Darya (Dasha) Shalimo has always been an active participant in the life of the Sheridan ECE community. After she successfully accomplished her role as a Coordinator and played a role in the program obtaining PEQAB approval, she moved forward to represent Sheridan on international as well as Canadian Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) arenas this summer.
At the end of summer 2019, Dasha attended the European Early Childhood Research Association Conference (one of the biggest ones in EU) where she delivered a 20 min presentation and where her research work conducted within both institutions: UofT, OISE and Sheridan was very well perceived. In addition, as a Sheridan employee and former OISE PhD student, she was awarded best Student Research Paper of the EECERA 2019 Conference, granted by the European Early Childhood Education Research Journal.
Following that venue, Dasha developed strong connections with Gent University, Belgium and University of Bologna, Italy. She is looking forward for the development of those bonds for the benefit of Sheridan ECEC community and students.