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LA&PS scholarship continues to shine in the recent QS World University Rankings by Subject

The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) at York University has once again helped York make significant strides in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 report. The QS World University Rankings, published annually by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), evaluate scholarship across more than 1,700 institutions, segmented into five broad subject areas: arts and humanities, engineering and technology, life ...

LA&PS scholarship continues to shine in the recent QS World University Rankings by Subject

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School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies professor cowrites article about Islamophobic attacks in Canada
April 3, 2025

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Assistant professor Nadia Hasan from the School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies has cowritten an article for The Conversation about a recent attack on ...


Department of English professor discusses the dangers of privatizing personal data in article for The Conversation
April 1, 2025

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Department of English professor Julia Creet discusses how the company 23andMe recently filed for bankruptcy and what this means for its customers’ privacy in a ...


School of Public Policy & Administration professor quoted in CBC article about political conflicts of interest
April 1, 2025

School of Public Policy & Administration associate professor Ian Stedman was quoted in a recent CBC article discussing Mark Carney and his personal financial holdings ...

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Stained glass window in little-known Ottawa church is a masterpiece hidden in plain sight
March 21, 2025

An astonishing stained glass window in an Ottawa church “is significant in the world of stained glass for two reasons: as the work of the ...

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