Making the Shift (MtS), a youth homelessness social innovation lab co-led by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness at York University, will host the first event in its Virtual Event Series on July 20 with a conversation featuring Jesse Thistle. The live talk will take place from 5:30 to 7 PM on Zoom. Thistle, a bestselling […]
By Anam Raheel LA&PS Professors received more than $2 million in 2020 Insight Grants from SSHRC. Keep reading the #LAPSInsightOut series to learn more about the amazing research happening in our Faculty. Department of English Professor Deanne Williams has been awarded an Insight Grant of $94,276 from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). […]
By Anam Raheel LA&PS Professors received more than $2 million in 2020 Insight Grants from SSHRC. Keep reading the #LAPSInsightOut series to learn more about the amazing research happening in our Faculty. After being in Zimbabwe during a major discovery of diamonds, and subsequently investigating the emergence of resource-fueled violence amid the chaotic interventions of […]
Fifteen professors from the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (LA&PS) have been successfully awarded more than $2 million in Insight Grant funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) as part of the 2019-20 SSHRC Insight Grant competition. The Insight Grant program awarded a total of $91 million to more than […]
The York University Alumni Board has recognized four distinguished York students for their academic excellence and student leadership. The Alumni Awards and Scholarships started in 2009 and are adjudicated by the York University Alumni Board every year. Awards include the Harry Arthurs Alumni Families Scholarship, the Golden GRADitude Award and the Silver Jubilee Award. Harry […]
Offered through the Department of Humanities, York University’s Indigenous Studies Program brings Indigenous voices, cultures, issues and histories into focus, and is a site of resistance against misconceptions and mischaracterizations of Indigenous peoples and culture. Bonita Lawrence, a professor of humanities and coordinator of the Indigenous Studies program says the program “provides students, particularly those […]
A new book by Nicholas Rogers, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus from the Department of History at York University, exposes the brutality of the slave trade, uncovers an important legal trial in the first wave of British abolition and shows how class is crucial to understanding the dynamics of the abolition movement. Murder on the Middle […]
A new book co-edited by York University Professor Hassan Qudrat-Ullah and Muhammad Asif from Glasgow Caledonian University addresses the vital and interwoven areas of energy, environment and the economy within the field of sustainability research. Dynamics of Energy, Environment and Economy: A Sustainability Perspective (Springer, 2020) explores issues such as energy security, depleting fossil fuel […]
For the past eight years, Department of Communication Studies associate professor Natalie Coulter has led an assortment of courses at York University, covering themes including advertising, culture, digital media, and youth. However, recent accolades have helped to further her efforts in adding to the wealth of knowledge on these connected subjects beyond the classroom. In […]
The Jane Finch Community Research Partnership (JFCRP) is a group of residents, stakeholders and non-profit organizations within the Jane and Finch area, with partners at York University, that works to address the historical research relationships that have existed and continue to exist between the Black Creek/Jane and Finch community and the University. Through community leadership […]