Graduate Program in Education

PhD candidate Mohamed Duale awarded African and African Diaspora Studies Dissertation Fellowship at Boston College

Congratulations to Mohamed Duale, a PhD candidate at Faculty of Education, on being awarded the African and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) Dissertation Fellowship at Boston College for 2020-21. As one of the most competitive fellowships in the social sciences and humanities in the United States, the fellowship with a $30,000 stipend recognizes students who pursue innovative and interdisciplinary projects within the field of African and African Diaspora Studies.

Meet a Grad Student: Diana Karolina Grimaldos

This month’s graduate student profile features Diana Karolia Grimaldos, a part-time graduate student in the Master of Leadership and Community Engagement Program (MLCE). Grimaldos’ research interest lies in the intersection of community engagement and equity in education. “I pursue this area of research because of my direct experience with the non-for-profit sector, which led me to work with racialized parents who have experienced racism and discrimination within the education system,” she says.

Doctoral student Isaac Garcia-Sitton shortlisted for RBC Canadian Immigrant Award

Isaac Garcia-Sitton, a doctoral student at York’s Faculty of Education and director, International Education & English Language Institute at York University’s School of Continuing Studies, has been named a finalist for RBC’s Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards. Isaac Garcia-Sitton For more than 12 years, the Canadian Immigrant Awards, organized by Canadian Immigrant Magazine, has recognized […]

York University grants master’s degrees to first cohort of refugees in Kenya

Mark Okello Oyat and four of his fellow students at the Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya are waiting for the pandemic to wind down before celebrating their new master’s degrees in style, but the thrill is still present among the members of the first cohort of Dadaab students to earn York University graduate degrees, which were awarded this past June. 

Meet a Grad Student: Ixchel Bennett

This month’s “Meet a Grad Student” profile features Ixchel Bennett, a 2nd year student in the Indigenous Education PhD Cohort. Ixchel is interested in Indigenous teacher education programs that support communities in obtaining a Bachelor of Education degree and becoming OCT (Ontario College of Teachers) certified.

Associate Professor Aparna Mishra Tarc appointed Graduate Program Director

Dean Lyndon Martin is pleased to announce the appointment of professor Aparna Mishra Tarc as Graduate Program Director in the Faculty of Education effective July 1, 2020. Mishra Tarc is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and is a former elementary school teacher. She received her doctoral degree from the Graduate Program in […]

PhD Grad Amira El Masri wins two best doctoral thesis awards

Amira El Masri, a recent PhD graduate at the Faculty of Education has recently been awarded two national awards: the Michel Laferrière Research Award for the best doctoral thesis by the Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESC) and the George Geiss Award by the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE).

May 2020 issue of ‘Innovatus’ highlights teaching and learning innovation in the Faculty of Education

Welcome to the May 2020 edition of Innovatus, a special issue of YFile devoted to teaching and learning innovation at York University.

This month, I am delighted to partner with the Faculty of Education on this special spotlight edition. Together with Dean Lyndon Martin, we are sharing with you many of the exciting endeavours that the Faculty of Education has undertaken to enhance teaching and learning for its students.

York research explores refugee participation in Kenyan camps

York University doctoral student Mohamed Duale documents the dilemmas faced by refugees in extended exile in his recent report for the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN), a team of researchers and practitioners committed to promoting protection and solutions with and for refugees. Mohamed Duale Duale spent the summer of 2019 in a research placement […]

Lessons from Katrina: Conducting ‘Learning as Usual’ in Unusual Times

Amid the global pandemic of COVID-19, I am reminded of my time in New Orleans in 2005 experiencing Hurricane Katrina. At the time, I was a young diplomat, working in the Panamanian Consulate, thrust into one of the most formative personal and professional experiences I had ever faced.