IN THE MEDIA: Ending racism early: how racialized children experience Canada's schooling system

Carl James, Professor and Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora at York University's Faculty of Education, tells CBC's guest host Alison Brunette about his research on how Black children experience the school system. James says Black, racialized, and Indigenous students are streamed into particular programs that will not lead to university. "From the very time […]

THE CONVERSATION: ‘Pandemic pods’ may undermine promises of public education

"With schools reopening after COVID-19 closures, concerns about the safety and certainty of public schooling have driven some parents to consider alternatives to sending kids back to brick-and-mortar classrooms," says Sue Winton, Associate Professor at York University's Faculty of Education in a recent piece for the Conversation. One option making headlines is the formation of “learning […]

New video introduces students to Online/Remote learning in the Faculty of Education for Fall 2020

A new video produced by Educational Developer and Designer Daniel Becker introduces students to the eClass (formerly known as Moodle) learning management system in York’s Faculty of Education.  The video provides education students with a better understanding of how to be successful this fall in the online/remote environment. For questions and inquiries about eClass contact […]

IN THE MEDIA: NHL players press pause on playoffs but there is still a lot of ground to cover on equality

Stephen Quinn speaks with Carl James, Professor and Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora at York University's Faculty of Education, and Hockey Night in Canada analyst Harpreet Pandher on CBC's The Early Edition about the action taken by hockey players and whether or not this can really recharge the conversation around ending racism. Carl James […]

Grad student at York's campus in Dadaab, Kenya receives inaugural scholarship from CRS

Dahabo Ibrahim, a master’s student in education at York University’s campus in Dadaab, Kenya, is the inaugural recipient of the Centre for Refugee Studies’ (CRS) Anthony Richmond Scholarship.

Education researchers awarded close to $50,000 in SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants

Associate Professor Naomi Norquay and Associate Professor Pamela Millett have been awarded the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada’s (SSHRC) Partnership Engage Grants totalling approximately $50,000. The grants provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector. […]

IN THE MEDIA: As schools ramp up remote learning, the question is whether it's better to learn in real time

Parents of elementary and secondary students will have to add two more words to their pandemic lexicon: synchronous and asynchronous. While parents appear to prefer synchronous learning, it is not necessarily the best way to learn online, said Beyhan Farhadi, a high school teacher who has been teaching online courses since 2010 and is now […]

The Conversation: Children’s books share refugees’ experiences and offer hope for the future

"The COVID-19 pandemic provides parents with an opportunity to select books that address issues confronting children around the world and to engage children in discussions about children’s lives," writes Associate Professor Aparna Mishra Tarc in her recent op-ed for the Conversation Canada. In our efforts to protect children from political strife in the world, adults […]

Farhad Mordechai Sabeti, York University alumnus reflects on his time as an education student

Farhad Mordechai Sabeti (BSc ‘08, BEd ‘08, MEd ‘12) always knew he wanted to pursue a career in education. The York University alum is currently the Executive Director at The Bnei Akiva Schools in Toronto. For Sabeti education was always something he felt a passion for, “There was always something for me about school environments […]