Toronto Biennial of Art Prize presented to York U grad and CERLAC Student

Camille Turner, a master’s and PhD graduate of York University’s Environmental Studies program, received the Toronto Biennial’s Artist Prize for her contribution to the 2022 Toronto Biennial of Art exhibit, the second chapter of a two-part biennial – “What Water Knows, the Land Remembers.”   Open to the public and running until June 5, Turner is […]

CERLAC Letter regarding CEJUDHCAN

March 29, 2022 On Thursday, March 17 2022, the Nicaraguan National Assembly cancelled the legal status of the Center for Justice and Human Rights of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua (CEJUDHCAN), whose director, Lottie Cunningham, was scheduled to participate in an upcoming virtual event organized by the Center for Research on Latin America and the […]

Michael Baptista Lecture explores inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

York University’s Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC) will present the Michael Baptista Lecture Series 2021-22 on March 24 at 6 p.m. The lecture will be presented in a virtual format and will consider the theme “Uprooted: Race, Land and Dispossession in Latin America and the Caribbean.” Inequality in Latin America […]

The Iyaric Initiative is launching its very own publication! This is an exciting new opportunity to share your work and gain experience in getting published.

Our initiative is seeking Black, Indigenous, and Caribbean themed academic and creative work from students and alumni. We encourage works that push boundaries and take risks as we are hoping to create an inclusive platform that elevates radical Black, Indigenous, and Caribbean voices. In that vein, we welcome proposals for academic papers, editorials, opinion pieces, […]

Caese Levo Send Off

In just a few short days, we will be losing—to Halifax—someone who has been absolutely essential to the development and success of the LAWG (Latin American Working Group) Collection for over 25 years. Quietly behind the scenes, for years and years, Caese Levo has volunteered hundreds of hours organizing the LAWG Collection within our Resource […]

CERLAC Announces the new core course for the CERLAC Diploma

ANTH 5300/6300: Convergences, Disparities, and Fault lines: Research in Latin American and Caribbean Studies (3.0 credits) / Summer 2022 Course Director: Dr. Honor Ford-Smith / Associate Director, CERLAC, and Associate Professor / Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change Days/Times: (not confirmed) May 25, 26, 27; June 1, 2, 3 / June 15, 16, 17, 21, […]

yFile: Michael Baptista Lecture explores rapid urban growth in Caribbean and Latin America

York University’s Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC) presents the Michael Baptista Lecture 2021-2022: Urban Spatial Justice and Human Security in the Caribbean and Latin America on Nov. 30. In this first Michael Baptista forum for 2021-22, scholars will place experiences from various cities in conversation as they consider potential policy, […]

CERLAC Grad Student, Luis Najera publishes new book - The Wolfpack

The Millennial Mobsters Who Brought Chaos and the Cartels to the Canadian Underworld Author Peter Edwards and Luis Najera Joined by award-winning Mexican journalist Luis Nájera, leading organized-crime author Peter Edwards introduces a motley assortment of millennial bikers, gangsters and Mafia whose bloody trail of murders and schemes gone wrong led to the arrival in Canada […]

CERLAC Associate Fellow shares new book: MI MARÍA: SURVIVING THE STORM

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María pummeled Puerto Rico for over thirty hours. As brutal as the storm was, the real catastrophe was yet to come. Lack of government support left many in the archipelago without electricity, clean drinking water, food, and medical care for months. Years later, Puerto Rico is still recovering. Mi María: […]

CERLAC Fellow Michele Johnson is elected to The Royal Society of Canada

The York University faculty are among 89 new Fellows who have been elected by their peers for their outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement, and 51 new members of the RSC College. Five York University professors have been elected to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). They are: Philip Girard, a professor at Osgoode Hall Law […]