Ceci Vasoff
@cecivasoff.bsky.social
Pursuing full-time PhD, Educational Leadership & Policy, OISE. Special education & school finance.
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I know that the job market is rough this year for Econ PhDs. @utoronto.ca has expanded its postdoc funding. If you are on the market and work on school finance or early childhood education and are interested in a PostDoc, let me know! #econsky #educsky postdoc.sgs.utoronto.ca/current-post...
Postdoctoral Talent Initiative – School of Graduate Studies Postdoctoral Fellows
postdoc.sgs.utoronto.ca
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I know that the job market is rough this year for Econ PhDs. @utoronto.ca has expanded its postdoc funding. If you are on the market and work on school finance or early childhood education and are interested in a PostDoc, let me know! #econsky #educsky postdoc.sgs.utoronto.ca/current-post...
95% of staff positions at the U.S. Office of Special Education Program - gone. Interview with policy and advocacy advisor, Kuna Tavalin, about the implications for special education programs in America and, ultimately, its students. #SPED #SpecEd #SpecialEducation
open.spotify.com/episode/3FUs...
open.spotify.com/episode/3FUs...
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October 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
95% of staff positions at the U.S. Office of Special Education Program - gone. Interview with policy and advocacy advisor, Kuna Tavalin, about the implications for special education programs in America and, ultimately, its students. #SPED #SpecEd #SpecialEducation
open.spotify.com/episode/3FUs...
open.spotify.com/episode/3FUs...
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Yay! This is going to be so much fun. Thanks to the @atkinsoncentre.bsky.social for being such amazing conveners.
The HUB is live!
Meet the leaders driving research that informs equity and opportunity in early learning and child care.
Today’s Spotlight: Dr. Beth Dhuey (@bdhuey.bsky.social), Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto.
Explore more at eceknowledgehub.ca
Meet the leaders driving research that informs equity and opportunity in early learning and child care.
Today’s Spotlight: Dr. Beth Dhuey (@bdhuey.bsky.social), Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto.
Explore more at eceknowledgehub.ca
October 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Yay! This is going to be so much fun. Thanks to the @atkinsoncentre.bsky.social for being such amazing conveners.
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NCME applauds this IES effort to “maximize relevance, timeliness, and usability,” and have “a meaningful, positive impact on students' academic achievement and other outcomes.”
Full response: buff.ly/eBmK1wA
Full response: buff.ly/eBmK1wA
October 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
NCME applauds this IES effort to “maximize relevance, timeliness, and usability,” and have “a meaningful, positive impact on students' academic achievement and other outcomes.”
Full response: buff.ly/eBmK1wA
Full response: buff.ly/eBmK1wA
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...introducing Direct Motions Without Notice, but no further information has been provided.
*** This is a tactic often used to force through unpopular motions, as it circumvents first hearing at General Committee and prevents deputations from the public. ***
Council-watchers, pay attention!!
2/2
*** This is a tactic often used to force through unpopular motions, as it circumvents first hearing at General Committee and prevents deputations from the public. ***
Council-watchers, pay attention!!
2/2
September 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
...introducing Direct Motions Without Notice, but no further information has been provided.
*** This is a tactic often used to force through unpopular motions, as it circumvents first hearing at General Committee and prevents deputations from the public. ***
Council-watchers, pay attention!!
2/2
*** This is a tactic often used to force through unpopular motions, as it circumvents first hearing at General Committee and prevents deputations from the public. ***
Council-watchers, pay attention!!
2/2
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Excited to invite you to the #RunLikeAGirl book launch in Toronto on Oct 1! Join me for a fireside chat with a Q&A about leadership, resilience & creating change.
Free event, registration required: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#WomenLeadingOnClimate
Free event, registration required: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#WomenLeadingOnClimate
September 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Excited to invite you to the #RunLikeAGirl book launch in Toronto on Oct 1! Join me for a fireside chat with a Q&A about leadership, resilience & creating change.
Free event, registration required: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#WomenLeadingOnClimate
Free event, registration required: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#WomenLeadingOnClimate
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This paper is very good and all the think tankers and foundation people (especially leadership and Comms) should take it to heart. It also makes me feel very tired
Last week @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social and I put out a provocation & set of suggestions on how influence has changed and why institutions (& funders) need to change their thinking on shaping public opinion and connecting w/audiences. The old way no longer works.
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
For Expertise to Matter, Nonpartisan Institutions Need New Communications Strategies
To avoid irrelevance when they are needed most, experts and nonpartisan analysts must rethink not just their channels of communication but also their theory of influence.
carnegieendowment.org
September 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This paper is very good and all the think tankers and foundation people (especially leadership and Comms) should take it to heart. It also makes me feel very tired
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
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The world as we know it is slipping away. "Canada is strengthening defence ties with Finland and Sweden." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canada needs a "whole-of-society approach" to security and defence if it intends to hang on to its sovereignty.
Canada needs a "whole-of-society approach" to security and defence if it intends to hang on to its sovereignty.
Canada is strengthening defence ties with Finland and Sweden. What can they teach us? | CBC News
NATO’s secretary general has warned Russia could launch an attack on the alliance within the next five years. Talk to NATO’s two newest members, Finland and Sweden, and they’ll tell you preparation in...
www.cbc.ca
August 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The world as we know it is slipping away. "Canada is strengthening defence ties with Finland and Sweden." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canada needs a "whole-of-society approach" to security and defence if it intends to hang on to its sovereignty.
Canada needs a "whole-of-society approach" to security and defence if it intends to hang on to its sovereignty.
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Public spending on PSE institutions in Canada hit an all-time high of $37B (in 2023$) just after the 2008-9 recession. It's now $35B.
If spending had kept pace with student # growth it would now be $37B
If it had kept pace w/ pop growth: $42B
With GDP growth: $49B
With govt spending growth: $53B
If spending had kept pace with student # growth it would now be $37B
If it had kept pace w/ pop growth: $42B
With GDP growth: $49B
With govt spending growth: $53B
August 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Public spending on PSE institutions in Canada hit an all-time high of $37B (in 2023$) just after the 2008-9 recession. It's now $35B.
If spending had kept pace with student # growth it would now be $37B
If it had kept pace w/ pop growth: $42B
With GDP growth: $49B
With govt spending growth: $53B
If spending had kept pace with student # growth it would now be $37B
If it had kept pace w/ pop growth: $42B
With GDP growth: $49B
With govt spending growth: $53B
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Roughly 80% of homeless aren't folks with mental health or drug problems they are folks who couldn't make rent due to exigent circumstances.
The chronic homeless (people folks usually think of when they think of "the homeless guy in the park") are the hardest to help but they aren't the majority.
The chronic homeless (people folks usually think of when they think of "the homeless guy in the park") are the hardest to help but they aren't the majority.
The fastest-growing homeless population in America? School-age children.
Last year, student homelessness in California—where rents continue to soar past wages—rose by 20,000, reaching its highest level in a decade.
But sure, keep insisting homelessness is all about mental illness and addiction.
Last year, student homelessness in California—where rents continue to soar past wages—rose by 20,000, reaching its highest level in a decade.
But sure, keep insisting homelessness is all about mental illness and addiction.
California’s hidden homeless children: living in garages, doubled-up and unseen
Student homelessness in Monterey county soars as families struggle with high rent and scarce housing amid funding cuts
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Roughly 80% of homeless aren't folks with mental health or drug problems they are folks who couldn't make rent due to exigent circumstances.
The chronic homeless (people folks usually think of when they think of "the homeless guy in the park") are the hardest to help but they aren't the majority.
The chronic homeless (people folks usually think of when they think of "the homeless guy in the park") are the hardest to help but they aren't the majority.
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I'm heartbroken for my field, but I also just submitted an article I've been working on with @betsyjwolf.bsky.social that channels all the progress education researchers have made over 20+ years.
I'm so proud of everyone working to build the future of evidence in education.
I'm so proud of everyone working to build the future of evidence in education.
New: The Education Department's cuts have left the niche, government-backed "industry" of education research in a dire state.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Trump’s Job Cuts Leave a Profession Looking for Its Next Act
Niche researchers in a government-dependent education field are trying to pivot. “There are no crops coming out of this ground anymore.”
www.wsj.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I'm heartbroken for my field, but I also just submitted an article I've been working on with @betsyjwolf.bsky.social that channels all the progress education researchers have made over 20+ years.
I'm so proud of everyone working to build the future of evidence in education.
I'm so proud of everyone working to build the future of evidence in education.
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Somehow this got buried in the thread, but it's important.
In 2022, there was a profound need for reliable COVID data in Canada, as reporting withered.
This although excess deaths in Canada in 2022 were nearly as high as Canadian deaths in all 5 years of WWII combined.
This although excess deaths in Canada in 2022 were nearly as high as Canadian deaths in all 5 years of WWII combined.
August 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Somehow this got buried in the thread, but it's important.
Horseshoe Bay, Pukaskwa National Park, Canada.
July 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Horseshoe Bay, Pukaskwa National Park, Canada.
Failing the most vulnerable members of our society so cruelly and in so many ways. Absolutely gut wrenching. Thanks for sharing this report. #homelessness #onpoli
More than half of Toronto's homeless (in October) were refugee claimants. Imagine fleeing persecution, starting over somewhere foreign and new and sleeping on the street or in a shelter. www.toronto.ca/wp-content/u...
www.toronto.ca
July 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Failing the most vulnerable members of our society so cruelly and in so many ways. Absolutely gut wrenching. Thanks for sharing this report. #homelessness #onpoli
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Data Deidentification for Data Sharing in Education and Psychological Research: Importance, Barriers, and Techniques journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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July 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Jun 28-Jul 11, 2025
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: none
HIGH: ON
MODERATE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, PEI, QC, SK
About 1 in 120 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: none
HIGH: ON
MODERATE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, PEI, QC, SK
About 1 in 120 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
July 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Jun 28-Jul 11, 2025
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: none
HIGH: ON
MODERATE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, PEI, QC, SK
About 1 in 120 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: none
HIGH: ON
MODERATE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, PEI, QC, SK
About 1 in 120 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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It was great to chat with Steven Durlauf (@durlauf.bsky.social), Director of @ucstonecenter.bsky.social, about wealth inequality, social mobility, education, and the problem of owning a Picasso!
In our latest podcast episode, @durlauf.bsky.social & @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social discuss variation in wealth inequality and why income gaps don’t tell the whole story. They explore how this inequality shapes individuals through education, housing, and risk assessments.
Listen: bit.ly/4epPUTU
Listen: bit.ly/4epPUTU
July 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It was great to chat with Steven Durlauf (@durlauf.bsky.social), Director of @ucstonecenter.bsky.social, about wealth inequality, social mobility, education, and the problem of owning a Picasso!
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Our new work featured in several news outlets today 🧪: #Reading skills — and struggles — manifest earlier than previously thought
New finding underscores need to intervene before kids start school, say researchers: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor... #EduSky #brain #neuroimaging
New finding underscores need to intervene before kids start school, say researchers: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor... #EduSky #brain #neuroimaging
Reading skills — and struggles — manifest earlier than thought — Harvard Gazette
New findings underscore the need for interventions before children start school, said Harvard researchers.
news.harvard.edu
June 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Our new work featured in several news outlets today 🧪: #Reading skills — and struggles — manifest earlier than previously thought
New finding underscores need to intervene before kids start school, say researchers: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor... #EduSky #brain #neuroimaging
New finding underscores need to intervene before kids start school, say researchers: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor... #EduSky #brain #neuroimaging
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How can lecturers make it easier for students dealing with long #Covid to continue their studies? In this video, Anne McConway explains the condition and offers strategies for safer, more inclusive #teaching: ow.ly/XY9V50WePwz #longcovid #edusky #highered
Practical ways to support university students with long Covid
Educators can make it easier for students dealing with the symptoms of long Covid to continue their studies. In this video, Anne McConway explains the condition and offers strategies for safer, more w...
ow.ly
June 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
How can lecturers make it easier for students dealing with long #Covid to continue their studies? In this video, Anne McConway explains the condition and offers strategies for safer, more inclusive #teaching: ow.ly/XY9V50WePwz #longcovid #edusky #highered
For me, the relapsing-remitting aspect of #longCOVID is frustrating. Working well within my (fluctuating) energy envelope is my best hope for remaining productive and enjoying my studies. :)
"The first thing to consider is that those who have already experienced post-Covid health issues are usually keen to avoid situations where there is a high risk of them being reinfected."
Read this as many times as you need to
Read this as many times as you need to
How can lecturers make it easier for students dealing with long #Covid to continue their studies? In this video, Anne McConway explains the condition and offers strategies for safer, more inclusive #teaching: ow.ly/XY9V50WePwz #longcovid #edusky #highered
June 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
For me, the relapsing-remitting aspect of #longCOVID is frustrating. Working well within my (fluctuating) energy envelope is my best hope for remaining productive and enjoying my studies. :)
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Toronto is feeling the heat. Stay cool, stay hydrated, and revisit our (unfortunately timeless) feature on the unequal distribution of heat in the city. Climate change causes heat waves, but the city’s politics, policies, and design determine who suffers most. thelocal.to/toronto-heat...
As Toronto Temperatures Rise, Inequalities Widen | The Local
Climate change causes heat waves, but the city’s politics, policies, and design determine who suffers most.
thelocal.to
June 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Toronto is feeling the heat. Stay cool, stay hydrated, and revisit our (unfortunately timeless) feature on the unequal distribution of heat in the city. Climate change causes heat waves, but the city’s politics, policies, and design determine who suffers most. thelocal.to/toronto-heat...
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21st June: #ShowYourStripes day
1) Download your warming stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info
2) Use the graphics to start conversations about climate change risks, how you are already experiencing the consequences and what you are doing about it
3) Encourage others to do the same
1) Download your warming stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info
2) Use the graphics to start conversations about climate change risks, how you are already experiencing the consequences and what you are doing about it
3) Encourage others to do the same
June 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
21st June: #ShowYourStripes day
1) Download your warming stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info
2) Use the graphics to start conversations about climate change risks, how you are already experiencing the consequences and what you are doing about it
3) Encourage others to do the same
1) Download your warming stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info
2) Use the graphics to start conversations about climate change risks, how you are already experiencing the consequences and what you are doing about it
3) Encourage others to do the same
