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May 2020 issue of 'Innovatus' highlights teaching and learning innovation in the Faculty of Education

Welcome to the May 2020 edition of Innovatus, a special issue of YFile devoted to teaching and learning innovation at York University.

This month, I am delighted to partner with the Faculty of Education on this special spotlight edition. Together with Dean Lyndon Martin, we are sharing with you many of the exciting endeavours that the Faculty of Education has undertaken to enhance teaching and learning for its students.

IN THE MEDIA: With schools closed by coronavirus, is my child falling behind?

Faculty of Education Associate Professor John Ippolito says “parents shouldn’t be very worried ⁠— a short break from the classroom due to COVID-19 won’t cause any major disruptions to a child’s academic progression."

IN THE MEDIA: Coronavirus crisis shows ableism shapes Canada’s long-term care for people with disabilities

Nationwide, long-term care facilities, primarily occupied by residents who are elderly or live with disabilities, are in deteriorating condition, says Assistant Professor Gillian Parekh at York University's Faculty of Education, and Ryerson University's Kathryn Underwood. But little has been done to actually address the organizational decisions that lead to these dangerous conditions. COVID-19 has exposed […]

The Conversation: Coronavirus closures could lead to a radical revolution in conservation

“With widespread closures of parks and conservation areas around the world, could this be an opportunity to transform the way we manage and use these protected environments?” says Faculty of Education Postdoctoral Fellow, Planetary Health & Education James Stinson in a recent article that he co-authored with Elizabeth (Libby) Lunstrum for The Conversation Canada. 

IN THE MEDIA: 4 things we’ve learned about math success that might surprise parents

School closures due to coronavirus have put parents in the challenging position of home-schooling their children say experts Associate Professor Tina Rake, and graduate student Cristina De Simone at York University's Faculty of Education

IN THE MEDIA: Professor Carl James partners with U of T to track the demographics of the COVID-19 pandemic

Carl James, Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community, & Diaspora at York University's Faculty of Education is partnering with the University of Toronto to understand how the virus works, spreads, can be contained — and why it affects some populations more than others. Dr. Upton Allen's team will ensure his research includes some social science, […]

IN THE MEDIA: Pandemic exposes how social inequities not only wound the marginalized but hurt us all

Faculty of Education professor and Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora Carl James, is best known for his role in gathering groundbreaking data on Black experiences in sectors ranging from education and jobs to interactions with police. He has been avidly following calls to collect race-based disaggregated data on COVID-19. In a recent Toronto Star […]

Associate Professor Celia Popovic awarded the Distinguished Educational Developer Career Award by the Educational Developers’ Caucus (EDC)

Faculty of Education Associate Professor Celia Popovic has been awarded the Distinguished Educational Developer Career Award by the Educational Developers’ Caucus (EDC). The award recognizes Popovic’s influential career in the field of educational development at the local, provincial and national levels.

Assistant Professor Rachel Silver awarded the Gail P. Kelly Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation

Rachel Silver, an assistant professor in the Faculty of Education at York University, has won the 2019-2020 Gail P. Kelly Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation from the Comparative & International Education Society (CIES) for her paper Sex, Schooling, and Moral Triage in Malawi.

Lisa Farley's examination of psychoanalysis and childhood development receives Outstanding Book Award

Associate Professor Lisa Farley's book, Childhood Beyond Pathology: A Psychoanalytic Study of Development and Diagnosis, has been selected as the winner of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2020 Outstanding Book Award.