The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) recently received a $500,000 donation from Canadian philanthropist, author and business woman Vivienne Poy to create an endowment to support student engagement in Hakka research and scholarship. This generous gift plants a seed for the growth of a Hakka Scholars Network to develop Hakka research and scholarship at […]
In an article written for The Conversation, Department of Equity Studies professor Tania Das Gupta examines current issues of nursing home COVID-19 deaths, stressing the need for the crucial factor of race to be included in discussions on the topic. Among those most severely affected by the pandemic, elderly residents and their caregivers in long-term […]
Four months ago, the term COVID-19 didn’t even exist. As the novel coronavirus pandemic sweeps across the planet and changes how society operates, it’s also fundamentally changing the way we talk, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics professor Sheila Embleton explains to the Toronto Star. As time passes, COVID-19 “buzz words” on social media continue […]
In January, York’s student virtual assistant was successfully launched to students in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, Glendon College and the Lassonde School of Engineering. In the first three months, 9,000 students from those three Faculties had more than 3,500 conversations with the student virtual assistant. On May 19, the student […]
The following is a message to the University community from President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda L. Lenton: La version française suit la version anglaise. Dear York Community, With our summer term now underway, I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone in the York community for their continued commitment and dedication in providing […]
Course directors in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) are invited to nominate a student’s paper for the annual LA&PS Writing Prizes until the June 16 deadline. The Writing Prizes are open to all kinds of writing (except creative writing) from undergraduate students enrolled in LA&PS courses, including case studies, administrative/executive reports, […]
Two associate professors of Italian studies in York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Roberta Iannacito-Provenzano and Gabriele Scardellato, have co-edited a new book titled Italian Foodways Worldwide: The Dispersal of Italian Cuisine(s) (Soleil Publishing, 2020). “The important observation that ‘we are what we eat’ has profound implications for cultural identity not only […]
York University has awarded $300,000 in research grants to advance 20 new research projects dedicated to Canada’s fight against COVID-19 and its impacts. The University recently announced a $250,000 research fund and call for proposals to support immediate term COVID-19 research projects. Due to the impressive response, the University increased the fund by $50,000 to […]
Professor Emilia Nielsen, from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, has published a book about breast cancer that tackles the issue in a very different way. Disrupting Breast Cancer Narratives: Stories of Rage and Repair (University of Toronto Press, 2019) explores what she calls the “politically insistent narratives of illness” and refutes the […]
As Canada heads into flood and wildfire season, how does the current situation with COVID-19 stretch resources to effectively plan for and manage these potential disasters, as well as react and organize evacuations if necessary? Three professors from the Disaster & Emergency Management (DEM) Program in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies are […]