Xingtan Cao

Xingtan Cao is a Part-time Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa since 2022. He holds a Master of Arts in Philosophy of Education from McGill University (2018), a French Conversation Certification from Concordia University (2017), and degrees in English Literature and Interpreting from Chengdu University of Technology (2012, 2015). His research focuses on the lived experiences of recent Chinese immigrants to Canada, exploring themes like multiculturalism, bilingualism, citizenship, and cultural policy.

Research Interests: Education Policy, Public Policy, Citizenship Studies, Multilingualism, Migration, Global Citizenship, and Moral Education. He employs qualitative methods such as oral history and critical race theory in his work.

He coordinates the Equitable Leadership Network within the Faculty of Education and serves as Program Chair for the Citizenship Education Research Network (CERN) and Canadian Society for the Studies of Education (CSSE). His teaching includes master-level courses like Introduction to Research in Education.

Key research trends in his publications address immigrant integration, pandemic impacts on education, and comparative studies of moral education systems. His work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical policy implications in multicultural societies.