As we enter the Winter semester, we would like to invite students to keep up with deadlines regarding graduation. If you are in your final semester, you have to apply to graduate. Once you apply, York will evaluate your eligibility to graduate. If you would like to graduate in the June 2019 convocation please apply […]
An award-winning exhibition (and book) broadcasts the latest on Canadian community radio. photography by Chris Robinson A large 1930s-era radio – the kind that looks more antique furniture than electronica – occupies what little floor space is left over from the piles of books and other scholarly paraphernalia crowding Anne MacLennan’s tiny office on Keele Campus. […]
On December 30th, grade 6 girls from two Toronto schools were thrilled to visit us here in Communication Studies and use our cutting edge media lab to make their own movies. Coming to York was the culmination of SSHRC-funded research project Embodying the Tween: Living Girlhood in Global and Digital Spaces, directed by Prof. Natalie […]
This panel will be featuring speakers Tyrone Hall and Carmen Victor from the Communication Studies Department. Carmen Victor is a PhD candidate in the Joint Graduate Program in Communication and Culture at York/Ryerson Universities. Her writing on contested landscapes, installation art, cinemas of the circumpolar North, and time-based and experimental film & media has appeared […]
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 emojis, […]
A public lecture on the root causes of gender inequality in global screen industries will be presented by the York University Communication Studies Department on Wednesday, Nov. 7th from 2pm-4pm and will feature speaker Amanda Coles. The talk, titled “Experimenting for Equality: Gender, Cultural Policy and Global Screen Industries,” will take place at in room […]
Please join us on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 in DB 2008 at noon for our speaker, Dr. Gloria Khamkar. The Evolution of British Asian Radio in England: 1960 – 2004 This talk examines the evolution of British Asian radio in England from 1960 to 2004. During the post-war period an Asian community started migrating to […]
Congratulations to Professor Bob Hanke, who recieved an honorary mention for the UCF/IAMCR Urban Communication Grant 2018 Bob Hanke’s project, A Smarter, Smart City? Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs and Toronto’s Quayside, begins with an October 2017 decision by Waterfront Toronto to partner with Sidewalk Labs, a sibling company to Google, in co-producing “Quayside,” a 12-acre site […]
Smiles, words of praise, tears of joy, and gratitude filled the room as 51 recipients received awards of distinction recognizing their academic achievements and dedication to civic engagement at York University and beyond. The annual awards reception was hosted by the Departments of Social Science and Communication Studies at The Underground Restaurant on York University’s […]
Community members braved a spring ice storm to discuss taking action on climate change at the April instalment of York University’s Community Conversation series. Tyrone Hall Vanier scholar and Communication and Culture PhD candidate Tyrone Hall moderated the event, titled “Talking Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Action.” Hosted at the Toronto Public Library […]