The Faculty of Education’s Black History Month event, “Word, Sound, Power: Black Artistic Expression", invited members of the public to learn more about the origins of gospel music at the concert on Wednesday.
Associate Professor Sue Winton, from the Faculty of Education at York University, explains how the ongoing school strikes are impacting students’ learning in Ontario. Winton is confident that the short term complications of the strikes will be minimal. “The way that the curriculum is organized, teachers have lots of flexibility in how they go about […]
Gospel music is so ingrained in pop culture today that gospel choirs are everywhere from the Superbowl and Grammy's to detergent and car commercials, says Karen Burke, one of Canada’s leading authorities on gospel music’s history and performance practices. Burke, an associate professor in York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, will […]
Economist Inbal Marcovitch is not your typical education graduate. An innovative economist and strategic foresight professional, Marcovitch uses mixed research methodologies and stakeholder engagement to develop organizational systems that contribute to resilient organizations. Born in Israel, Marcovitch came to Canada as an international student. She enrolled at York where she majored in Business and Society. […]
Faculty of Education Assistant Professor Vidya Shah was on Breakfast TV to discuss the fears around coronavirus that have been causing misinformation to move around leading to discrimination against the Chinese community.
While the Ontario teachers’ strikes may be a nuisance in the short term, education experts say it’s important to look at the long-term consequences that the unions’ job actions will have.
Awards for children who never miss a day of school are commonplace in Canadian schools, but now, some experts worry it might be teaching children the wrong lesson. John Ippolito, an associate professor in the faculty of education at York University in Toronto, believes it’s the responsibility of teachers and administrators to determine reasons students […]
Faculty of Education PhD candidate Lois Kamenitz has been awarded the Schlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging Scholarship by the Canadian Association on Gerontology. The award recognizes academic success and community involvement with older adults and supports doctoral students whose programs of study relate to gerontology.
“The elementary teachers’ union has identified addressing classroom violence as a key concern, in addition to maintaining smaller class sizes, more supports for students with special needs and preserving full-day kindergarten.”
Trustees in Winnipeg are asking Winnipeg School Division officials to break down 2018-19 suspension data by race, inspired by an eye-opening 2017 study that revealed nearly half of all expelled students in a Toronto school board are black, even though they make up around 11 per cent of the student body.