For 13 years, Paul Raso experienced different challenges working as a teacher and vice-principal in one of Toronto’s most marginalized communities, but it was the way his school board handled the expulsion of one Black student — and the departure of that student’s brother, as well — that Raso says finally pushed him to leave.
The next virtual colloquium in York University’s ‘Reciprocal Learning in Times of Crisis’ monthly series will feature a discussion from two international experts on the impacts of COVID-19 for mobile populations across Africa.
York University is one of six founding partners of a new global UNESCO network on Education for Sustainable Development led by Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany.
York University has received a $1.2-million donation from the RBC Foundation as part of RBC Future Launch, directly supporting the work of the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora, held by education Professor Carl James.
Associate Professor Vidya Shah speaks to HRD magazine about the Faculty’s Master of Leadership and Community Engagement degree program (MLCE) – which focuses on leading and fostering social change.
Assistant Professor Gabrielle Moser has written an article titled, Settler Colonialism’s Container Technologies: Photographing Crates in the Canadian Arctic (1926-1953), that was featured in Settler Colonial Studies, a peer-reviewed academic journal which is published four times a year.
A fundraising drive named “25K in 25 Days” that supports The Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community & Diaspora at York University has far exceeded its goal, and the endowment fund will benefit from donations of more than $200,000.
In the spring of 2020, the brutal police killings of unarmed Black people, most notably the asphyxiation death of 46-year-old George Floyd, led to civil unrest and global condemnation. In the weeks that followed, businesses and non-profit organizations the world over, including universities and governments, were called upon by protestors, Black leaders, students and academics […]
The annual Black History Month celebration presented by the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora in the Faculty of Education will feature a discussion on “The Education of Black Youth: A National Conversation with Educators” on Feb. 24, from 7 to 9 p.m. All are welcome to attend this free event.
Influenced by the racial bias of educators, many students who do choose the non-academic stream are unaware of the consequences and often have to deal with a lifetime of obstacles because of it.