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ROM Symposium "Caesar´s Palace: Inside the Court of Imperial Rome" - 1 March 2020
Caesar´s Palace: Inside the Court of Imperial Rome - Royal Ontario Museum, Eaton Theatre, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On Sunday 1 March, some York Classical Studies colleagues will feature amongst the speakers in a one-day symposium entitled ‘Caesar´s Palace: Inside the Court of Early Imperial Rome’. The event is part of the ROM Connects […]
Award-winning author and York alumna to discuss ‘The Poetry of Picturebooks’
Those who love children’s literature, picture books and the way beautiful language breathes will want to mark Feb. 26 on their calendars. From 3 to 5 p.m., award-winning author and York alumna Kyo Maclear will be at the Keele Campus to present a session titled “The Poetry of Picturebooks.” Kyo Maclear Maclear is a scholar, essayist, novelist and children’s […]
“Urban Gentrification: White Futures, Black Dystopias”: Humanities professor Andrea Davis is one of four speakers at the York Circle Lecture & Lunch Series on Saturday, February 29, 2020.
This talk offers a discussion of the competing goals of urban gentrification through a reading of the documentary film Unarmed Verses (2016). The film follows the life of 12-year-old Francine Valentine for several months in 2016 as her family prepares for forced relocation from their North York, Toronto community of Villaways, targeted for demolition by a city […]
“Urban Gentrification: White Futures, Black Dystopias”: Humanities professor Andrea Davis is one of four speakers at the York Circle Lecture & Lunch Series on Saturday, February 29, 2020.
This talk offers a discussion of the competing goals of urban gentrification through a reading of the documentary film Unarmed Verses (2016). The film follows the life of 12-year-old Francine Valentine for several months in 2016 as her family prepares for forced relocation from their North York, Toronto community of Villaways, targeted for demolition by a city […]
Katelyn Conferido, winner of Dean's Award for Academic Excellence
Please join me in congratulating CCY student, Katelyn Conferido, in being this year’s recipient of the LA&PS Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, an award that recognizes the student who achieved the highest GPA on a minimum of 30 credits at the 2nd year level. What a remarkable accomplishment! We are so very proud of you, […]
Carrianne Leung talks about writing friendship and community rather than the 'immigrant story'
On Feb. 11, the 2019-20 Canadian Writers in Person Lecture Series presented author Carrianne Leung, reading from her collection of short stories That Time I Loved You. York University Teaching Assistant Dana Patrascu-Kingsley sent the following report to YFile. Carrianne Leung visited York University on Feb. 11 as part of the Canadian Writers in Person reading series. She […]
Carrianne Leung talks about writing friendship and community rather than the 'immigrant story'
On Feb. 11, the 2019-20 Canadian Writers in Person Lecture Series presented author Carrianne Leung, reading from her collection of short stories That Time I Loved You. York University Teaching Assistant Dana Patrascu-Kingsley sent the following report to YFile. Carrianne Leung visited York University on Feb. 11 as part of the Canadian Writers in Person reading series. She […]
Word, Sound, Power: Black Artistic Expression
The event, “Word, Sound, Power,” on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, featured performances by student artists, many of whom are in the Black Canadian Studies Certificate. The evening included musical performances by an R&B Ensemble under the direction of Mike Cado, an all-female jazz ensemble under the direction of Kevin Turcotte, and the York Gospel Choir […]
Uzma Jalaluddin talks about the first Muslim romance published in Canada
On Jan. 28, Uzma Jalaluddin came to the Canadian Writers in Person reading series at York University to talk about her novel Ayesha at Last. Jalaluddin told the audience that one of the reasons she wrote Ayesha at Last, a book that is “unapologetically Muslim,” is that she wanted to tell a different Muslim story about love and […]