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Climate change sparks new instalment of Community Conversations

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 Wychwood […]

International Exchange Info Session – Monday Nov 6 (11:30-12:30)

For 1st and 2nd year students interested in the iBA degree and/or International Exchange options (available to both Honours iBA and Honours B.A. students), we are holding an information session as follows: DATE: Monday, November 6th TIME: 11:30 am to 12:30 pm LOCATION: Lab DB 3001 (formerly TEL) Bruno Ritacca from the Dean’s office will […]

Communication Studies Research Digest – Summer Edition

This past summer has been busy and Communication Studies faculty travelled all over the world, from Beijing to Cartagena, from London and Paris to Lund and Chicago, among many others. Prof. MacLennan, Fresco and Driver presented their research at the Canadian Communication Association Conference, where Prof. Obar also co-organized a Wikipedia edit-a-thon. Prof. Skinner and […]

Roundtable on Surveillance Feb. 14

Feb. 14, 2017 11:30 – 2:30 York University Senate Chamber N940 Ross Building Participants: Rob Heynen (Communication Studies, York University) Robert Latham (Political Science, York University) Emily van der Meulen (Criminology, Ryerson University) Alok Mukherjee (Criminology, Ryerson University) Jonathan Obar (Communication Studies, York University) Evan Light (Communication Studies, Glendon, York University) Bahar Nasirzadeh (Communication and Culture, […]

Social Science & Communications Studies honour students with awards 2017

The Departments of Social Science and Communication Studies hosted their joint Student Awards Ceremony at the Underground on Nov. 22 to celebrate the accomplishments of outstanding students. Celebrated annually for the past 12 years, the event drew a crowd of more than 100 people to honour a group of students whose scholarly accomplishments were matched […]

Prof. emeritus Dalton Kehoe’s book highly rated by Forbes Magazine

Y-File – Tuesday July 26th, 2016 Professor emeritus Dalton Kehoe’s latest book, Mindful Management: The Neuroscience of Trust and Effective Workplace Leadership has recently been listed in the top five  management coaching books of the past year by Forbes Magazine. Kehoe formally retired as Senior Scholar of Communications Studies in 2008 after a 41-year career at York […]

Communication Studies hosts two-day event with Parisian sociologist and philosopher

Y-File – Thursday April 21st, 2016 Independent sociologist and philosopher Maurizio Lazzarato will be at York University’s Keele campus for a two-day event featuring a screening of his audiovisual project Assemblages(2010), made with artist Angela Melitopoulos, and his upcoming book, Wars and Capitalism, co-authored with Eric Alliez. The event on April 25 and 26 is […]