Kate Tilleczek
Professor, Canada Research Chair , Young Lives, Education & Global Good, Scientific Director (& founder), Young Lives Research Lab- CANADA
PhD - University of Toronto; MA - Laurentian University; BEd - Nipissing University; BA (Honours) - Wilfrid Laurier University
Location(s) / Contact Info:
218, Winters College - WC
Keele Campus
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext. 30737
Email: ktilleczek@yorku.ca
Biography
Dr. Kate Tilleczek is the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Young Lives, Education & Global Good and Full Professor in the Faculty of Education at York University. She is founder and Scientific Director of Young Lives Research Laboratory which is international in scope and investigates how complex modern societies are shifting to support and/or negate the lives and well-being of young people. Kate’s CRC at York will be leveraged to collaborate across faculties to morph her laboratory into the Young Lives Institute- CANADA.
Kate works in global and local contexts and is Editor-in-Chief of Bloomsbury’s Youth: An International Archive. She has been honored with Education Canada’s Whitworth Award for achievement in education research, was Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford University Department of International Development (Young Lives https://www.younglives.org.uk) and is Associate Editor of the Journal of Youth Studies (https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cjys20)
Dr. Tilleczek is currently leading 8 externally funded and youth-based research projects that engage young people in research about education, well-being and the digital age.
Faculty & School/Dept
- Faculty of Education -
Courses Taught
- What Is Education For? (ED/EDST 1000)
- Youth and Cultural Experience (GS/EDUC 5435)
Professional Affiliations
- International Sociological Association: Active member of Research Committees in Sociology of Youth, Childhood, Education, Science & Technology and Mental Health.
- Education Canada Network: Advisory Council, Expert and Author
- International Child and Youth Research Network: Member
- Rights for Children and Youth in the Americas Partnership (RCYP): Steering Committee and Research Team Lead (Youth, Education and Wellbeing in the Americas)
- Healthy Young People Everywhere FRAYME (National Centre of Excellence) : Research Collaborator
Service/Community Activities
- Nelson Canada : Indigenous Advisory Circle
- Pathways to Education Canada : Research Advisory Committee (RAC)
- UNICEF Canada : Advisory Committee for Child/Youth Wellbeing Index (CY-INDEX)
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