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“Opening the Schoolhouse to All,” a special series on public education, starts Nov. 17

York University community members are playing a key role in a provocative four-part series on the challenges facing public schooling.

Celia Popovic launches virtual book “Educational Developers Thinking Allowed”

Celia Popovic, Associate Professor at York University’s Faculty of Education, and Dr Fiona Smart from Edinburgh Napier University,  recently launched a virtual book titled “Educational Developers Thinking Allowed.” The book serves as a primer to the field of Educational Development and has emerged from the collective experience and knowledge of a large number of educational […]

Inaugural ‘Reciprocal Learning in Times of Crisis’ series featured Associate Professor Nombuso Dlamini

The ‘Reciprocal Learning in Times of Crisis’ monthly virtual colloquium series launched on October 7, 2020 with a talk by Associate Professor Nombuso Dlamini titled “e/Thinking and Acting Holistically in our Times: Discussions on Conceptual Multiplicity”. The talk examined the lenses that we use to give meaning to a sociopolitical and economic landscape marked by […]

The social, political and moral crisis of anti-Black racism

What is it like to be a Black person in Canada? The question, posed to Faculty of Education Professor Carl E. James, was intended as a starting point for a frank discussion about anti-Black racism.

A letter to the Graduate class of 2020

Address given on the occasion of Convocation by Aparna Mishra Tarc, Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director, Graduate Program in Education on October 28, 2020 at York University, Toronto, via Zoom

People of York U – Vidya Shah

“I started my career as an elementary school teacher, and they were some of the most magical years of my life. Teaching for me has become a journey of self-discovery, an encounter with the self. Education is ultimately an endeavour in being more human. It demands of us an ongoing commitment to living and working from our complex and often contradictory parts – the magical parts, the scared parts, the joyful parts, the engaged parts, the ignorant parts and the resistant parts.”

PhD candidate awarded prestigious 2020 U21 HGS Teaching Excellence Award

Dr. Shelia Harms, MD, a 4th year PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education is the recipient of the prestigious 2020 U21 Health Sciences Group (HSG) Teaching Excellence Award. The Award was established in 2014 by Deans of Medicine as a way to celebrate and reward exceptional educational scholarship, particularly amongst research intensive universities, across […]

Impact Report 2019-2020: Making the Shift Youth Homelessness Social Innovation Lab (MtS)

The Making the Shift Youth Homelessness Social Innovation Lab (MtS) has made big strides towards its mission to transform Canada’s response to youth homelessness. In their latest impact report, MtS highlights some of the projects that kicked off this year, and how the projects are contributing to the prevention of youth homelessness in Canada. Read the report

Statement by the York University Indigenous Council regarding the Mi’kmaq fishers

Dear members of the Sipekne’katik First Nation & our broader community, The Indigenous Council of York University calls on Prime Minister Trudeau to intervene, recognize the modest traditional fishery affirmed by Canada’s Supreme Court, and to stop the violence of the commercial fishermen. We affirm our support for the Mi’kmaq fishers of Sipekne’katik First Nation […]

Creating Positive Change: Launch of the York University President’s Report 2020

York U President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda L. Lenton’s 2020 President’s Report features examples from the Faculty of Education that have created a positive impact for York U students, supporters and partners.