The 2017 Internationalizing Higher Education Symposium: Strategies, Challenges, Trends and Pathways will critically analyze how universities provide students — both international and domestic — with the knowledge and skills to compete in a globalized economy. On Nov. 29, this symposium will assess the capacity of educational institutions to internationalize curricula, as well as create a […]
A new book co-edited by Professor Emeritus Esther Fine examines the unique phenomenon of public alternative schools in Toronto and other large urban areas. Alternative Schooling and Student Engagement, Canadian Stories of Democracy within Bureaucracy provides a history of the alternative school movement in Canada and examines the ways in which the movement meets the […]
As part of the Ontario Ministry of Education’s Technology and Learning Fund, Dr. Ron Owston, a professor in the Faculty of Education, was commissioned by the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) to lead a strategic research study titled: Transforming Learning Everywhere: A study of the second year of implementation. Collaborating with him were Education professor […]
A new lecture series that examines the past, present and future of Canadian education will feature the expertise of Education Professor Emeritus Paul Axelrod, Professor Steve Alsop, Course Director Kathleen Gould Lundy and several York alumni. The four-part “Values and Visions in Public Schooling” series, sponsored by the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundations, will present provocative talks on […]
What school board are you affiliated with and what was your role at your board? I'm affiliated with the Peel District School Board (PDSB) where I was a Science and Technological Education Instructional Coordinator. Why did becoming a secondee with the Faculty of Education interest you? I’ve always wanted to work with new teachers, and […]
“The perception that science, technology, engineering and mathematics matter more, economically and academically, than the humanities and social sciences abounds around the world,” writes Professor Emeritus Paul Axelrod in an article for YaleGlobal online titled "Are STEM Fields Over Prioritized in Higher Education?". Axelrod argues that this approach neglects the essential role that the arts […]
The launch of the global research initiative hosted by the City of Greater Sudbury and the UNESCO Chair at York University titled ‘Reorienting Education and Training Systems to Improve the Lives of Indigenous Youth’ took place during a three-day conference at Laurentian University’s Indigenous Sharing and Learning Centre. The event, which ran Oct. 16 to […]
Since 2010, Success Beyond Limits (SBL) has been a part of the Faculty of Education and the York community. Hundreds of kids from the Jane/Finch community have participated and benefitted from this innovative program, making it one of the most successful community partnership programs on York’s campus. A part of SBL’s success can be attributed […]
The third and final event of the Faculty of Education’s Life in the University series in recognition of Canada 150 will take place on Friday, Oct. 27. Titled “Thinking Together: Identity Studies in the University“, the event will bring together faculty and students for a thought-provoking day of conversation about the status of identity in the University. […]
Dr. Deborah Britzman, Distinguished Research Professor and York Research Chair in Pedagogy and Psychosocial Transformations at York University, was appointed as a visiting lecturer in residence at the University of Alberta this past October 2-6, 2017. Over the week, Britzman presented the following three university-wide lectures, under the themes of Psychoanalysis and Education as a […]