Cross-appointed LA&PS associate professor directs feature-length documentary on queer liberation activism

For decades, the LGBT2-SQ+ communities have paved the way for wide-ranging dialogues on equality and sexuality through many different political and societal lenses. While the community continues to evolve, the important history of queer activism has often been undervalued, diluted, and in some cases, nearly forgotten. Queer liberation activism is working to change that. While […]

Sociology Annual Lecture to explore themes of presencing, resurgence, decolonization and Nishnaabeg thought

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, an independent scholar, artist and Anishnaabe writer is the guest presenter for the 2020 York Sociology Annual Lecture on Feb. 4 at 4 p.m. in Osgoode Hall 1005. Described as “playful, pissed-off and ferociously funny,” Simpson’s work breaks open the intersections between politics, story, and song, bringing audiences into a rich and layered world […]

Why are we so obsessed with family history? Professor Julia Creet explores this question in her new book ‘The Genealogical Sublime’

York University English Professor Julia Creet traces the histories of the largest, longest-running and most rapidly growing genealogical databases, and seeks to explain North Americans’ current obsession with family history, in her new book set to publish on Feb. 28. The Genealogical Sublime (University of Massachuestts Press, 2020) is a crossover academic/trade book seeks to delineate […]

York professor launches new Blackness in Canada Policy Networking Conference, Feb. 4 & 5

York Public Policy and Equity Studies Professor Lorne Foster, together with the Institute for Social Research (ISR), are the primary organizers of the new Blackness in Canada Policy Networking Conference. The conference will take place Feb. 4 and 5 in the second floor conference facility in the Second Student Centre at the Keele Campus. With […]

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies DARE program returns for 2020 session

The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) is inviting faculty members to submit research projects for the 2020 session of the Dean’s Award for Research Excellence (DARE). Now entering its third year, the DARE program underlines the importance of collaboration between undergraduate students and contract faculty, supporting students with a tremendous opportunity to participate in […]

LA&PS Professor Kean Birch makes case for 'firm regulation' of AI in Toronto Star op-ed

  In an op-ed piece published by the Toronto Star on January 13, 2020, LA&PS Professor Kean Birch explores the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) and the need for proactive regulation that explores its potential impacts. Countering the market-based policy of "agile governance" when it comes to the manner in which AI is implemented in […]

LA&PS Professor Natalie Coulter appointed director of IRDL

Professor Natalie Coulter, in the Department of Communication Studies in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), has been appointed the new director of the Institute for Research on Digital Learning (IRDL), an Organized Research Unit (ORU) at York University. Coulter’s appointment went into effect on Jan. 1. The centre has moved this year […]

Research on cloud computing earns award 10 years after publication

Professor Marin Litoiu, from the School of Information Technology, along with an interdisciplinary group of colleagues, have received the Most Influential Paper award for research on cloud computing that was published 10 years ago. The award was announced Nov. 5 during the CASCON x EVOKE 2019 Gala Awards Reception, and recognized a paper that was published at […]