The Faculty of Education Summer Institute (FESI) 2020-21, will present the second webinar of its ‘Conversations on Anti-Oppression’ series on October 21 from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. The event “What does the journey towards Anti-Racist, Anti-Oppressive practice look like in a child welfare agency” will look at The Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto (CCAS) […]
“Equity means being fair and impartial; this includes having opportunities for all – not only a certain group. Understanding the challenges that BIPOC face is an important aspect of addressing their true career journey and its impacts. From challenges in the educational system to biased recruitment practices, to microaggressions in the workplace, to being screened […]
York University’s Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) Project, Faculty of Education and Centre for Refugee Studies present a monthly virtual colloquium series on the intersections of refugee education, anti-Black racism and COVID-19 in Canada and East Africa.
“Welcome to e-learning, where some parents have become reluctant helicopters, circling their kids as they attempt to learn, helping them with their every move. Throughout the country, grown-ups privileged enough to be able to stay at home, or to even have a few minutes of “spare time,” can be found sitting adjacent to their children […]
The Faculty of Education welcomes three new postdoctoral fellows this fall: Beyhan Farhadi, David Pereira and Farra Yasin.
President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda L. Lenton issues the following message to the York University community: Dear Members of the York Community, York University has a bold vision captured in our University Academic Plan, Strategic Research Plan and other foundational planning documents. I am pleased to announce that we now also have our first-ever brand strategy […]
This month’s graduate student profile features Brittany Tomin, a fourth-year Doctoral Candidate at the Faculty of Education. Her research explores how science fictional and speculative storytelling can be used to help students imagine and address present challenges and future concerns collaboratively. “Young people are constantly inundated with images of destruction, take climate change for example, […]
Do you enjoy hearing about the latest thought-provoking research? The Scholars’ Hub @ Home speaker series features discussions on a broad range of topics, with engaging lectures from some of York’s best minds. The Scholars’ Hub events are done in partnership with Vaughan Public Libraries, Markham Public Library and Aurora Public Library, and presented by […]
York University President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda L. Lenton issues the following announcement: I am pleased to inform members of the Faculty of Education and the York community that the search for Dean of the Faculty of Education has reached a successful conclusion. In 2019, I established a search committee, comprised of members of the Faculty […]
Carl James, Professor and Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora at York University’s Faculty of Education, tells CBC’s guest host Alison Brunette about his research on how Black children experience the school system. James says Black, racialized, and Indigenous students are streamed into particular programs that will not lead to university. “From the very time […]