To mark World Refugee Day on June 20, York University’s Faculty of Education will host a free screening of the documentary film Warehoused. This film explores the plight of refugees through the stories of those in Dadaab, Kenya – one of the largest refugee camps in the world. The screening will be held in the Nat […]
Earlier this month York BEd alum Tristan Castro Pozo facilitated a puppetry workshop at the 22nd annual Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed conference – Breaking the Silence: From Rebellion to Waging Love – at Cass Commons in Detroit (June 1 - 4). Tristan was one of 250 participants from 7 countries to participate in […]
Second year PhD candidate Stacey Bliss has been awarded the 2017 Kenneth and Sylvia Marantz Fellowship for Picturebook Research. The purpose of the Marantz Fellowship is to encourage and engage scholars from around the world with the resources of the Marantz Picturebook Collection. The research fellowship is offered through the Kent State University School of […]
The Professional Learning Office in the Faculty of Education was asked by the Ministry of Education to host a delegation of educators from Singapore for a morning session on Friday May 26. The eleven-member delegation, led by the Director-General of Education, is comprised of curriculum officers from the Curriculum Planning and Development Division, Ministry of […]
The Faculty of Education officially launched its new Master of Leadership and Community Engagement (MLCE) program earlier this month. The first cohort of 11 students gathered at York University on Saturday May 6th for an orientation and for their first two blended courses “Critical Issues in Leadership and Community Engagement” and “Engaging Research in Professional […]
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 […]