The LA&PS Research Office is pleased to announce the appointment of Adrian Smith, Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, as the new Director of the GLRC. He will replace professor Luann Good Gingrich, whose term as Director is concluding. Professor Smith will begin his directorship on July 1, 2023 and he will lead the […]
Following its fourth annual Workshop on Critical Social Science Perspectives in Global Health Research, York University’s Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research awarded five researchers $5,000 seed grants to further develop grant proposals and research programs to carry out critical global health research. All winners of the grants this year embody the critical social science […]
Upwards of 250 York University faculty members and scholars are among the presenters during the 2023 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, where they take an academic leadership role in sharing their research with colleagues from across the nation. The flagship event of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences – taking place May 27 to June […]
Sarah Hancock, an artist-researcher and undergraduate student at York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD), is using data to bring awareness to the harassment experienced by scholars when sharing their work in online spaces. Her work is part of an exhibit running through Congress 2023. When conceiving her artistic vision, Hancock […]
Members of York University’s Cross-Campus Capstone Classroom (C4) team were awarded the 2023 D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE), which recognizes post-secondary collaborative teams for their innovative approaches to promoting student-centered teaching and learning. C4, launched in 2019, enables students to work on […]
York University’s free Microlecture Series in Sustainable Living is an innovative, interdisciplinary and open access program that gives participants the opportunity to earn a first-of-its-kind digital badge in sustainable living. Throughout the Microlecture Series in Sustainable Living, six of York University’s world-renowned experts share research, thoughts and advice on a range of critical topics related to […]
Seven York University students were among the nearly 100 participants from 13 universities across Canada to compete at the first-ever officially sanctioned model European Union (EU) in Ottawa from May 5 to 7. The two-day policy negotiation simulation invited undergraduate students from across the country with an interest in international and translatlantic relations. Department of Politics Associate Professor Heather […]
A York University-led study found that high inflation rates are leading to more stress among certain sociodemographic groups and exacerbating inequalities in health across the United States. The study, “Assessment of sociodemographics and inflation-related stress in the US,” was published in the American Medical Association’s open access journal JAMA Network Open. Led by Assistant Professor Cary Wu of […]
The York University Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) Chair of Modern Greek History and the HHF Greek Canadian Archives at York University will host the second Greek Canadian Studies Conference, May 11 and 12, when it explores the theme “Diversity in Greekness.” Participants will discuss how Greekness has been conceptualized and enacted in the modern era, and […]
A group of female directors will bring their Indigenous-focused films to York’s Keele Campus during Congress 2023 in late May. Both conference attendees and the general public will have the opportunity to see the works of Ange Loft, Martha Stiegman, Angele Alook and Paulette Moore free of charge as part of the conference’s community programming. They touch on a variety of […]