The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) wrapped up on Dec. 12, with more than 50,000 delegates who descended upon Dubai in the United Arab Emirates for the annual international climate summit. Among the delegates was York University’s Angele Alook, an assistant professor in te School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies, and her […]
York University’s UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education towards Sustainability Charles Hopkins, along with Executive Coordinator to the UNESCO Chair Katrin Kohl, will be among 250 experts presenting concepts toward implementing education for sustainable development (ESD) at a global UNESCO meeting in Japan. “Transforming education together: ESD-NET Global Meeting” takes place Dec. 18 to 20 and aims to […]
By Elaine Smith Although they have now graduated, a team of students who took part in York University’s Go Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Action Student Challenge hope to continue pursuing opportunities to incorporate their community-oriented projects into university extracurriculars. With funding from the Government of Canada’s outbound student mobility pilot program Global Skills Opportunity, the […]
By Elaine Smith The slate of summer study abroad courses offered by the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) at York University is as popular as it was pre-pandemic and features new courses, as well as old favourites. In fact, its success has the Faculty looking toward a domestic version. “The program is […]
Osgoode Professional Development’s Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law program is introducing a new stream of practice skills courses next fall. Developed by Audrey Fried, OsgoodePD’s director of faculty and curriculum development, in partnership with instructors Shelley Kierstead and Germán Morales Farah, the new courses offer students the opportunity to integrate their substantive knowledge and skills from several courses in […]
The Schulich School of Business recently concluded its Together Mission 4.0, the fourth edition of its annual entrepreneurship bootcamp and venture competition supported by an ongoing partnership with the Government of India’s Startup India initiative. The global online event, which bridges the innovation ecosystems of Canada and India, pairs Schulich master of business administration (MBA) students and […]
By Corey Allen, senior manager, research communications As a leading international teaching and research university, a key focus at York is global health research, particularly on pressing issues facing the Global South – developing countries in Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and parts of Asia. To conduct this purposeful research abroad, York faculty work with […]
York University has climbed in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World Rankings and continues to establish itself as a beacon of excellence and a leader in international outlook. York University is now in the 351-400 band – a significant improvement from the last few years where we were above the 400 mark. The World […]
Students seeking new experiences with international study – both on campus and abroad – are invited to attend the Go Global Fair this week at the Keele Campus to learn more about the opportunities available. York International’s Global Learning team will host the event, which gives students information about studying and working abroad, earning credits towards their […]
The 20-year institutional partnership between York University and the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in Germany has been re-energized by a recent collaboration on advancing immersive teaching through gamification and virtual reality (VR). When researchers at Bauhaus wanted to share their work in immersive, multi-user VR with colleagues outside of Germany earlier this year, they turned to York […]