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Graduate Program in Education

In the Media: Career Switch

Assistant Professor Vidya Shah spoke with Stuart McGinn (680 News) about the Faculty’s Master of Leadership and Community Engagement (MLCE) degree program in relation to a new study which found that more than half of Canadians have been thinking about switching careers since the start of the pandemic.

Meet a Grad Student: Mirco Stella

This month’s graduate student profile features international PhD Candidate, Mirco Stella. His research focuses on experiences of migration and displacement, and questions of pedagogy. “Crucial to my thinking about the world and education are the image of borders,” says Stella. “What it means to simultaneously inhabit and deconstruct the lines and places we’ve learned to […]

In the media: What kind of jobs are going to be available for students in community leadership programs in a post-Covid world?

With more than 60% of Canadians reporting they are evaluating their current careers — and almost one-in three yearning to do something more meaningful and fulfilling post-pandemic — the Faculty of Education anticipates interest in its Masters of Leadership and Community Engagement degree program (MLCE) will be at an all-time high this year.

Meet a Grad Student: Zaitun Pwin

This month’s graduate student profile features Zaitun Pwin, a third-year PhD student in the Graduate Program in Education. Her research focuses on the role of education for Rohingya youths in Canada and the language and cultural socialization with regard to Canadian schooling. Pwin is the first Rohingya woman to study in a Canadian PhD program. “My advice is always believe in yourself and listen to your heart,” she says. “Most of […]

A letter to the Graduate class of 2020

Address given on the occasion of Convocation by Aparna Mishra Tarc, Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director, Graduate Program in Education on October 28, 2020 at York University, Toronto, via Zoom

PhD candidate awarded prestigious 2020 U21 HGS Teaching Excellence Award

Dr. Shelia Harms, MD, a 4th year PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education is the recipient of the prestigious 2020 U21 Health Sciences Group (HSG) Teaching Excellence Award. The Award was established in 2014 by Deans of Medicine as a way to celebrate and reward exceptional educational scholarship, particularly amongst research intensive universities, across […]

Meet a Grad Student: Brittany Tomin

This month’s graduate student profile features Brittany Tomin, a fourth-year Doctoral Candidate at the Faculty of Education. Her research explores how science fictional and speculative storytelling can be used to help students imagine and address present challenges and future concerns collaboratively. “Young people are constantly inundated with images of destruction, take climate change for example, […]

IN THE MEDIA: Coronavirus: Is it safe for Ontario students to go back to school?

With school just around the corner, many Ontario parents and teachers are still wondering whether it’s safe for children and teens to return to school amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. “Right now, I don’t think [schools] will be able to adhere to the guidelines put out by SickKids and the other public health units in […]