Sejal Patel
Associate Professor
Director
Faculty of Community Services
School of Early Childhood Studies
Toronto, Ontario
patel.sejal@torontomu.ca
Office:
(416) 979-5000 ext. 7309
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I am director and associate professor at the School of Early Childhood Studies, in the Faculty of Community Services at Toronto Metropolitan University. With training in psychology and education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, I held CIHR Strategic ...
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Bio/Research
I am director and associate professor at the School of Early Childhood Studies, in the Faculty of Community Services at Toronto Metropolitan University. With training in psychology and education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, I held CIHR Strategic Training and Peterborough K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation post-doctoral fellowships at the Centre for Research on Inner City Health at St. Michael's Hospital. I am an affiliate scientist in the Keenan Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital Unity Health Toronto.
My program of research investigates the effects of innovation in (1) service provision and education, and (2) the designed environment, on inequities in children’s educational success and well-being. My research on educational success and well-being considers children’s early life experiences, social and community context, neighbourhoods and environments. As a community-engaged scholar, I pursue professional goals by collaborating with community partners to carry out research with marginalized populations to help reduce disparities, and to mobilize knowledge to help inform local practice and public policy.
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My program of research investigates the effects of innovation in (1) service provision and education, and (2) the designed environment, on inequities in children’s educational success and well-being. My research on educational success and well-being considers children’s early life experiences, social and community context, neighbourhoods and environments. As a community-engaged scholar, I pursue professional goals by collaborating with community partners to carry out research with marginalized populations to help reduce disparities, and to mobilize knowledge to help inform local practice and public policy.
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