Teacher candidate Amanda Almeida receives York International Global Achievement Award

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 […]

York Teacher Candidate Yanika Coto shines as recipient of Helen G. Mitchell Award

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 […]

Community Practicum Profile: The 519

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 […]

Teacher Candidate Victoria Ennis represents York at OSSTF’s annual meeting

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 […]

B.Ed student presents Tech Ed unit plan at Undergraduate Research Fair

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 […]

York teacher candidates first to view new multimedia resource for teachers designed to strengthen support for Indigenous students

78 teacher candidates from York's B.Ed. (French) program were privileged to be the first audience to view and learn about the new resource "En cercle, en classe" (Joining the Circle), produced by the Centre ontarien de prévention des agressions (COPA). The multimedia resource for teachers that was designed with and for all education staff across […]

Students ‘map’ their personal stories to inform their future teaching practice

A unique visual ‘mapping’ assignment for teacher candidates provided a deeper understanding and perspective of how they can use their own personal experiences to imagine the possibilities of place-based learning in their future classroom practice. Students in the Faculty’s Arts and Social Studies: Integrating Curriculum in the Primary/Junior division course, were tasked with making connections […]