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.
Doctoral student Timothy Martin wrote an article for the Conversation Canada about how the coronavirus pandemic provides an opportunity to address homelessness.
Addressing racism in the classroom requires educators to ask hard questions of themselves, white discomfort, and the discarding of old traditions.
Assistant Professor Vidya Shah spoke with Stuart McGinn (680 News) about the Faculty’s Master of Leadership and Community Engagement (MLCE) degree program in relation to a new study which found that more than half of Canadians have been thinking about switching careers since the start of the pandemic.
The next virtual colloquium in York University’s ‘Reciprocal Learning in Times of Crisis’ monthly series will feature a discussion from two international experts on the impacts of COVID-19 for mobile populations across Africa.
Associate Professor Vidya Shah speaks to HRD magazine about the Faculty's Master of Leadership and Community Engagement degree program (MLCE) – which focuses on leading and fostering social change.
This month’s graduate student profile features international PhD Candidate, Mirco Stella. His research focuses on experiences of migration and displacement, and questions of pedagogy. "Crucial to my thinking about the world and education are the image of borders," says Stella. "What it means to simultaneously inhabit and deconstruct the lines and places we've learned to […]
With more than 60% of Canadians reporting they are evaluating their current careers — and almost one-in three yearning to do something more meaningful and fulfilling post-pandemic — the Faculty of Education anticipates interest in its Masters of Leadership and Community Engagement degree program (MLCE) will be at an all-time high this year.
This month’s graduate student profile features Zaitun Pwin, a third-year PhD student in the Graduate Program in Education. Her research focuses on the role of education for Rohingya youths in Canada and the language and cultural socialization with regard to Canadian schooling. Pwin is the first Rohingya woman to study in a Canadian PhD program. "My advice is always believe in yourself and listen to your heart," she says. "Most of […]
Address given on the occasion of Convocation by Aparna Mishra Tarc, Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director, Graduate Program in Education on October 28, 2020 at York University, Toronto, via Zoom