Book Launch - "A Research Agenda for Inclusive Education"
December 9, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Hybrid (FEB1044 and Zoom)
Canadian Research Centre on Inclusive Education
This cutting-edge Research Agenda studies the people and processes that are involved in promoting equal opportunities within education. Employing the ecology of inclusion model, it provides insightful suggestions for implementing a coherent approach to the process of schooling for students with disabilities.
The event will be hosted by Editors Jacqueline Specht (Western University), Steve Sider (Laurier University) and Kimberly Maich (Memorial University).
Chapter Authors Mel Ainscow, Nicole Neil and Amelia Roberts will be providing insights on their contributions, and Tim Loreman will be providing a perspective of the book's contribution to the current research literature in inclusive education.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Those who attend the session will receive a coupon for 35% off their book purchase,
and three lucky attendees will receive a free book!
Mel Ainscow, PhD is Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester, Professor of Education, University of Glasgow, and Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology. A long-term consultant to UNESCO, he is internationally recognized as an authority on the promotion of inclusion and equity in education.
Nicole Neil, PhD, RBA (Ont.), BCBA-D is the Associate Dean of Research in the Faculty of Education, and Coordinator of the Master of Professional Education in Applied Behaviour Analysis at the University of Western Ontario. She holds a PhD in Learning Processes and Behavior Analysis from the Graduate Centre, City University of New York. Her research interests involve interdisciplinary approaches to behaviour-analytic intervention, including inclusive informal STEM Education and function-based cognitive behaviour therapy for children with autism and obsessive-compulsive behaviour.
Amelia Roberts, PhD is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Education, UCL, London. Formerly Vice Dean (Enterprise) and Deputy Director of UCL Centre for Inclusive Education, Amelia’s research now focuses on close-to-practice research with international organisations, policy makers, schools and local authorities who support at risk young people. She is currently working with the Education Endowment Foundation on oral language for Early Years; the Nuffield Foundation on exam access arrangements and in Hong Kong and London on post-16 transitions into adulthood.
Tim Loreman, PhD is President and Vice-Chancellor at Concordia University of Edmonton (CUE) as well as a professor in the Faculty of Education. Dr. Loreman has taught in a variety of classroom settings in Australia and Canada and prior to his arrival at Concordia in 2003, worked in the Faculty of Education at Monash University in Melbourne. His active research interests include inclusive education and pedagogy, and he has worked, conducted research, and presented at major conferences throughout the world, including in Australia, Hong Kong, the United States, Britain, Ireland, Italy, France, Canada, Spain, Ukraine, Brazil, Bangladesh, India, and the Pacific Islands.
