York University undergraduate students were recognized for their work in poetry, short fiction, and screenwriting at the annual Creative Writing Program Awards ceremony, sponsored by the President’s Office and the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS). The online ceremony held on May 24 honoured the 2021-2022 winning submissions. The event was organized by David Goldstein, creative writing program […]
The Advising Community of Practice and Peer Leader Community of Practice has selected Mona Frial-Brown, manager of student success and access programs in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), to receive the 2022 Lynda Tam Guiding Light and Legacy Award. This annual award was established in honour of Lynda Tam, a long-serving […]
Together with the executive committee, Jack Leong, associate dean of research and open scholarship at York University Libraries organized the conference for the Canadian Comparative Literature Association/L’Association Canadienne de Littérature Comparée (CCLA/ACLC). The event featured presentations from York faculty and graduate students. This year’s theme was “Divergence and Convergence of Comparative Literature” and the event […]
By Anam Raheel On July 1, Associate Professor Ruth Green began her term as special advisor to the dean on Indigenous issues at the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS). Green will advise the LA&PS Office of the Dean on ways in which to address the impact and histories of systematic barriers experienced […]
This year, the Law and Society Association (LSA) honored 21 scholars, including York University Professor Annie Bunting, as part of its 2022 Annual Awards. Bunting is a professor in the Law & Society program at York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, researching and teaching in the areas of gender justice and international human rights. […]
By Anam Raheel LA&PS sessional professor, Christopher Sweeney, Faculty of HRM, publised a new graphic novel titled Feeling Weird, which highlights youth dealing with mental health. Co-written with Sean Donaghey, with illustrations by Dave Shephard, the novel also contains helpful notes, strategies and links to online mental health resources. “We were inspired to write […]
LA&PS Professors Ian Roberge and Thomas Klassen co-organized and co-hosted the conference Asymmetric Neighbours and International Relations: Living in the Shadow of Elephants alongside Professor Nara Park of Yonsei University on June 20 and 21. The two-day event explored how smaller nations sharing a border with a larger country survive in the shadow of their more powerful neighbour. This timely conference, […]
For many, an experiential education course has become a part of the York University experience. Since 2019, a group of intrepid applicants have experienced Greece through the lens of the summer course HIST 3375 – Greece: A Modern History led by Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) Associate Professor Sakis Gekas where historical walks and archives, visits to museums […]
Are older generations of Quebecers less trusting than younger ones? A new study by York University researchers finds the Quiet Revolution in Quebec had a strong influence on how trusting Quebecers are of each other. Assistant Professor Cary Wu of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, and Associate Professor Andrew Dawson, Chair of the Department of […]
David Miller, lawyer, professor, international environmental activist and the former mayor of Toronto, delivered a passionate address to graduands of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies after receiving an honorary doctor of laws degree from York University during the June 16 afternoon convocation ceremony. In his remarks, he focused on the ways that […]