Graduate Students Fireside Chats on Teaching

Dear science graduate students & post-docs, We’re thrilled to announce that we will be re-starting our Science Graduate Student “fireside” chats on teaching and learning this Fall.  We—Dr. Tamara Kelly (Science Pedagogical Chair) and Ashley Nahornick (FSc. Educational Developer)—started this as an online offering in 2021/22. This year, you’ll have the option to attend in-person (snacks!) or online – we want everyone to […]

Practical Strategies for Grading: Focus on Feedback for Science

Dear all science graduate students and post-docs, You are all invited to join us for a hands-on workshop, which has been specially designed for graduate students in the Faculty of Science, we will explore practical strategies for providing feedback on student work. In this context, we will discuss components of positive feedback, different modes of delivery, as well as effective […]

Increasing Student Learning Through Alternative Assessments

Dear Science Colleagues, Please join us on Tuesday October 11, 2022, from 1-2pm on Zoom, for a workshop on “Increasing Student Learning Through Alternative Assessments.” In this workshop we will explore how alternative assessments can be used to foster engagement and increase student learning. In this context, we will examine successful examples from the Faculty […]

November FSc. Bi-monthly Informal Meeting on Teaching & Learning

Dear all interested instructors, Please join us for our second bi-monthly informal meetings on Teaching & learning for Fall 2022 led by our Pedagogical Chair, Tamara Kelly. All instructors are welcome to join the meetings, where we will discuss teaching and learning strategies, issues, and ideas in an informal way. Fall Meetings:  SAVE THE DATE  Wednesday, November 23 @1:30-2:30 p.m.  Join Zoom Meetinghttps://yorku.zoom.us/j/98239943872?pwd=YzRRUFo1UFZmdWlJeWJuZzBScXJlUT09&from=addon  If you have any questions or ideas, please […]

September FSc. Bi-monthly Informal Meeting on Teaching & Learning

Dear all interested science instructors, You are invited two join us for our two bi-monthly informal meetings on Teaching & learning for Fall 2022 led by our Pedagogical Chair, Tamara Kelly. All instructors are welcome to join the meetings, where we will discuss teaching and learning strategies, issues, and ideas in an informal way. Fall Meetings: Wednesday, September 21 @ 1:30-2:30 p.m.  Join Zoom Meetinghttps://yorku.zoom.us/j/99617851985?pwd=bjVCNHB3eTBlejNkZFpRR1lGOUNzQT09&from=addon  Wednesday, November 23 @1:30-2:30 p.m.  […]

FSc. Science Education Book Club

Dear all interested science instructors, The Science Pedagogy Chair, Dr. Tamara Kelly, and the Science Committee on Teaching & Learning (CoTL) would like to invite you to join us for the launch of the Faculty of Science Book Club for the 2022-23 academic year.  We will be creating an email group for all those interested, […]

Academic Integrity Awareness Week

Please join us for the Second Annual Faculty of Science Academic Integrity Awareness Week. We would like to invite Faculty, Instructors, and Staff to a week of highlighting people, workshops, and support to showcase academic integrity and learning in the Faculty of Science at York. The focus of this year’s academic integrity week is increasing awareness. […]

Summer 2022 Undergraduate Research Conference

On August 18, 2022, the Faculty of Science will host the annual Summer Undergraduate Research Conference. The conference is an opportunity for recipients of NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Awards (USRA), Dean’s Undergraduate Research Awards (DURA), and York Science Scholars Awards (YSSA) to present their summer research and to meet other awardees. For full details, visit […]

OMNI Distinguished Lecture Series on Modelling of Infectious Diseases

You are invited to join OMNI-RÉUNIS’ second lecture as part of our Distinguished Lecture Series of 2022! We’ve invited Dr. Matt Keeling to present on “COVID-19 in the UK: Data, Models, Projections and Policy.”  Register here: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlce2srDMqEtCoyaUUo1LuQcoxRSFt84JY — OMNI-REUNIS 2022 Distinguished Lecture Series Title: COVID-19 in the UK: Data, Models, Projections and Policy Speaker: Dr. […]

Scholars’ Hub @ Home | Bee the Change

Sheila Colla, Associate Professor, York Research Chair (Tier 2) in Interdisciplinary Conversation Science, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change Amro Zayed, York Research Chair in Genomics and Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science Just ahead of World Bee Day on May 20, tune in to hear more about the status of pollinators here in […]