Norah McRae, PhD, is Associate Provost, Co-operative and Experiential Education at the University of Waterloo. Her involvement in co-operative and work-integrated education spans more than twenty years, over which time she has led strategic program development and research on student engagement, community-engaged learning and intercultural competency development.
In 2017, she was awarded the Donald McLaren Jr. Academic Award from the World Association for professional achievement in co-operative and work integrated education. In 2016, she was awarded the Albert S. Barber award from the Canadian Association for Co-operative Education (CAFCE) for outstanding contributions to the field of co-operative education in Canada and was co-recipient for the BCCIE Award for Outstanding Program in International Education.
Her doctoral research examined conditions that enabled transformative learning during work-integrated education and led to the development of a preliminary theoretical model for learning during work-integrated education. Norah has been published in the International Handbook for Co-operative and Work-Integrated Education, the Asia-Pacific Journal for Co-operative Education, CEIA Journal and The World is my Classroom: International Learning and Canadian Higher Education.
She is a faculty member for the WACE Planning Institute for Global and Experiential Education and the WACE Assessment Institute. Norah has served as President of the Canadian Association for Co-operative Education and is an Executive member of the World Association for Co-operative and Work-integrated Education Board of Directors.
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Norah McRae, Ph.D., est vice-rectrice adjointe, Éducation coopérative et expérientielle à l’Université de Waterloo. Sa participation à l’éducation coopérative et à l’éducation intégrée au travail s’étend sur plus de vingt ans, période au cours de laquelle elle a dirigé l’élaboration de programmes stratégiques et la recherche sur l’engagement des élèves, l’apprentissage communautaire et le développement des compétences interculturelles.
En 2017, elle a reçu le prix Donald McLaren Jr. Prix académique de l’Association mondiale pour la réussite professionnelle dans l’éducation coopérative et l’éducation intégrée au travail. En 2016, elle a reçu le prix Albert S. Barber de l’Association canadienne de l’enseignement coopératif (ACDEC) pour sa contribution exceptionnelle au domaine de l’éducation coopérative au Canada et a été co-récipiendaire du prix BCCIE pour un programme exceptionnel en éducation internationale.
Dans le cadre de sa recherche doctorale, elle a examiné les conditions qui ont permis l’apprentissage transformateur pendant l’éducation intégrée au travail et a mené à l’élaboration d’un modèle théorique préliminaire pour l’apprentissage pendant l’éducation intégrée au travail. Norah a été publiée dans l’International Handbook for Co-operative and Work-Integrated Education, l’Asia-Pacific Journal for Co-operative Education, le CEIA Journal et The World is my Classroom : International Learning and Canadian Higher Education.
Elle est membre du corps professoral de l’Institut de planification de l’éducation globale et expérientielle de la WACE et de l’Institut d’évaluation de la WACE. Norah a été présidente de la Canadian Association for Co-operative Education et est membre du conseil d’administration de la World Association for Co-operative and Work-integrated Education.
