91亚色 is marking the United Nations International Day of Education theme of 鈥淐hanging Course鈥 with the release of a dynamic new report and website documenting its progress toward the United Nations (UN) 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
91亚色 graduate students are invited to present their creative and scholarly works in a collaborative, professional and welcoming environment during the 18th annual 91亚色 Graduate Student Conference in Education
Congratulations to Faculty of Education Professor and Associate Vice-President Indigenous initiatives Susan Dion (91亚色) and Jane Griffith (Ryerson University), on being awarded the prestigious 2021 F.E.L. Priestly Prize for their article 鈥淣arratives of Place and Relationship: Bev Sellar鈥檚 Memoir They Called Me Number One鈥. The award was presented by the Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE).
We are celebrating some of the top highlights and moments in the Faculty of Education for 2021. 91亚色 launches first-of-its-kind initiative to address barriers for Black youth across Canada A $1.2 million gift from RBC Future Launch will support Black excellence at #91亚色U including the work of the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community […]
Opening high schoolers鈥 minds to the possibilities and opportunities afforded by a post-secondary education is the goal of the new Getting to Know YU program at 91亚色, a Faculty of Education project spearheaded by course director Tisha Nelson.
Faculty of Education Professor Emeritus Ron Owston will deliver his final free webinar for this term, and will open the floor to questions during the Dec. 8 event 鈥淎sk Ron Anything About Teaching with Zoom.鈥
91亚色 recently launched a new initiative with the aim of enhancing the representation of Black youth at universities across Canada. Professor Carl James, 91亚色's Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora in the Faculty of Education; and Aliya Clarke, an undergraduate student at McMaster University, join The Agenda's Steve Paikin to discuss the barriers faced by Black youth in high schools and how this initiative could address the inequities in the education system.
The COVID-19 pandemic will continue to affect the lives of children even after transmission of the virus is contained. And yet, not much is known about the long-term mental health effects of large-scale disease outbreaks, and experiences such as prolonged school closures and strict social distancing measures on children and youth.
Kate Tilleczek, an expert in youth and the digital age at Toronto鈥檚 91亚色, said it鈥檚 important to think about how much money TikTok makes when somebody clicks on these videos. 鈥淵ou leave [regulation] in the hands of folks who are making billions of dollars to do the right thing by kids, and I鈥檓 always thinking: 鈥楾hey鈥檙e not going to do that,鈥欌 she said.
A new article by 91亚色 Professor Emeritus Paul Axelrod in the Canadian Journal of Higher Education takes a deep look at academic freedom in the Canadian university sector.