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Faculty of Education Earns Top 10 Spot in Canada in QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 – The Faculty of Education at York University has once again been recognized among the top 10 faculties of education in Canada, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025. The Faculty placed #8 in Canada and #4 in Ontario. Read more

Turning Momentum into Action: Reflections on the First International Conference on the Prevention of Youth Homelessness - Over 600 participants from around the world, including practitioners, advocates, lived experts, researchers, and policymakers, came together to share insights, experiences, and ideas on how we can better address this pressing issue that impacts so many young people and their families across Canada and internationally. Read more

Empowering FSL Educators Through Collaboration with Camerise: The OER Creation Workshop at Glendon Campus - On February 8th, 2025, Academic Coordinator of the Glendon Bachelor of Education degree (BEd) program, Muriel Péguret, organized a dynamic Open Educational Resources (OER) creation workshop, bringing together experienced French as a Second Language (FSL) teachers and first-year Bachelor of Education (BEd) students. Read more

The winter 2025 issue of the York University Magazine features two stories related to the Faculty of Education

• Bridging the Sound Gap: Deaf education gets a high-tech makeover
• The Future Reimagined: York’s Jean Augustine Chair boosts Black student achievement

Bridging generations through literature - Katrina Cain-Griffin was not expecting to find deep connections to the work of James Baldwin, an African American writer and civil rights activist, during a first term graduate seminar led by Professor Emeritus Warren Crichlow. Read more

The Warp & The Weft (2025) exhibit by PhD student Myrtle Sodhi – PhD candidate Myrtle Sodhi recently exhibited a sculpture called The Warp & The Weft (March 4 - 7 at the Gales Gallery, York University), featuring "story-threads" that women and gender diverse people shared about the pandemic experiences. The stories wove in and out of each other similar to the way threads weave in and out of each other on a loom structure.

The weaving of the stories speaks to Stephanie Toliver's quilting analogy where she explores the ways stories come together and come apart as they come up against each other.   The sculpture features sliced images where parts of the image is separated from other images in the same photograph to reveal the individual and collective stories they tell on their own and with the other images. These images are printed on layers of heritage washi paper. There were also archival records and images that spoke to the way stories of the present day connect to stories of the past.

The exhibit was part of a multi-ORU project called The Creating Space Project where Sodhi was the artistic research manager.

From York University to the World - Sarah Weston's (BEd ’13) academic path embodies the transformative essence of York University's international exchange experience. Read more

Research Office

Upcoming Research and Mentoring Events:

• Planning, Implementing, and Sustaining Large-scale Long-term Research Programs -  Thursday, April 10 | 1:00 - 2:30 p.m via Zoom. Learn more and register

• RoundTable: Towards Generative and Reciprocal Research Teams and Partnerships with/for Youth in Canada and Beyond - Wednesday, May 7 | 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. via Zoom. Learn more and register

• A Spotlight on Faculty Research: The University and the Common Good - Friday, May 23 | 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (location TBD)

• Celebrating our Research, Teaching and Community - Wednesday, June 4 | 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. (Location TBD)

Upcoming Funding Opportunities:

Please email the Office of Associate Dean Research (OADR) at research@edu.yorku.ca if you wish to view these opportunities on the Research Office shared calendar

External

• Play Learn Thrive: April 24
• SSHRC Connection Grants: May 1
• SSHRC Destination Horizon Europe: May 22; September 22
• 2026 Dorothy Killam Research Fellowships: May 22
• Canada Foundation of Innovation: John R. Evans Leaders Fund: June 15; October 15
• CSSE Support for Short-term Scholarly Events funding support: July 15th of each year
• Horizon Europe Program: Varies by project
  • Slides and videos of Horizon Europe information session: A Guide to Horizon Europe Research Funding | Research Commons
• Canadian Heritage: Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program (MARP): 18 weeks before the proposed event start date
• Humboldt Research Fellowship: Rolling
• Mitacs Globalink Research Award: Rolling
• Global Affairs Canada: Varies by project
• New: SSHRC Policy Innovation Partnership Grants aim to support partnerships between post-secondary research entities and federal government departments to establish long-term research programs focusing on important topics for Canada and public decision-makers. The agency submission deadline is September 10. SSHRC will host two webinars on Wednesday, March 26  1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EDT. Registration link (English): https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/263c74d7- 1faa-4978-85fd-77e9f27abb8d@fbef0798-20e3-4be7-bdc8-372032610f65/registration Meeting link: join webinar

Internal

• York Black Research Seed Fund: March 31
• SSHRC Explore Grant: March 31
• SSHRC Exchange - KMb Grant: March 31
• Funding for Black Scholars and Black Scholarship: Events and Outreach Activities: April 1, July 1 and October 1
• Funding for Indigenous Scholarly Events and Outreach Activities: April 1, July 1 and October 1
• Funding for Scholarly Events and Outreach Activities: April 1, July 1 and October 1
• Connected Minds Seed Grants: Notice of Intent April 1; Invited Full Application August 6
• Global Research Excellence (GRE) Seed Grants: Rolling (Proposals will be accepted till the end of April 2025 or funds are expended/committed (whichever comes first).
• SSHRC Exchange – Conference Grant: May 1, August 1 and November 1
• Global Research Excellence (GRE) Seed Fund: 2024 Global Research Funding
  University: Rolling (May-April or until funds are expended)

Upcoming Awards

April

• SSHRC Impact Awards: April 1
• Canadian Linguistic Association - National Achievement Award: April 2
• Canadian Linguistic Association - National Award of Excellence: April 2
• Climate Impacts Awards: Unlocking urgent climate action by making the health effects of climate change visible: April 30

May

• Governor General's Literary Awards: February 15; May 15; July 15

June

• Order of Canada: Rolling - no deadline for submissions
• Killam Fellowships (Canada): June 2025 (TBD)
• Killam Prize: June 2025 (TBD)

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program Office

Launch of the Agenda from Young Adults with Cochelar Implants (CI) - On CI International Day and CIICA’s fourth birthday (February 25), a global group of Young Adults with CI came together to make an exciting video about the small changes in society they would like to see to make their lives even better with this amazing technology. This work was funded in part by Faculty of Education professor Connie Mayer's SSHRC grant and in partnership with York University. Watch video

Cochlear Implantation Presentation - The DHH program is hosting a presentation on pediatric cochlear implantation for our students on Thursday, March 20. The speaker is a cochlear implant audiologist from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto

Practicum Placements – DHH students will be going out for their final practicum placements during the month of April. This term they have been placed with mentor teachers across Ontario in 7 different school boards

Recent Webinars - On February 27, the DHH program hosted the second webinar in the two-part series on The Science of Reading: Application to Deaf Learners. There were 50 attendees from around the province. The presenters, Connie Mayer, Professor in the DHH program, and Beverly Trezek, University of Wisconsin-Madison, focused on addressing the questions submitted by attendees via Padlet after the first session

Professional Learning Office

The Office of Professional Learning has polled the upcoming June 2025 BEd graduates to determine what the highest need AQs are, in an effort to support their next steps toward launching their teaching careers. The results of the poll determined a unique blueprint of requests from this cohort. Courses are open for registration: https://www.yorku.ca/edu/new-grad-focus/

Spring 2025 AQ/ABQ and PQP courses are open for registration! -  Registration is now open for our Spring session which runs April 8 – June 13. The deadline to register for courses is April 1. Learn more

New Publications

Assistant professor Molade Osibodu has a new article titled What’s Black got to do with it? Unsettling Antiblack Logics in Secondary Mathematics Education in the Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education

In The Media

Experts from around the globe gather in Toronto for Canada’s first national conference on preventing youth homelessness - Professor and President of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, Stephen Gaetz was interviewed on CBC Radio Feb.24

News from the York Community

York U Spirit Day 2025: Wednesday, March 26 - Once a year, the York community is invited to participate in festivities where we celebrate and recognize the students, staff, faculty, course instructors and alumni who continue to make positive change. As a university with a community spirit that is second to none, we are excited to show our #YUSpirit by wearing York University colours (red, white or blue) and gear. Learn more

Nominate a colleague for the 2024 President’s Staff Recognition Awards - Highlight the exceptional contributions of York University's staff who inspire and lead with dedication. Submit a nomination for this year's President's Staff Recognition Awards. Learn more

A path to a sustainable future relies on financial accountability today - York continues to hold a distinct place in higher education that can be traced to its inception and that is embraced in its vision to provide a broad sociodemographic of students with access to a high-quality education at a research-intensive University that is committed to enhancing the well-being of the communities we serve. Learn more

Participate in a survey to help improve York U Libraries services - York University Libraries (YUL) and the Osgoode Law Library are calling on students, faculty and staff to participate in a LibQUAL+ survey and provide feedback on how library services and collections can be improved. Learn more

Parking rate adjustment coming May 1  - York University’s Parking Services will implement rate adjustments effective May 1. This will be the first change since 2016. Read more

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