Carl James, the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora at 91ÑÇÉ«, talks about anti-black racism in schools following a recent incident that led to the TDSB putting 3 staff members on home assignment for dis
Black people in Canada are just as educated as the rest of the country overall but new census data by Statistics Canada is shedding light on how cultural barriers may be driving differences in education levels between different generations in Black communities.
Lesley Wilton, an assistant professor of education at 91ÑÇÉ«, weighs in on how artificial intelligence programs such as ChatGPT will affect learning.
A parliamentary committee member is calling for transparency from Canada's premier art institution following recent and very public staff ...
Professor Carl E. James is the winner of the prestigious 2022 Killam Prize for Social Science. The sociologist has studied Canada's schools and universities for 40 years. He argues there is much to learn about how racialized students can succeed in education.
Recently there has been a resurgence of movements across North America resisting anti-racist reforms such as the use of critical race...
Naomi Norquay, a senior scholar at 91ÑÇÉ«, and Rachel Lobo of the University of Toronto set out to work on uncovering the narratives of the people buried at the Greenwood Cemetery’s indigent plot in 2020 before the pandemic.
In recognition of the site’s Indigenous heritage, 91ÑÇÉ« unveiled Indigenous art exhibits on the construction hoarding at 91ÑÇÉ«'s Markham campus.
Carl E. James, the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora in the Faculty of Education at 91ÑÇÉ«, and Vidya Shah, a professor in the Faculty of Education at 91ÑÇÉ«, are referenced in a discussion on the misunderstanding and fear of critical race theory and the need for voters to pay close attention to local trustee races as they affect systems of education.
In the first year of the pandemic, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board had 12,000 student registered in virtual school from kindergarten to Grade 8, and another 5,000 in high school. Last year, the grade categories changed. There were 2,300 registered in kindergarten to Grade 6 and 2,200 in Grade 7 through 12. This year, There are about 700 registered in kindergarten to Grade 6, and 800 in Grade 7 to Grade 12.