Fifty York University students from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) got a leg up in the competitive search for internships by attending the YU Experience Hub’s recent Internship Employer Networking Event. “I don’t think people realize how competitive the world of internships is,” said Kathleen Winningham, director of the […]
Since 2016, the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies’ Community Conversations have engaged people across Toronto in discussions about pressing and important current issues, including social media, the Black community and identity in Canada, mindfulness, and girls and identity. These events offer a platform for engaging in discussion about various topics, sharing knowledge, […]
York University’s Canadian Writers in Person Lecture Series will feature author Kim Fu on March 5, who will read from her second novel, The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore. Fu is an author and poet. She wrote the poetry collection How Festive the Ambulance as well as the two novels For Today I Am a Boy and The […]
Who belongs in physical and online gaming spaces? Who determines what counts as “game culture?” How are certain groups of people represented in games themselves? Who owns the “cultural clubhouse” and who are the “space invaders”? Explore these questions and more on Feb. 28 when York University’s Institute for Research on Digital Learning presents its […]
Vanier College Productions presents Shrek: The Musical. The show will run Tuesday to Saturday at 8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m., until March 10 at the Fred Thury Studio Theatre, 258 Vanier College, Keele Campus. On March 9, there will be an accessible performance at 2 p.m. Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks […]
Canadian writer Kerri Sakamoto visited York on Jan. 29 as part of the Canadian Writers in Person series, and talked about her latest book, The Floating City. York University Teaching Assistant Dana Patrascu-Kingsley sent the following report to YFile. Like her previous books, The Electrical Field and One Hundred Million Hearts, Kerri Sakamoto based this novel on […]
Presentations in the McLaughlin College Lunch Talks series at York University during the month of February will highlight many themes, including Black History Month on Feb. 7. The series runs out of the Senior Common Room in 140 McLaughlin College. Feb. 7 – The Importance of Strategic Alliances for Canada’s Human Rights Movement This […]
What is internet privacy, and how does it apply to you? Learn more about this timely topic from York University Assistant Professor Jonathan Obar on Feb. 11 when he delivers the talk “Privacy! Now that I’ve got your attention, let’s talk about privacy.” The event, which runs as part of the Institute for Research […]
A McLaughlin College symposium celebrating Black History Month will be held at York University on Feb. 7 from noon to 1:30 p.m. Titled “The Importance of Strategic Alliances for Canada’s Human Rights Movement,” the symposium will feature a panel discussion by two celebrated Canadians about their intersecting histories and experiences in the struggle to […]
Climate change and communication will be the focus of a panel discussion on Jan. 31, hosted by the Department of Communication Studies at York University. The event will feature guest speakers Tyrone Hall and Carmen Victor, both PhD candidates in Communication Studies, who will explore the topics of climate change and environmental communication. This panel […]