The third-year doctoral student at York University's Faculty of Education is a Red Seal-certified Indigenous chef, an Ontario College of Teachers-certified educator and a member of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Oneida Nation of the Thames, Bear Clan.
As Ontario moves to make attendance and participation part of high school students' final marks, York University research offers context for what rising absenteeism may signal and why there may be no simple fix.
Robert Savage, dean of the Faculty of Education at York University, is leading research that asks a deceptively simple question: What actually helps children learn to read – and how early can schools intervene to make a lasting difference?
For Molade Osibodu, creating what she calls “liberatory futures” begins in the mathematics classroom. An associate professor of math education at York University’s Faculty of Education, Osibodu focuses her research on how Black students experience math and how education systems can better support equity.
Professor Lisa Farley and her research colleagues have developed a reflection guide for museum educators to support their efforts to discuss challenging topics and ideas with children.
A new study led by Natalia Balyasnikova, associate professor in the Faculty of Education at York University, is calling for a shift in how healthy aging is understood globally.
York University’s UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education towards Sustainability Charles Hopkins, along with Executive Coordinator to the UNESCO Chair Katrin Kohl, will be among 250 experts presenting concepts toward implementing education for sustainable development (ESD) at a global UNESCO meeting in Japan.
York University is marking the United Nations International Day of Education theme of “Changing Course” with the release of a dynamic new report and website documenting its progress toward the United Nations (UN) 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).