Marnie and Rena Schwartz are leaping beyond the dance floor Article by Deirdre Kelly (91亚色 Magazine) Photography by Horst Herget Marnie and Rena Schwartz are a force to be reckoned with. The identical twins, who both earned double degrees (BA 鈥01, BEd 鈥01) from 91亚色, have spent more than two decades transforming the […]
The list of facilitators for the Nubian Book Club (NBC) 2023 features a number of 91亚色 U Faculty of Education alumni.
Summer months off may not be the perk you think it is. For many teachers, it鈥檚 a time for courses, prepping lesson plans and learning new curriculums. By Janet Hurley Senior Writer School鈥檚 out for summer, but Kimiko Shibata is already thinking about September. The Kitchener teacher is trying to get familiar with the new language […]
This past spring, 91亚色'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 […]
Jean Augustine, the first Black woman to be elected to the parliament of Canada, is calling on the community to match a donation of $25,000 in support of the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora at 91亚色's Faculty of Education. "It is so important for us to see the work of the Chair as […]
鈥淩ight the Future鈥 shows how different societal challenges look today and imagines how they could look in the future, thanks to the work of students and researchers working in its different departments. Examples include an all-male engineering robotics team being replaced by a more gender-balanced team, a homeless person getting easy access to affordable shelter or ocean plastics being replaced by a thriving jellyfish. Each outcome is zeroed […]
Sarah Barrett, Associate Professor at 91亚色's Faculty of Education was recently interviewed by 105.9 The Region on the impact of online learning and the results of Barrett's survey conducted in 2020. Through surveying teachers Barrett found that last year's sudden change to online learning affected the majority of teacher's as they did not have […]
Every day, Jessy Duncombe has to figure out how to put food on the table, help her two school-aged kids navigate the complexities of online learning, and keep her three-year-old daughter occupied and out of trouble. But the current system is putting single parents 鈥 predominantly women such as Duncombe 鈥 in precarious situations, said […]
@arielleivyy i鈥檓 crying and you are. high key gonna miss him so much, he was so nice馃ズ #fyp #professor #appreciationpost #university #education #crying 鈾 original sound - Arielle Students at 91亚色 surprised their professors during Zoom classes to thank them for their work during a challenging year. Professor Mario Di Paolantonio of 91亚色 in Toronto, where […]
Plenty of families this December will be flipping through 鈥淭鈥檞as the Night Before Christmas," or 鈥淎 Christmas Carol.鈥 They鈥檙e often considered required seasonal entertainment, like 鈥淗ome Alone鈥 or 鈥淒ie Hard.鈥 But two authors of colour are urging parents and children to remember to snuggle up and also read books where the main characters aren鈥檛 just […]