Faculty of Education Associate Professor John Ippolito says “parents shouldn’t be very worried — a short break from the classroom due to COVID-19 won’t cause any major disruptions to a child’s academic progression."
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 […]
“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.
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.
School closures due to coronavirus have put parents in the challenging position of home-schooling their children say experts Associate Professor Tina Rake, and graduate student Cristina De Simone at York University's Faculty of Education
Carl James, Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community, & Diaspora at York University's Faculty of Education is partnering with the University of Toronto to understand how the virus works, spreads, can be contained — and why it affects some populations more than others. Dr. Upton Allen's team will ensure his research includes some social science, […]
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 […]
Faculty of Education Associate Professor Celia Popovic has been awarded the Distinguished Educational Developer Career Award by the Educational Developers’ Caucus (EDC). The award recognizes Popovic’s influential career in the field of educational development at the local, provincial and national levels.
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 […]
With schools closed, screens are required for students, those working from home and everyone attempting to stay connected with friends and family. Our increased reliance on screens makes it difficult to determine how much is too much.