. It will bring together scholars and key migrant and immigrant labour organizers and researchers and provide the means for collaboration between these actors. It is intended to advance scholarly knowledge and broader public understandings of the conditions and struggles of racialized migrant and immigrant workers in Canada.

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