There has been considerable change in lives worldwide in 2020 due to the novel coronavirus, and the persistence of systemic anti-Black racism. Participants in the Faculty of Education’s Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) program have seen the impact of change upon multiple fronts, because the program involves faculty, students and community partners at York’s […]
For every 100 dollars donated to a charitable organization in Canada, as little as seven cents go toward supporting Black charities, concludes a new first-of-its kind study of the country's philanthropic sector and its impact on Black communities. The report by the Network for the Advancement of Black Communities (NABC) at York University and Carleton […]
Dr. Kate Tilleczek has been appointed Research Advisory Council Chair at Pathways to Education Canada. Pathways to Education is a charitable social innovation supporting youth in low-income communities to graduate from high school and build the foundation for a successful future.
Welcome to the November 2020 issue of Innovatus, a special issue of YFile that is devoted to teaching and learning innovation at York University.
A survey led by York University Faculty of Education Associate Professor Sarah Barrett is providing a snapshot of challenges experienced by elementary and secondary school teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
York University community members are playing a key role in a provocative four-part series on the challenges facing public schooling.
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 […]
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.
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
"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."