Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Top Stories
York demonstrates global, national education leadership in latest QS subject rankings – We’re thrilled to announce that the Faculty of Education has placed 5th in Canada and 66th globally in the prestigious 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject, demonstrating our continued bold leadership. Read more
Faculty of Education building renovations look to the future – As York University’s Faculty of Education moves into its second half century of teaching and research, it has finished building renovations designed to meet the needs of students, staff and faculty for today and the future. Read more
Education at a Glance – We have added a new section to our website that highlights our faculty rankings and key stats. Learn more
Professor Carl James nominated for 2024 Canada Immigrant Awards finalists list – Professor Carl James is among the 75 nominees selected for this year’s Canadian Immigrant Awards. Currently voting is on for the Top 25 winners and the voting phase ends June 7. Winners will be announced in August. The award celebrates the untold stories of immigrants who have made a significant contribution to Canada, in a variety of professions. Learn more and vote
Announcement of the Living Legacy Project – The Museum at Campbell River is pleased to announce an exciting new project for the fall of 2024. Entitled the ‘Living Legacy Project’, this 5-month initiative will replace the annual Haig-Brown Writer-in-Residence Program for one year. The Living Legacy Project will examine the ongoing influence of Roderick and Ann Haig-Brown through the work of Celia Haig-Brown and family. From November 2024 to April 2025, Celia will return to the Haig-Brown House to work closely with the Museum in addressing the various aspects of a ‘Living Legacy’. Learn more
Embracing digital spaces: How older immigrants are navigating the Infodemic – Assistant prof Natalia Balyasnikova writes about an infodemic characterized by an overload of information, much of it misleading or false, which was quietly escalating in tandem with the COVID-19 pandemic via The Conversation. Read more
TTC mural honours Professor Carl James – Find out more about the creation of the mural of Distinguished Research Professor Carl James that can be seen at the York University Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) subway station. Learn about the mural
The March 2024 issue of the Faculty of Education’s Alumni Newsletter is now available for viewing on our website. View issue
Join Ecosource and York University for a unique professional development opportunity for educators – Advanced Teacher Training program is back with a new hybrid format to enhance engagement through in-person and virtual learning. Join us for six modules focused on current topics related to sustainability education, environmental justice, and climate action. This year’s program ends with a session on hope, inspiring educators to support students in building resilience in their communities at a critical moment for climate education and action. Learn more
Invitation from UNESCO Chair Charles Hopkins to join the #DanceForEducation campaign – As the African Union celebrates 2024 as the Year of Education, UNESCO and the SDG4 High-Level Steering Committee want to leverage the voices of education champions, including youth, teachers, political leaders, influencers, civil society, and the private sector to continue growing the global movement for education on the African continent and beyond. Learn more and join the campaign
Will you be presenting at CSSE 2024? – CSSE’s 52nd Annual Conference dates are June 12 – 21 as part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Congress 2024 will take place at McGill University in Montréal, Québec. Please let us know if you will be presenting at CSSE 2024 (by filling out the Mach Form) as we will be promoting all ED faculty and graduate student presentations on our blog. Please fill out the Mach Form by May 24, 2024 to have your session included
Program Office Updates
Academics Program Office
We want your feedback! The Faculty of Education is currently engaged in a Cyclical Program Review for the BA (Educational Studies) and would like to receive students’ feedback on the program. Students in the BA (Educational Studies) should have received an email with an invitation to complete the survey. Check your email and please respond! Feedback can help to shape the future of the degree program
Lesson Plans and Raised Hands: Preparing for September
Location: Glendon Manor Ballroom, Glendon College- York University
Date/Time: May 30, 2024 at 1:00 – 5:30 p.m.
This workshop is geared towards new FSL teachers with an opportunity to network and hear from current teachers in the profession. It is intended to help new FSL teachers to prepare for the first week of September through practical ideas and strategies for future classrooms. This workshop will be held in French. If interested, please contact Jafar Hussain at jhuss@edu.yorku.ca
Student Services Office
The Student Services Office will be meeting with the new Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree students during the first two weeks of May to go over the program requirements, enrolment and to get them ready to start the program at the end of August
Our new Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) BA/BEd students admitted for the May 2024 start will have orientation on May 2 and will begin the program on May 6
Research Office
Important Deadlines:
- SSHRC Exchange – Conference Grant – Due May 1, 2024 (for travel/conference during Jun 1 – Oct 31)
- SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants – Due May 22, 2024
- SSHRC Connection Grants – Due June 20, 2024
- SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships – Due September 12, 2024
- Registration for the Summer session of our Research GPS (Grant Proposal Support) program is May 6th by 11:59 p.m.
Save the dates:
- Spotlight on New Faculty Research
Date: Monday, June 3, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Kaneff Tower 519
- Celebrating our Research, Teaching and Community, 2023-2024
Theme: Diversity, Equity, Sustainability and Indigeneity in Research and Teaching
Date: Monday, June 3, 2024
Time: 12:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Kaneff Tower 519
Congratulations to our new grant recipients:
- Connection Grant August 2023 Competition
Dlamini, S. Nombuso
Exploring Connections between Black Youth Civic Participation & Identity
- Connection Grant February 2024 Competition
Mayer, Connie
Empowering Deaf and Deafened Cochlear Implant Users: Increasing the Global Impact and Effectiveness of Cochlear Implantation
Graduate Program Office
Registration, enrolling in courses, and Petitions deadlines:
- The online registration & enrollment window for S24 closes in May. Check the FGS – Important Dates website for detailed deadlines, or to add/drop courses (https://currentstudents.yorku.ca/registrarial-services)
- Students admitted to a graduate program (diploma option, master’s degree or doctoral degree) must maintain continuous registration, including payment of applicable fees, in every fall, winter and summer term up to and including the term in which all requirements for their program of study are successfully completed (graduation)
- If you are unable to Register for a term, you must petition: (https://www.yorku.ca/gradstudies/students/current-students/regulations/graduate-academic-petitions/)
Remediation Plans – The Faculty of Graduate Studies has created a standalone website for graduate students and faculty teaching graduate courses that outlines remediation options for coursework: https://www.yorku.ca/gradstudies/students/current-students/2024-academic-remediation/
- Please reach out to the Graduate Program Office (gradprogram@edu.yorku.ca) with any questions or for assistance and support in completing coursework and meeting graduation timelines (NB: all students planning to graduate in June 2024 must have their final grades submitted no later than today, Tuesday, April 30)
PhD Annual Progress Reports – PhD students are reminded to complete their Annual Progress Reports with their supervisors no later than May 31, 2024. Annual reports should be completed in dialogue with students’ supervisors and can be accessed through an MS Forms link (sign in with your Passport York account): https://forms.office.com/r/jQRQnCDECD
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Office
Applications to the Program – Applications to the program closed on March 21. All applications have been reviewed and interviews have been completed. We will have approximately 50 students (new and returning students) joining us in September 2024
Practicum – Both full-time and part-time students are currently out completing their final practicum hours. Students have placements in 8 different school boards
Graduates – Twelve students will be graduating at convocation this June and we had one student graduate in February 2024
New Publications
Assistant Professor Kiera Brant-Birioukov served as case study expert in SAGE Research Methods Diversifying and Decolonizing Research profiles, entitled “Philosophy of Education: Ancestral Knowledge in Contemporary Education”
UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education Towards Sustainability Charles Hopkins, Executive Coordinator to the UNESCO Chair Katrin Kohl, and co-authors have a new article titled “Envisioning leadership for tomorrow’s collective well-being” in Prospects: Comparative Journal of Curriculum, Learning, and Assessment
SSHRC Post-doctoral student Edmund Adam (who is working with professor Qiang Zha) has a new article titled “Education hubs in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates: Analysis of discursive constructions using Latent Dirichlet Allocation” in the International Journal of Educational Development
In The Media
Ontario’s public colleges will be hammered by new international student visa rules — and the Ford government needs to act, critics warn Associate Professor Roopa Desai Trilokekar was quoted in the Toronto Star March 28
How the origins of the school system aimed to produce independent, critical thinkers Professor Emeritus Paul Axelrod was quoted on CBC Radio April 15
Filmmaker Roger McTair focused his lens on the lives of Black Canadians professor and Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community & Diaspora Carl James was quoted in the Globe & Mail April 25
News From The Community
York University recognized as one of Canada’s Best Diversity, Greenest Employers – York University’s commitment to sustainability and inclusion has earned it recognition as being among the best diversity and greenest employers in the country. Read more
York announces new initiative to advance global research – York University has launched the Global Research Excellence Seed Fund (GRE Fund), a new initiative that will strengthen the University’s research partnerships worldwide and enable faculty members to forge deeper global connections across communities, academia and industry. Learn more
Events
ChatGPT erupted into the world of education in November, 2022. Defenders hailed this innovation as a great leap forward for teaching, learning and research. Critics, including some leading names in the field of artificial intelligence, were far more cautious about ChatGPT and related AI inventions. Will these developments enhance or stifle creativity? Will they free students’ imaginations or deepen their dependence on technological tools that are not widely understood?
Panelists from the K-12 and post-secondary educational sectors discuss if, and how, AI can be used creatively in schooling and higher education. As teachers and students grapple daily with these new digital systems, the panelists provide preliminary guidance as to how educators can contend effectively with this major educational challenge.
FOR MORE INFORMATION on this free two-part series and to learn more about our panelists and moderator visit our Events page
The 20th Annual York University Graduate Student Conference in Education will be taking place from May 6 – 8, 2024. This milestone year marks a bold exploration of uncharted territories within the field of education under the theme Beyond Taboos: Rethinking Education for a Changing World.
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