Sean Cousins

Program of Study

Master of Education

Contact Information

E-mail: spwcousins@gmail.com

Curriculum Vitae

 

Supervisor

Dr. John Freeman

Research Interests

• Nutrition management and healthy living practices
• Diabetes education in the school community
• Professional Learning Communities

Biography

Sean Cousins is a Master’s student at the Faculty of Education, Queen’s University.  He holds an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Humanities in Interpretation and Values from Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario.  Sean also holds a B.Ed. from Nipissing University, North Bay, ON, an B. A. (Honours) in Philosophy from Queen's University, and a diploma Human Resources Management from St. Lawrence College, Kingston,ON.  As a public educator, he has spent 3 years as an elementary teacher in the Rainbow District School Board and was for two years responsible for professional development training and public relations in the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario.  Aside from studies, Sean has contributed his personal experiences living with type-1 diabetes as a community advocate and public speaker on diabetes education with the Canadian Diabetes Association and with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Memberships 

Ontario College of Teachers
Canadian Diabetes Association
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
AODA Alliance

Conference Presentations

Cousins, S.(2012)  The Study of Classificatory Systems in Special Education. Paper presented at the International Workshop:  “Disability: Definitions, Representation, Classification,” Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario. 

Cousins, S.  (2012)  Overcoming Everest? The Implications of Deconstruction for Understanding Disability.  Paper presented at the 16^th Annual New Frontiers Graduate History Conference, York University, Toronto, Ontario.

Cousins, S.  (2012)  Constructing Citizenship:  Labour, Literacy, and Lessons on the Frontier.Paper presented at 10^th Annual Interdisciplinary Humanities in Interpretation and Values Practicum Colloquium, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario.

Publications

Cousins, S. & Sullivan, S. (2012).  Student Exceptionalities:  A Guide to Special Education. Toronto:  Frontier College Press.   

Cousins, S. (2012). Classification Systems in Special Education:  Social Justice or Just Social?In Human Sciences Monograph Series in Faculty of Human Sciences atLaurentian University.