This past spring, 快播视频's Faculty of Education (ED) and Division of Advancement hosted their first Education Alumni Network Mixer! This casual and fun event provided an opportunity for education alumni, professors, and staff to reconnect on campus, forge new connections, and expand their professional networks. The mixer also opened up doors for more alumni […]
Join the Faculty of Education for 鈥淧resenting W眉l茅elham: The Gifts of Our People,鈥 a May 31 celebration of the Faculty鈥檚 Indigenous education initiatives and the visionary behind them 鈥 Professor Susan Dion, 快播视频鈥檚 inaugural associate vice-president, Indigenous initiatives and a Lenape and Potawatomi scholar, with mixed Irish and French ancestry.
You are invited to join us on May 18 for the first Faculty of Education Alumni Network Mixer! Meet Education alumni and professors for an on-campus networking and socializing event! Get to know other alumni, socialize, and build your network at the event. Food and drinks will be served.
The next gathering of the Learning from and with Indigenous Community Members Book Club will take place online during National Indigenous History Month on Tuesday, June 14 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Manfred Von Vulte (BEd 鈥12) is a grade 8 teacher at St. Leo Catholic School in Brooklin and the Director of the Comic Book Project Canada. He holds three degrees from York -- a Bachelor of Arts (BA) Honours History, a Bachelor of Education (BEd), and a Master of Arts (MA). Von Vulte recently received $5,000 to create an animation studio as one of six schools in Ontario to win a $5,000 prize from the Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan (OTIP).
Mikhaela Gray-Beerman (BA '14, MEd '18), one of York鈥檚 Top 30 Changemakers Under 30, is an anti-trafficking advocate, researcher, and educator, as well as a non-profit consultant. The work she does is informed by the many inspiring women and girls who have entrusted their stories with her.