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Advancing Black Inclusion and Addressing Anti-Black Racism in the Faculty of Education: A Reflection on Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities
(2022-06-09)This report, written by the Special Advisor to the Dean on Black Inclusion and Anti-Black Racism (2021-2022) and Research Assistant to the Special Advisor provides a snapshot of the ways in which our Faculty has worked to ... -
Between art and testimony: Transforming oral histories of Holocaust survivors into young adult fiction and creative non-fiction.
(Oral History Forum/Forum d’histoire oral, 2012)Works of historical fiction and creative non-fiction written about the Holocaust continue to occupy an important place in both the literary and history curricula in K to 12 schools. In discussion with author Kathy Kacer, ... -
Comparing University: A Case Study between Canada and China
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Continuing Collaborative Knowledge Production: Knowing when, where, how and why
(Journal of Intercultural Studies, 2001)This paper questions assumptions about conducting research based in programs developed to serve communities which have traditionally had restricted access to the university. Grounded in an off-campus Master of Education ... -
Coordinating policy layers of school fundraising in Toronto, Ontario, Canada: An institutional ethnography
(2019)In this article, I report findings from an investigation into the politics and coordination of school fundraising in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Theoretically grounded in institutional ... -
A Course of Becoming: Autobiography, Knowledge, Memory and (Re) Constructing Identity
(2015-08-31)This major research paper will examine the concept of Toward a Course of Becoming: Autobiography, Knowledge, Memory and (Re) Constructing Identity. Throughout the discussion, significant considerations into possible ... -
Creating spaces: testimonio, impossible knowledge, and academe
(International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 2003)This article examines what it means to engage seriously with speech and writing events, such as testimonio, articulated by people whose theoretical base lies primarily in experience outside the walls of academe. I argue ... -
Culturally Responsive Teaching: Stories of a First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Cross-Curricular Infusion in Teacher Education
(Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN), 2014-08-01)This paper explores how the work of the infusion of First Nation, Métis, and Inuit traditions, perspectives, and histories at York University’s Faculty of Education Barrie Site unfolds in practice. It also highlights the ... -
Deaf children creating written texts
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Early adolescents' perceptions and attitudes towards gender representations in video games
(Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2020-07-21)This study investigated adolescents’ perception and attitudes towards gender representation in video game covers, and the degree to which these depictions may influence their notions on gender and identification. Seventeen ... -
Educating from Difference: Black Cultural Art Educators' Perspectives with Culturally Responsive Teaching
(2020-08)The 2009 Ontario Ministry of Education’s Equity Action plan called for school boards to implement culturally relevant teaching in their strategic plans. As senior administration and educators work towards inclusive classrooms, ... -
Emergency Distance Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Final Report
(2021-01-31)The report summarizes the findings of a mixed methods study of teachers’ experiences transitioning from face-to-face to emergency distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic school closures in Ontario Canada. Teachers ... -
Evolution of new teachers' beliefs about teaching STSE: Report to school boards
(2013-08)This longitudinal multi‐case study followed four new science teachers over the course of five years. Its purpose was to examine the ways in which new science teachers integrate science‐technology‐society-environment (STSE) ... -
Foreign Impacts on Japanese and Chinese Higher Education: A Comparative Analysis
(2004)Two forces shaped Japanese and Chinese systems of higher education. These include the impact of foreign influences on the basic academic model; and the indigenization of the universities as part of the national development ... -
The Gospel Choir: Community in Motion
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Hear My Voice- A Research Project on Youth Needs in the Jane and Finch Community
(2017-04-19)This research paper explores the current research on urban youth needs, and ways in which youth workers can develop and employ strategies to engage marginalized youth. The purposes of this study is to gain insight on the ... -
How Armenian Syrian Millennial Refugees use Social Media to Facilitate Integration into Canadian Society
(2018-07)Using a conceptual framework that builds on the constructs of community of practice (Homles & Meyerhoff, 1990; Lave & Wenger 1998; Wenger 1998) and superdiversity (Blommaert, 2013; Blommaert & Rampton, 2012; Jørgensen, ... -
How Do Three Immigrant Women From Former Yugoslavia Perceive the Role of Accent in Intelligibility and Comprehensibility in the Canadian Workplace?
(2017-05-10)Recent trends in language instruction have begun to shift away from achieving a native-like accent and towards a focus on intelligibly and comprehensibility. However, a subset of learners continues to feel discriminated ...