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York research explores refugee participation in Kenyan camps

York University doctoral student Mohamed Duale documents the dilemmas faced by refugees in extended exile in his recent report for the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN), a team of researchers and practitioners committed to promoting protection and solutions with and for refugees. Mohamed Duale Duale spent the summer of 2019 in a research placement […]

IN THE MEDIA: Coronavirus crisis shows ableism shapes Canada’s long-term care for people with disabilities

Nationwide, long-term care facilities, primarily occupied by residents who are elderly or live with disabilities, are in deteriorating condition, says Assistant Professor Gillian Parekh at York University’s Faculty of Education, and Ryerson University’s Kathryn Underwood. But little has been done to actually address the organizational decisions that lead to these dangerous conditions. COVID-19 has exposed […]

The Conversation: Coronavirus closures could lead to a radical revolution in conservation

“With widespread closures of parks and conservation areas around the world, could this be an opportunity to transform the way we manage and use these protected environments?” says Faculty of Education Postdoctoral Fellow, Planetary Health & Education James Stinson in a recent article that he co-authored with Elizabeth (Libby) Lunstrum for The Conversation Canada. 

Lessons from Katrina: Conducting ‘Learning as Usual’ in Unusual Times

Amid the global pandemic of COVID-19, I am reminded of my time in New Orleans in 2005 experiencing Hurricane Katrina. At the time, I was a young diplomat, working in the Panamanian Consulate, thrust into one of the most formative personal and professional experiences I had ever faced.

IN THE MEDIA: Pandemic exposes how social inequities not only wound the marginalized but hurt us all

Faculty of Education professor and Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora Carl James, is best known for his role in gathering groundbreaking data on Black experiences in sectors ranging from education and jobs to interactions with police. He has been avidly following calls to collect race-based disaggregated data on COVID-19. In a recent Toronto Star […]

IN THE MEDIA: What Ontario is getting right (and wrong) about homelessness during COVID-19

Professor Stephen Gaetz is keeping a close eye on how homeless populations are faring as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds in Ontario. The York University Faculty of Education professor is president of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, an organization that researches homelessness and poverty with partners in Canada and around the world, publishing findings through its […]