Students from York University’s Schulich School of Business and the Department of Economics earned the first-place and third-place prizes in a case competition on Feb. 22. The Economics Student Association (ESA) at York University teamed up with the Royal Bank of Canada to put on the ESA x RBC Case Competition at the Second Student […]
Get ready for lights, cameras and action as Vanier College Productions presents My Favorite Year from March 5 to 15 at the Fred Thury Studio Theatre at the Keele Campus. Based on the motion picture of the same name, My Favorite Year takes place in 1954 and follows the story of Benjy Stone, a sketch […]
Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie provided McLaughlin College students with “gems of wisdom” when she visited the Keele Campus on Jan. 22, during the college’s First Year Student Dinner. The event, which launched last year, recognizes first-year students as they make their full transition to university studies. Other speakers at the dinner were: York University Chancellor […]
This event has been cancelled. York University’s undergraduate program in Criminology and graduate program in Socio-Legal Studies have collaborated to present their first annual lecture featuring surveillance expert and Queen’s University Professor David Lyon. The free event, open to the public, will take place at 5:30 p.m. on March 17 in room 105 Life Sciences […]
A display at York University’s Keele Campus celebrating International Mother Language Day highlights linguistic and cultural diversity and promotes the protection and preservation of languages. The display was organized by the linguistics section, with the Linguistics Students Association in the Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics (DLLL) as part of its ongoing World Cultures Celebrations […]
In her talk titled “It is all about the relationships,” York professor Ruth Koleszar-Green, will discuss building relationships with Indigenous peoples. Koleszar-Green’s talk is the fourth instalment in the 2019-20 Sustainability Seminar Series. Koleszar-Green is co-chair of the Indigenous Council at York University, an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at York University […]
For decades, the LGBT2-SQ+ communities have paved the way for wide-ranging dialogues on equality and sexuality through many different political and societal lenses. While the community continues to evolve, the important history of queer activism has often been undervalued, diluted, and in some cases, nearly forgotten. Queer liberation activism is working to change that. While […]
For the first time, federal policymakers in the Ministry of Employment and Social Services will take part in a training session led by York University Professor Caroline Shenaz Hossein to learn how to use Black political epistemologies so that funding can better reach Black and racialized women in Canada. Hossein, a professor of business and […]
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, an independent scholar, artist and Anishnaabe writer is the guest presenter for the 2020 York Sociology Annual Lecture on Feb. 4 at 4 p.m. in Osgoode Hall 1005. Described as “playful, pissed-off and ferociously funny,” Simpson’s work breaks open the intersections between politics, story, and song, bringing audiences into a rich and layered world […]
As part of York University’s Canadian Writers in Person Lecture Series, author Uzma Jalaluddin will read from her debut novel, Ayesha at Last, on Jan. 28. The series features 11 authors who will present their work, answer questions and sign books. Canadian Writers in Person is a for-credit course for students. It is also a free-admission event for […]