Faculty of Education unveils new videos “Leaders Supporting Future Leaders in Education” to help mark its 50th Anniversary Year

The Faculty of Education at York introduces a new four part video series inspiring and showcasing its bold leadership in education which helps create more just communities. The videos visually represent the Faculty’s commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization. They reflect the positive change which the Faculty helps drive, and experiences in return, by […]

Associate Professor Roopa Desai Trilokekar receives 2022 CSSHE Research and Scholarship Award

Associate Professor Roopa Desai Trilokekar is the winner of this year’s Research and Scholarship Award presented by the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE).

Charles Hopkins Receives Lithuanian State Award

York University UNESCO Chair Charles Hopkins was awarded the Lithuanian State Award on July 6 by the President of the Republic of Lithuania..

Membership Awarded to Talented Course Director Dr. Lorin Schwarz

Faculty of Education course director Dr. Lorin Schwarz is the recipient of an awarded membership presented by the International Psychohist...

Two York professors receive provincial award of excellence

York University Professors Don Dippo and Dawn Bazely are among 30 recipients of the Minister of Colleges and Universities’ Awards of Excellence.

Professor Susan Dion awarded 2021 F.E.L. Priestly Prize

Congratulations to Faculty of Education Professor and Associate Vice-President Indigenous initiatives Susan Dion (York University) and Jane Griffith (Ryerson University), on being awarded the prestigious 2021 F.E.L. Priestly Prize for their article “Narratives of Place and Relationship: Bev Sellar’s Memoir They Called Me Number One”. The award was presented by the Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE).

Course directors recognized at annual Student Accessibility Services end-of-year celebration

Course Directors Diane M. Vetter and Lorin Schwarz were recently recognized for their ongoing support of Student Accessibility Services and its students in the pursuit of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Education researchers recognized at York U Research Awards Celebration

One of the most anticipated events of the academic year, the York Research Awards Celebration, took place May 11 with a number of professors in the Faculty of Education being recognized.

Professor Sandra Schecter awarded 2020 FGS Teaching Award

Congratulations to professor Sandra Schecter on being named the recipient of the 2020 Faculty of Graduate Studies' Teaching Award. The Award is bestowed annually on a member of the Faculty of Graduate Studies who has displayed substantial, significant and sustained excellence, commitment and enthusiasm to the multifaceted aspects of teaching at the graduate level at York.

Connie Mayer awarded Honorary Professorship at the University of Manchester

Professor Connie Mayer has been appointed as an Honorary Professor in Human Communications, Development and Hearing with the School of Health Sciences in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at The University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. The appointment is from September 2018 to September 2021 and is in recognition of the ongoing […]