Aurelia Di Santo, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

early childhood education in emergencies early learning for children in crisis and conflict refugee children refugee-led programs early learning curricula assessment frameworks

Latest funding

International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$653,126
Partnering to support and scale up assessment efforts of refugee-led early childhood education programs in emergencies
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$23,461
Reconciling the social model of childhood disability with pedagogy: the effects of teacher training to facilitate friendship-building
SSHRC · 2017 · Co-investigator
$221,540

All 4 grants and awards

International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: children's rights; intergenerational partnerships; participatory methods; ethics

$653,126

Partnering to support and scale up assessment efforts of refugee-led early childhood education programs in emergencies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Di Santo, Aurelia

Keywords: early childhood education in emergencies; early learning for children in crisis and conflict; refugee children; refugee-led programs; early learning curricula; assessment frameworks

$23,461

Reconciling the social model of childhood disability with pedagogy: the effects of teacher training to facilitate friendship-building

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Koller, Donna F.

Keywords: childhood disability; social cultural disability theory; social inclusion; friendship; pedagogy; teaching; early childhood education; early intervention; social competence

$221,540

Knowing their rights: improving young children's knowledge about child rights to increase their civic engagement

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Di Santo, Aurelia

Keywords: children's rights; social justice; children's well-being; early childhood curriculum frameworks; school curricula

$23,228

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: early childhood education in emergencies Dear Professor Di Santo, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on early childhood education in emergencies connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Partnering to support and scale up assessment efforts of refugee-led early childhood education programs in emergencies" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]