With three placements in the top 100 of the 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject report, 快播视频 builds on ongoing momentum to right the future as it positions itself as a global leader in post-secondary education through its academic programming.

Each year, the QS Subject Report ranks a total of 55 disciplines grouped into five subject areas: arts and humanities; engineering and technology; life sciences and medicine; natural sciences; and social sciences and management.

The most recent report 鈥� which evaluated more than 15,000 programs from 1,561 institutions 鈥� placed York among the top 100 in the world in three subject areas: education, English language and literature, and philosophy. Within Canada, the University also received top-five placement across 11 subjects.

鈥淭hese rankings reflect the high quality education and impactful research that define 快播视频,鈥� says 快播视频 President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda Lenton. 鈥淲e continue to drive positive change locally and globally guided by our values as a progressive university dedicated to excellence, social justice, diversity, inclusion and sustainability. It is gratifying to be recognized for our leadership in the higher education sector. We are providing the talent needed for the 21st-century workforce and solving the complex problems facing society today and in the future.鈥�

The new QS rankings add to the momentum of York鈥檚 continued impressive results over the past year in other prestigious rankings. Notably, in June 2023, the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings placed York among the top 40 institutions advancing the United Nations鈥� 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Then, in July, the QS World University Rankings saw the University strengthen its global position as a leading research-intensive university by  from the previous year.

Faculty of Education advancing its leadership

In the new QS subject rankings, released this April, the University placed particularly high in education, demonstrating its ongoing efforts in advancing the future of pedagogy.

That leadership has been shepherded by York鈥檚 Faculty of Education, which offers a broad range of programs, research initiatives and community partnerships, all of which embody its long-running dedication to practices of equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization.

Last year, the Faculty advanced those efforts for the occasion of its 50th anniversary and developed its new five-year strategic plan. Through the plan, the Faculty reaffirmed its commitment to providing an environment where students are encouraged to challenge the status quo to uncover new possibilities in the advancement of education and social justice.

Opportunities 鈥� like its Concurrent Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Arts in Educational Studies 鈥� also have helped the Faculty stand out, as have initiatives like its Public Lecture Series,  and the W眉l茅elham offering, which engages participants in learning from Indigenous peoples.  

The Faculty of Education also this year launched a new international consultancy called ED Global, offering education and professional learning consulting services to school boards, educational organizations and diverse communities.

Top five in Canada

In addition to York鈥檚 placement in the top 100 globally in three subjects, it was represented further within the top 150 in eight other subject areas: anthropology, history, accounting and finance, communication and media studies, psychology, performing arts, sociology, developmental studies and psychology (at Glendon college). The University was also represented in the top five for each of these subjects within Canada.

The rankings reflect a range of Faculties and schools at York, including the Faculty of Health, the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, and .

QS World University Rankings is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) that serves as an important indicator for global post-secondary education leadership and success.

Article originally published in the April 18, 2024 issue of聽

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On Nov. 21, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., the Faculty of Education Public Research Series will feature Stephen Gaetz, a Faculty professor and 快播视频 Research Chair in Homelessness and Research Impact, who will explore the role social innovation can have in inspiring change in the response to youth homelessness in Canada.

Titled 鈥淢aking Research Matter: Mobilizing research to impact on homelessness policy,鈥� Gaetz鈥檚 talk will discuss the latest results from the work of Making the Shift 鈥� Youth Homelessness Social Innovation Lab (MtS), a partnership between the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and A Way Home Canada. He will argue that while MtS has developed a solid evidence base for the prevention of youth homelessness, the production of quality research alone is not enough to produce the change needed.

Gaetz鈥檚 lecture will further discuss the knowledge mobilization strategies required to help engage service providers and all orders of government to inform, change minds, and contribute to a change in how to think about and respond to this seemingly intractable problem.

The lecture is an extension of Gaetz鈥檚 long-standing interest in understanding homelessness 鈥� its causes, how it is experienced and potential solutions. His program of research has been defined by his desire to 鈥渕ake research matter鈥� through conducting and mobilizing rigorous scholarly research that contributes not only to a shared knowledge base on homelessness but to solutions that impact policy, practice and public opinion.

In 2017, he was named a member of the Order of Canada for his ongoing work.

Those who wish to register for the event, which will be held in the Nick Mirkopolous Screening Room in the Accolade East Building on York鈥檚 Keele Campus, can do so here: .

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Winton, a critical policy scholar and and co-director of the World Educational Research Association鈥檚 International Research Network on Families, Educators, and Communities as Educational Advocates, will show how policies, such as fundraising, fees and specialized schools and programs among others, enable some kids to accumulate more advantages from public education than other children. These policies, she argues, often reproduce patterns of social inequality that exist outside schools.

Winton will then discuss ideas for resisting education privatization and strengthening public education鈥檚 commitments to equity, inclusion, open decision-making processes and the collective good.

Her current research examines privatization and public education. The focus of one of her projects is to examine advocacy for and against public funding of private schools in various Canadian provinces.

In a second study, Winton and colleague Beyhan Farhadi are investigating online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This talk is presented as part of the Faculty of Education鈥檚 Public Lecture Series that features leading scholars from the Faculty sharing their research and scholarship on key publicly relevant issues in education and society.

For more information, or to register to attend, visit the event webpage.

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