The life of Dr. Ouida Marina Wright is one dedicated to education, and has touched more lives in this country than most will ever realize.
Throughout nearly fifty years of professional life, Dr. Wright held many influential positions ranging from teaching, consultative, supervisory and administrative positions in both elementary and secondary schools. These positions varied geographically from Jamaica, to Quebec and Ontario. She also held positions in the faculties of education at McGill University and the University of Toronto.
At McGill University, first as lecturer and then as Assistant Professor, Dr. Wright taught and conducted research in reading and the language arts, and she chaired the committee which developed the Master of Education (Teaching of Reading) degree as well as the Diploma in Reading granted by the Quebec Department of Education.
For fifteen years, Dr. Wright was a Superintendent of Curriculum in the Toronto Board of Education where she helped develop and supervise a wide range of policies, including race relations, multiculturalism, mathematics, health, science and music. During this portion of her career she initiated, coordinated and contributed to the Toronto Observation Project comprising a team of principals, consultants and teachers which developed curriculum materials based on theories of child development and learning acquisition to help meet the needs of the one of the most ethnically, racially, culturally and linguistically diverse cities in the world.
Her work in curriculum won her the Colonel Watson Award for curriculum development and the Canadian Women in Science Award for outstanding contribution to mathematics and science. .
Born in Jamaica, West Indies, Dr. Wright was educated at St. Andrew High School. Though she applied much of her expertise in Canada, her high school honoured her by inviting her to be a panelist at the school's 75th anniversary celebrations.
Dr. Ouida Wright retired in 1995 as Assistant Deputy Minister of Anti-racism, Access and Equity in Ontario's Ministry of Education and Training, in which she had the responsibility for the implementation of the provincial government's policies regarding these issues in elementary, secondary and post-secondary institutions.
Throughout nearly fifty years of professional life, Dr. Wright held many influential positions ranging from teaching, consultative, supervisory and administrative positions in both elementary and secondary schools. These positions varied geographically from Jamaica, to Quebec and Ontario. She also held positions in the faculties of education at McGill University and the University of Toronto.
At McGill University, first as lecturer and then as Assistant Professor, Dr. Wright taught and conducted research in reading and the language arts, and she chaired the committee which developed the Master of Education (Teaching of Reading) degree as well as the Diploma in Reading granted by the Quebec Department of Education.
For fifteen years, Dr. Wright was a Superintendent of Curriculum in the Toronto Board of Education where she helped develop and supervise a wide range of policies, including race relations, multiculturalism, mathematics, health, science and music. During this portion of her career she initiated, coordinated and contributed to the Toronto Observation Project comprising a team of principals, consultants and teachers which developed curriculum materials based on theories of child development and learning acquisition to help meet the needs of the one of the most ethnically, racially, culturally and linguistically diverse cities in the world.
Her work in curriculum won her the Colonel Watson Award for curriculum development and the Canadian Women in Science Award for outstanding contribution to mathematics and science. .
Born in Jamaica, West Indies, Dr. Wright was educated at St. Andrew High School. Though she applied much of her expertise in Canada, her high school honoured her by inviting her to be a panelist at the school's 75th anniversary celebrations.
Dr. Ouida Wright retired in 1995 as Assistant Deputy Minister of Anti-racism, Access and Equity in Ontario's Ministry of Education and Training, in which she had the responsibility for the implementation of the provincial government's policies regarding these issues in elementary, secondary and post-secondary institutions.
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