Faculty of Education News Bulletin

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Professor Carl James to receive Honorary Doctorate from McGill University – James will be one of ten exceptional individuals to receive an honorary degree from McGill University as a part of their Spring 2024 Convocation ceremonies. Read more

Researchers receive grants to advance Indigenous scholarship – We are delighted to share that three of our faculty members (Rebecca Beaulne-Stuebing, Kiera Brant-Birioukov, John Hupfield) were among the six Indigenous scholars from York University awarded a combined total of $204,298 from the latest round of the Indigenous Scholars Seed Fund Grants. Read more

York University announces Black Research Seed Grant Winners – Assistant professor Stephanie Fearon was one of six York researchers whose projects were funded by York University’s Black Research Seed Grants. Read more

Professor Karen Krasny and Assistant Professor Sonya Sachar (UofA) gave the Opening Keynote Address at the #YouthMediaLife 2024 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Digital Practice, an International Conference held at the University of Vienna, March 24-28. Read more

Distinguished Research Professor Deborah Britzman has published When History Returns: Psychoanalytic Quests for Human Learning, a book that explores psychoanalytic theories of learning. Read more

Professor Emeritus Paul Axelrod explores School System origins in CBC exclusive podcast – Professor Emeritus Paul Axelrod recently lent his expertise on the origins of the public education system during an interview on CBC News’ IDEAS podcast. The discussion, which took place on the second episode of the series, provided an in-depth look at the historical development of schooling and higher education.  Listen to podcast

Upcoming Meeting of the Public Education Exchange (PEX) – The Public Education Exchange (PEX), led by Professor Sue Winton, is hosting a meeting of the network on June 12^th in Montreal. Members of the network, including participants from teacher unions, school board associations, universities, and other public sector organizations from across Canada, will take part in a World Café to share knowledge about the privatization of public education. The PEX World Café is designed to foster collaborative discussions, idea sharing, and meaningful connections in a relaxed, café-like atmosphere. York doctoral student and PEX team member, Sonia Martin, will lead the Café, with the support of Winton and York undergraduate student and PEX research assistant, Declan Amaral. Learn more about PEX

Announcing the Making the Shift Youth Homelessness Prevention Awards – Nominations are now open for the fourth annual Making the Shift Youth Homelessness Prevention Awards, presented by Canada Life and co-led by A Way Home Canada and the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness. Learn more

Launch of the 19^th Volume of Northern Terminus: The African-Canadian History Journal (June 1) – This event which takes place at the Grey Roots Theatre (Owen Sound), is connected to professor emeritus Naomi Norquay’s research project on The Old Durham Road Black Pioneer Settlement, and will include a panel representing Black history and heritage groups in Grey County. Learn more

Dean’s Office

Launch of the Ontario Association of Deans of Education (OADE) Commitment to Anti-Black Racism Education and Black Inclusion in Ontario Higher Education – The Ontario Association of Deans of Education (OADE) is committed to defending and promoting equity and human rights in, and through, education for all members of Ontario society and to promoting learning, change and dialogue to dismantle anti-Black racist structures across the education sector. Read more

Convocation, Spring 2024 – The Faculty of Education’s Spring Convocation Ceremony will take place on June 17 at 10:30 a.m. at the Convocation Pavilion, Sobeys Stadium, located at 1 Shoreham Drive, on the west side of the Keele Campus. This year’s Honorary Doctorate recipient will be Reeta Roy (LLD). Learn more

Graduate Program Office

20th Annual York University Graduate Student Conference in Education, themed “Taboo,” held online from May 6 – 8 – The conference provided a dynamic platform to explore unspoken norms and silenced narratives in education. With over 20 presenters from various disciplines and universities across the country, the event featured performance art, zines, paper presentations, and salon-style conversations. We also held five workshops on topics including cooking, social media, and mental health, hosted by faculty and PhD students. Highlights included two keynote presentations by York University PhD candidates, offering students the chance to share their voices. For many presenters, this was their first conference, and they felt their work was welcomed, emphasizing the importance of addressing taboo topics

Research Office

Join us on Monday, June 3^rd for Building Research Connections: A Spotlight on New Faculty Research and the Faculty of Education’s year-end Research and Teaching Celebration Celebrating our Research, Teaching & Community 2023-2024

Exploring Learner Experiences Across Spaces and Ages
Monday, June 3 | 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
519 Kaneff Tower

Celebrating our Research, Teaching & Community 2023-2024
Monday, June 3 | 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
519 Kaneff Tower

This year’s theme is Diversity, Equity, Sustainability and Indigeneity in Research and Teaching.

The celebration will feature award presentations, panel discussions on teaching and research, a table displaying Hot off the Press books and publications, posters, a light lunch, games and you!

Selected Funding Opportunities:

• Mariano A. Elia Research Fund (Internal)
  • VPRI: June 1, 2024

• Mitacs Globalink Research Internship
  • Agency: June 4, 2024

• SSHRC Connection Grants
  • OADR for full review (PDF): May 30, 2024
  • ORS for full review (PDF): June 6, 2024
  • ORS for mandatory review due by 10:00 a.m. – June 20, 2024
  • SSHRC: June 20, 2024           

• Funding for Indigenous Scholarly Events and Outreach Activities (Internal)
  • VPRI: July 1, 2024

• Funding for Scholarly Events and Outreach Activities(Internal)
  • VPRI: July 1, 2024

• SSHRC Insight Grants
  • NOI: August 5, 2024
  • OADR for full review (PDF)+ ORS Checklist: September 6, 2024
  • OADR to send ORS by 9:00 am (Final application PDF + Signed ORS Checklist + Evidence for support/contributions): September 27, 2024
  • SSHRC: October 1, 2024

• SSHRC New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) 2024 Exploration Competition
  • OADR Copy of NOI for full review + ORS Checklist: August 16, 2024
  • ORS Copy of NOI + ORS Checklist by 10:00 a.m. on August 23, 2024, in order for ORS to provide institutional approval and forward your NOI to NFRF by the August 27th agency deadline
  • NOI SSHRC: August 27, 2024
  • OADR full application for full review (PDF): October 15, 2024
  • ORS full application for full review (PDF): October 22, 2024
  • ORS final application and fully signed ORS Checklist for mandatory review by 10:00 a.m. on November 1, 2024 in order for ORS to provide institutional approval and forward your application to NFRF for the November 5th deadline
  • SSHRC: November 5, 2024

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Office

Professor Pam Millett gave an invited talk at the 186^th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Ottawa on May 15 entitled “I Feel Like a Pack a Day Smoker: Teacher and Student Voices from Noisy Classrooms”, with an overview of her research on teacher perceptions of classroom listening environments. She also gave a presentation at the Speech-Pathology and Audiology Canada conference in Vancouver on May 9 entitled “Challenges and Successes of Today’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students”

The first ever global Cochlear Implant Advocacy in Action conference was held in Brussels on May 9 and 10 with 100 delegates from 29 countries including 38 CI users—the key agents for change. This conference was the result of a partnership between the Faculty of Education and the Cochlear Implant Community of Action (CIICA) with the support of SSHRC funding awarded to Professor Connie Mayer. Evidence obtained from a global survey CI SERVICES MATTER, a joint York-CIICA project was shared as a tool for advocacy, and Professor Mayer presented her research in support of advocating for CIs for literacy development in deaf children. Read more

Professor Connie Mayer presented a paper entitled “Literacy Achievement of Deaf Students with Cochlear Implants” at the 17^th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and other Implantable Technologies held in the Canary Islands

Program Admissions – The admissions process is now complete and we will have approximately 50 students (new and returning students) joining us in September 2024

Graduates – We had one student graduate in February 2024 and will have twelve students graduating at convocation this June

OCT Reaccreditation – The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program is up for reaccreditation which is due on December 1, 2024. Work is underway to complete the required documentation for this process

Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora

New scholarships & Bursaries page launched on Jean Augustine Chair website – The Jean Augustine Chair has launched a new page on their website with a list of available scholarships and bursaries for students. Visit page

Jean Augustine Chair hosts Black Student Association (BSA) Conference for secondary students – Earlier this month, the Jean Augustine Chair hosted Peel Region’s second annual Black Student Association (BSA) Conference for secondary students at York University. Approximately 300 students attended the event that celebrated Black student associations from across the region. The day included numerous workshops on a variety of topics including Afrofuturism, Tech & Money and Career Planning. The high school students attended panel discussions from undergraduate and graduate students and were exposed to networking opportunities designed to inspire them as they gained insight and tips for their transition into post-secondary environments to ensure their academic and personal success. The students also engaged in discussions on leadership, cultural heritage, and community building, as they celebrated Black brilliance and experienced affirmations

New Publications

Assistant Professor Rebecca Beaulne-Stuebing has co-authored a new article titled Wounds on This Turtle’s Back: On Feeling Extractivism and Felt Theories of Change in the Journal of Environmental Justice

Associate Professor Cristina Delgado Vintimilla has co-authored a new article titled Schooling the pandemic: Education after the event in the Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy

• Alongside this publication and with the support of seed Funds from York University, Pedagogies in Viral Times is a research project that created an Itinerant School during COVID-19. While most of the world went into online education, this project created a different school. In collaboration with an urban school in Andean Ecuador, we created an educational experience that took place in the backyards of families in 9 different neighborhoods. Teachers and a group of children met in these gardens to create an emergent curriculum based on its human and more than human presences and histories. The website shared here will become a companion to the project’s book that will be published by the University of Toronto Press 

Just for Fun

Jane Larsson will be returning from a wonderful holiday in London visiting Deidre, our dear colleague who many of you may remember worked in the Faculty of Education for many years before retiring and moving back home to the UK

News from the York community

Faculty, instructors, administrators encouraged to complete Maclean’s survey for university rankings – Eligible York University community members are invited to fill out a reputational survey as part of the Maclean’s University Rankings. Learn more

York community invited to Pride 2024 Opening Ceremony on June 4 – York University students, staff, faculty, instructors and alumni are invited to attend the Pride 2024 Opening Ceremony. Learn about the event

Research Impact Challenge helps boost self-promotion, visibility – York University faculty, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students are invited to participate in the York University Libraries’ Research Impact Challenge to learn how to increase the visibility and reach of their scholarly works. Learn more

Events

Lesson Plans and Raised Hands: Preparing for September
Thursday, May 30 | 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Glendon Manor Ballroom (York University, Glendon Campus)

This workshop is geared towards new French as a Second Language (FSL) teachers with an opportunity to network and hear from current teachers in the profession. It is intended to help new FSL teachers prepare for the first week of September through practical ideas and strategies for future classrooms. This workshop will be held in French with a bilingual format

Learn more

Gestures of the Everyday: On the Making of Anti-extractive Pedagogies
Wednesday, June 19 | 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
626 Kaneff Tower
York University, Keele campus

We invite you to engage with us in considering what is possible when educational work is created with attention to both human and land-earth histories. This invitation stems from two SSHRC projects in Andean Ecuador (Cristina Delgado Vintimilla & Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw), where, alongside women and children, we aim to create alternative relational logics amidst extractive capitalism

Art, Education & Transdisciplinary Inquiry: The Biyuti Project & Beyond
Tuesday, June 11 | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
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