Neil Orlowsky

Course Director

Principals Qualification Program - Lakehead University, Thunder Bay; Doctor of Philosophy - University of Toronto - OISE, Toronto; Collaborative Program Ph.D Certificate - University of Toronto - OISE, Toronto; Certificate - International Humanitarian Law - University of Ottawa, The Human Rights Research and Education Centre; Masters of Education - University of Toronto - OISE, Toronto; Honours Specialist - Geography - Queens University, Kingston; Bachelors of Education - York University, Toronto; Specialized Honours Bachelors of Arts - York University, Toronto

Location(s) / Contact Info:

Winters College - WC
Keele Campus

Email: norlowsk@edu.yorku.ca

Faculty & School/Dept

  • Faculty of Education - Bachelor of Education

Courses Taught

  • Content Into Practice (ED/EDFE 3200)
  • Educating for a Sustainable Future:A Multidisciplinary Approach (ED/EDUC 3700)
  • Education and International Development (ED/EDUC 3711)
  • Literacy and Culture (ED/EDUC 3600)
  • Social Studies & Culture in the Junior-Intermediate Divisions (ED/EDJI 3000)
  • Social Studies & Culture in the Primary-Junior Divisions (ED/EDPJ 3000)
  • Teaching Family Studies in the Intermediate-Senior Divisions - A (ED/FAST 4000)
  • Teaching Family Studies in the Intermediate-Senior Divisions - B (ED/FAST 4001)
  • Teaching Philosophy in the Intermediate-Senior Division - B (ED/PHIL 4001)
  • Teaching Philosophy in the Intermediate-Senior Divisions - A (ED/PHIL 4000)
  • Teaching Social Sciences (General) in the Intermediate-Senior Divisions - A (ED/SOSC 4000)
  • Teaching Social Sciences (General) in the Intermediate-Senior Divisions - B (ED/SOSC 4001)
  • Teaching for Diverse & Equitable Classrooms in Ontario (ED/EDFE 3100)

Selected Publications

  • Orlowsky, Neil (2017). Adoptive Witness: The Transmission of Collective Memory and Identity in the Israeli History Curriculum. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Publishing
  • Orlowsky, Neil (2016). Better Children for Our World: Integrating Non-Traditional Thinking to foster Non-Traditional Careers. OSCA/ACOSO Today.
  • Orlowsky, Neil (2012). Africa's Auschwitz: Chad in the Shadow of Darfur Spotlight. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Emond Montgomery
  • Orlowsky, Neil (2012). Environmental Refugees or Darfur in an Age of Genocide. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Emond Montgomery
  • Orlowsky, Neil (2009). The Hundred Year Headache: Israel, Palestine and Frantz Fanon. In George Dei (Ed.), Fanon and the Counterinsurgency of Education. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Sense Publishing
  • Orlowsky, Neil (2006). Socioliteracy: A Theoretical Approach to Understanding Literacy as Social Interaction.. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Press