acoward

Best of Education: Top highlights in the Faculty of Education for 2019

A few of the top highlights in the Faculty of Education for 2019.

“Thinking Mathematically” Co-teaching Student Experience

Students in Heather Bourrie’s “Thinking Mathematically” course recently had an opportunity to participate in an experiential education activity to co-plan and teach a mathematics lesson for their peers.

Professor Pam Millett offers tips on hosting a hearing-friendly holiday party for deaf and hard-of-hearing guests

Holiday party hosts need to ensure everyone can take part in the celebrations, says Pam Millett, an audiologist and an associate professor in the Faculty of Education with more than 30 years of experience working with children and adults with hearing loss. Senior citizens, for example, may experience hearing loss due to the natural aging […]

People of YU - Mikhaela Gray

"When my mom was in elementary school, her best friend went missing. About six years ago, they were reconnected and my mom began to learn her story. At the age of 14, my mom’s friend was trafficked for sex in Ontario, Canada. When I heard her story, I was shocked and heartbroken. I began asking questions and started doing research to better understand the realities of human trafficking. I was compelled to fight this injustice and to find ways to prevent other people from being trafficked.

Professor Mario Di Paolantonio delivers talk at Columbia University's Teachers College

This past academic term, professor Mario Di Paolantonio was invited by the Philosophy and Education program at Columbia University's Teachers College, to give a talk titled “Education in Abject Conditions: Survival, Survivance and Education in Spite of it All.”

Son’s hearing loss brings chemist mom to pursue a Deaf and Hard of Hearing diploma

When Cécile Santos-Ayrault’s baby son was diagnosed with hearing loss, she became intensely interested in the treatment he was receiving. In order to better understand what he was going through, she decided to attend the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher Education Program in the Faculty of Education at York University. The program better equipped […]

Connie Mayer awarded Honorary Professorship at the University of Manchester

Professor Connie Mayer has been appointed as an Honorary Professor in Human Communications, Development and Hearing with the School of Health Sciences in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at The University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. The appointment is from September 2018 to September 2021 and is in recognition of the ongoing […]

Big opportunities propel Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher Education Program graduate to new heights

There are only three educational institutions in Canada where one can acquire qualifications to teach deaf and hard of hearing students. York University’s Faculty of Education is one of them. Sheena Vert completed her Bachelor of Education degree at York and applied to the Faculty’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher Education Program (Deaf Ed). […]

Research Minute - Professor Pam Millett on Maximizing classroom hearing technologies for deaf and hard of hearing students

The vast majority of students with hearing loss today using hearing technologies such as hearing aids, cochlear implants or bone anchored hearing aids, they use spoken language for communication and they are educated in their neighbourhood schools alongside hearing peers.

Education faculty grant winners awarded $570,474 to further key Ontario education research

Four York University professors with the Faculty of Education have been awarded Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grants—collectively totaling $570,474. Connie Mayer will receive $184,311 for her research Literacy Outcomes of Deaf Learners: Updating the Evidence Base. Theresa Shanahan will receive $151,788 to investigate Policy Enactment in Ontario Schools: Teacher Professionalism in […]