Awards

School of Human Resource Management student Narmada Murugarajan wins Robert J. Tiffin Student Leadership Award

Eleven York University students recently received the Robert J. Tiffin Student Leadership Award. The award recognizes students whose leadership has contributed to the growth, development and vitality of York University. Winners are nominated by members of the university community. Narmada Murugarajan, who is completing her Bachelor of Human Resource Management, was one of the students […]

Generous donation to LA&PS creates Barrantes Prizes in Philosophy

York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) has received a generous donation of $100,000 over five years from Benn Barrantes, a distinguished graduate of the Faculty’s undergraduate program in philosophy, which will establish the Barrantes Prizes in Philosophy, aimed at recognizing exceptional student essays that explore the intersection of philosophical thinking and social […]

Five York U professors awarded federal grant to support Black, Indigenous, Latinx grad students

Tameka Samuels-Jones, an assistant professor in York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, alongside four of her colleagues, has been named one of this year’s recipients of the Robbins-Ollivier Award for Excellence in Equity, a prestigious $100,000 grant from the Government of Canada and its Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat.

LA&PS Researcher receives new CFI funding for cutting-edge project

LA&PS researcher Arik Senderovich has received new infrastructure funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for his project on Data Analytics in Services. The York researchers received a combined total of $745,204 from CFI’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF), which supports institutions in attracting top talent and acquiring the state-of-the-art tools and equipment […]

LA&PS Faculty Member's Book Finalist for the Toronto Book Awards and the Heritage Toronto Awards

Paul McLaughlin’s acclaimed novel, The Suicide Magnet: Inside the Battle to Erect a Safety Barrier on Toronto’s Bloor Viaduct, is one of five books shortlisted for the 2024 Toronto Book Awards, in addition to being one of fifteen 2024 Book Award nominees for the Heritage Toronto Awards. The book recounts the story of how a […]

2024 York University Research Awards Celebration

Each year, the York University Research Award Celebration celebrates York’s scholars across all faculties and schools for their remarkable achievements. The President and Vice-President Research and Innovation take the opportunity to recognize their efforts and contributions to the world as drivers of positive change. This year LA&PS researchers in diverse areas are praised for their […]

Call for nominations: Ian Greene Award for Teaching Excellence

The Ian Greene Award for Teaching Excellence is an annual, merit-based award given to one professor and one teaching assistant (TA) in York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) who have demonstrated excellence in teaching and supporting their students. The award was created by former students of Professor Emeritus Ian Greene – […]

Students continue Japanese speech contest winning streak

York University students from the Japanese Studies Program in the Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics (DLLL) built on recent success by winning top prizes at the 35th Canadian National Japanese Speech Contest (NJSC). In March, four undergraduate students from the program earned top prizes at the annual Ontario Japanese Speech Contest. Among them were Hei Tung Chloe Shek, who received the […]

Department of English gives out writing awards

York University’s Department of English presents its annual English Awards, which recognize outstanding essays written by students in undergraduate courses across all levels. Each year the department offers several prizes and scholarships for students in English and creative writing, many honouring former faculty members. Several of the prizes are supported by generous donations from former […]

LA&PS community members invested into Order of Canada

Two individuals with connections to the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies are among the 78 new appointments to the Order of Canada, announced in December 2023 by the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada. The LA&PS-affiliated and newly appointed individuals include one officer (O.C.) and one member (C.M.) joining the Order of Canada, […]