This month’s graduate student profile features Zaitun Pwin, a third-year PhD student in the Graduate Program in Education. Her research focuses on the role of education for Rohingya youths in Canada and the language and cultural socialization with regard to Canadian schooling. Pwin is the first Rohingya woman to study in a Canadian PhD program. “My advice is always believe in yourself and listen to your heart,” she says. “Most of […]
There has been considerable change in lives worldwide in 2020 due to the novel coronavirus, and the persistence of systemic anti-Black racism. Participants in the Faculty of Education’s Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) program have seen the impact of change upon multiple fronts, because the program involves faculty, students and community partners at York’s […]
For every 100 dollars donated to a charitable organization in Canada, as little as seven cents go toward supporting Black charities, concludes a new first-of-its kind study of the country’s philanthropic sector and its impact on Black communities. The report by the Network for the Advancement of Black Communities (NABC) at York University and Carleton […]
Three professors at the Faculty of Education have been awarded grants by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Associate Professor John Ippolito and Assistant Professor Gillian Parekh have been awarded Insight Grants, and Assistant Professor Gail Prasad has been awarded an Insight Development Grant, collectively totalling approximately $450,000.
Associate Professor Sarah Barrett at York University’s Faculty of Education was interviewed by CTV on adapting to a virtual classroom.
The message was stark. United Way’s 2004 report, “Poverty by Postal Code,” revealed what had been long suspected: Over the span of 20 years, the number of families living in poverty had doubled in specific neighbourhoods across the GTA.
Research Minute – Professor Rachel Silver on Anthropologies of Gender, Sexuality, and Policy My research connects insights from the field of comparative and international education and the anthropologies of gender, sexuality, and policy. Specifically, I explore how discourses, policies, and programs related to gender and sexuality intersect with youth lives in contexts where young people […]
Dr. Kate Tilleczek has been appointed Research Advisory Council Chair at Pathways to Education Canada. Pathways to Education is a charitable social innovation supporting youth in low-income communities to graduate from high school and build the foundation for a successful future.
Welcome to the November 2020 issue of Innovatus, a special issue of YFile that is devoted to teaching and learning innovation at York University.
A survey led by York University Faculty of Education Associate Professor Sarah Barrett is providing a snapshot of challenges experienced by elementary and secondary school teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic.