Eight researchers across York University will join the York Research Chairs (YRC) program – the University’s internal counterpart to the national Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program which recognizes outstanding researchers. These YRCs belong to the ninth cohort of researchers to be appointed since the establishment of the program in 2015. These YRCs’ terms run for […]
Are you a first-year LA&PS student attending York Orientation Day? Connect with us on Instagram for a chance to win one of five $75 York University Bookstore gift cards! LA&PS Academic Orientation Day Contest Rules: Follow the Faculty of LA&PS Instagram account (@yorkulaps) Follow the LA&PS College Life Instagram account (@laps_collegelife) Like the most recent […]
The York University Alumni Board recognized four distinguished York students with 2022 Alumni Awards and Scholarships for their academic excellence and leadership. The Alumni Golden GRADitude Award recognizes graduating students who leave York University a better place. Issa Abdi Jamaa and Tiana Putric are this year’s Alumni Golden GRADitude Award recipients from the Faculty of […]
Ten York University students were honoured with the Robert J. Tiffin Student Leadership Award, recognizing their leadership at York University and their contributions to the growth, development and vitality of the York community. “Campus life and creating connections are a huge part of university life and each and everyone of these individuals have demonstrated dedication and […]
LA&PS Professor Jean-Thomas Tremblay’s research and teaching in environmental and sexuality studies span literary, screen, and performance cultures. Their latest book Breathing Aesthetics, releasing in October 2022, shows how minoritarian artists have responded to a crisis in breathing marked by the intensified pollution, weaponization, and monetization of the air from the 1970s onward. Breathing Aesthetics […]
Hello, At York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (LA&PS) we are committed to welcoming and supporting all our international students from around the world. We understand that the global visa processing delays have negatively impacted many international students in LA&PS and that these delays may impact your ability to start the academic […]
Hello, At York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (LA&PS) we are committed to welcoming and supporting all our international students from around the world. We understand that the global visa processing delays have negatively impacted many international students in LA&PS and that these delays may impact your ability to start the academic […]
York University will welcome its first cohort of Markham Campus students in Fall 2023 with three Markham programs offered through the University’s partnership with IBM. The following Markham programs will be delivered at York’s state-of-the-art Learning Space in the world-class IBM Canada headquarters: Bachelor of Applied Science in Digital Technologies, offered by the Lassonde School of Engineering, […]
In 2021, the inaugural cohort of Provostial Fellows began a series of year-long projects that would take meaningful action on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs play a central role in the University Academic Plan, which includes a call for the community to create positive change through the goals. Now that their terms have ended, […]
A short film produced as part of a York University project with its partners and funded by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has been shortlisted for the NGO International Film Festival. The film Help! is part of the Research/Dissemination Network on the Development of the African Union’s African Human Rights Action Plan […]