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Anna Rodrigues
PhD

Pronouns: She/Her

Academic Associate

Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education

Anna Rodrigues' interdisciplinary research explores the connections between education, the Arts (visual, music, dance, literature and digital media), and equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging, within adult learning contexts.

Languages
Portuguese

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Anna is available for:
  • Media inquiries
  • Partnerships

anna.rodrigues@ontariotechu.ca
905.721.8668 ext. 2876

.annarodrigues.ca

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  • PhD - Education, Language, Culture and Teaching York University, Toronto Ontario 2018
  • Master of Education with a specialization in Digital Technologies Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario 2013
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
  • Rodrigues, A.A. (2023). Lessons from the Street: Using Street Art to Disrupt Misrepresentations and Invisibility of Indigenous Women and Girls in Canadian Mass Media (In Press). McGill Journal of Education.
  • Rodrigues, A. A. (2020). Whose Wall is it Anyway? Using Street Art to Navigate the Private and Public in a Community. SAUC - Street Art & Urban Creativity Scientific Journal, 5 (2), 18 - 25.
  • Eamer, A. & Rodrigues, A. A. (2020). Encountering Freire: A Partnership in Experiential Learning and Social Justice. Currents in Teaching and Learning, 11(2), 7-15.
  • Rodrigues, A. A. & Raby, P. (2019). Lessons Learned from Indigenizing a Media Program at an Ontario Community College. The College Quarterly. 22(1).
  • Percival, J., DiGiuseppe, M., Goodman, B., LeSage, A., Longo, F., Hinch, R., Samis, J., Sanchez, O., Rodrigues, A. A., Raby, P. (2016). Exploring factors facilitating and hindering college-university Pathway Program completion. International Journal of Educational Management, 30 (1), 20-42.
  • Percival, J., DiGiuseppe, M., Goodman, B., LeSage, A., Hinch, R., Samis, J., Sanchez, O., Rodrigues, A.A., Raby, P., Longo, F.; De La Rocha, A. (2015). Exploring Student and Advisor Experiences in a College-University Pathway Program: A Study of the Bachelor of Commerce Pathway. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 45 (4), 400-422.
  • Lesage, A., Samis, J., Hinch, R., Longo, F., DiGiuseppe, M., Percival, J., Goodman, B., De La Rocha, A., Rodrigues, A. A., Raby, P., Sanchez, O. (2014). Pathways from college to university: A Social Science example from Ontario. The College Quarterly, 17 (1).
  • Brylynska, N. & Rodrigues, A.A. (2014). Culturally Relevant Arts Education for Social Justice. Canadian Art Teacher, 12 (2), 34 – 36.
  • Rodrigues, A. A. (2014). Lights! Camera! Action! Exploring Links between Inclusive Teaching in Broadcast Education and Diversity in Canadian Media International Journal of Technology and Inclusive Education, Special Issue 1(3).
  • Rodrigues, A. A. (2013). Empowering Adult Learners through Blogging with iPads and iPods. Journal of Educational Informatics, (1) 1.
Non-academic publications associated with research
  • Rodrigues, A. A. (2020, December 6). Will Ferrell’s Eurovision Song Contest movie is the laugh we need this holiday. The Conversation Canada. https://theconversation.com/will-ferrells-eurovision-song-contest-movie-is-the-laugh-we-need-this-holiday-142536
  • Rodrigues, A.A. (2020, May 6). Street art sends a life-saving message on coronavirus. Now Magazine. https://nowtoronto.com/news/coronavirus-street-art-graffiti/
  • Rodrigues, A.A. (2019, June 6). Street art: Personal Creations get political with public messaging. The Conversation Canada. https://theconversation.com/street-art-personal-creations-get-political-with-public-messaging-11594

Mary McEwan Memorial Award, Excellence in Feminist Research,

York University January 1, 2018

Open Education Award

Ontario Tech University (Nomination) January 1, 2024

Vice-President Academic Faculty Award of Excellence

Durham College January 1, 2012

Trent Award for Teaching Excellence

Trent University (Nomination) January 1, 2022

Outstanding Faculty Researcher Award

Durham College January 1, 2016

Outstanding Faculty Researcher Award

Durham College January 1, 2013

Outstanding Faculty Researcher Award

Durham College January 1, 2011

John Ansel Distinguished Service Award

Canadian Media Educators January 1, 2014

Project: Digital Art as Pedagogy: Exploring the potential of digital art making to deepen understandings of social justice in an online university course

SSHRC Small Grants Program – Exchange January 1, 2024

Principal Investigator

Project: Building Ontario Tech capacity in community-based research through an EDI lens

Building EDI Knowledge in Research, Ontario Tech University January 1, 2023

Principal Investigator

Project: Indigenizing Curricula in Media Programs

Centre for Faculty and Academic Enrichment, Durham College January 1, 2016

Co-Investigator

Project: Poverty, Access, Resistance and Resilience in Latin America

DC/UOIT Innovative Initiatives Fund, UOIT and Durham College January 1, 2016

Co-Investigator

Project: Re-framing Mental Health in the Media Exhibit

Diversity Research Internship Grant, Canadian Media Educators January 1, 2016

Principal Investigator

Project: Inclusive Teaching in Broadcast Education and its Potential Impact on the Canadian Media Landscape

Diversity Fund, Canadian Media Educators January 1, 2014

Principal Investigator

Project: Barriers to Pathways Completion for College Students.

Durham College/UOIT Innovation Fund January 1, 2012

Co-Investigator

Project: Downtown Oshawa News Blog

Durham College Innovation Fund January 1, 2010

Principal Investigator

Project: Global Student Journalists Social Network

Durham College Innovation Fund January 1, 2009

Principal Investigator

BA Educational Studies

  • 2024 EDST 3999 Special Topics: The Power of Art: Advancing Equity through the
  • Creative Process (online)
  • 2024 EDST 3999 Special Topics: Learning in Community (online)
  • 2024/22 EDST 2500 Foundations of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (online)
  • 2024/23 EDST 4530 Social Justice Issues in Education (online)
  • 2023/22 EDST 2120 Culture and Digital Technologies (online)
  • 2023 EDST 3110 Information Literacy (online)
  • 2022 AEDT 3140 Creating Digital Tools (online)
  • 2022 AEDT 1170 Psychological Foundations and Digital Technologies (online)
Bachelor of Education
  • 2024/23 EDUC 2400 Equity and Diversity (online)
  • 2022 EDUC 2403 Independent Inquiry/Internship
  • 2022/21 EDUC 3216 Teaching English Language Learners
  • 2017 EDUC 2400 Equity and Diversity, Ontario Tech and Durham College joint field course (co-designed and co-taught this course with Dr. Allyson Eamer)
Graduate - Ontario Tech University

  • 2023/21 EDUC 5005G Social and Cultural Context of Education (online)
  • 2021/22 EDUC 5108G Youth, Media and Pop Culture (online)
  • 2021/20 EDUC 5002G Research Methods in Education (online)