An award-winning exhibition (and book) broadcasts the latest on Canadian community radio. A large 1930s-era radio – the kind that looks more antique furniture than electronica – occupies what little floor space is left over from the piles of books and other scholarly paraphernalia crowding Anne MacLennan’s tiny office on Keele Campus. The square wooden […]
York University has launched five new programs and research initiatives that reinforce its dedication to Black studies in Canada. Professors Andrea Davis and Christina Sharpe, from the Department of Humanities These programs and initiatives include the Black Canadian Studies Certificate; the Black Studies & Theories of Race & Racism graduate stream in the Graduate […]
Three York University researchers informed the federal government’s recent introduction of reforms to the Canada Labour Code under Bill C-86. This legislation, put forward on Nov. 1, was shaped by consultations held with stakeholders, including team members from Closing the Employment Standards Enforcement Gap: Improving Protections for People in Precarious Jobs. Leah Vosko […]
Andrea McKenzie This Remembrance Day marks the 100th anniversary of the ending of the First World War. In Canada, we often hear soldiers’ stories of war, but seldom remember the nurses. Yet every wounded or ill soldier in a Canadian hospital overseas was cared for by nurses. Without them, far fewer Canadian soldiers would […]
Forging a just and equitable world, one of York University’s research themes, is a goal to which all global citizens would surely agree. And yet, being gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer or intersex (LGBTQI) can be a matter of life and death in many places around the world. Some of the United Nations (UN) […]
Zulfikar Hirji, an associate professor in the Department Anthropology in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies at York University, has co-authored a new accessible and illustrated account of Islamic history. The book provides an introduction to a faith that is practised today by more than one billion people whose traditions and civilizations […]
Amélie Barras, an assistant professor in the Department of Social Science in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, has co-authored a new book that focuses on the lives of Muslim Canadians. Alongside colleagues Jennifer Selby (Memorial University) and Lori Beaman (University Ottawa), Barras demonstrates how Canadian Muslims successfully incorporate their religion into […]
The Society for the History of Technology has named York University Professor Edward Jones-Imhotep the winner of the 2018 Sidney Edelstein Prize — the most prestigious book prize on the history of technology. Jones-Imhotep is only the second faculty member of a Canadian university to ever receive the honour in its 50-year history. Edward […]
An international conference will bring researchers interested in lusophone studies to York University Oct. 26 to 28 to promote interdisciplinary dialogue on language studies, social sciences and humanities. The conference, “Expressions of Lusofonia – International Conference (Expressões da Lusofonia – Encontro Internacional),” also marks 10 years for the Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Studies program at […]
York University’s history and politics professors continue to celebrate Canada’s sesquicentennial with the launch of two edited collections featuring Confederation scholarship. These collections were completed as part of an array of projects to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary, projects that were executed under the leadership of history Professor David Koffman, with support from his colleagues, […]