Presentations

Upcoming Presentations

Past Presentations, Workshops, Resources, and Papers

• May 2023 – Navigating Low Response Rates: A Four Factor Model, Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Congress, York University
• Oct 2022 – Using a PowerBI Ecosystem to Inform School Learning Plans, Durham District School Board
• Oct 2022 – Systemic Barriers: A Department Perspective and Practice, Durham District School Board
• Sep 2022 – Data Literacy for Administrators, Durham District School Board
• Nov 2021 – Overall Patterns: Match of the TDSB 2004-2006 Grade 9 Cohorts with PSIS Data – Descriptive Report, SSHRC Partnership Development Grant, Paper available here
• Aug 2021 – Reimagining and Restructuring Educational Pipelines, York University Faculty of Education Summer Institute (FESI) panelist
• Aug 2021 – Strategic Planning – Prioritizing Actions and Developing Metrics, Durham District School Board
• Oct 2020 – District Research in a Nut Shell, Brandy Doan (U of Windsor), Chris Conley (DDSB), Dragana Martinovic (MKN),  Paper available here
• Jan 2019 – Honouring the “I” in Identity, EQAO
• Dec 2018 – Honouring the “I” in Identity, AERO Fall Conference Equity panel presentation and discussion
• May 2018 – Equity: Using all your Census, London Region MISA PNC Learning Symposium
• Mar 2018 – Third Progress Report on Indigenous Education: Strengthening Our Learning Journey
  • Working Together to Support Indigenous Education in Ontario (Infographic 1) Resource available here
  • Indigenous Student Achievement in Ontario (Infographic 3)  Resource available here
• Feb 2018 – Equity: The Data Dive, Direction and Development, EQAO Conference 
• Jun 2017 – PowerBI: Interactive Dashboards in Education, Barrie Region MISA PNC
• Jul 2017 – Data Visualization Open Session: From Philosophy to Practice, Ministry of Education
• Mar 2016 – Working with Post-Secondary Data: From R to Reporting, Data User Group
• Mar 2016 – Educators as co-learners and co-researchers, Tweetchat co-host with @JimAwesomeYears, @SylviaLink, @rto – #leadershipshine
• Jan 2016 – R Workshop: Creating and Mapping Community Data Models for District School Boards, London Region MISA PNC. Resource available here.
  
• July 2015 – R Workshop: Creating and Mapping Community Data Models for District School Boards, London Region MISA PNC
• June 2015 – “Introduction to Community Data Models and Overview of Environics Data and Resources”, London Region MISA PNC, Niagara Catholic DSB
• May 2015 – R Workshop: Creating and Mapping Community Data Models for District School Boards, Barrie Region MISA PNC, York Region DSB
• May 2015 – “IMPAct:  Informed Monitoring – Practice to Action“,  Barrie Region System Implementation and Monitoring (SIM)
• Apr 2015 – “Use of R and Sociodemographics – Upcoming Opportunities“, collaborative session for DUG, Barrie Region MISA PNC, Toronto Region MISA PNC, AERO
• Mar 2015 – “Getting Started with R“, Barrie Region MISA PNC hosted by York Region District School Board
• Feb 2015 – “Development and Use of Community Data Models in Education“, French Language MISA PNC (presented in English)
• Jul 2014 – “Getting the Most Out of Excel (Data Visualization)“, Ministry of Children and Youth Services (MCYS), Strategic Information and Business Intelligence Branch for Data Stewards
• Jun 2014 – “Reproducible Research – R Learning Session“, Data User Group Summer Series
• May 2014 – “EDI – Exploring Relationships and Outcomes“, Toronto Region MISA PNC Early Years Session
• May 2014 – “Community Data Models – Tips and Tricks for Data Management, Analysis and Visualization“, AERO Special Interest Group Session
• Apr 2014 – Working with data (Part 3): Data analysis – Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health
• Feb 2014 – Data User Group poster presentation – OERS 2014
• Jan 2014 – “MISA Professional Network Centres/Data Visualization – Supporting the Work of Student Success Leaders”, Barrie Region Student Success Leaders’ Meeting
• Jan 2014 – “What you see AND what you get” – data visualization keynote and workshop, London MISA PNC
• Jan 2014 – “Introduction to R – Towards Reproducible Research” – DUG/Barrie MISA PNC/ Toronto MISA PNC workshop.  Resources available here.
• Dec 2013 – “Introduction to R – Towards Reproducible Research“,
  DUG/Barrie MISA PNC/Toronto MISA PNC workshop.  Resources available here.
• Jul 2013 – Data Visualization: The Optics of Knowledge Mobilization“,  Ministry of Children and Youth Services (MCYS), Capacity Building Workshop series
• May 2013 – Data Visualization: The Optics of Knowledge Mobilization“,  Ministry of Children and Youth Services (MCYS), Strategic Information and Business Intelligence Branch
• Apr 2013 – “Seeing What is Before Us:  The Use of Data Visualization“,
  AERO/KNAER Special Interest Group session (SIG) collaboration. Resources available here.
• Dec 2012 – “Data Visualization: The Optics of Knowledge Mobilization“,
  ERESB’s Research Strategy Speaker Series.
• Dec 2012 – “Data Visualization: The Optics of Knowledge Mobilization“,
  OPS K* Community of Practice.
• Nov 2012 – “Data Collection: Getting from point A to point B – Following the line of reasoning“,
  Barrie Region PNC MISA Active Research Collaborative
• May 2012 – “The Use of Data Visualization Techniques to Share and Apply Research Findings: Exploring the Post-Secondary Pathways of Toronto District School Board Students“,
  18.10 room BA305, Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Congress, Waterloo, Paper available here
• May 2012 – “Data Visualization Applications“,
  Education Quality and Accountability Office
• Apr 2012 – “Data Visualization Seminar“,
  Research Supporting Practice in Education team – OISE
• Feb 2012 – “Innovative Data Use: Data Visualization – Picture? Perfect!“, 2012 Ontario Education Research Symposium
• Feb 2012 – “The Use of Data Visualization Techniques to Share and Apply TDSB Research Findings“,
  KNAER poster presentation for the 2012 Ontario Education Research Symposium
• Jan 2012 – “La visualisation des données – les stratégies de présentation – « Data visualisation »” (presented in English),
  Rencontre mi-année du Centre provincial de réseautage GIARE
• Jan 2012 – “Data Visualization: Out of Sight, Out of Mind“,
  Best Start Early Years Research and Evaluation (EYRE), Hamilton
  
• Dec 2011 – “Data Visualization: Out of Sight, Out of Mind“,
  AERO, Fall Conference
  
• Nov 2011 – “Data Collection: Getting from point A to point B – Following the line of reasoning“,
  Barrie Region PNC MISA Fall Symposium
• June 2011 – panelist “Promoting Equity Through an Understanding of Socio-demographic Diversity“,
  AERO, Spring Conference
  
• Jan 2011 – “Data Visualization: Moving Beyond SPSS and Excel“,
  HLM-Learning and Research Community
• Nov 2010 – “The changing face of research in Ontario school districts: Contexts, challenges, and opportunities”, written with Joan Oracheski, Doris McWhorter and Erica vanRoosmalen.  Paper available here.
• Sep 2010 – “Hierarchical Linear Modeling Workshop“,
  HLM-Learning and Research Community
• Apr 2010 – “Building Capacity in Research and Data Analysis Through Collaboration in a Community of Practice“,
  Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Congress, Montreal
• Feb 2010 – “An Exploration of relationships: EDI and EQAO“,
  Barrie Region MISA PNC Conference
• Dec 2009 – “Developing a Board Improvement Plan – Research Implications for ArtsSmarts“,
  ArtsSmarts National Conference
• Nov 2009 – “Early Years Predictors of Primary Achievement“,
  Early Years Education Ontario Network (EYEON)
• May 2009 – “The Use of Hierarchical Linear Models in School Boards – Reflections from Applied Researchers” and
  “Ontario Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) Learning and Research Community“,
  Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Congress, Ottawa
• Oct 2007 – “Program Evaluation: Mission Possible“,
  Barrie Region MISA PNC
• Jun 2007 – “Putting Large Scale Assessments on the Map“,
  Research Cluster – Ottawa University
• Mar 2007 – “EDI“,
  AERO S.I.G.
• Apr 2005 – “GIS Orientation“,
  AERO S.I.G.
• Mar 2005 – “Using GIS in Education Research“,
• GIS Usergroup
• Feb 2004 – “More: How to Survive EQAO“,
  AERO S.I.G.
• Nov 2002 – “How to Survive EQAO“,
  AERO S.I.G.

Facilitation

• December 2015 – Social Media Moderator: The Science of Learning, AERO
• May 2015 – Social Media Moderator: Science of Full-Day Kindergarten, AERO  Presentation check-ins of trends, questions and highlight of shared resources
• Mar 2012 – Discussion Forum: Towards the Use of Demographic Data for Educational Equity (Table Facilitator), KNAER – York University
• Feb 2012 – 2012 Ontario Education Research Symposium: Making better use of integrated data sets
• Oct 2011 – Discussion Forum: Rethinking Demographic Data in Terms of
  Student Equity (Table Facilitator), KNAER – York University
• Feb 2011 – 2011 Ontario Education Research Symposium
• Feb 2010 – 2010 Ontario Education Research Symposium
• Nov 2009 – “Hierarchical Linear Modeling: Project PD” Barrie Region PNC
• Feb 2009 – 2009 Ontario Education Research Symposium
• Apr 2008 – “Hierarchical Linear Modeling”, AERO S.I.G.
• Feb 2008 – “Learning Driven Schools”, Barrie Region MISA PNC
• Jan 2008 – 2008 Ontario Education Research Symposium
• Jan 2007 – 2007 Ontario Education Research Symposium
• Jan 2006 – 2006 Ontario Education Research Symposium

Award

• May 2012 – Todd Rogers Award, Canadian Educational Researchers’ Association (CERA), Waterloo, (AERO announcement)