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Dr. Rebecca Stroud, assistant professor at the Faculty of Education, is a K-12 teacher and leader with 2 decades of experience nationally and internationally, and a researcher of comparative and international education, policy, and leadership.
Dr. Stroud's current research includes a cluster of comparative and international studies that explore the policyscape of inclusive international education, student and teacher well-being, educational leadership, youth experiences of belonging, and seeking to advance school-based youth homelessness prevention. Other scholarship includes mentoring and induction, program evaluation, knowledge mobilization, and furthering qualitative and arts-informed methodologies.
Dr. Stroud is and has been an active mentor to graduate students in Canada, the USA, and sometimes internationally and has followed many graduate students from study concept to graduation. She is a member of Laurier's Centre for Leading Research in Education.
Inclusive International Education
- "Unpacking transnational policyscapes of ‘special education’: Toward equitable, culturally-sensitive and inclusive practices in international schools"
This SSHRC-funded study explores both expatriate and local educators’ experiences with inclusive education at the intersection of ‘special education’ at international schools in the Indo-Pacific region.
- "Fostering collaborative research networks and knowledge mobilization on inclusive education: Strategic Canadian-global connections"
This longitudinal comparative and international study is currently in funding/planning stage. More details forthcoming.
Supporting the Experiences of International Students
Dr. Stroud is a co-investigator with Dr. Shamiga (Shamy) Arumuhathas (Ontario Tech University) on a cluster of small studies that investigate facets of comparative and international education that centre the experiences of international students, including advocating for more policy and support for racialized international students. Examples include the following two studies:
- "Closing doors: Fragility of racialized international students amid Canadian immigration policies and precarity of Canadian higher education"
- "Precarity among Racialized International Students amid Immigration and Housing Crises"
Youth Homelessness Prevention
- "Looking South (& slightly North-East) for School-based Prevention ideas: An International Comparative Policy & Practice Analysis in Canada, Australia, Wales, & the USA"
- "Looking South (& slightly North-East) for School-based Prevention ideas: Lived Experiences of Youth in Homelessness in Canada, Australia, Wales, & the USA"
Dr. Stroud has lived experience with youth homelessness and is currently publishing on the two studies listed above, the first study which she led, and the second which she collaborated on. She continues to collaborate with an Ottawa-based team that advocates for the development of formal policies and school-based prevention programs in Canada.
Teacher Leadership and Mentoring
Dr. Stroud’s PhD focus was on educational leadership and policy studies. As such, she has joined numerous studies with other principal investigators and has published on both topics. See her publication list for more details. Additionally, she has collaborated on studies on early-career teaching and she has completed several small studies on mentoring, including: peer mentoring, teacher mentoring, student mentoring, early-career mentoring, and mentoring in international contexts. See her publication list for more details.
Advancing Qualitative Methodologies
Dr. Stroud advocates for further developing novel and arts-based qualitative methodologies. For example, she developed an literature review technique that creates dialogic interaction between cited authors and researchers, and has published several chapters on various qualitative research topics.
The Intersection of Policing, Social work, and Mental Health
- "Beyond crime: The realities of police duties and mental health care"
This research is being conducted by Lisa Deveau, a PhD student who is being mentored by Dr. Stroud. It explores a number of facets of policing work that intersect with social work and mental health.
- SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (2023-2025)
- Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) finalist (2020)
- SSHRC CGS-D scholarship (2018-2021)
- Thesis in Education Prize (Queen's University, 2010)
- Ethics in Education Award (Statewide award, Minnesota, 2004)
I am willing to supervise graduate students in areas of:
- comparative and international education
- supporting underserved youth
- youth homelessness prevention
- inclusive education
- educational policy
- educational leadership
- arts-based (especially drama/theatre) qualitative research
- mentoring and early-career support
Stroud, R., Arumuhathas, S.S., & Sider, S. (2026). Exploring inclusion within the policyscape of ‘special education’ at international schools in Indo-Pacific countries. [Inaugural issue of] The International Journal of Disability Policy and Advocacy, 1(1), 93–126.
Deveau, L., Stroud, R., Jubril, A., & Bailey, M. (2025). Beyond crime: The realities of police duties and mental health care. Journal of Community Safety and Wellbeing. https://doi.org/10.35502/jcswb.470
Kutsyuruba, B., Walker, K., Bosica, J., & Stroud, R. (2025). Starting teaching as a millennial: A generational view on early career teaching in Canada. Teacher and Teacher Education, 159(June 2025), 104997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2025.104997
Stroud, R., & Hollweck, T. (2025). Using positive feedback to encourage and support mentee wellbeing, relatedness, and goal achievement. In B. Kutsyuruba & K. Walker (Eds.), Mentoring for wellbeing across the professions and disciplines (chapter 14). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80592-216-220251014
Stroud, R., & Pugliese-Muir, L. (2025). Scaffolding new teacher mentoring: A duo-ethnographic exploration of complementary models of mentorship of teacher candidates in an Ontario faculty of education. In C. Smith & G. Salinitri (Eds.), Mentoring to support teacher candidate development (pp. 599-620). Springer.
Stroud, R., & Kumar, V. A. (2025). Narrative exploration of a high school activist theatre project. In A. Eizadirad & P. Trifonas (Eds.), International handbook of anti-discriminatory education - Secondary schools (pp. 561-577). Springer.
Beek, A., & Stroud, R. (2025). Towards a critical model of service leadership in international schools: Enactments, challenges, and rewards. In M. Barker & L. Hammer (Eds.), Issues and Trends in International School Leadership (pp. 37-70). Information Age Publishing.
Stroud, R. (2024). “We need structures in place”: Exploring special education within policyscaped international schools overseas. Exceptionality Education International, 34(1), 112–130. https://doi.org/10.5206/eei.v34i1.16826
Stroud, R., Poulin, M., Sohn, J., & Kennelly, J. (2024). Transforming Canadian policy agenda for school-based prevention of youth homelessness: Research as activism. Journal of Culture and Values in Education, 7(3), 76–95. https://doi.org/10.46303/jcve.2024.29
Stroud, R., & Evans, R. (2023). Eat those words: Flipping understandings of culture shock failure through self-leadership in overseas international schools. International Journal for Leadership in Learning, 23(1), 155–184. https://doi.org/10.29173/ijll36
- INED 401: Leadership in International Contexts
- INED 201: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies
- EU 550: International Principals & Leadership
- EU 517: Comparative and International Perspectives on Educational Leadership
- EDU 5127: Mentoring and Coaching in Professional Contexts
Contact Info:
Office location: BA 313 N
Office hours:
By appointment.
Languages spoken: English, French