York U students earn awards for achievements in social science
31 awards were presented to LA&PS students across a number of diverse fields of study, including African Studies, Law & Society, Criminology and more.
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Twitter starts testing edit button; Canadian Twitter Blue users among first to access
Criminology professor Natasha Tusikov comments on the safety and productivity issues regarding Twitter’s new feature trial. September 01, 2022 Author: Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press. “…The rollout of the long-awaited tool comes as Canada is looking to regulate tech companies and pressure is mounting to tamp down on online harassment. “But if we're looking for […]
BUSO profs contribute chapters to new publication on Southeast Asia’s Mekong Region
Business & Society (BUSO) Assistant Professor Nga Dao, who is also a Faculty Associate at the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR), and Research Associate Vanessa Lamb, who is joining BUSO in January 2023 as an Associate Professor, have authored chapters in a long-anticipated edited collection on development and dispossession in the Mekong Region. More […]
BUSO prof. Nga Dao examines the informal financial sector in rural Vietnam in new YCAR brief
In the York Centre for Asian Research’s latest Asia Research Brief, Asia Research Brief #47 | Money pool (Hụi/Họ) in the Mekong Delta: An Old Way of Doing Finance in Rural Vietnam (PDF), Dr. Nga Dao examines the informal financial sector in rural Vietnam. ROSCA, or money pools (called Hụi, Họ, Phường or Biêu, depending […]
BUSO Prof. Caroline Shenaz Hossein joins board of directors of The International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE)
For more information, please visit The International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) website.
BUSO Prof. Caroline Shenaz Hossein writes in The Hill Times
The Hill Times, May 31, 2021. "No more Black suffering on display: expose racist banking to public scrutiny and bring in home-grown ROSCAs" by Caroline Shenaz Hossein. (Openly available PDF.)
The Racialized Students in Healthcare Virtual Lecture Series
The Racialized Students in Healthcare virtual lecture series is sponsored by the OHTN and provides workshop series on Indigenous Education, HIV Clinical Care, HIV research facilitated by HALCO and HIV Pharmacy Care. Our facilitators include: MaryAnn from the Native Women Resources Centre, Dr. Gordon from Unity Health, Stevia Arthur from BlackCAP, Alex Vincent from Cabbagetown Community Health Centre and […]
BUSO professor Caroline Shenaz Hossein featured speaker on capitalism for University of London event
Caroline Shenaz Hossein, York University associate professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), is one of three speakers for a virtual event hosted by SOAS University of London, March 24. "Social Reproduction, Financial Exclusion and Alternatives" runs from 12 to 1:30 p.m. EST over Zoom, and will explore how in 21st-century […]
You're Invited: 4th Annual Book Celebration
A virtual event will be held to celebrate recent publications by Annie Bunting, Lisa Drummond, Carlo Fanelli, Les Jacobs, Jaime Llambías-Wolff, Vanisha Sukdeo, and Douglas C. Young. This event will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 9, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. Each of the books is available for purchase at the hyperlinks provided with […]