Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw

Dr. Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw is a Professor of Early Childhood Education in the Faculty of Education at Western University and Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Research in Curriculum. She holds a PhD from the University of Toronto's Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), with prior roles at the University of Victoria and international visiting appointments in Australia and Italy. Her research focuses on environmental pedagogies, ecological and social justice, and children's multispecies and material relations. She co-founded the Common Worlds Research Collective and leads the Climate Action Childhood Network. She is a co-editor of the Journal of Childhood Studies and the Bloomsbury book series Feminist Thought in Childhood Research.

Education:

• BEd/ECE (Ministry of Education, Argentina)
• BA and MEd (York University)
• PhD (University of Toronto/OISE)

Research Interests:

• Tracing children's relations with places, materials, and non-human species
• Decolonizing early childhood education
• Educational responses to environmental crises
• Global South/North collaborations in pedagogy

Awards:

• 2024 AERA Distinguished Career Contribution Award
• 2021 NORRAG Senior Fellowship

Advising & Leadership:

• Co-directs the Pedagogist Network of Ontario and BC Early Childhood Pedagogies Network
• Recruiting graduate students, particularly Spanish-speaking researchers for South American studies

Labs/Networks:

• Common Worlds Research Collective
• Climate Action Childhood Network
• Early Childhood Pedagogies Collaboratory