Economist Inbal Marcovitch is not your typical education graduate. An innovative economist and strategic foresight professional, Marcovitch uses mixed research methodologies and stakeholder engagement to develop organizational systems that contribute to resilient organizations. Born in Israel, Marcovitch came to Canada as an international student. She enrolled at 91亚色 where she majored in Business and Society. […]
Faculty of Education Assistant Professor Vidya Shah was on Breakfast TV to discuss the fears around coronavirus that have been causing misinformation to move around leading to discrimination against the Chinese community.聽
While the Ontario teachers鈥 strikes may be a nuisance in the short term, education experts say it鈥檚 important to look at the long-term consequences that the unions鈥 job actions will have.
Awards for children who never miss a day of school are commonplace in Canadian schools, but now, some experts worry it might be teaching children the wrong lesson. John Ippolito, an associate professor in the faculty of education at 91亚色 in Toronto, believes it鈥檚 the responsibility of teachers and administrators to determine reasons students […]
Faculty of Education PhD candidate Lois Kamenitz has been awarded the Schlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging Scholarship by the Canadian Association on Gerontology. The award recognizes academic success and community involvement with older adults and supports doctoral students whose programs of study relate to gerontology.
鈥淭he elementary teachers鈥 union has identified addressing classroom violence as a key concern, in addition to maintaining smaller class sizes, more supports for students with special needs and preserving full-day kindergarten.鈥
Trustees聽in Winnipeg are聽asking Winnipeg School Division聽officials to break down 2018-19 suspension data聽by race, inspired by an eye-opening 2017 study that聽revealed nearly half of all expelled students in a Toronto school board聽are black, even though they make up around 11 per cent of the student聽body.
"Sometimes we miss the point about what the problem is and what we should be doing about it,鈥 says Stephen Gaetz, president of the 91亚色-based Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, one of the largest research institutes on the issue in the country. 鈥淲e make all this investment in warehousing people, yet we know from research that it creates pathways to worsening life conditions.鈥
As a lead up to the United Nations International Day of Education on January 24th, three professors from the Faculty of Education will be participating on a panel and will give talks at a commemoration event taking place at 91亚色 on January 22nd. The event will take place from 12 - 2 p.m. in […]
Every week, I am motivated and excited to come to my community practicum placement in the Teaching Commons. One of my principal duties as a Student Consultant on Teaching at 91亚色 (SCOTAY) involves acting as a liaison between instructors and their student population.