Distinguished Research Professor Dr. Deborah Britzman has been appointed Tier I York Research Chair in Pedagogy and Psycho-Social Transformation effective July 1, 2017. Britzman was one of 7 new research chairs announced March 22 by York University President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri and York Vice-President Research & Innovation Robert Haché. A Fellow of the Royal […]
Governments must focus on the mental health challenges faced by young people in Canada in order to effectively address youth homelessness, says a policy brief released April 6 by researchers and community groups. The report by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, based at York University, and A Way Home Canada, calls on federal, provincial and […]
Earlier this week the Faculty of Education welcomed a group of 59 educators from Saudi Arabia to participate in a workshop titled Relationship Building Preparing for School Immersion OCT Standards of Practice/Ethical Standards organized by the Faculty’s Office of Professional Learning and course directors. The 59 teachers, counsellors and principals from Saudi Arabia are at […]
The 519 is committed to the health, happiness and full participation of the LGBTQ community. A City of Toronto agency with an innovative model of Service, Space and Leadership, we strive to make a real difference in people’s lives, while working to promote inclusion, understanding and respect. The Faculty’s unique community practicum placement gives York […]
York teacher candidate Victoria Ennis represented York’s Faculty of Education at the recent Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation Annual Meeting of the Provincial Assembly (AMPA), which took place at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel March 10 – 13. Presently a student in Faculty’s BEd in Technological Education program, Victoria was the lone teacher candidate from […]
In recognition of Canada 150, York University’s Faculty of Education presented the “Life in the University: Past, Present and Future” series to examine the role of higher education. The series aims to recognize challenges, past and present, faced by people inside and outside of the University, including the status of identity studies, debates over purposes […]
A unique “Yearbook in Poetry” assignment proved to be an exercise in experiential learning for teacher candidates (TCs) in course director Lorin Schwarz’s Teaching English in the Intermediate/Senior Division course. The teacher candidates peer-edited, collectively decided on a title and voted on the cover art for their publication. The assignment enabled the TCs to put […]
First year Bachelor of Education (BEd) Technological Education student Sera Antheunis was one of 70 undergraduate students to present their research projects at York’s fourth annual multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Fair, which took place on March 1 in the Scott Library Collaboratory. The students, from Faculties across both campuses, presented projects on a wide range of […]
The Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) honoured Professor Carl James with the Faculty’s Teaching Award for his contributions to graduate teaching and membership. James was presented his award at the Faculty Council meeting on March 2. Attending the presentation were friends and colleagues of James. “Carl’s extraordinary work in the classroom, as a supervisor and […]
This past January, the Faculty’s Issues with Indigenous Education class taught by Ixchel Bennett visited the Daphne Cockwell Gallery of Canada: First Peoples gallery at the Royal Ontario Museum, to experience the past and present history of Indigenous Peoples in Canada as presented by the ROM. The staff at the ROM shared their story of […]