York University’s Spring Convocation wrapped up on June 21, after eight days of celebration and inspiration at both the Keele and Glendon campuses. Relive some of the highlights through YFile‘s photo gallery.
At the June 19 Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies convocation ceremony, award-winning essayist and novelist John Ralston Saul called on graduands to embrace the challenges of current times by actively participating in democracy.
At York University’s June 20 convocation ceremony, an honorary degree was presented to Arnold Auguste, president and publisher of the newspaper Share, which has been serving the Greater Toronto Area’s Black and Caribbean communities since 1978.
Professor S. D. Chrostowska has co-curated an exhibit called Marvelous Utopia with the Paris Surrealist Group, taking place this summer in Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, France. Dedicated to the persistence of surrealism as a living movement, it brings together some 100 artworks from around the world.
Three York U faculty members will be recognized during Spring Convocation for enhancing the quality of learning and demonstrating leadership in teaching.
York University will honour three esteemed faculty members during its 2024 Spring Convocation, with one University Professorship and two Distinguished Research Professorships.
This year’s recipients of the prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship, awarded by the Government of Canada, include York University scholars Saba Asaad, Stephen Melly and Lynn Yu Ling Ng.
York University doctoral student Htet Min Lwin is one of 11 scholars from universities around the world who have received funding to support their Buddhist studies dissertation fieldwork, archival research and writing.
Professor Marsha Rampersaud has received an award from Community-Based Research Canada recognizing her work with marginalized youth.
A research paper written by a group of York University undergraduate students, examining the pervasive issue of discrimination against women in the workplace, was recently published in the esteemed International Journal of Employment Studies.