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Critical Geographies of Education

(EU/GEOG 4700)


The dynamics of school-community relations are often the complex outcomes of locally based socio-spatial relations, broader political regional dynamics, and the underlying structural differences inherent within a post-industrial society.  The kind of engagements that emerge as a result of this process is not necessarily confined to a school-community, but can often extend beyond the immediate neighbourhood; and thereby have impacts on the everyday rhythms and quality of life, and the political. Some of these challenges have taken on new proportions with the onslaught of the COVID-19 global pandemic and the future realm of education.

This assignment was structured to gain a collective understanding of school-community relations within the challenging context of the pandemic in the Toronto region. Through this exercise students in Critical Geographies of Education at York University (EU/GEOG 4700, Class of 2022 & 2024) gained an appreciation of the various challenges that some communities faced with respect to other schools; and the creative measures that some schools undertook to overcome these challenges. These results were presented in a series of posters and infographics geo-linked to a map of the region. 

View student posters here:
Critical Geographies of Education (EU/GEOG 4700)