A number of our Faculty members will be presenting sessions at the CSSE Annual Conference at the University of Regina May 26 - 30, 2018. The full conference program is available online at https://bit.ly/2IV0iU5. SUNDAY MAY 27 9:45am - 11:00amLaura Wiseman (York), Karen Krasny (York), Eleanor Johnston (York)Encountering the Holocaust:Aesthetic and Ethical Questions of Representation […]
Earlier this spring Professor Qiang Zha spoke at the University of Toronto’s 12th annual Munk School Graduate Student Conference. Zha participated as a member of a panel discussion on the Unexpected Impacts of Intervention. More specifically he spoke to elements of his own research titling his talk The Trajectory of Educational Intervention in the International […]
Interested in a career as a Technological Education teacher in Ontario? Carmen Camuti, Coordinator of the BEd, Technological Education program in the Faculty of Education gives an audio interview to provide some insight into this innovative program.
Congratulations to Professor Mario DiPaolantonio on his upcoming four month visiting professorship at Soka University in Tokyo, Japan which he will take up in his 2018-2019 sabbatical. DiPaolantonio won the highly competitive award from a pool of applicants from 14 countries, who are members of the International Philosophers of Education Network (INPE). During his tenure […]
Great article in the Daily Commercial News featuring Carpenter and alumnus M-C MacPhee who became a high school teacher after obtaining a Bachelor of Education, Technological Education degree. MacPhee is qualified to teach construction technology, one of 10 subjects offered under the Faculty of Education degree program. She hopes to inspire young women and spark interest […]
Congratulations to teacher candidate Kara Nagel who was recently awarded the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) Intermediate/Senior Scholarship. The $2,000 scholarship is awarded to an Ontario teacher candidate in the Intermediate/Senior division who demonstrates a high level of preparedness for teacher education through examples of community involvement, background, and life experiences. Nagel was presented with […]
What school board are you affiliated with and what was your role there? I am affiliated with the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB). Prior to coming to York, I was on secondment to the Ontario Science Centre where I was a teacher/presenter. Why did you want to become a seconded faculty member at the […]
Great feature piece in the Toronto Sun this past week showcasing our unique Bachelor of Education, Technological Education program which provides skilled tradespeople with both in-class and hands-on training to become technology education teachers. Read the full story here
Guest speaker Patti Lather, professor emerita in educational studies at Ohio State University, will present a seminar at York University’s Keele campus on March 19 on the topic of “Science After Critique or Towards Post-Critical Methodologies.” Over the past 35 years, Lather has opened research in education to the theory wars, feminist pedagogy and post-structural […]
The Homeless Hub, the research arm of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (COH) at York University, is knowledge mobilization at its best. This organization undertakes trail-blazing research that informs policy and affects meaningful change. Most recently, the Homeless Hub released a report, Child Welfare and Youth Homelessness in Canada: A Proposal for Action (2017), published […]