Preparing students for the life beyond the classroom has always been a primary objective for York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS). For this reason, efforts have been made to utilize creative teaching strategies, collaborate with community partners, and create engaging ways for students to gain valuable experiences that will help them […]
Economics can often seem like an abstract field of study, characterized by esoteric numbers and formulas; however, York University Professor Ida Ferrara knows that the subject area is far more tangible than that. “Economics is a part of our daily lives,” she said. “Economics is everywhere.” Students enrolled in ECON 4089: Research Seminar in Economics […]
For at least 15,000 years before the first Europeans arrived in North America, the continent was inhabited by a variety of creative, sophisticated and technologically skilled cultures. Yet, most history courses about North America begin with First Contact, as it is called – a decidedly Eurocentric approach that Carolyn Podruchny, a York University historian, is […]
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, an independent scholar, artist and Anishnaabe writer is the guest presenter for the 2020 York Sociology Annual Lecture on Feb. 4 at 4 p.m. in Osgoode Hall 1005. Described as “playful, pissed-off and ferociously funny,” Simpson’s work breaks open the intersections between politics, story, and song, bringing audiences into a rich and layered world […]
Last summer, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies student Jennifer Ditta was one of 40 undergraduates selected to participate in the Dean’s Award for Research Excellence (DARE) program, earning a financial prize and contributing to a fascinating research project with a York professor in London, England. In this article, she reflects on the experience, […]
When student Munzungu Nzeyedio was paired with the Duke Heights Business Improvement Association (BIA) last year, it was a great opportunity for both parties. Nzeyedio, a mature student in her third year in in the honours program in political science and public policy and administration, had the opportunity to integrate her classroom learning with a […]
The late humanitarian Jean Vanier created L’Arche communities to make known the gifts of people with developmental disabilities, and students from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and the Lassonde School of Engineering will have a chance to learn firsthand about L’Arche Daybreak as part of a new experiential education initiative. Carolyn Steele, […]
York University English Professor Julia Creet traces the histories of the largest, longest-running and most rapidly growing genealogical databases, and seeks to explain North Americans’ current obsession with family history, in her new book set to publish on Feb. 28. The Genealogical Sublime (University of Massachuestts Press, 2020) is a crossover academic/trade book seeks to delineate […]
As part of York University’s Canadian Writers in Person Lecture Series, author Uzma Jalaluddin will read from her debut novel, Ayesha at Last, on Jan. 28. The series features 11 authors who will present their work, answer questions and sign books. Canadian Writers in Person is a for-credit course for students. It is also a free-admission event for […]
York Public Policy and Equity Studies Professor Lorne Foster, together with the Institute for Social Research (ISR), are the primary organizers of the new Blackness in Canada Policy Networking Conference. The conference will take place Feb. 4 and 5 in the second floor conference facility in the Second Student Centre at the Keele Campus. With […]