The fourth annual Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) Conference, hosted by the Toronto District School Board’s Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement (CEBSA), delivered a powerful showcase of Black youth leadership.
Emily Burgis, a visiting professor in the Faculty of Education, is one of four educators across Canada to earn the Rita L. Irwin Award for her leadership in art pedagogy.
Second-year Bachelor of Education student, Natasha Reodica talks about her experience this past summer in Freiburg, Germany. This past summer, 8 Bachelor of Education students took their learning beyond the classroom through York University’s Summer Exchange to Freiburg, Germany. For four months, they studied at the University of Education (PH Freiburg) alongside students from across […]
Did you know that the Faculty of Education has its very own Education Resource Centre (ERC)? Tucked away in Winters College 023, the ERC is a dedicated hub designed to support Education students on their journey to becoming future educators and changemakers. Whether you’re preparing lesson plans, studying for exams, or working on a group […]
Two York University community members – Professor Satinder Kaur Brar and Faculty of Education PhD candidate Anna Pearson – have been recognized with a 2024 Minister’s Award of Excellence from Ontario’s Ministry of Colleges and Universities.
Katrina Cain-Griffin was not expecting to find deep connections to the work of James Baldwin, an African American writer and civil rights activist, during a graduate seminar led by Professor Emeritus Warren Crichlow.
On February 8th, 2025, Academic Coordinator of the Glendon Bachelor of Education degree (BEd) program, Muriel Péguret, co-organized a dynamic Open Educational Resources (OER) creation workshop, bringing together experienced French as a Second Language (FSL) teachers and first-year Bachelor of Education (BEd) students.
In the heart of Toronto’s Jane and Finch neighbourhood, often misunderstood and overshadowed by negative stereotypes, York University’s TD Community Engagement Centre (CEC) is empowering students and fostering meaningful connections.
During my practicum placement at St. Philips Catholic Elementary School, I had the opportunity to work collaboratively alongside Vickie Morgado as we began a global collaboration project with a class in the Ukraine.
When Practicum Facilitator Anne Schlarp found out that her cousins, who are both educators, would be visiting Canada as a respite from the war in Ukraine under the Canada-Ukraine authorization for emergency travel (CUAET) program, she decided to connect her cousin's daughter Vika, a grade 4