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 […]
Peter Constantinou of the School of Public Policy and Administration at York University, stands on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro One could say it was a “peak” experience for Professor Peter Constantinou of the School of Public Policy and Administration at York University. Late in August, Constantinou summited Mount Kilimanjaro and stood at Uhuru […]
When Maya Prager steps through the doorway of her POLS 3520, Governing the New Europe course at York University, she’s no longer a fourth-year business student. One day, she might be the European Union (EU) minister from the Netherlands; another, she might be representing Poland. Her identity depends on the issue that she and […]
Mario Concordia was convinced that the manslaughter conviction handed down to Italian immigrant Frank Buono in the 1920s was indefensible. William Wicken Concordia, now a first-year student at Osgoode Hall Law School, researched the 100-year-old case in detail as part of History 4515, Murder in the Archives, conceived of and taught by Professor William […]
The popular McLaughlin Lunch Talk Series continues through fall with six events lined up for Oct. 24, 25, 30 and 31 as well as Nov. 13 and 14. All events run from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Senior Common Room, 140 McLaughlin College, and everyone is welcome to attend. Oct. 24 – Battered […]
This year’s Canadian Writers in Person Lecture Series featured author Kathleen Winter, who visited York University on Oct. 2 to talk about her new novel Lost in September. York University Teaching Assistant Dana Patrascu-Kingsley sent the following report to YFile. Lost in September started as a book about General James Wolfe. “The writing of […]
&nsbp; Award-winning Canadian author Eden Robinson will share from her 2017 Giller Prize-nominated novel Son of a Trickster on Oct. 23 during the next instalment of the Canadian Writers in Person Lecture Series. Robinson, the author of six novels, is the recipient of the 2001 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for Monkey Beach, and earned the […]
Hard work and curiosity are the keystones to a successful and fulfilling career, heard the graduands of York University’s School of the Arts, Media Performance and Design and Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (LA&PS) during their convocation ceremony on Oct. 11. Anna Maria Tremonti The message was delivered in a speech […]
Sir Francis Bacon once observed that the path to any high place is a long and spiralling one. Moya Greene Over the course of her career, Dame Moya Greene has taken an interesting and diverse path, ascending to top roles in Canada and the United Kingdom. She has been a lawyer, an immigration adjudicator, […]
Two of the five outstanding individuals who will receive honorary degrees from York University during Fall Convocation 2018 will speak to students during the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (LA&PS) ceremonies. All the honorary doctorate recipients have devoted their lives and careers to the service of community, education, public service and business. […]