York University’s Canadian Writers in Person (CWIP) Lecture Series is set to mark its 25th anniversary this fall, with its 2024-25 season kicking off on Sept. 17. This year, the series features 11 up-and-coming authors who have received recent literary recognitions. They will read from and discuss their published works and offer attendees a glimpse into their […]
York University Professor Emeritus Stephen Hellman passed away on Aug. 19. Hellman joined the Department of Political Science (as it was then known) as a lecturer in 1971, before being promoted to assistant professor two years later, then going on to become a full-time professor. He retired in 2014. Hellman taught a wide variety of courses in […]
Ron Sheese, a former York University professor and associate dean in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional (LA&PS) studies, passed away on August 15. During his time at York University – from 1971 till his retirement in 2021 – Sheese’s academic interests included the development of cognitive skills and learning practices in university students, […]
Due to the growing frequency and severity of disasters experienced around the world, and the ongoing need for management and mitigation of such risks, disaster and emergency management (DEM) has become an expanding academic and professional field that is sure to experience increased relevance – both domestically and internationally – for the foreseeable future. York […]
Exemplifying York University's global leadership in sustainability, Professor Hassan Qudrat-Ullah from the School of Administrative Studies in York's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) has set out to increase public understanding of the importance of sustainable energy – and its role in addressing global challenges such as climate change, energy security and environmental degradation – […]
Department of Humanities Professor Jean-Thomas Tremblay has co-authored a new book, titled Negative Life: The Cinema of Extinction (Northwestern University Press, 2024), which brings film studies, queer theory and psychoanalysis into novel configuration. The book makes a tripartite argument; first, that life is held together by contradictions which the contemporary climate crisis aggravates; second, that […]
Advancing YU is a mentorship and scholarship program in York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) that links Black and/or women third- and fourth-year students with experienced alumni mentors, and provides professional and personal development opportunities. A critical component of the Advancing YU program is matching student mentees with alumni mentors who […]
Following the fifth annual Critical Social Science Perspectives in Global Health Research (CPGH) Workshop, York University’s Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research and the CPGH steering committee have awarded four York U researchers this year’s $7,000 CPGH Seed Grants to initiate novel and innovative ideas that take a critical social science approach to global health […]
When political science major Sara Harsini heard York University was hosting a Model European Union (EU) for university students nationwide, she signed up to participate and convinced her third-year classmate, Nawal Alhawari, to join her. The Model EU, a simulation of the work done by the European governing body, was held this spring and organized by Heather MacRae, an […]
York University’s Singing Our Stories project, led by Professor Andrea Emberly, aims to amplify the voices of refugee and newcomer children and youth through music and collaborative arts creation. Partnering with refugee settlement agencies COSTI and CultureLink, as well as international research leaders in applied community music, Singing Our Stories mobilizes arts- and music-based programs to […]