Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Top Stories
New Faces in the Faculty of Education – A warm welcome to the following new faces in the Faculty of Education
- Faculty – Mary Ott (Assistant Professor), Stephanie Fearon (Assistant Professor),
John Hupfield (Assistant Professor), Lorin Schwarz (Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream) - Seconded faculty – Kenisha Bynoe, Golriz Karoubi, Wahid Khan, Andrew McConnell
- Course Directors – Tiffany Barnikis, Vanessa Dion-Fletcher, Marcela Duran, Joanne Edmunson, Susan Fawcett, Michael Fraschetti, Lisa Johnston, Emily Johnston, Marika Kunnas, David Lum, Nancy Marshall, Jason Michelakos, Sheetal Prasad, Linda Preston, Alyssa Racco, Ataur Rahman, Elena Rakitskaya, Thelma Sambrook, Matthew Strang, Debbie Stern, Norin Taj, Jacqui Traverse-Thomas, Derrick Tu, Chris Tucker, Farah Virani
Film Screening: Muffins for Granny – As part of York University’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation film screening series, the Faculty of Education in partnership with The Division of Equity, People & Culture will be co-hosting the following screening:
Muffins for Granny
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 26
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Junior Common Room, 012G Winters College
Learn more
Cake and Tea with the Dean – Our next Cake and Tea with the Dean is scheduled for Wednesday, October 4th at 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Winters College, 2nd floor foyer, to celebrate York U Spirit Day happening campus-wide. This event is open to all students, staff and faculty. We encourage you to wear red and white to show your York pride. RSVP here
Get to know our faculty: Natalia Balyasnikova
This month’s ‘Get to know our faculty’ profile features assistant professor Natalia Balyasnikova whose research focuses on a critical analysis of the learning experiences of older adults, particularly a significant demographic in Canada—the older multilingual immigrants. Learn more
Baobab Decolonial Collective reading group – Join assistant professor Molade Osibodu and other graduate peers in reading “Decolonizing Diasporas: Radical Mappings of Afro-Atlantic Literature” (which is available for free through the library), taking place on Thursdays from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. (Oct. 5 & 19 | Nov. 2, 16 and 30). Click here for more information or email mosibodu@yorku.ca to indicate your interest.
Email Signatures – For consistency and to support York University’s master brand strategy, the York U Faculty of Education logo must appear on all emails coming from York University. Click here for instructions on how to update/brand your email signature
Students in Practicum Facilitator Anne Schlarp’s EDPR 2000 class created a word cloud describing what transformational teaching meant to them – This is how they see themselves showing up in their Year 1 Practicum in January. Inspiring! 😊
Alumnus Collette Murray recognized by the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) for Outstanding Leadership in Justice, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – The National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) announced the recipients of the 2023 National Awards–a celebration of their exceptional contributions in the field of dance education. Read more
Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute: Leading the way in Mental Health Week – Mental Health Week at Marc Garneau Institute was co-developed by alumnus Joseph Smith (BEd ’12, MEd ’14) in response to the social and emotional impacts of the pandemic on students. Read more
New Information Technology (IT) Services website Launched – Information Technology Services in the Faculty of Education provides a wide range of technological services for students, faculty and staff. Visit website
Associate Professor Qiang Zha will be presenting at the upcoming York event on October 12th – Mirroring China’s Academia: Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese University
Program Office Updates
Dean’s Office
2023 Fall Convocation Ceremonies – The Faculty of Education Fall Convocation ceremony takes place on Friday, October 13, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. at the Sobey’s Stadium (1 Shoreham Drive). Learn more
As we continue to highlight our 50th Anniversary Year, we encourage staff and faculty to use these new anniversary Zoom screen backgrounds until June 8, 2024.
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Student Services Office
Hope you can join us at the Ontario Universities’ Fair (OUF) and represent the Faculty of Education
OUF will is being held Saturday, October 21st and Sunday, October 22nd , 2023 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre – South Building. Those who have attended and volunteered in the past, it’s a similar set up. The fair is an opportunity to meet and chat with our future students and their families about both the Bachelor of Education and BA Educational Studies program. We are hoping you can join us for a few hours or half day.
Please let Kharishma Chand,
Student Services Representative
chandkha@yorku.ca
know if you can come and what day/time works best. We have ordered York U Education t-shirts, so please share what size you’d like (x small, small, medium and large) . If you volunteered last year and have a T-shirt, it’s the same so can wear it again.
Below is some information about the fair.
Where?
- South Building, Metro Toronto Convention Centre (next to the CN Tower and Skydome), 222 Bremner Blvd. Toronto
- Exhibits: Halls D & E
WEB SITE: https://www.ontariouniversitiesfair.ca/
Graduate Program Office
Congratulations to the following students on the successful completion of their PhD dissertations:
- Nancy Bell – “Privilege and Vulnerability: Early Study Abroad Experiences and Policy Enactment in a Superdiverse Secondary School”
- Tiffany Barnikis – “Journey With Me. Wanderings and Wonderings Through Childhoods”
- Nada Aoudeh – “Qissati: Counterstories of Muslim Women School Administrators in Ontario”
- Darren Cummings – “Writing ‘Home’ in Rural Queer Teacher Narratives: A Collaborative Autoethnography”
Congratulations to PhD student Marissa Magneson on winning the prestigious and highly competitive SSHRC Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. Her dissertation project, “Beadwork as Pedagogy,” was ranked second out of 200 applications in the national competition and is supervised by Professor Susan Dion. Read more
Upcoming Funding Application Deadlines:
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)/Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) – October 10, 2023
The Faculty of Graduate Studies offers workshops to support student grant writing towards these awards. While the PhD workshops happened earlier this month, MEd students can still sign up for workshops in October by registering here
The York Graduate Students in Education (YGSE) Fall Social will take place on Friday, September 29th, 3:30-5:00 p.m. in the Grad Lounge (113 Winters College)
Research Office
Creation of personal research websites – Any faculty members who require support in the creation of personal websites for their research and projects can contact Adam Riley (Web Designer & Developer) at ariley@edu.yorku.ca
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Office
Classes began on August 21st with an Orientation week for all first-year students (both full and part-time). A major focus of this week was to orient students to the online learning environment and become comfortable using various applications such as eClass, Panopto, Kritik, OneDrive, Padlet and Zoom.
The total enrolment for the 2023-2024 academic year is 56 students which includes 9 Full-Time and 47 Part-Time students from all regions of Ontario and several provinces in Canada. The program is offered online – synchronously for Full-Time students and asynchronously for Part-Time students.
Professional Learning Office
The new school year brings both returning and new candidates to Professional Learning’s fall AQ session running from October 3 – December 8, 2023. Learn more
New Publications
Professor Emeritus Warren Crichlow and co-editors Teresa Strong-Wilson, Ricardo L. Castro and Amarou Yoder have a new book titled “Curricular and Architectural Encounters with W.G. Sebald: Unsettling Complacency, Reconstructing Subjectivity”
Former course director Diane Vetter has a new book titled “Students Mentoring Students in K-8 Classrooms”
Qiang Zha, Leping Mou and Ruth Hayhoe have a new paper titled “Liberal Arts Education in the Universities of Greater China: Historical Legacy, Current Models, and Future Prospects” on The Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) website
Qiang Zha has a new article titled “Newly Founded Local Universities: ‘Land-grant Colleges’ on Chinese Soil?” in the Handbook on Local Governance in China: Structures, Variations, and Innovations
In the Media
Math anxiety develops at a young age for some students, here’s how to prevent it – Associate Professor Tina Rapke did an interview with CTV News Sept. 3.
‘We’re just getting started’: Aurora launch pad for road tennis in Ontario – Professor and Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora Carl James was quoted in an article on the YorkRegion.com web site Aug. 25.
News from the York Community
York community events to recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, on Sept. 30, honours the children who never returned home, survivors of residential schools, their families and communities. York University will recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation by offering events and resources throughout the month for its community members to learn about the history of residential schools in Canada and the lasting impacts on Indigenous community members today. Learn more
New online curriculum vitae tool coming to York U – Faculty members are invited to learn more about, and join the test phase of, Discover York Academics – a new electronic curriculum vitae tool.
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Nominate inspiring alumni for Top 30 under 30 – York University’s Top 30 Alumni Under 30 program recognizes inspiring and diverse alumni under the age of 30 who are driven to make a difference locally and globally. With past recipients pursuing careers in science and technology, anti-Black racism in Canada and disability rights, York U recognizes and engages these changemakers to shed light on their inspiring work. To nominate a York grad, share how the candidate demonstrates a commitment to creating positive change for York University, the wider community and beyond. Learn more
Faculty and Staff YU-Card – The YU-card is your ticket to academic resources and scholastic savings across campus, as well as resources at other institutions. Just a reminder to get your YU-card here
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