Stacy Churchill

Stacy Churchill, Professor Emeritus (Education Policy and Education of Minorities), Modern Language Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto.

Named Professor Emeritus following early retirement in 2002 to devote himself to policy research and writing, Churchill earlier served as Coordinator of Research and Development, responsible for all research programs of the OISE, where he also founded the Centre de recherches en education franco-ontarienne (CREFO). He heads his own consulting firm, Stacy Churchill and Associates.

Education: Ph.D. (International History) London School of Economics and Political Science; Diplôme ès Sciences Politiques, Institut d'Études Politiques, Université de Paris. Other studies: journalism (1 yr.), University of Chile, and lisensiaattiseminaari (political history) Prof. Lauri Puntila, University of Helsinki. Prof. Churchill has served as Senior Fellow, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, OECD and as Fellow, International Institute for Educational Planning.

Prof. Churchill specialises in general education policy (elementary, secondary, post-secondary) and in education of linguistic and cultural minorities including human rights aspects. In Canada his studies for the Government of Canada and several provinces have played a significant role in shaping both education policy for francophone minorities and court decisions concerning their educational and linguistic rights. In 1992 the Summit of Francophone associations of Ontario awarded him the Ordre de mérite francophile.

Prof. Churchill has reviewed minority education policies in numerous countries as part of an OECD study, served as evaluator and long-time consultant to the UNESCO Associated Schools Program, and has carried out consultancies in more than 30 countries, usually as chief of mission.

Publications: More than 25 books, monographs and chapters in books written in four languages; more than l00 journal articles and technical reports, in addition to curriculum materials in different media (print, film, computer-based). Books include The Education of Linguistic and Cultural Minorities in the OECD Countries, Official Languages in Canada: Changing the Language Landscape; and (with Isabel Kaprielian-Churchill)The Future of Francophone and Acadian Communities in a Pluralistic Society: FACING PLURALISM; and The Pulse of the World: Refugees in our Schools. His revised thesis was published as Itä-Karjalan Kohtalo 1917-1922 [The Fate of East Karelia 1917-1922], Helsinki: Werner Söderström, 1970.

Website: http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/MLC/church.htm

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