Jane Gaskell
Departments of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education
University of Toronto
Canada
Biography
Professor, OISE 2010-2017 Professor and dean OISE 2003-2010 Assistant, associate, full professor at University of British Columbia 1974-2003 Assistant Professor, Queens University 1971-1974 Ed.D. Harvard University (Education) 1973 B.A. (Honors) Swarthmore College (Sociology) 1968 Professor, OISE 2010-2017 Professor and dean OISE 2003-2010 Assistant, associate, full professor at University of British Columbia 1974-2003 Assistant Professor, Queens University 1971-1974 Ed.D. Harvard University (Education) 1973 B.A. (Honors) Swarthmore College (Sociology) 1968
Research Interest
Dr. Gaskell's research and publications have focussed on a variety of policy issues in education, including the organization of secondary education in Canada; school choice; the impact of feminism on educational policy and practice; educational approaches to poverty; the links between education and the workplace; the politics of research and policy. Her most recent book is on the history of the Toronto Board of Education from 1970 to amalgamation in 1998. Dr. Gaskell was dean of OISE from 2003 to 2010.
