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Research Chair on Digital Thriving in Franco-Ontarian Communities
Digital thriving is an emerging area of research focusing on cultivating a vibrant, empowering digital presence, ensuring equitable access to technology and improving digital literacies. In minority language settings, however, digital inequalities have a disproportionately negative impact on speakers in sectors such as education, employment and health care. This chair examines the root causes of these disparities and, working with a community of experts and stakeholders, helps reshape the digital landscape for the benefit of Franco-Ontarians.
Digital Thriving
“I’m a proud Franco-Ontarian. This aspect of my identity guides my research about digital challenges, practices, and possibilities for empowering minority language communities through education.”
Megan Cotnam-Kappel
— Research Chair on Digital Thriving in Franco-Ontarian Communities
In University news and the media
Post-pandemic education: What have we learned?
It's been five years since the planet went into a near total shutdown. When the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2020, …
New research chair to explore digital thriving in Franco-Ontarian communities
The Faculty of Education congratulates Professor Megan Cotnam-Kappel, an expert in educational technology and minority-language education, for her app…
Lego Foundation awards $2.7 million grant to our researchers for the creation of a Canadian Playful Schools network
Congratulations to Co-principal investigators, Andy Hargreaves and Trista Hollweck, and the entire CHENINE team including Amal Boultif, Megan Cotnam-K…
Let’s play: Tinkering with tech and transforming education
What do 3-D printers, laser cutters, sewing machines, robotics, and green screens have in common? You can find them all in the edustudiO, a unique, in…
Events
September 25, 2024 | INNOVA Inauguration and launch of the new Research Chair on Digital Thriving in Franco-Ontarian Communities | The Teaching and Learning Support Service (TLSS)
June 13, 2024 | | Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE)
May 13 – 17, 2024 | Enjeux liés à l'éducation de langue française en contexte minoritaire canadien; ; | ACFAS
May 10, 2024 | | Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la formation et la profession enseignante (CRIFPE)
May 7, 2024 | | Le Réseau d'enseignement francophone à distance (REFAD)
February 2, 2024 | | Citoyenneté 3.0 L’aventure technopédagogique en milieu franco-ontarien – ECampus Ontario
Videos
Photo Gallery
Professor Cotnam-Kappel delivered the keynote address 'La citoyenneté numérique éthique avec et pour les jeunes en contexte francophone minoritaire: Une approche ethnographique critique et participative' during the annual meeting of the Réseau d'enseignement francophone à distance du Canada (REFAD). The event was held May 6-8, 2024 at the Collège La Cité, in Ottawa.
During the ACFAS 2024 conference held at the University of Ottawa May 13-17th, Professor Cotnam-Kappel presented research findings during colloquium #517, entitled 'Enjeux actuels de l’éducation de langue française au Canada.' This year`s event brought several thousand participants together from across the world, under the theme 'Mobilizing knowledge in French.'
Professor Cotnam-Kappel joined her peers for this ACFAS gathering focused on key issues facing Francophone minority communities across Canada.
Research Team and Projects
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