If you love meeting talented writers and hearing them read from their published work, or just want to soak up a unique cultural experience, don’t miss the Canadian Writers in Person Lecture Series, which continues Oct. 26 with a reading from Emily St. John Mandel’s fifth novel, The Glass Hotel (Penguin Random House, 2021). The series gives attendees an opportunity to […]
On Oct. 27, the Cognitive Science Speaker Series returns with a discussion titled “Thinking in the Abstract: Evolutionary Origins” featuring Amanda Seed, a senior lecturer in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Abstract concepts allow wide-ranging predictions in new situations based on sparse data. Whereas some looking-time […]
The Last Years of Karl Marx: An Intellectual Biography by Marcello Musto, professor of sociology in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, will be the subject of a virtual discussion hosted by the British Sociological Association on Oct. 25, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. BST. Musto’s The Last Years of Karl Marx: An Intellectual […]
A collection of photos by Filipina nurses, personal support workers and in-home caregivers that capture everyday moments of struggle, while caring for the most vulnerable during the pandemic, will be on display at A Space Gallery in downtown Toronto starting Oct. 20. The photo series, titled Matatag, will be on display in the windows of A Space […]
In their study, York Professors Eric Tucker (Osgoode) and Leah Vosko (Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies) recommend that workers be eligible for 15 days of paid leave so that they can cover both sickness and caregiving needs. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed large gaps in sickness and caregiving leave provisions available to workers across […]
Writer and lawyer Michelle Good is of Cree ancestry, a descendent of the Battle River Cree and a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. On Sept. 21, she joined the Canadian Writers in Person event series at York via Zoom to talk about her novel Five Little Indians. York University teaching assistant Dana Patrascu-Kingsley sent […]
Nine faculty members from the Creative Writing program will present readings from their works during an annual event. This year, it will take place on Monday, Oct. 18, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Participating in this event are: Professor Allan Weiss (departments of English and humanities); Andy Weaver, associate professor (English); Concetta Principe, contract faculty (English); David B. Goldstein, associate […]
York University’s History Department and the Indigenous Studies program, along with the History of Indigenous Peoples Network, and the Centre for Indigenous Student Services co-hosted an event on Sept. 28 titled “Reconnecting Youth’s Relationship to our Territory”. The event was presented by Marion McGregor, Leslie McGregor, Crystal Clark McGregor, and Nevada Anwhatin, all Anishinaabe-kwe from […]
Beginning Sept. 29, the Writing Centre at York University will feature a new weekly livestream hosted by writing Professor Rich Shivener, who will broadcast the digital series from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on his YouTube channel, YU WRIT Live. Shivener will consider topics including the purpose of university writing and assignments, new software to […]
The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) is launching Advancing YU, a new mentorship program for third- and fourth-year students. Advancing YU is broken into two streams, Advancing Women and Advancing Black Students. Advancing YU is a unique program that offers mentorship, skills development and personalized mentoring. Participants will also receive a scholarship […]