Don Dippo

Don Dippo is a University Professor of Education and a former elementary school teacher.  His Ph.D. is in the Sociology of Education with specialization in the sociology of knowledge.  He teaches EDUC 2400 Inquiries Into Schooling and EDUC 3700 Teaching and learning for a Sustainable Future in the undergraduate pre-service teacher education programme and EDUC 5120 Theory and Research in Language, Culture and Teaching and EDUC 5446 Ecology, Ethics and Education in the graduate programme.  He serves on the Executive Committee of the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University and is on the Board of Directors of Success Beyond Limits, a youth-lead organization in the Jane/Finch community.  Current research interests include: the social and political organization of knowledge; environmental and sustainability education; global migration and settlement; university/community relations, teacher education.