Communication Studies professor analyzes social media’s new languages

  York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) hosted “Social Media – The Great Equalizer?” with communication studies Professor Derek Hrynyshyn on Nov. 20, exploring the new languages of social media as part of the LA&PS Community Conversations series. Derek Hrynyshyn (image: Stephanie Ross) New forms of communication, such as memes and […]

Newfoundland writer Joel Thomas Hynes talks about writing outsiders

  This year’s Canadian Writers in Person Lecture Series featured author Joel Thomas Hynes, who visited York University on Nov. 20 to talk about his novel We’ll All be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night. York University Teaching Assistant Dana Patrascu-Kingsley sent the following report to YFile. Newfoundland writer Joel Thomas Hynes visited York University […]

McLaughlin College hosts panel discussion on International Human Rights Day

  As part of its Lunch Talk Series, McLaughlin College at York University will present “Our Rights, Our Freedoms, Always,” a panel discussion to recognize International Human Rights Day, on Dec. 10 from noon to 2 p.m. Dec. 10 commemorates the day on which, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration […]

McLaughlin Lunch Talk hosts Dec. 5 book launch, panel discussion on criminalization of migration

  The McLaughlin Lunch Talk series will present a book launch event for The Criminalization of Migration: Context and Consequences on Dec. 5 and feature a number of the book’s contributors for a panel discussion. James Simeon Panellists will examine the growing phenomenon of criminalization of migration, not only in Canada but abroad. York University […]

Stevie Howell to read from second poetry collection at Dec. 4 Canadian Writers in Person lecture

  Irish-Canadian writer, critic and editor Stevie Howell will read from a new and highly anticipated second poetry collection, I left nothing inside on purpose (McClelland & Stewart), on Dec. 4 as part of York University’s Canadian Writers in Person Lecture Series. Howell is the poetry editor at THIS Magazine, and is an MFA candidate […]

Passion for Indigenous pedagogy fuels Professor Ruth Koleszar-Green’s work

  Ruth Koleszar-Green’s conversation crackles with energy, reflecting her passion for Indigenous education and Indigenous ways of knowing and being. Ruth Koleszar-Green “It’s imperative that we disrupt the dominant discourses around Western ways of knowing and being,” said Koleszar-Green, an assistant professor in York University’s School of Social Work and special adviser to the Office […]

McLaughlin Annual Public Policy Lecture explores federal approach to ethics

  McLaughlin College at York University will present its Annual Public Policy Lecture on Nov. 29, examining the theme “The Federal Approach to Ethics from an Evolutive Perspective – Key Milestones, Past and Future.” The event takes place at 5:30 p.m. in the McLaughlin College Junior Common Room, and features Mario Dion, the conflict of […]

Canisia Lubrin talks about how poetry helps us to ask better questions

  On Tuesday, Nov. 6, Canadian poet and York University alumna Canisia Lubrin came to the Canadian Writers in Person Lecture Series to talk about her debut collection of poems, Voodoo Hypothesis. York University Teaching Assistant Dana Patrascu-Kingsley sent the following report to YFile. The collection of poetry, Voodoo Hypothesis, which was shortlisted for the […]

School of Public Policy and Administration hosts breakfast with Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk

  The School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA), in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies at York University, hosted its 2018 Ontario Public Service Breakfast on Oct. 2 and featured Ontario’s Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk as the keynote speaker. Auditor General of Ontario Bonnie Lysyk during her address Following the recent change […]

Canisia Lubrin to speak at Nov. 6 Canadian Writers in Person lecture

  Canadian writer Canisia Lubrin will read from her debut poetry collection Voodoo Hypothesis (Wolsak & Wynn Publishers) on Nov. 6 as the featured guest at York University’s Canadian Writers in Person Lecture Series. Lubrin was born in St. Lucia and now lives in Whitby, Ont. She completed her undergraduate degree at York, where she […]