Diane Barbarič, PhD

Question 1

EDUCATION

Answer

PhD, Higher Education Collaborative specialization: Comparative, Internationalm and Development Education Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) University of Toronto, Canada Supervisor: Dr. Glen A. Jones
2020 — MSc, Public Policy and Management Centre for Financial and Management Studies School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London, UK
2006 — DEA*, Histoire et sémiologie du texte et de l’image (in French) [History and Semiology of the Text and Image] Mention: Très Bien [summa cum laude] *Degree granted upon completion of all PhD coursework and thesis defence Université Paris Diderot – Paris 7, France
1997 — MA, French Literature (in French) New York University, USA
1996 — BA (Honours), French and Québécois Literatures (in French) McGill University, Canada
1995

Question 2

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND RESEARCH FUNDING

Academic Awards, Fellowships, and Scholarships

International & Innovation Graduate Students Conference Travel Program Grant ($300)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto
2019

Doctoral Completion Award ($13,000)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto
2019

OISE Dean’s Office Graduate Students Conference Travel Program Grant ($800)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto
2017

School of Graduate Studies (SGS) Conference Grant ($1,520)
University of Toronto
2017

Academic Excellence Award ($2,000)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto
2016

Canada Graduate Scholarship – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement (CGS – MSFSS) ($6,000)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
2015

Academic Excellence Award ($2,000)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto
2015

School of Graduate Studies (SGS) Conference Grant (declined) ($410)
University of Toronto
2015

School of Graduate Studies (SGS) Research Travel Grant ($3,175)
University of Toronto
2015

Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) – Doctoral Scholarship ($105,000)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
2015

Academic Excellence Award ($2,000)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto
2014

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) ($15,000)
Province of Ontario and University of Toronto
2014

Ph.D. Funding Grant ($51,660)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto
2013

New York University Tuition Fellowship ($6,200USD)
New York University
1995

Regina Shoolman Slatkin Award ($600)
(for study abroad in France)
McGill University
1992

James McGill Entrance Scholarship ($3,000)
McGill University
1990

External Funding for Research Projects

“Policy options for outbound student mobility: An inter-jurisdictional review of policy goals and initiatives” ($15,070)
Ontario Human Capital Research and Innovation Fund (OHCRIF)
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
2015 – 2016

Answer

Invited Public Policy Consultations

Question 3

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant
Academic Profession in the Knowledge Society (APIKS) Project
PI: Dr. Glen A. Jones
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto, Canada
2018

Editorial Assistant
Professorial Pathways Project
Co-PIs: Dr. Glen A. Jones, Dr. Martin Finkelstein
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto, Canada
Seton Hall, NJ, USA
2016 – 2017

Academic English to French Translator
Supporting Student Success Project
PI: Dr. Tricia Seifert
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto, Canada
2013 –2014

Graduate Assistant
Supervisors: Dr. Jane Knight and Dr. Ruth Hayhoe
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto, Canada
2013 – 2014

Question 4

GOVERNMENT AND LEADERSHIP

Head
Higher Education & Youth Division
Embassy of Canada in France
2012 – 2013

Head
Youth Mobility Unit
Embassy of Canada in France
2007 – 2012

Interim Head
Academic Relations Section
Embassy of Canada in France
2011

Member of Lebanon Evacuation Team (two deployments)
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (Larnaca, Cyprus)
2006

Programs Manager
Academic Relations Section
Embassy of Canada in France
2004 – 2007

Program Support Analyst
Permanent Delegation of Canada to the OECD (Paris, France)
2002 – 2004

On-Site Coordinator
Programs and Partnerships
Boston College (Paris, France)
2000 – 2003

Question 5

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto, Canada
Supervisor: Dr. Jane Knight
- "Internationalization of Higher Education in a Comparative Perspective"
Summer 2014

Instructor
Boston College, USA
All courses given in French for “BC in Paris” in Paris, France
- “Littérature et arts dans l’entre-deux-guerres (1920 – 1940)”
- “Littérature française à la fin du XIXe siècle (1880 – 1914): Etre libre”
- “Littérature française à la fin du XIXe siècle: Paris à la Belle Epoque”
- “Littérature française à la Belle Epoque“
- Methodology classes for the French humanities academic setting
2000 – 2003

Instructor
Centre parisien d'études critiques (CPEC)
Paris, France
- “French Literature and the 'Belle Epoque'”
2000 – 2001

Sessional Instructor
University of Guelph, Canada
Course given in French, in Paris, France
- “Paris Studies in the Humanities (85-315): The Media in Contemporary French Society”
1999

Teaching Assistant
Supervisor: Ms. Emmanuelle Farhi
Boston University Paris Internship Program
Paris, France
- “Comment le public français reçoit-il ses informations?”
- Internship Course
1998

Instructor
Ecole française des attachés de presse—Communication (EFAP Communication)
Levallois-Perret, France
- English for Specific Purposes (ESP): Communications, Media
1997 – 1998

Instructor
Ecole française des attachés de presse (EFAP)
Paris, France
- English for Specific Purposes (ESP): Communications, Media
1996 – 1997

Instructor
Institut supérieur des carrières artistiques (ICART)
Paris, France
- English for Specific Purposes (ESP): Media, Fine Arts
1996 – 1997

Question 6

POLICY CONSULTATIONS, COMMITTEES, AND TREATY NEGOTIATION

Canada-Belgium Working-Holiday Agreement
Embassy of Canada to Belgium
Brussels, Belgium
2009

Canada-Switzerland Memorandum of Understanding Concerning a Youth Mobility Program
Embassy of Canada to Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland
2009

Canada-Germany Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Youth Mobility Programs
Embassy of Canada to Germany
Berlin, Germany
2009

Select Committees

Inter-Ministerial Youth Mobility Committee
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) and Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)
Ottawa, Canada
2010

Haiti Earthquake Relief: DFAIT Special Funds Management Committee
Paris, France
2010

Treaty Negotiations

Negotiating Committee: Canada-France Youth Mobility Agreement
Paris, France
2011 – 2012

Monitoring Committee: Canada-France Youth Mobility Agreement
Paris, France
2009

Monitoring Committee: Canada-France Youth Mobility Agreement
Ottawa, Canada
2006

Monitoring Committee: Canada-France Youth Mobility Agreement
Paris, France
2004