York University’s Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Studies in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (LA&PS) has announced Erogu Otasowie and Cassandra Moniz as the 2017-18 recipients of the Portuguese Gives You Wings award, sponsored by Azores Airlines. This award aims to recognize academic excellence in an elementary Portuguese-language course (POR1000). Moniz and Otasowie […]
Author, poet, playright and York English Professor, Priscilla Uppal has died at 43, after a long battle with synovial sarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer. A story on her is featured in the Toronto Star and on the CBC. Uppal was the author of 10 books of poetry, two novels, a short story […]
Fall classes begin September 5, and we know there’s a lot to do and think about as you head to York. Some of the most frequently-needed resources in the first few weeks back are included in a new website, including a few you might not have thought about. The site covers every year of your […]
Pat Armstrong, York University, Canada Last year, Elizabeth Wettlaufer pleaded guilty to killing eight nursing home residents while working as a nurse in southern Ontario between 2007 and 2016. The inquiry into this case has once again raised debate about how nursing homes are inspected and how the health and safety of residents can be […]
The Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (LA&PS) continues to accept entries for the Fall/Winter 2017 LA&PS Writing Prize until Sept. 15. Any course director may enter a paper (one per course) into the competition, which encourages submissions of all kinds (except creative writing). Prizes are given for the best work at each […]
A $200,000 investment from the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Youth Opportunities Fund has been awarded to York University Business and Society (BUSO) student Jamar Grandison and his colleagues from Black Physicians of Tomorrow. Jamar Grandison A student-led, grassroots organization, Black Physicians of Tomorrow focuses on strengthening the Black community by providing the necessary support, resources and […]
The following is a message to the community from York President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda L. Lenton and York Provost and Vice-President Academic Lisa Philipps: John Justin (J.J.) McMurtry We are pleased to inform members of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (LA&PS) and the York community that Professor John Justin (J.J.) McMurtry […]
by Professor Robert Drummond — appeared in The Conversation, July 19, 2018 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent cabinet shuffle could be considered as minor, because he left many key ministers in place. Chrystia Freeland remains in Foreign Affairs, Bill Morneau in Finance and Jody Wilson-Raybould in Justice, occupying what many regard as the most important […]
York University’s new Black Canadian Studies Certificate will launch in September for the upcoming 2018-19 academic year through the Department of Humanities in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. Students enrolled in the certificate will study Black Canada through four humanities and fine arts approaches: cultural studies, history, literature and music. In its […]
York University has launched its new certificate program in Black Canadian Studies. Spoken word artist, MC and playwright Wendy ‘Motion’ Brathwaite was interviewed by CBC’s Here and Now host Gill Deacon. Motion talked about the new program, its genesis, and about her course — Griots to Emcees — being one of the required credits. “The lens […]