York politics professor delivers presentation at juried workshop on race and bio-medicine beyond the lab

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) Associate Professor of Politics Karen Bridget Murray was an invited speaker at a juried workshop held on Sept. 26 and 27 at King’s College in London, England. Murray’s talk, “Epigenetics and Politics: Engaging the Colonial Present,” was part of a two-day interdisciplinary workshop aimed at building an […]

York delegates to UNFCCC report on climate change negotiations with discussion panels

In December 2019, Idil Boran was in Madrid, Spain at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) leading York University’s largest observer delegation since 2009, when York University was first admitted as an observer organization in time for COP15 in Copenhagen. Boran is an associate professor at York University’s Department of Philosophy, Faculty […]

Anti-poverty organizer appointed Packer Visitor in Social Justice at York University

  Former Ontario Coalition Against Poverty organizer John Clarke has been appointed as the next Packer Visitor in Social Justice in York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies for a two-year term. John Clarke Clarke has a lifetime of achievement in organizing the unemployed. Born and raised in a working-class background in the […]

Professor Kean Birch takes a deeper dive into Web of Science’s ‘most cited’

  Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Professor Kean Birch recently learned that two of his papers were the “Most Cited” and “Most Read” articles at the world’s leading science and technology studies journal, Science, Technology, & Human Values, at the same time. And this got him thinking. What other sorts of metrics are […]

Urbanization article sums up existing thought, poses vital questions

  Urban studies is not what it used to be. Today, it encompasses the planetary condition, considers the state of humanity, intersects with issues such as mass migration and global warming, and poses some pretty tough questions about our future – arguably, some of the most pressing and timely in the early 21st century. In […]

Department of Sociology hosts launch event for York faculty authors

  The Department of Sociology will mark the release of 11 new books by faculty members during a collective book launch on Oct. 23, from 12 to 2 p.m. in Vari Hall’s second-floor staff lounge, Room 2169. There will be a panel discussion and light refreshments will be served. Faculty launching their books at the […]

Students studying Portuguese write book of short stories for children in Guinea-Bissau

  Learning a language is, above all, a meaningful experiential and cultural opportunity. For students enrolled in Portuguese 2000 (Intermediate Portuguese) at York University, this past year provided the opportunity to learn about the Portuguese nation of Guinea-Bissau  and the struggle for many children to access education and literacy. Students spent several months engaged in […]

Geography prof’s articles most cited and most read in world’s leading science and technology studies journal

  It’s a rare achievement to have the most cited or the most read article in an academic journal; having both at the same time with different papers is an almost unheard-of achievement in a discipline. But that’s exactly what York University Professor Kean Birch has achieved. Birch is an associate professor in the Department of Geography […]

Innovative film course in the Faculty of Environmental Studies tailored to non-English-speaking students

  This fall, the Faculty of Environmental Studies in collaboration with the York University English Language Institute (YUELI) developed a new experiential education course tailored to non-English-speaking students enrolled in the YUBridge program. The course, Introduction to Documentaries and Environmental Activism, is the first of its kind to be offered by the YUBridge program, introducing […]

Professor Luann Good Gingrich appointed new director of Global Labour Research Centre

  A new director has been named to lead York University’s Global Labour Research Centre (GLRC), a hub for pan-University research collaboration based in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS). Professor Luann Good Gingrich, who is in her 16th year at York, began her directorship on July 1. Luann Good Gingrich Good […]