A Celebration of Qualitative Research

This is a collection of qualitative studies done by former graduate students from the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto. All received their training in qualitative research methods from Dr. Barbara Burnaby, a former faculty in Adult Education Department and the Modern Language Centre at the OISE. Some of the authors are teachers/researchers in universities and community colleges, some work independently as research and evaluation specialists, and some are counselors assisting immigrant settlement. The book aims to showcase various types of qualitative approaches applied to diverse topics in multiple fields. We hope it will serve as an introduction to the qualitative world for graduate students and researcher-practitioners interested in incorporating qualitative research into their professional work.