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IN THE MEDIA: Parents struggle to homeschool kids during COVID-19

With schools closed across Canada because of COVID-19, parents struggle to keep the learning going at home.

“Left Behind:” The importance of remembering refugee stories during Black History Month

“When it comes to African refugees, and the ways they have contributed to Canadian society, that story is yet to be fully documented and to be visible,” comments Mohamed Duale, a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education who spent years working with refugees navigating the asylum process.

IN THE MEDIA: Why emojis and #hashtags should be part of language learning

Associate Dean Research Heather Lotherington analyses four apps for language learning in a recent piece that she wrote for The Conversation Canada.

IN THE MEDIA: Governments are missing the point on how to end homelessness

“Sometimes we miss the point about what the problem is and what we should be doing about it,” says Stephen Gaetz, president of the York University-based Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, one of the largest research institutes on the issue in the country. “We make all this investment in warehousing people, yet we know from research that it creates pathways to worsening life conditions.”