Dean’s Message – Welcome to the 2024-2025 academic year!
I would like to extend a warm welcome to each of you to the 2024-25 academic year! We are so pleased to see you on campus again and very much hope that you had a really good summer break.
We in our Faculty take pride in bringing out the best in our students and providing an environment where you can engage your personal social and intellectual selves. Our Faculty is among the Top 150 in the world according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 by subject and among its Top 80 in research quality. Maclean’s magazine has consistently ranked York’s Faculty of Education in the Top 10 in Canada for the last four years. These rankings reflect the intention with which the Faculty continues to improve its strength in all aspects of education.
Whether you are a new or returning student, our faculty and staff are ready to support you in your academic journey and provide you with a meaningful learning experience.
The start of the fall term provides a sense of new beginnings and we have a lot to be excited about and look forward to in our Faculty. Last year we completed the renovation of Winters College, and it is still a very new feeling environment. Please stop by when you have a moment to explore the new building and enjoy what it has to offer including new classrooms, more natural light and new communal spaces for students to congregate and collaborate.
Last year you may know we also launched a Five-Year Plan and that serves as a broad strategic roadmap for the Faculty. The plan builds on our collective successes and achievements and will provide us with opportunities to creatively engage with our stakeholders and communities. We are now pushing forward in our ambitious goals.
Last summer we also launched a new video series to help commemorate the Faculty’s 50th anniversary. Do take a look!
Looking ahead to York University’s Spirit Day during the winter term, I hope to see you on campus that day to take part in the many activities planned.
We look forward to connecting with you on-campus and on social media. Please follow us on Instagram, X, YouTube and Facebook to stay informed of all that is happening across the Faculty.
Wishing you all a productive and successful academic year.
Dean Robert Savage
Dean Robert Savage
edudean@edu.yorku.ca
Winters College, Room 223
416-736-5667
Appointment Announcement by York University President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda L. Lenton
“Dr. Savage brings significant leadership and international experience to the deanship. He will join York University from University College London, a leading UK research and teaching university, whose Institute of Education has ranked first in Education for the past seven years in the QS World University subject rankings.”