YU-WRITE: Journal of Graduate Student Research in Education: Announcements
YU-WRITE: Journal of Graduate Student Research in Education (YU-Write) is a student-run, non-profit, open-access journal aiming to spotlight graduate students' research in education. YU-WRITE was founded in 2022 at York University's Faculty of Education which aims to support the writing development of graduate students at York University and other institutions nationally and internationally. YU-WRITE accepts papers from graduate students in any institution nationally and internationally working within the field of education. This may include: Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research with a leaning toward education Early Childhood Education to Post-Secondary Education Education beyond formal contexts (including but not limited to diverse and emerging forms of teaching and learning, spaces, and places) Futurist aspirations: what kind of futures do we want to have? Rebuilding, speculative futures Theoretical orientations/positionings (critical pedagogies, literacy, educational philosophies) Ways of Knowing Graduate research studies and reports in exploratory, theoretical, and/or practice-based research Research-creation and arts-based research Our content for the journal includes: Graduate student research reports Inspiring book/film/art reviews Peer-reviews Creative submissions Post-conference proceedings If you are interested in submitting, please click the Make a Submission button.
Deadline Extended: Submissions Open for Conference Proceedings 2025-2026!!!
CFP - Conference Proceedings Dear Graduate Students, The YU-WRITE: Journal of Graduate Student Research in Education is calling for papers for our 2025-2026 conference proceedings issue. We are accepting conference papers from any conference you have presented in the 2025-2026 academic year, so long as it has not been published previously (i.e., AERA paper repository). Our extended* deadline for submissions is June 1st, 2026, at 11:59 pm EST (Toronto time). Please see our website for submission details: https://yuwrite.journals. yorku.ca/index.php/default/ about/submissions (note: you will need to register on our website to submit). Publishing Schedule: Manuscripts Due to Journal: Monday, June 1st 2026 (submit under Conference Proceedings) Review #1 Response: Monday, June 8, 2026 - revisions due within 2 weeks (June 23) Review #2 Response: Monday, June 29, 2026 - revisions due within 2 weeks (July 14) Review #3 Response (if applicable): Monday, July 20, 2026 - revisions due within 1 week (July 28) Copyediting Process: from Monday, August 3, 2026 - Friday, September 18, 2026 Final Manuscript Preparations: Monday, September 28, 2026 Publication Date: Monday, October 5, 2026 YU-WRITE is a student-run, non-profit, open-access journal aiming to spotlight graduate students' research in education. It was founded in 2022 at York University's Faculty of Education, aiming to support the writing development of graduate students at York University and beyond. Conference proceedings are academic articles that emerged from conferences you may have presented in the 2025-2026 year. Conference proceedings are 2000-3000 words (not including references). Submissions must include the general submission requirements. If you presented a Creative Work, Poster, etc. OR if just responding to your conference session (like a structured reflection) authors/creators can choose to submit one of the following: 2000-3000 word (not including references) paper. 250-500 words short feature (can include image of poster/creative work). Keynote presenters may also submit to the journal, please ensure that your papers have proper citations and references. Headings and subheadings may be used to provide flow. Keynote submissions can also submit their PPT as a visual component to the manuscript. We look forward to reading your innovative works! Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact Victoria at journal.yuwrite@gmail.com ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------- YU-WRITE is also looking for peer reviewers and general members. If you are interested in joining the journal, please contact Victoria at journal.yuwrite@gmail.com Victoria Journal Managing Editor YU-WRITE: Journal of Graduate Student Research in Education email: journal.yuwrite@gmail.com website: https://yuwrite.journals. yorku.ca/ <img class="CToWUd a6T" tabindex="0" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=c9dae0f97b&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r498743119172238044&th=19d7285049d1e3d0&view=fimg&fur=ip&permmsgid=msg-a:r498743119172238044&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ_cT3lCGdS-iDNXNWDzAfiLQPe-smbFQD94j2cK0BKD9J7Ca67aKRwxzPFqn_IUVYizswn3J7rGE8AMxIwKFZPzfN5AOa1ZGAY6q5D07irNHWftOM0MtpPvj_Y&disp=emb&realattid=ii_mnrjbov20&zw" alt="A black and white drawing of a fountain pen with a golden tip. Text reads: YU-WRITE Journal of Graduate Student Research in Education." width="223" height="172" data-image-whitelisted="" data-bit="iit" />
YU-WRITE: Journal of Graduate Student Research in Education
[Please share within your networks] Dear Graduate Students, The YU-WRITE: Journal of Graduate Student Research in Education is extending its call for papers and inspiring book/film/art reviews for our 2025-2026 open-call issue and special issue. Our new deadline for submissions is Friday, January 23, 2026, at 11:59 pm EST (Toronto time). Please see our website for submission details: https://yuwrite.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/default/about/submissions (note: you will need to register on our website to submit). If you have any questions or concerns, please contact: Open-Call Issue: Victoria Villani at journal.yuwrite@gmail.com Special Issue: Dr. Stephanie Fearon at sfearon1@edu.yorku.ca
Submissions Open for Open-Call and Special Issue 2026!
[Please share within your networks] Dear Graduate Students, The YU-WRITE: Journal of Graduate Student Research in Education is calling for papers and inspiring book/film/art reviews for our 2025-2026 open-call issue. Our deadline for submissions is Friday, January 2, 2026, at 11:59 pm EST (Toronto time). Publishing Schedule: Call for Papers: Friday, October 17, 2025 Manuscripts Due to Journal: Friday, January 9, 2026 Review #1 Response: Friday, January 23, 2026 - revisions due within 2 weeks Review #2 Response: Friday, February 20, 2026 - revisions due within 2 weeks Review #3 Response (if applicable): Friday, March 20, 2026 - revisions due within 1 week Copyediting Process: from Friday, April 3, 2026 - Friday, May 15, 2026 Final Manuscript Preparations: Tuesday, May 29, 2026 Publication Date: Monday, June 1, 2026 Special Issue Alert! Call for Papers: Special Issue on Black Mothers Writing in Canada and Beyond Black literary theorists chart a history of Black writing in Canada that dates to 1785 (Davis, 2007; Clarke, 1997). This longstanding and expansive body of work comprises a range of textual pieces, such as journal entries about happenings at trading posts, anti-slavery editorials, and narratives on contemporary migration journeys (Vernon, 2020). Black writing in Canada is connected to and transformed by its relation to the Black world, including “the transatlantic slave trade, and resulting cultures and networks of the Black Atlantic” (Vernon, 2020, p. 18). For more than 200 years, the tradition of Black writing in Canada has engaged complex expressions of Blackness, unsettling narratives of nation, identity, and belonging (Davis, 2007). Truly, Black writing in Canada calls on us to think through what it means to be Black across time and space. Black mothers have long contributed to this literary tradition of Black writing. Writing is a radical act of self-creation for Black mothers living in Canada, a country consumed in the afterlives of slavery. Black mothers write in the face of domination to reassert a Black maternal presence on this land. Through writing, Black mothers interrogate their everyday work, pain, dreams, and concerns. Ultimately, writing is a space where Black mothers express “the weft and weaves of ordinary life” (Campt, 2021, p. 41) and imagine futures yet unfolded. Public and academic discourses on Black experiences with literacy often overlook Black mothers’ ongoing leadership in and relationship with writing. A paucity of educational research investigates how Black mothers in Canada and beyond write to affirm themselves as educational leaders, pass on knowledge to their children, and form kinship networks. Instead, educational scholarship on Black writing largely focuses on Black students’ underachievement in and disconnection to writing. The special issue Black Mothers Writing in Canada and Beyond invites those from the academic community, most notably graduate students, and members of the wider public to amplify Black mothers’ experiences of and relationships with writing in varied educational settings. We welcome submissions that amplify Black mothers’ narratives of writing in Canada and across the world. References Campt, T. (2021). A black gaze: Artists changing how we see. The MIT Press. Clarke, G. E. (1997). Eyeing the north star: Directions in African-Canadian literature. McClelland and Stewart. Davis, A. (2007). Black Canadian literature as diaspora transgression: The second life of Samuel Tyne. Topia, 17(17), 31–49. https://doi.org/10.3138/topia.17.31 Vernon, K. (Ed.). (2020). The Black Prairie archives: An anthology. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/york/detail.action?docID=6190789 Clarification of terms & topics for the special issue: For this issue, we situate Black mothers within Black traditions of kinship networks. As such, we understand Black mothers to include community mothers, othermothers, aunties, and grandmothers (amongst others) who work and care for children who may or may not be biologically or legally theirs. Topics of key interest include, but are not limited to: Black mothers writing for healing, self-recovery, and dreaming. Black mothers writing as spiritual practice. Black mothers writing for community organizing, resistance, and education. Black mothers writing to transmit cultural memory and knowledge across generations. Black mothers writing to assert their educational leadership and challenge violent educational practices. Multilingual Black mothers’ use of writing to negotiate language, identity, and belonging within educational settings. Key submission information We invite submissions from the academic community, especially current graduate students, and members of the wider public. We also encourage submissions from adult learners, post-secondary students, independent scholars, educators, and others. We welcome 1) traditional academic, scholarly contributions and 2) creative pieces, such as poetry, photography (and other visual arts), audio essays, and so forth. We recognize that these are not mutually exclusive categories. All pieces in this Special Issue will undergo peer review in line with the journal's standard student-led peer review practices. Guest editor information: Dr. Stephanie Fearon joins York University’s Faculty of Education as the inaugural assistant professor of Black thriving and education. Her research draws on Black storytelling traditions to explore the ways that Black mothers and educational institutions partner to support Black student well-being. Fearon uses literary and visual arts to communicate – in a structured, creative and accessible form – insights gleaned from stories shared by Black mothers and their families. Fearon has worked in public education systems for nearly 15 years, assuming teaching and leadership positions in France, Guadeloupe and Canada. For more information or if you would like to discuss ideas, please contact the guest editor: Dr. Stephanie Fearon (sfearon1@edu.yorku.ca). Guidelines for more traditional academic works Academic pieces can range from 3,000 to 4,000 words, double spaced, and formatted in APA 7th edition style. Only unpublished pieces that are not under review by other publications are eligible for consideration. Guidelines for more creative works We are interested in creative personal reflections, diary entries, short films, brief podcasts, photo essays, and small-scale artistic products. Creative submission must also be accompanied by an artwork statement of 500-1000 words (not including references) plus adhere to the general submission requirements. Images Minimum width of 537px A minimum resolution of 72dpi Upload each image separately as a .jpg file The location, the number and title of image should be referenced in the text. Videos Upload videos to YouTube. Make public. Insert video title and URL link into text. Do not embed videos directly into text. To ensure accessibility, any videos must include closed captioning at the time of publication. Closed captioning is the responsibility of the author. Instructions for how to close caption YouTube videos can be found here. While you can use the auto-caption function, it is your responsibility to do a final edit of the caption file, as described in the provided link, to ensure accuracy. Audio Upload audio files to SoundCloud and then share the URL. The journal accepts papers from graduate students in any institution nationally and internationally working within the field of education. This may include: Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research with a leaning toward education Early Childhood Education to Post-Secondary Education Education beyond formal contexts (including but not limited to diverse and emerging forms of teaching and learning, spaces, and places) Futurist aspirations: what kind of futures do we want to have? Rebuilding, speculative futures Theoretical orientations/positionings (critical pedagogies, literacy, educational philosophies) Ways of Knowing Graduate research studies and reports in exploratory, theoretical, and/or practice-based research Research-creation and arts-based research YU-WRITE is a student-run, non-profit, open-access journal aiming to spotlight graduate students' research in education. It was founded in 2022 at York University's Faculty of Education, aiming to support the writing development of graduate students at York University and beyond. We look forward to reading your innovative works! Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact Victoria Villani at journal.yuwrite@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- YU-WRITE is also looking for peer reviewers, copyeditors, finance coordinators and general members. If you are interested in joining the journal, please contact Victoria at journal.yuwrite@gmail.com Victoria Villani Journal Managing Editor YU-WRITE: Journal of Graduate Student Research in Education email: journal.yuwrite@gmail.com website: https://yuwrite.journals.yorku.ca/
Submissions Open for 2025 Open-Call Issue!
[Please share within your networks] Dear Graduate Students, The YU-WRITE: Journal of Graduate Student Research in Education is calling for papers, creative works and inspiring book/film/art reviews for our 2024-2025 open-call issue. Our deadline for submissions is Friday, January 10, 2025, at 11:59 pm EST (Toronto time). Please see our website for submission details and guidelines for papers, creative works, and reviews: https://yuwrite.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/default/about/submissions (note: you will need to register on our website to submit). Publishing Schedule: Call for Papers: Friday, October 18, 2024 Manuscripts Due to Journal: Friday, January 10, 2025 Review #1 Response: Friday, January 24, 2025 - revisions due within 2 weeks Review #2 Response: Friday, February 21, 2025 - revisions due within 2 weeks Review #3 Response (if applicable): Friday, March 21, 2025 - revisions due within 1 week Copyediting Process: from Friday, April 4, 2025 - Friday, May 16, 2025 Final Manuscript Preparations: Tuesday, May 30, 2025 Publication Date: Monday, June 2, 2025 YU-WRITE is a student-run, non-profit, open-access journal aiming to spotlight graduate students' research in education. It was founded in 2022 at York University's Faculty of Education, aiming to support the writing development of graduate students at York University and beyond. The journal accepts papers from graduate students in any institution nationally and internationally working within the field of education. This may include: Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research with a leaning toward education Early Childhood Education to Post-Secondary Education Education beyond formal contexts (including but not limited to diverse and emerging forms of teaching and learning, spaces, and places) Futurist aspirations: what kind of futures do we want to have? Rebuilding, speculative futures Theoretical orientations/positionings (critical pedagogies, literacy, educational philosophies) Ways of Knowing Graduate research studies and reports in exploratory, theoretical, and/or practice-based research Research-creation and arts-based research We look forward to reading your innovative works! Sheetal YU-WRITE Journal Managing Editor <img src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdfdPvOjDW62i7htMh9FjHuYamAGhxgMAp3ILI8hmbImFZ-aS8mcdXfDFcElxlMCxhgKOTWcqQ_9o59W_OJqI3uvXBJr2LMlRUO_b7ohXuja5MboWlgudDiJzDRsROncC1SmarNHXYnyID9T8HfXD0NdKU?key=bgcs4DmmeY8kxKMKJDl_Eg" alt="A black and white drawing of a fountain pen with a golden tip. Text reads: YU-WRITE Journal of Graduate Student Research in Education." width="412" height="318" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" data-imagetype="External" />
[Please share within your networks] Dear Graduate Students, The YU-WRITE: Journal of Graduate Student Research in Education is calling for papers, inspiring book/film/art reviews, and creative works for our 2024 open-call issue. Our deadline for submissions is Friday, December 29, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. EST (Toronto time). Our Open-Call issue doesn't have a specific theme, rather this issue is aimed to showcase current research from students. Please see our website for submission details: https://yuwrite.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/default/about/submissions (note: you will need to register on our website to submit). Publishing Schedule: Manuscripts Due to Journal: Friday, December 29, 2023 Review #1 Response: Friday, January 26, 2024 - revisions due within 3 weeks Review #2 Response: Friday, February 23, 2024 - revisions due within 2 weeks Review #3 Response (if applicable): Friday, March 22, 2024 - revisions due within 1 week Copyediting Process: from Monday, April 1, 2024 - Friday, April 26, 2024 Final Manuscript Preparations: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 Publication Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 YU-WRITE is a student-run, non-profit, open-access journal aiming to spotlight graduate students' research in education. It was founded in 2022 at York University's Faculty of Education, aiming to support the writing development of graduate students at York University and beyond. The journal accepts papers from graduate students in any institution nationally and internationally working within the field of education. This may include: Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research with a leaning toward education Early Childhood Education to Post-Secondary Education Education beyond formal contexts (including but not limited to diverse and emerging forms of teaching and learning, spaces, and places) Futurist aspirations: what kind of futures do we want to have? Rebuilding, speculative futures Theoretical orientations/positionings (critical pedagogies, literacy, educational philosophies) Ways of Knowing Graduate research studies and reports in exploratory, theoretical, and/or practice-based research Research-creation and arts-based research We look forward to reading your innovative works! Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact Sheetal journal.yuwrite@gmail.com
Dear Graduate Students, The YU-WRITE: Journal of Graduate Student Research in Education is calling for papers and inspiring book/film/art reviews for our 2023 open-call issue. Our submission deadline has now been extended to Monday, January 9, 2023, at 11:59 pm EST (Toronto time). Please see our website for submission details: https://yuwrite.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/default/about/submissions (note: you will need to register on our website to submit). YU-WRITE is a student-run, non-profit, open-access journal aiming to spotlight graduate students' research in education. It was founded in 2022 at York University's Faculty of Education, aiming to support the writing development of graduate students at York University and beyond. The journal accepts papers from graduate students in any institution nationally and internationally working within the field of education. This may include: Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research with a leaning toward education Early Childhood Education to Post-Secondary Education Education beyond formal contexts (including but not limited to diverse and emerging forms of teaching and learning, spaces, and places) Futurist aspirations: what kind of futures do we want to have? Rebuilding, speculative futures Theoretical orientations/positionings (critical pedagogies, literacy, educational philosophies) Ways of Knowing Graduate research studies and reports in exploratory, theoretical, and/or practice-based research Research-creation and arts-based research We look forward to reading your innovative works! Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact Sheetal journal.yuwrite@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- YU-WRITE is also looking for peer reviewers, copyeditors, Lead Editors, and general members. If you are interested in joining the journal, please contact Sheetal at journal.yuwrite@gmail.com Sheetal Prasad Journal Managing Editor YU-WRITE: Journal of Graduate Student Research in Education email: journal.yuwrite@gmail.com website: https://yuwrite.journals.yorku.ca/
Call for Abstracts for the 19th Annual Graduate Student Conference in Education!
The York Graduate Students in Education (YGSE) cordially invites you to the 19th annual Graduate Student Conference in Education. This year’s conference will be offered in a hybrid format, with virtual and in-person sessions. The conference allows graduate students (Master and PhD) to present their creative and scholarly works in a collaborative, professional, and welcoming environment. This year’s conference theme is Other Worlds, Any Ways. In early 2020, the pandemic was poised as a portal. The hidden knowledge it illuminated felt confrontational, disruptive, and generative; an opportunity to “break with the past and imagine [our] world anew” (Roy, 2020), one we are ready to fight for. Passing through this portal, we find ourselves in the very future that we both feared and imagined. In this conference, we move to the notion of “post”-pandemic. In this temporal space between what has passed and what is to come, the flickers of turbulent pandemic desire ask us now to build other worlds anyways, not as romanticized utopia but as a discipline of hope. For more information, please visit our website: https://ygse.info.yorku.ca/2023-graduate-student-conference-in-education/ We welcome all graduate students enrolled in a recognized university to participate. If you have any questions, please email the conference committee at: gradconf@edu.yorku.ca We look forward to seeing you there! Ellie and Esther YGSE Graduate Conference Coordinators
[Please share within your networks] Dear Graduate Students, The YU-WRITE: Journal of Graduate Student Research in Education is calling for papers and inspiring book/film/art reviews for our 2023 open-call issue. Our deadline for submissions is Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at 11:59 pm EST (Toronto time). Please see our website for submission details: https://yuwrite.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/default/about/submissions (note: you will need to register on our website to submit). YU-WRITE is a student-run, non-profit, open-access journal aiming to spotlight graduate students' research in education. It was founded in 2022 at York University's Faculty of Education, aiming to support the writing development of graduate students at York University and beyond. The journal accepts papers from graduate students in any institution nationally and internationally working within the field of education. This may include: Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research with a leaning toward education Early Childhood Education to Post-Secondary Education Education beyond formal contexts (including but not limited to diverse and emerging forms of teaching and learning, spaces, and places) Futurist aspirations: what kind of futures do we want to have? Rebuilding, speculative futures Theoretical orientations/positionings (critical pedagogies, literacy, educational philosophies) Ways of Knowing Graduate research studies and reports in exploratory, theoretical, and/or practice-based research Research-creation and arts-based research We look forward to reading your innovative works! Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact Sheetal journal.yuwrite@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- YU-WRITE is also looking for peer reviewers, copyeditors, Lead Reviewers, Lead Editors, and general members. If you are interested in joining the journal, please contact Sheetal at journal.yuwrite@gmail.com Sheetal Prasad Journal Managing Editor YU-WRITE: Journal of Graduate Student Research in Education email: journal.yuwrite@gmail.com website: https://yuwrite.journals.yorku.ca/