York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) is helping newcomers to Canada navigate the complexities of the job market with the Bridging Program for Internationally Educated Professionals.
Angele Alook, a professor in York University’s School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies, is championing the ethical representation of Indigenous Peoples and their knowledge systems amidst the challenges of climate change.
The latest issue of York University’s nationally recognized, student-run literary magazine, Existere, features new fiction, non-fiction, art and poetry from some of Canadian literature’s rising stars.
The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research has awarded four York U professors this year’s $7,000 Critical Social Science Perspectives in Global Health Research Seed Grants to initiate innovative projects relating to community care, disability rights, health-care systems and impacts of climate change.
The Model European Union (EU), a simulation of the work done by the European governing body, brought 55 students from across the country to York University’s Keele Campus this spring to experience politics and diplomacy in action.
Led by Professor Andrea Emberly, the Singing Our Stories project looks to give voice to refugees and newcomers through the arts.
Professor Kristin Andrews is accelerating research and awareness that consciousness is present in a wider range of animals – including crabs, lobsters and insects – than many believe.
Professor Zulfikar Hirji is looking to bring attention to the often understudied creative works of artists from the vast Indian Ocean region.
Ten York University researchers have been named York Research Chairs as part of an internal program – now in its 11th year – that supports outstanding faculty members as they excel in their wide-ranging fields of study.
Canadian music industry icon Jason “Kardinal Offishall” Harrow accepted his honorary degree from York University at the June 20 convocation ceremony by reciting spoken word poetry infused with his signature hip-hop lyricism.