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John Portelli

Professor Emeritus/Emerita

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Department of Social Justice Education

  • Professor Emeritus/Emerita
    Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Department of Social Justice Education
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BIO

John P. Portelli was born in Malta where, after completing a B.A. (Philosophy & Maltese, 1975), he taught history and modern languages at a secondary school and philosophy at a sixth form. In 1977 he was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship and commenced his studies at McGill University from where he obtained an M.A. (1979) and a Ph.D. (1984). Currently he is a professor emeritus in the Department of Social Justice Education, and the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education at OISE, University of Toronto. He was Co-director of the Centre for Leadership and Diversity and a fellow of St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor Emeritus
    University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Department of Social Justice Education, Toronto, CanadaJul 2021 - present
  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Department of Social Justice Education, Toronto, Canada1999 - 2021

DEGREES

  • MA
    McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  • PhD
    McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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