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Learn. Earn. Return.
June 08, 2021
Sylvia McPhee believes educators have a responsibility to give back to their faculty because they’ve learned how to teach.
Historic election
June 03, 2021
Education professor Jun Li has been elected as vice-president and President Designate of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES).
AFE supervisor awards
June 02, 2021
The Faculty of Education has announced the recipients of the Alternative Field Experience Supervisor’s Award for Excellence.
Associate teacher awards
June 02, 2021
The Faculty of Education has recognized five associate teachers for their contributions to teacher education.
Women and Leadership Colloquium
May 31, 2021
PhD candidate Hayley Finn and Doctor of Education candidate Merike Kolga have been selected to participate at the three-day event.
Incorporating history into math
May 31, 2021
Western Education instructor Vera Sarina incorporates history into math lessons.
Western Practicum Partnership
May 20, 2021
The Faculty of Education is collaborating with nine school boards to place teacher candidates directly into schools
Namukasa named Associate Dean
May 14, 2021
Immaculate Kizito Namukasa has been appointed Associate Dean, Graduate Education at the Faculty of Education.
Young Maestro Wes goes to school
May 10, 2021
Alumna Rhodora Meliton-Vanderpool, Canadian Hip Hop legend Wes ‘Maestro’ Williams and illustrator Leon ‘Eklipz’ Robinson, ...
Understanding learning styles
April 30, 2021
A school visit from two psychologists sent Alberta O’Neil on an education odyssey spanning the globe.
Heart of the classroom
April 29, 2021
Rhodora Meliton-Vanderpool always knew she wanted to be a teacher. However, she had to go through a journey to figure it out.
Entrepreneurship Summit
April 29, 2021
The Faculty of Education and the Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship are teaming up to present an Entrepreneur Summit for graduate students.
Understanding AI
April 28, 2021
AI is everywhere and professor George Gadanidis has created children’s stories to help students reflect on how AI influences their lives.
EGSA alumni chats
March 17, 2021
Earning an advanced degree is challenging but finding employment after graduation can be equally uncertain and difficult for graduate students.
Standardized screening, school and community integration help keep kids in school
March 11, 2021
Family functioning, bullying, substance use and ADHD diagnoses are key factors leading to absenteeism.
Diversity in children’s literature
March 10, 2021
Teacher candidates learned the importance of having diversity in children’s literature from Instagram influencer, grade 6 student Ainara ...
STEM pilot program
February 23, 2021
Two Education professors are working to remove barriers that students with developmental disabilities face in STEM education.
Music concert
February 12, 2021
Music can show that it’s fun to learn math. With that in mind, the Faculty of Education is hosting a math concert for students, parents and ...
In-person classes delayed to February 21: COVID-19 update
January 11, 2021
Updates from President Alan Shepard
Creating superheroes
December 14, 2020
It can be lonely being in graduate school. However, one Master of Arts student is using artwork to breakthrough this barrier and connect with ...
Visiting scholar
December 09, 2020
One of Cameroon’s leading advocates for the rights of marginalized communities and children with special needs is a visiting scholar at the ...
New Faculty of Education program supports Indigenous, disabled grad students
November 27, 2020
Western is clearing a pathway for people who have historically faced social and economic barriers, with a new scholarship program for graduate ...
Protecting family-violence survivors
November 26, 2020
CREVAWC has received just under $1.2 million from the federal government to reach 15,000 health, violence prevention and family law professionals.
Winter break message
November 26, 2020
What a year this has been. The pandemic has challenged us in ways nobody could have predicted. Thank you for rising to the challenge with your ...
Holiday greetings from Acting Dean
November 26, 2020
Acting Dean Kathy Hibbert shares holiday greetings and highlights some of the activities at the Faculty of Education this year.
Let’s talk education series
November 26, 2020
Educators and parents can influence children’s writing through teaching writing strategy and spelling while concentrating on printing or ...
New interactive dashboard tracks COVID-19 cases in Ontario schools
November 24, 2020
Western University professor Prachi Srivastava has launched an interactive tool that reports and maps confirmed school-related cases of COVID-19 ...
Addressing community need
November 12, 2020
Colin King, education professor and academic director of Western’s Child and Youth Development Clinic is grateful for donor support amidst ...
Resources for Remembrance Day
November 11, 2020
Western’s virtual Remembrance Day ceremony, hosted by the University Students’ Council, will be broadcast live from the Mustang Lounge ...
Western News - Donna Kotsopoulos to become new dean of Western’s Faculty of Education
November 11, 2020
Donna Kotsopoulos will begin her role as dean of the Faculty of Education in January 2021.
Western global education expert leads COVID-19 event ahead of G20 Summit
November 04, 2020
Western’s Prachi Srivastava will lead an international summit to identify how countries' education systems can recover from the effects ...
Writing education
November 03, 2020
The Let’s Talk Education Speaker Series will look at how research on writing education has shifted over the last five years to ensure ...
EGSA Fall convocation message
October 29, 2020
Congratulations on the well-deserved success and graduating this fall. We come, we learn, we laugh, and finally, we part ways for hopeful tomorrows.
Congratulations Fall Class of 2020 from Dean Kathy Hibbert
October 29, 2020
To the graduating class of October 2020, congratulations. This message is to you, our students, on a day when we should be able to be together.
Faculty of Education Congratulates 2020 Fall Graduates
October 29, 2020
Faculty members, including Dean Kathy Hibbert, as well as staff congratulate the Fall graduating class of 2020.
Celebrating Fall 2020 graduates
October 29, 2020
Congratulations to the Faculty of Education graduates who have successfully completed their program.
The forgotten ones
October 22, 2020
Western researchers Eric Arts, Kate Choi, and Prachi Srivastava are highlighting the inequalities that have caused vulnerable populations to be ...
National survey focuses on workplace sexual harassment and violence
October 21, 2020
A new national survey will examine workers’ experiences of sexual harassment and violence in the
workplace.
National survey focuses on workplace sexual harassment and violence
October 21, 2020
A new national survey will examine workers’ experiences of sexual harassment and violence in the workplace. The Centre for Research...
COVID online education panel
October 13, 2020
As part of the university’s virtual homecoming celebration, the Faculty will showcase some of their pandemic work during an online panel ...
Peer Mentorship Program
September 29, 2020
The Peer Mentorship Program ensures teacher candidates are supported throughout the academic year.
Early childhood education expert available to comment on proposed national childcare plan
September 25, 2020
Veronica Pacino-Ketchabaw has been studying the effectiveness and likeliness of a national childcare program for nearly 20 years.
Embodied Learnings
September 24, 2020
Embodied Learnings advocates for the inclusion of the body through dance education and movement integration into the elementary classroom.
There’s power in uncertainty
September 15, 2020
There’s power in uncertainty and each person has the power to make change, use their voice to express themselves and connect and inspire ...
TikTok about education
September 15, 2020
Catherine Zeisner is a social media influencer. She has over 200,000 followers, 3.3 million likes and millions of comments and direct messages on ...
Project provides tutoring to vulnerable students
September 09, 2020
Six months out of school due to COVID-19 is threatening marginalized and vulnerable students to fall behind their peers. So Western has joined ...
Royal Society celebrates five Western scholars
September 08, 2020
Four Western researchers were named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), commonly recognized as the country’s top honour in the ...
Tutoring vulnerable, marginalized students
September 04, 2020
Six months out of school due to COVID-19 is threatening marginalized and vulnerable students to fall behind their peers once classes resume.
Message from the Dean
September 01, 2020
Fifty years ago, futurist Alvin Toffler (1970) suggested that one of the most important skills in the 21st C would be our capacity to be ...
Preparing for online teaching
September 01, 2020
Teacher candidates are preparing to teach in a virtual world because many of them will be splitting their time between a physical and virtual ...
Shark passion goes virtual
August 31, 2020
Gabriella (Gabby) Seewald’s family turned to the Faculty of Education’s virtual tutoring service to help with her shark project.
Ask the Expert: How to help with return to learning
August 25, 2020
On August 17, Dr. Colin King answers your questions about preparing children for the return to learning this fall.
Mindfulness study promotes calmer, more caring classrooms
August 20, 2020
A unique mindfulness program developed at Western has led to greater empathy and self-regulation among kindergarten children.
Nicole Kaniki and Bertha Garcia named special advisors on anti-racism
August 06, 2020
Dr. Nicole Kaniki and Dr. Bertha Garcia will help Western lay the foundation for a sustained strategy to combat racism on campus.
Grants awarded for COVID-19 research in child, brain health
July 28, 2020
Two Western researchers are among six interdisciplinary project teams awarded Manulife CIFAR Population Health and Wellbeing grantsto study the ...
Canada Research Chairs
July 27, 2020
History has been made at the Faculty of Education. For the first time, the faculty has a Canada Research Chair (CRC). In fact, the faculty has ...
Four new Canada Research Chairs for Western, two renewed
July 23, 2020
Western will be home to four new Canada Research Chairs, professors whose work will have global impact on autism, data science and ...
Western-branded, made-in-Ontario facemasks supplied to campus community
July 20, 2020
Students, faculty and staff can wear their purple pride as they don Western-branded masks to protect the health of campus colleagues.
Working together
July 16, 2020
Those returning to campus will experience a new environment - additional signage, new rules and regulations, changes to our physical spaces - ...
We Speak survey results to spark conversations, action
July 09, 2020
Insights gained from the WE SPEAK 2020 survey will guide the university as it strives to build a workplace culture where faculty and staff ...
Associate teacher awards
July 06, 2020
The Faculty of Education recognized four associate teachers for contributing to teacher education.
AFE supervisor awards
July 06, 2020
The Faculty of Education has announced the recipients of the Alternative Field Experience Supervisor’s Award for Excellence.
New partnership unites riders, community against bike thieves
June 30, 2020
Campus cyclists can now enlist the help of thousands of extra eyes across the city in an effort to keep their bikes safe from thieves, thanks to a ...
Recommendations on schools reopening
June 26, 2020
Professor Prachi Srivastava, along with two colleagues, have provided recommendations to the Ontario government regarding the reopening of schools.
Virtual tutoring wraps up
June 23, 2020
Teacher candidates, retired teachers and volunteers have supported 400 students through Western Education’s virtual tutoring service.
Western creates new leadership role, advisory council to chart a path forward for anti-racism
June 22, 2020
Western will create a new leadership role and an advisory council that will guide university-wide efforts to develop a sustained strategy for ...
Study investigates virtual learning impact on families
June 18, 2020
The Western-led LEAP (Learning, Education, and the Pandemic) study aims to assess family experiences with learning during COVID-19. Specifically, ...
Graduation 2020 marks a year to remember
June 18, 2020
It has been a year like no other for Western graduates, so it makes sense that the university is marking their achievements with a celebration ...
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