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Duygu Biricik Gulseren: On Employee Wellness, Productivity and Chronic Pain

School of Human Resources Management (SHRM) Professor Duygu Biricik Gulseren’s research focuses on healthy and safe work (e.g., leading healthy workplaces, chronic pain at work, work-life-health interface) and leadership (e.g., transformational leadership, abusive supervision, leadership development). Her recent article on creating psychologically healthy workplaces explores the relationship between leadership and mental health mediated by psychological […]

Canadian Writers in Person: Jack Wang on fiction as a way of relating to the past

Chinese Canadian writer Jack Wang launched the Canadian Writers in Person series for 2022-2023 with a reading from We Two Alone. Wang offered a compelling presentation about the historical figures and events that inspired the short stories in this collection. When asked about the research he undertook for these stories, Wang said the process can be […]

Journalist Sally Armstrong urges grads to challenge the status quo

Author, journalist and human rights advocate Sally Armstrong received an honorary doctor of laws degree during York University’s convocation ceremony for graduands from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. Armstrong visited York University on Oct. 13 to accept an honorary doctor of laws degree during Fall Convocation. Known for her pursuit of stories […]

Educators build OER repository for French as a second language

As part of the larger goal of building a unified, intersectoral community of practice among French as a second language (FSL) educators, Professors Muriel Péguret and Dominique Scheffel-Dunand are building a multilingual hub that includes a repository of Open Educational Resources (OER), such as textbooks, articles and videos. OER are free teaching and learning resources […]

LA&PS prof among other faculty members to Open Educational Resources, advancing UN SDGs

Faculty develop innovative Open Educational Resources (OER) that are aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and reveal the positive impact on teaching and learning. Faculty members who are engaged in the process of creating OER reveal the impact this has on the teaching and learning experience, both in the classroom and beyond. They […]

LAPS prof among others to develop OER projects for eCampusOntario’s virtual learning strategy

York University, through its talented faculty, contribute to eCampusOntario’s virtual learning strategy Open Educational Resources (OER) collection. In December 2020, the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities unveiled its Virtual Learning Strategy (VLS), an initiative designed “to drive growth and advancement in virtual learning across the province’s post-secondary institutions,” and York University faculty members have […]

#YUGood? Instagram Photo Contest

Planning on joining us for “#YUGood? LA&PS Stress-Buster Fest”? Want to make your study break that much sweeter? Snap a photo the captures your experience of #YUGood and you could win one of three $50 gift cards to the York University Bookstore. How to Enter: Follow the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) […]

SSHRC-funded podcast explores pain’s impact on daily life

A new podcast funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) premieres on Oct. 17 and explores the topic of chronic pain. World Pain Day, Oct. 17, invites us to think about the ways that chronic pain and disability show up in day-to-day life. How does pain impact our ability to […]

New Provostial Fellows engage community to lead on Sustainable Development Goals

Four new Provostial Fellows have taken up their roles this year, among them two are from Faculty of LA&PS. The program is now in its second year running, with current fellowships in place until spring 2023. As an initiative led by the provost, each of the Fellows will build capacity across the institution to advance the University Academic […]

LA&PS prof wins award for research on how external shocks affect online voting

A paper by a research group including York University Associate Professor Zachary Spicer that examines the impact of exogenous shocks on online voting has earned the award for Best Paper at the International E-Vote Conference in Austria. The research group that also includes faculty from the MGGill University, Toronto Metropolitan University, Brock University and Dalhousie University, focused its work on the […]