We are delighted to announce our new book on teaching and learning... York's way. Voices from the Classroom: Reflections on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, with over 70 York authors, is slated to appear on the York Bookstore shelves in early April. The book is a joint publication of Garamond Press and the Centre for the Support of Teaching, York University. At a later time, the book's contents will posted on the internet.

Several years ago, the Centre for the Support of Teaching set out to produce a book on university teaching and learning. Recognizing that very little literature thus far existed to provide a framework for teaching and learning from a uniquely Canadian perspective, and that the wide–ranging expertise needed to create such a resource could be found right here at York, the Centre sought to fill that gap. Editors Janice Newton (Political Science), Jerry Ginsburg (History), Jan Rehner (Academic Writing), Pat Rogers (Mathematics/Education), Susan Sbrizzi (Women's Studies), and John Spencer (Academic Writing) deserve our special thanks for all the hard work and good ideas that helped pull this project together.

Voices from the Classroom brings together a broad diversity of voices at the University – undergraduate students, graduate students, TAs, contract and full–time faculty, staff and administrators – and together they provide a rich array of ideas, advice and strategies on teaching and student learning in higher education. The topics span a continuum from the theoretical to the practical, from students speaking about their experience at university to teachers' reflections on pedagogy within a diverse community, from learning theories to teaching strategies, and from course design to assignments and evaluation. The book is designed to be used both as a resource to address specific teaching and learning challenges, and as a broader reference source on university teaching. It will have broad appeal to the university teaching community in many large urban campuses across North America and we expect that it will quickly become a "classic" among books on university teaching for both beginning TAs and seasoned professors. Voices from the Classroom is yet further evidence of the extent to which critical reflection and scholarship permeate the learning environment here at York.