Mohamud Siraji, 30, a recent York graduate with a Bachelor of Commerce (2014), visited Toronto this month, on break from his new role in Somalia as a Member of Parliament in the country’s federal government. Mohamud Siraji “It was a difficult decision to leave Toronto, but this was the right time to give back […]
York grad and PhD student Deryn Rizzi has been appointed as the new Chief of Vaughan Fire and Rescue Service (VFRS), the first woman in the role. A graduate of the Master of Disaster and Emergency Management program, Rizzi is currently pursuing her PhD in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies. She has also taught the third-year […]
Named in honour of Dr. Mary McEwan, a feminist psychiatrist, the Mary McEwan Memorial Award is awarded annually to one PhD dissertation produced per year at York University in the area of feminist scholarship. An Awards Committee of faculty affiliated with the Centre for Feminist Research selects the winners. Recent York University graduates Funké […]
Alumna Talisha Ramsaroop is one two people to win the first Pam McConnell Award for Young Women in Leadership, presented on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2018. Ramsaroop holds a master’s degree (’17) and a bachelor’s degree (’14) in Sociology from York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. She also holds a certificate […]
Social Worker Kristal Lewis returned to York University to bring her business, Senior Care Connect, to life. Lewis graduated with a bachelor’s (’07) and master’s degree (’08) from the School of Social Work in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. Senior Care Connect, as described in StartUp Here Toronto, helps aging patients […]
Celebrated author, lawyer, community activist and alumni Jamil Jivani has just released his new book, Why Young Men: Rage, Race and the Crisis of Identity. Jivani recognized that many of the radicalized individuals who carried out the 2015 Paris terror attacks had much in common with his own past: the communities they grew up […]
Alumna Victoria Bisram secured a Studio Y Fellowship in the MaRS Discovery District. She graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (’16) in Accounting from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. The Studio Y Fellowship for young professionals is a residency-based, eight-month program that develops leaders through intensive workshops, projects, coaching and mentorship. […]
The Economics Students’ Association (ESA) honours International Women’s Day with a video miniseries, featuring five York professors from the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. The featured economists are department chair Ida Ferrara and fellow professors Tsvetanka Karagyozova, Berta Esteve-Volart and Brenda Spotton Visano, and economics undergraduate student […]
Internationally renowned cardiac surgeon, Dr. Robert James “RJ” Cusimano, went straight to the heart of the matter as York University’s 2017 Vico Lecturer. Dr. Robert James “RJ” Cusimano Named after Giambattista Vico, an 18th century Italian philosopher, the Vico Lecture was created by prominent members of the Italian-Canadian community in Toronto. It was launched […]
On Nov. 28, York’s Canadian Writers in Person course presented poet and writer Kerry Lee Powell reading from her debut collection of short stories Willem de Kooning’s Paintbrush. York U teaching assistant Dana Patrascu-Kingsley sent the following report to YFile. Author and poet Kerry Lee Powell visited York University to talk about her debut collection of short […]