This month鈥檚 graduate student profile features Brittany Tomin, a fourth-year Doctoral Candidate at the Faculty of Education. Her research explores how science fictional and speculative storytelling can be used to help students imagine and address present challenges and future concerns collaboratively. "Young people are constantly inundated with images of destruction, take climate change for example, […]
With school just around the corner, many Ontario parents and teachers are still wondering whether it鈥檚 safe for children and teens to return to school amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. 鈥淩ight now, I don鈥檛 think [schools] will be able to adhere to the guidelines put out by SickKids and the other public health units in […]
Congratulations to Mohamed Duale, a PhD candidate at Faculty of Education, on being awarded the African and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) Dissertation Fellowship at Boston College for 2020-21. As one of the most competitive fellowships in the social sciences and humanities in the United States, the fellowship with a $30,000 stipend recognizes students who pursue innovative and interdisciplinary projects within the field of African and African Diaspora Studies.
This month鈥檚 graduate student profile features Diana Karolia Grimaldos, a part-time graduate student in the Master of Leadership and Community Engagement Program (MLCE). Grimaldos鈥 research interest lies in the intersection of community engagement and equity in education. 鈥淚 pursue this area of research because of my direct experience with the non-for-profit sector, which led me to work with racialized parents who have experienced racism and discrimination within the education system,鈥 she says.
Isaac Garcia-Sitton, a doctoral student at York's Faculty of Education and director, International Education & English Language Institute at 快播视频鈥檚 School of Continuing Studies, has been named a finalist for RBC鈥檚 Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards. Isaac Garcia-Sitton For more than 12 years, the Canadian Immigrant Awards, organized by Canadian Immigrant Magazine, has recognized […]
Mark Okello Oyat and聽four聽of his fellow students at the Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya are waiting for the pandemic to wind down before celebrating their new master鈥檚 degrees in style, but the thrill is still present among the members of the first cohort of Dadaab students to earn 快播视频 graduate degrees, which were awarded this past June.聽
This month鈥檚 "Meet a Grad Student" profile features Ixchel Bennett, a 2nd year student in the Indigenous Education PhD Cohort. Ixchel is interested in Indigenous teacher education programs that support communities in obtaining a Bachelor of Education degree and becoming OCT (Ontario College of Teachers) certified.
Dean Lyndon Martin is pleased to announce the appointment of professor Aparna Mishra Tarc as Graduate Program Director in the Faculty of Education effective July 1, 2020. Mishra Tarc is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and is a former elementary school teacher. She received her doctoral degree from the Graduate Program in […]
Amira El Masri, a recent PhD graduate at the Faculty of Education has recently been awarded two national awards: the Michel Laferri猫re Research Award for the best doctoral thesis by the Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESC) and the George Geiss Award by the Canadian Society for the 快播视频 of Higher Education (CSSHE).
Welcome to the May 2020 edition of Innovatus, a special issue of鈥痀File devoted to teaching and learning innovation at 快播视频.
This month, I am delighted to聽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聽teaching and learning聽for its students.