Twelve students from across the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) were recognized as winners of the annual LA&PS Writing Prize on Nov. 8. The students were honored for their outstanding work by Associate Dean (Students) Peter Avery during a recognition ceremony. Avery congratulated the winners in front of a gathering of […]
Close to 100 York University alumni, students, faculty and friends of the School of Public Policy & Administration (SPPA), in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, gathered on Nov. 23 for its annual celebration of service. As part of the annual tradition, last year’s Alumni Award recipient Kevin Giddings (MPPAL ’15) took on the […]
The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) recognized students for their outstanding academic performance with the 2017 Dean’s Awards for Academic Excellence. Top students gather for a group cameo after the awards ceremony, which was held in The Underground on the Keele campus One domestic student and one international student in each […]
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 […]
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) held an emergency exercise Oct. 25 at the York University Station, which is one of two new subway stations on the Keele campus that will be opening Dec. 17. The exercise was needed to test new emergency response procedures developed in preparation for the subway coming to the Keele campus. […]
The 2017 Internationalizing Higher Education Symposium: Strategies, Challenges, Trends and Pathways will critically analyze how universities provide students — both international and domestic — with the knowledge and skills to compete in a globalized economy. On Nov. 29, this symposium will assess the capacity of educational institutions to internationalize curricula, as well as create […]
Kerry Lee Powell Writer Kerry Lee Powell will be the featured guest at the Canadian Writers in Person Lecture series on Nov. 28, when she discusses her novel Willem de Kooning’s Paintbrush. Ranging from an island holiday gone wrong to a dive bar on the upswing to a yuppie mother in a pricey subdivision seeing […]
On Oct. 31, York’s Canadian Writers in Person course presented writer Gary Barwin reading from his award-winning novel, Yiddish for Pirates. York U teaching assistant Dana Patrascu-Kingsley sent the following report to YFile. Gary Barwin Writer Gary Barwin visited York University to talk about his new novel, Yiddish for Pirates, as part of the Canadian […]
Karl Marx York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies will host a lecture by Ranabir Samaddar on the topic of “Karl Marx and the Postcolonial Age” on Nov. 21 from 3:30 to 5:30pm in 2021 Vari Hall. This free talk seeks to explicitly engage Marxist and post-colonial theory to place Marxism in […]