A number of our faculty members and graduate students will be presenting sessions at CSSE 2017 May 28 - June 2, 2017 at Ryerson University, Toronto. The full conference program is available on the CSSE 2017 website. SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 8:15 – 9:30am Sam Gardner Framing professional learning: Situative or rationalist theoretical perspectives? […]
Concurrent BEd student Amanda Almeida was recently recognized by the university’s International Education Office with a York International Global Achievement Award. The $500 award was presented to Amanda in recognition of her participation in a global engagement experience through an academic exchange or summer abroad. Applicants were asked to demonstrate how their experience(s) abroad had […]
Master of Education (MEd) student Hawa Sabriye has been awarded an Aga Khan Foundation of Canada Fellowship in Mozambique. Hawa is one of nineteen Canadians chosen to participate in the 2017/2018 International Youth Fellowship Program. As a teacher herself who has almost completed the requirements of the Faculty of Education’s master’s degree program, Hawa, who […]
Three outstanding students in the Faculty of Education were among a group of ten students from across the university to have their names added to the awards display wall in the Vari Hall Rotunda in Celebration of the fifth annual Robert J. Tiffin Leadership Award. Liam Berkirsky (third year BEd with a focus on French […]
Professor Aparna Mishra Tarc was awarded the prestigious 2017 AERA Division B Outstanding Book Award for her book Literacy of the Other at the recent 2017 AERA Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX. The award was presented at the AERA Division B Business Meeting, Still We Rise on the evening of April 28th. Literacy of […]
A new report titled 'Toward Race Equity in Education' by Professor Carl James, finds that black students face an achievement and opportunity gap in GTA schools. James is the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community & Diaspora at York University. View the story on the CBC website.
This past March, over 600 French as a Second Language and International Languages teachers from across Ontario gathered at the International Plaza Hotel in Toronto for the 2017 Ontario Modern Language Teachers’ Association Spring Conference. The event, which took place March 31 – April 1st is the largest annual event of its kind. Attendees enjoyed […]
Second year Master’s (MEd) student Wendy Moffatt’s research interests focus on the issues faced by first generation Caribbean-descent students as they try to access post-secondary education in Canadian institutions. Using a qualitative case study, Wendy will look at the experience of students through the lens of social linguistics and critical race theories to provide an […]
'Visions, Collaborations, & Transformations' the First Annual York University Graduate Student Research Conference in the Social Sciences & Humanities took place at York University on April 6 and 7, 2017. Over 150 graduate students from 25 programs across York University and neighbouring institutes including: OISE, University of Toronto, Ryerson University, Trent, Carlton, McMaster, and U […]
Faculty members and graduate students will be presenting the following sessions at AERA 2017 April 27 - May 1, 2017 in San Antonio, Texas. The full conference program and paper abstracts are available on the AERA 2017 website. FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2017 Aparna Mishra Tarc The Postcolonial And: Interstices and […]