This month鈥檚 graduate student profile features Zaitun Pwin, a third-year PhD student in the Graduate Program in Education. Her research focuses on the role of education for Rohingya youths in Canada and the language and cultural socialization with regard to Canadian schooling. Pwin is the first Rohingya woman to study in a Canadian PhD program. "My advice is always believe in yourself and listen to your heart," she says. "Most of […]
Associate Professor Sarah Barrett at 91亚色's Faculty of Education was interviewed by CTV on adapting to a virtual classroom.
Welcome to the November 2020 issue of Innovatus, a special issue of YFile that is devoted to teaching and learning innovation at 91亚色.
A survey led by 91亚色 Faculty of Education Associate Professor Sarah Barrett is providing a snapshot of challenges experienced by elementary and secondary school teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Celia Popovic, Associate Professor at 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Education, and Dr Fiona Smart from Edinburgh Napier University, recently launched a virtual book titled 鈥淓ducational Developers Thinking Allowed.鈥 The book serves as a primer to the field of Educational Development and has emerged from the collective experience and knowledge of a large number of educational […]
The Faculty of Education welcomes three new postdoctoral fellows this fall: Beyhan Farhadi, David Pereira and Farra Yasin.
Do you enjoy hearing about the latest thought-provoking research? The Scholars鈥 Hub @ Home speaker series features discussions on a broad range of topics, with engaging lectures from some of 91亚色鈥檚 best minds. The Scholars鈥 Hub events are done in partnership with Vaughan Public Libraries, Markham Public Library and Aurora Public Library, and presented by […]
Associate Professor Naomi Norquay and Associate Professor Pamela Millett have been awarded the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada鈥檚 (SSHRC) Partnership Engage Grants totalling approximately $50,000. The grants provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector. […]
My research focuses on race, identity and power in educational leadership. At a macro-level, my work disrupts the ways in which racism, whiteness and white supremacy function in educational leadership. I explore tensions, contradictions and possibilities in anti-racist approaches to leadership that exist in communities, in schools and districts, and in discourse.
As several Ontario school boards search聽for new directors of education, some experts say the situation presents an opportunity to kick start a much-needed reform of the education system. "It's a very interesting time," said Carl James, Faculty of Education Professor and Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora