For Molade Osibodu, creating what she calls “liberatory futures” begins in the mathematics classroom. An associate professor of math education at York University’s Faculty of Education, Osibodu focuses her research on how Black students experience math and how education systems can better support equity.
Professor Lisa Farley and her research colleagues have developed a reflection guide for museum educators to support their efforts to discuss challenging topics and ideas with children.
A new study led by Natalia Balyasnikova, associate professor in the Faculty of Education at York University, is calling for a shift in how healthy aging is understood globally.
A study found that educators and students in Ontario schools self-censored related to Palestine, fearing punitive measures if they voiced their views freely.
A career in education means different things to different people. When Bailey McGill speaks about education, it’s clear she’s not talking of lesson plans alone.
Carl E. James, the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora in York University’s Faculty of Education, brings his expertise to a four-year Genome Canada research project focused on Canada’s Black population.
Inspired by her grandmother and grandaunts, who came to Canada from Jamaica in the 1960s with limited access to educational opportunities, Fearon’s research studies how Black mothers use storytelling in community-based literacy programs.
Carl James holds the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora in the Faculty of Education and Distinguished Research Professor at York University. His work focuses on how social systems shape the educational experiences and outcomes of Black and other racialized youth — and how those systems can be transformed.
Fresh off a recent speaking tour at Harvard University, author and professor David Townsend visited assistant professor Lorin Schwarz’s Teaching English in the Intermediate/Senior Division courses to speak with students about his book “The Ram in the Thicket".
York University researchers have captured half a century of Canadian life in a landmark study that began in Ontario classrooms and now spans generations.