January will feature several guest speakers and the 29th annual Robbie Burns Night as part of the popular McLaughlin College Lunch Talks series, which continues to be held virtually via Zoom.
Read moreAs a new year emerges, YFile takes a look back on 2020 to share with readers a snapshot of the year’s highlights. “Year in Review” will run as a three-part series and will feature a random selection of top news stories published in YFile. Here are the stories and highlights for May to August, 2020.
Read moreRoopa Desai Trilokekar, associate professor at York University’s Faculty of Education, has been awarded the Canadian Bureau of International Education’s Catalyst Award for the book “International Education as Public Policy in Canada.”
Read moreVice-President Research & Innovation Amir Asif announces the appointment of Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) Professor Jennifer Hyndman as associate vice-president research (AVP), effective Jan. 1, 2021.
Read moreYork University appeared in six of the nine Top 20 lists “Maclean’s” magazine compiled to rank university programs in Canada. In the overall rankings for comprehensive schools, York placed sixth, moving up one spot from the 2020 rankings when it was No. 7.
Read moreThe third event in the Faculty of Education’s Virtual Colloquium series on ‘Reciprocal Learning in Times of Crisis’ will present a screening and discussion on the film “The Invisible City Kakuma” on Dec. 2.
Read moreYork University Professor Kate Tilleczek has been appointed Research Advisory Council Chair at Pathways to Education Canada. Pathways to Education is a charitable social innovation supporting youth in low-income communities to graduate from high school and build the foundation for a successful future.
Read moreWelcome to the November 2020 edition of ‘Innovatus,’ a special issue of YFile devoted to teaching and learning innovation at York University. It offers compelling and accessible feature-length stories about York University’s commitment to excellence in teaching, learning, internationalization and the student experience.
Read moreIn her letter to the community, Interim Dean Sharon Murphy writes about how the Faculty of Education is constantly working to enliven new visions of education and society, visions of possibility, equity and social justice. “Our work focuses not only inward on curriculum and pedagogy, but very much looks outward towards the idea of education being situated within a complex and seemingly evermore fragile world.”
Read moreOne of York University’s hallowed traditions, the Faculty of Education Summer Institute (FESI), may have bowed to COVID-19 in terms of format, but it is unbowed in terms of mission and content. For 2020-21, the institute has morphed into a series of five free webinars titled Up Close and Personal: Conversations on Anti-Oppression.
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