Due to the impacts of vast changes in our lives from COVID-19, York University course instructors may be thinking about connecting with mental health in their teaching this year. For this, the online source History in Practice (HiP) offers a terrific starting point. “The fact that we present mental health from the perspective of those […]
York University international student Ishan Gambhir and his family have been helping to fight the damage done by the pandemic on multiple fronts in their current hometown of Jakarta, Indonesia, where his father works in the garment industry. When the pandemic closed businesses in Jakarta, the third-year student joined friends in distributing food packages to […]
The following was written in collaboration by Professor Emeritus Roberto Perin and Associate Professor Gabriella Colussi-Arthur. “A generous, welcoming and good-humoured man.” “Gentle, discreet and deeply dedicated to his work and family.” These are just two of the testimonials from friends and students to Professor Gabriele Scardellato who died on Aug. 8 after a brief […]
Researchers at York University have been awarded more than $1.5 million in funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The grants are part of more than $32 million in funding recently announced for over 1,000 researchers across 69 institutions. The awards support York research that improves the quality of life […]
In an article written for The Conversation, School of Administrative Studies assistant professor Akolisa Ufodike teams up with University of Calgary professor Harrie Vredenburg to investigate the subject of corporate diversity across Canada – covering the ways in which it has not yet materialized, in spite of widely perceived notions. During a moment of […]
Focusing their area of study on Queer and Trans* Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (QTBIPOC) activism in Toronto, Jade Crimson Rose Da Costa (they/their) is letting their actions speak louder than words. The pandemic has increased the need for community outreach, and Da Costa has helped to create a place where volunteers can give […]
Glendon’s Strategic Partnerships team, led by Alison Stewart, together with student researchers led by Brenda Spotton Visano, University Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), launched a series of three interactive online financial literacy workshops this summer. As part of Glendon’s first Virtual Brain Boosting Camp, these workshops will be rolled out to […]
The York University Libraries’ Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections (CTASC) hosted its first-ever virtual class visit on May 27 with Professor Miguel Gonzalez’s SOSC 3800 Development Studies Research Methods course, part of the International Development Studies program in the Department of Social Science. For the past several years, Gonzalez brought his students to CTASC […]
A new book authored by Professor David Etkin takes a deep dive into the ethical analysis of emergency management. Etkin’s book The Ethical Emergency Manager: Issues, Morality and Dilemmas is geared toward professionals and students, and outlines how ethics are at the core of emergency management. Beginning with an overview of ethical theories relevant to […]
History Professor Adrian Shubert’s Spanish book Espartero, El Pacificador (Galaxia Gutenberg, 2018), a biography about 19th century Spaniard Baldomero Espartero, has been cited in a special tribute to the leading Spanish figure. On July 15, the Government of Spain issued a new postage stamp in Espartero’s honour. Shubert’s closing assessment of Espartero as “the embodiment […]