Angela Durante has never been one to shy away from challenges, especially those that push her body, mind and spirit to their limits, wrote the Whitchurch-Stouffville Sun-Tribune April 2. Which is why Durante is embarking on a 35-day, 900-kiometre pilgrimage from St. Jean Pied de Port in France to Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain […]
Ed Broadbent, a former leader of the federal New Democratic Party and former York professor and Board of Governors member, will discuss attacks on social rights next Thursday when he gives the annual Avie Bennett Historica Chair in Canadian History public lecture. The lecture, “Barbarism Lite: The Political Attack on Social Rights, 1979-2009”, will take place […]
Despite popular belief, the American Civil War was not fought over slavery, says York history Professor Marc Egnal in his new book, Clash of Extremes: The Economic Origins of the Civil War, to be launched next week. The comforting notion that the Civil War was fought to end bondage doesn’t square with the events either […]
Enthusiasm, wit, charisma and clarity are just some of the qualities cited by students and alumni who have nominated their college and university professors from across the province in TVO’s Big Ideas Best Lecturer Competition IV. Twelve York faculty are among the professors from 24 postsecondary institutions who are participating in the first round of the […]
What is empire? That’s what three York University departments plan to explore this week in the jointly hosted interdisciplinary seminar series Empire: Definitions, Subjectivities and Fragments. “Defining Empire”, the first in the series of three seminars, happens on Thursday, Oct. 30, from 12:30 to 2pm in the History Common Room, 2183 Vari Hall, Keele campus. […]
Bishop’s University will hold a special convocation ceremony on Friday, Oct. 17 in Centennial Theatre, wrote The Record (Sherbrooke, Que.) Oct. 17. Joining the graduating class will be two honorary doctor of civil law degree recipients: Rosalie Silberman Abella (Supreme Court justice) and York Professor Irving Abella (author and historian). This will mark the first […]
John Saywell’s new book, Someone to Teach Them: York and the Great University Explosion 1960-1973, will be launched Oct. 21 at a reception in Vanier College. From the early 1960s to the 1970s, the province of Ontario witnessed an explosion in university enrolment. In response, a dozen new universities were established and faculty recruited wherever […]
The federal government has renewed four Canada Research Chairs (CRC) held by York University Professors Colin Coates, Sergey Krylov, Janine Marchessault and Jim Whiteway, whose research projects range from health and digital media to Canadian cultural history and atmospheric science. As Tier 2 CRCs, each professor will receive $500,000 over five years, for a total of […]
More than 27 million people experience slavery today as defined by international conventions, despite condemnation from world leaders that include the late Pope John Paul II, former British prime minister Tony Blair and Canada’s Governor General Michaëlle Jean. How is modern slavery rooted in the experiences of the past? Can researching slavery’s evolution over time […]
In 1955 a group of Toronto professionals began discussions on expanding adult education in their city. The outcome was York University, founded in 1959 and opened in 1960 with 76 students. How York came to be, the challenges and triumphs are detailed in York history Professor Emeritus Michiel Horn’s upcoming book – York University: The Way […]