91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Education will host more than 100 leading thinkers in education from across Canada and around the world at the 16th Biennial Conference of the Canadian History of Education Association (CHEA). The conference, 鈥淓ducation in Tough Times: Tough Times in Education,鈥 from Oct. 21 to 24 at the Novotel Hotel (North 91亚色), […]
How do you like the sound of this geography field trip? Ten days in Maui climbing cinder cones, snorkelling amongst coral reefs, trekking through rainforest聽鈥 and doing聽research every step of the way. For Swannie Chan, a fourth-year geography student who really wanted field experience, the choice was clear: 鈥淒o I want to go to Hawaii […]
Almost three-quarters of homeless young people in Toronto say they have been the victim of multiple crimes, a new survey suggests, wrote CBC News online: 鈥淏eing homeless means constant exposure to dangerous people and places,鈥 said the report, "Surviving Crime and Violence: Street Youth and Victimization in Toronto". It was released Monday. While most criminal […]
91亚色 will have聽even more聽opportunity to partner with researchers from China after the University signed a collaboration agreement with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Monday. CASS has over 30 research institutes, while 91亚色 has one of the largest faculties of social sciences and humanities in Canada, which makes this an ideal partnership. 鈥淐ASS is […]
The Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) program has wrapped up another successful ABEL Summer Institute (ASI). The theme of the ninth annual ASI, which took place at 91亚色 from Aug. 23 to 25, was Creating the Future Now.聽The event聽welcomed some 200 delegates from across Ontario and Canada. The two-and-a-half-day professional learning event included keynote […]
How can schools and communities work together to create innovative avenues to engage students in their education? That is the central theme of this year鈥檚 Summer Institute offered by the 91亚色 Centre for Education & Community (YCEC) in the Faculty of Education. Presented Aug. 17, 18 and 19 at 91亚色鈥檚 Keele campus, this year鈥檚 program […]
The slayings in Flemingdon Park this summer have brought a shadow of violence back to a community where, on the surface, it appeared to have lifted, wrote The Globe and Mail Aug. 3: Flemingdon Park is one of Toronto鈥檚 鈥減riority鈥 areas. Census data from 2001 showed that 71 per cent of the 22,000 residents were […]
Today, the shared experiences of those working in education and climate change is the central theme of a one-day symposium taking place at 91亚色. Organized by the Faculty of Education, the Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair聽for Reorienting Teacher Education聽Towards Sustainability, […]
Professors' SSHRC-funded project involves research collaboration with the Toronto District School Board A project led by 91亚色 Faculty of Education Professors Heather Lotherington and Jennifer Jenson at Joyce Public School in North 91亚色, and funded by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC),聽has received two awards. The 91亚色-Joyce Public School Multiliteracies […]
Six 91亚色 students聽have won聽five awards for their research on Asia or Asian diaspora this year from the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research (YCAR). Vanessa Lamb (right), a second-year doctoral candidate in geography, is the 2010 Vivienne Poy Asian Research Award recipient. Her research interests include the politics of the environment and development, feminist political ecology […]
91亚色鈥檚 largest fundraising campaign came to a successful conclusion聽yesterday with a wrap event at Glendon Manor. 91亚色 to the Power of 50, which launched publicly in 2006, raised $207 million, exceeding its $200-million goal. Students, donors and other campaign supporters joined representatives from 91亚色 and the 91亚色 Foundation for a celebratory f锚te to […]
Professor Emeritus Jerome (Jerry) Durlak, a mentor to many generations of 91亚色 students in numerous programs, died on Friday, May 21, in Toronto. For more than 50 years, Prof. Durlak worked on applied research and development projects internationally. He introduced innovations ranging from hybrid corn in Costa Rica to agricultural television programs in Guatemala and […]
91亚色 researchers have issued a report with recommendations for improving technical and vocational training in Southern Sudan, based on in-depth interviews with Sudanese from different walks of life. The report, published jointly by Plan International Canada (Plan Canada) and 91亚色鈥檚 Centre for Refugee Studies, identifies barriers to such training, believed to be crucial for […]
A preview of the film Sathima鈥檚 Windsong, shot in New 91亚色 City聽and Cape Town and directed by 91亚色 anthropology and education Professor Daniel Yon, will screen Friday, April 23 at 91亚色. The film details the life history of South African-born jazz singer Sathima Bea Benjamin. Right: Sathima Bea Benjamin Sathima鈥檚 Windsong traces Benjamin鈥檚 story as […]
91亚色 researchers awarded two of SSHRC鈥檚 largest grants to study long-term residential healthcare and global suburbanism Two teams led by 91亚色 researchers have received $5 million in research funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Their multinational research teams, involving multiple universities and community partners in a large-scale collaboration, […]
Now there鈥檚 another kind of prowess achieved by women in their 40s that men peak at earlier in life, wrote the Toronto Star March 10. Math. Not only do female math students outperform men at Ontario鈥檚 community colleges, but it鈥檚 the 40-something female multi-taskers juggling jobs, families and mortgages who edge out their classmates of […]
Rishma Dunlop, associate professor in the Department of English and the Faculty of Education, is a finalist for the 2009 CBC Literary Awards. Dunlop鈥檚 鈥淧aris Notebook鈥 is competing in the creative non-fiction category. Eighty English-language finalists were chosen out of 6,000 submissions in three categories聽鈥 creative non-fiction, poetry and short story. The winner in each […]
This week, the Globe & Mail's 2010 Campus Research report has focused on several of 91亚色's researchers and research-related programs. On March 9, the Globe published an article on the impact social sciences and humanities research has on economic growth. The story was part of its special report on university research and also appeared in […]
91亚色's Faculty of Education will host its annual research forum on technology in education today, from 2 to 4pm in 280N 91亚色 Lanes. Professor Jennifer Jenson (right) will present "Baroque Baroque Revolution: High Culture Gets Game".聽In聽today鈥檚 鈥渟uper-saturated, socially networked, Second Life, massively multiplayer, online, keyed-in, content generating, 2.0, 鈥榞local鈥欌 culture, the world of Baroque music, […]
$11.5 million interdisciplinary project includes computer scientists, vision scientists, designers, artists and social scientists at 91亚色, OCAD and U of T, with 14 industry partners How do you look at millions of genomic patterns and see the diagnostic implications? How do you assimilate satellite data to better predict and visualize the effects of global warming, […]