Work of Professor Emeritus Michael Gilbert focus of journal special issue

A new issue of the journal Informal Logic explores the work of York University Professor Emeritus Michael Gilbert. The issue Vol. 42 No. 3 (2022) is titled “Special Issue: Michael Gilbert’s Multi-Modal Argumentation” and was published Sept. 7. Seven scholars have contributed essays describing, critiquing and exploring different aspects of Gilbert’s work in philosophy. Gilbert began studying philosophy […]

Grad student wins prize for original research on Canadian public administration

Jennifer Holmes Weier, who completed her Master of Public Policy, Administration and Law degree in August 2022, won first place at the National Student and Thought Leadership Awards which recognizes excellence in research. The award was presented jointly by the Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration and the Institute of Public Administration of Canada. Holmes Weier’s research paper “Bursting […]

Conference, exhibit to explore global perspectives of modern Spanish history

A conference exploring modern Spanish history will take place at the Archives of Ontario at York University’s Keele Campus on Sept. 16 and run alongside a temporary exhibit that features Spanish Civil War-related archive material that includes children’s drawings. The conference, titled “Modern Spanish History in Global Perspective: A Conference in Honour of Adrian Shubert,” […]

LA&PS Japanese Studies prof awarded Order of Japan

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Associate Professor Norio Ota, teaching stream, in the Japanese Studies Program in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, has been awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays, for his lifelong contribution to the promotion of the Japanese language. This was the second time […]

SAS professors involved in research on distributed simulation in ICUs

Research that uses simulation to examine the transmission of COVID-19 and other communicable diseases in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) has been accepted for publication in the journal IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (TEM). The article was first published online on Aug. 18 in IEEE Xplore preparatory to its publication in print in IEEE TEM, a highly regarded […]

LA&PS researchers among inaugural recipients of new research fund backing Black scholars

In February, York University announced the establishment of the York Black Research Seed Fund to provide mentorship and $150,000 in total funding in support of the research activities of Black academics, with preference given to emerging and early-career researchers. Supported by the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation (VPRI) in collaboration with the Office […]

LA&PS Professor among latest York Research Chair appointees

Eight researchers across York University will join the York Research Chairs (YRC) program – the University’s internal counterpart to the national Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program which recognizes outstanding researchers. These YRCs belong to the ninth cohort of researchers to be appointed since the establishment of the program in 2015. These YRCs’ terms run for […]

LA&PS prof among York's first Provostial Fellows on sustainability

In 2021, the inaugural cohort of Provostial Fellows began a series of year-long projects that would take meaningful action on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs play a central role in the University Academic Plan, which includes a call for the community to create positive change through the goals.  Now that their terms have ended, […]

New book by LA&PS Professor Marcus Boon explores music as vibration

Professor Marcus Boon, has authored a new book titled, The Politics of Vibration: Music as a Cosmopolitical Practice, which will be released Aug. 31. Published by Duke University Press, the book explores music as a material practice of vibration that emerges from a politics of vibration and which constructs a vibrational space of individual and collective […]

LA&PS prof. leads study on insufficient clinical care after gender detransition

A new study draws attention to insufficient clinical care and support for those who discontinue or seek to reverse prior gender-affirming interventions. Medical education, research and clinical guidelines are all available to support the initiation of gender-affirming care for transgender people, but a York University-led qualitative study has found these resources are sparse when patients […]