Anna Rodrigues
PhD
Pronouns: She/Her
Academic Associate
Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of EducationDr. Rodrigues' 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.rodrigues@ontariotechu.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.
- 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, 2018Open Education Award
Ontario Tech University (Nomination) January 1, 2024Vice-President Academic Faculty Award of Excellence
Durham College January 1, 2012Trent Award for Teaching Excellence
Trent University (Nomination) January 1, 2022Outstanding Faculty Researcher Award
Durham College January 1, 2016Outstanding Faculty Researcher Award
Durham College January 1, 2013Outstanding Faculty Researcher Award
Durham College January 1, 2011John Ansel Distinguished Service Award
Canadian Media Educators January 1, 2014Project: 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, 2024Principal Investigator
Project: Building Ontario Tech capacity in community-based research through an EDI lens
Building EDI Knowledge in Research, Ontario Tech University January 1, 2023Principal Investigator
Project: Indigenizing Curricula in Media Programs
Centre for Faculty and Academic Enrichment, Durham College January 1, 2016Co-Investigator
Project: Poverty, Access, Resistance and Resilience in Latin America
DC/UOIT Innovative Initiatives Fund, UOIT and Durham College January 1, 2016Co-Investigator
Project: Re-framing Mental Health in the Media Exhibit
Diversity Research Internship Grant, Canadian Media Educators January 1, 2016Principal Investigator
Project: Inclusive Teaching in Broadcast Education and its Potential Impact on the Canadian Media Landscape
Diversity Fund, Canadian Media Educators January 1, 2014Principal Investigator
Project: Barriers to Pathways Completion for College Students.
Durham College/UOIT Innovation Fund January 1, 2012Co-Investigator
Project: Downtown Oshawa News Blog
Durham College Innovation Fund January 1, 2010Principal Investigator
Project: Global Student Journalists Social Network
Durham College Innovation Fund January 1, 2009Principal 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)
- 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)
- 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)
