Faculty of Education
Canada’s largest literacy project triples reading progress for struggling students
Struggling Canadian readers achieved a year and a half of literacy growth in just five months, according to preliminary findings from a landmark multi-province project that shows short, frequent intervention sessions can radically accelerate reading skills in young kids.
Quebec took part in the study. Over a 16-week period, these students received small-group intervention sessions four times a week for 30 minutes, with a focus on phonological awareness, phonics, irregular word reading and decodable text reading.
Two chances to catch live gospel music tonight at York U
Media invited to gospel music performance and talk and annual Word, Sound Power event featuring Canadian dub poet, writer and Juno award winner Lillian Allen TORONTO, Feb. 10, 2026 – Media have two opportunities to attend live gospel music at York University’s Keele campus this evening, with two Black History Month events featuring the York University Gospel Choir (YUGC), one […]
York Faculty of Education experts ready to share back-to-school tips and comment on broader trends in education
Experts from York University’s Faculty of Education are sharing their tips to make the transition to back-to-school a successful one for students, parents and educators and comment on broader trends in education.
York U prof available to speak to media on how to stop homelessness
York University Faculty of Education professor Stephen Gaetz, also president of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, says after decades of research and advocacy work, homelessness prevention is no longer being treated as a “dirty word” by the policy makers, government agencies and not-for-profits he talks to.
York education experts talk creeping privatization of public education, 123s and ABCs
With students returning to the classroom next week, experts from York University’s Faculty of Education are available to talk about how public education is increasingly relying on private dollars and how to help kids tackle math anxiety.
Visionary global educator, York U prof emerita given one of Canada’s highest honours
Retired Professor Wenona Giles who broke borders to bring higher education to refugees in Dadaab, Kenya, one of the world’s largest refugee camps, is recognized with Order of Canada
Becoming Professor Carl James
It was at the now-closed Brockton High School near the new Dufferin Mall on what was then called Awde Street, where a young Carl James met with other community organizers on a September Saturday.
York U celebrates Canadian changemaker Jean Augustine, full funding of endowed Chair in her name
A dedicated educator, a tireless social activist and a passionate politician; few members of the York community have had as extraordinary and lasting impact on society as Jean Augustine