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In the Media: How producing videos on TikTok is impacting teaching

Kate Tilleczek, a professor of education at 91ÑÇÉ«, and director of the Young Lives Research Lab, says relying on apps like TikTok can put more pressure on students.

Report shows lessons learned from changes to sex ed curriculum relevant during COVID-19

Changes to health, sexual and physical education curriculums in Ontario had a dramatic effect on teachers, but those lessons are even more salient today, outlines a new report by 91ÑÇÉ« researchers.

The Conversation Canada - Federal budget 2021: 7 actions to ensure Canada’s ‘child-care plan’ is about education

The 2021 federal budget promises new investments of up to $30 billion over five years and $8.3 billion per year after that to create a Canada-wide early learning and child-care plan. In response to this, Faculty of Education assistant professor Cristina Delgado Vintimilla along with other members of the Early Childhood Pedagogies Collaboratory, co-authored an article for the Conversation Canada outlining actions that the Federal government can take to build a sustainable and relevant early education system responsive to the concerns of the 21st century in response to the Federal Budget 2021.

FESI wraps up 2020-21 series with webinar that explores streaming in schooling

The final event in the five-part Faculty of Education's Summer Institute (FESI 2020-21), held virtually over the last several months, will wrap up on April 21 with a dynamic, diverse panel that will explore streaming and educational pathways in Ontario schools.

Professor Sandra Schecter awarded 2020 FGS Teaching Award

Congratulations to professor Sandra Schecter on being named the recipient of the 2020 Faculty of Graduate Studies' Teaching Award. The Award is bestowed annually on a member of the Faculty of Graduate Studies who has displayed substantial, significant and sustained excellence, commitment and enthusiasm to the multifaceted aspects of teaching at the graduate level at 91ÑÇÉ«.

Learn about the 'materiality of play' during talk by emerging scholar

A talk that explores the materiality of play in the context of early childhood education will be presented by 91ÑÇÉ«'s Faculty of Education on April 19 as part of its Disrupting Early Childhood Series.

Virtual colloquium explores racialized implications of COVID-19 in Toronto

On April 7, the next session in 91ÑÇɫ’s "Reciprocal Learning in Times of Crisis" monthly virtual colloquium series will feature a panel of educational experts and activists who will discuss the racialized implications of COVID-19 in Toronto.

Faculty and Grad student presentations at AERA 2021 virtual annual meeting

A number of faculty and graduate students will be presenting at this year's AERA virtual annual meeting.

The Conversation Canada: The coronavirus pandemic provides an opportunity to address homelessness

Doctoral student Timothy Martin wrote an article for the Conversation Canada about how the coronavirus pandemic provides an opportunity to address homelessness.

In the media: Online school will still be around post-pandemic, so what have we learned?

When COVID-19 hit a year ago, countless students from kindergarten through post-secondary were thrown into virtual schooling for the first time.