New study finds higher social capital and trust leads to better COVID-19 response in some U.S. states

In the United States, those states that are responding more quickly and effectively to the COVID-19 crisis also seem to have higher levels of social capital built up and citizens who trust more in their governments and health agencies, according to new research by York University Assistant Professor of sociology Cary Wu and team. The […]

York U professor develops simulation model to help families understand how to 'flatten the curve'

COVID-19 continues to spread globally and the phrase flatten the curve has now entered our every-day language. To help people better understand the expression, a simple model was developed to depict the rate of infection. Health officials say that flattening the curve will lead to fewer infections and ease the burden on the health care […]

LA&PS professors among COVID-19 researchers to receive funding from CIHR

  Three more York University professors will receive $703,217 in funding for COVID-19 related research to better inform the best way forward, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) announced. Other York researchers are also co-applicants on another project which will receive $666,667. Announced recently, this new funding follows a previous COVID-19 rapid research funding announced […]

Researchers solve mystery of Tuvan throat singing

Researchers at York University and their team have uncoupled the mystery of how Tuvan throat singers produce what sounds like two different pitches at once – a low rumble and a high whistle-like tone. Fascinated with how this form of throat singing, Khoomei, creates this dual tone, researchers studied members of the Tuvan performing group […]

Workshop brings together scholars to discuss authoritarian drive in Turkey

This event has been cancelled. A one-day workshop that brings together Turkish scholars to engage in a critical and in-depth discussion on the current authoritarian drive in Turkey will take place March 19 at York University's Keele Campus. Presented by the Global Labour Research Centre (GLRC) and the Department of Politics, "Contested Reproduction of Turkey’s […]

York researchers receive $1.1 million in COVID-19 research funding

Three York University researchers will receive more than $1.1 million in COVID-19 rapid research funding over two years to explore issues of trust, stigmatization and social perceptions of risk, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) announced Friday. The results from these Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies research projects could affect the response […]

Four Indigenous scholars gauge progress in respecting culture, scholarship

Feb. 10, 2020. On the seventh floor of York University’s Kaneff Tower, people are taking their seats. It’s lunchtime and the host of the upcoming workshop, Professor Deborah McGregor, has arranged for shawarmas and veggies. Two posters, taped to the wall, read: “Wet’suwet’en Supporter Toolkit,” with a website address, and “TODAY Emergency Action 3 – […]

Five LA&PS professors awarded SSHRC Connection Grants

Five professors at York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) have been awarded 2019 Connection Grants by the Government of Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The grants respond to objectives of the SSHRC Connection Program, which include increasing accessibility and use of social sciences and humanities research knowledge among […]

Exploring anti-Blackness, Islam, and Islamophobia at CFR series

York University’s Centre for Feminist Research (CFR) will host a lecture and workshop focused on the intersections between Islamophobia, race and anti-blackness as part of their Spotlight on Islamophobia series. The event, titled “Anti-Blackness, Islam and Islamophobia,” examines the complex histories and expressions of Islam in Africa and Muslims of African origin. The free three-hour […]

Faculty associations' award recognizes founder of motherhood studies, matricentric feminism

Andrea O'Reilly, a professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies at York University, used to get a lot of mail. As the founder of the field of motherhood studies more than 20 years ago, aspiring graduate students would often send her letters asking […]