Innovative CoLearn space opens doors for collaborative education
The CoLearn Collaborative Learning Space is a new learning space from LA&PS that will help create active learning and engagement between instructors and teachers.
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King Charles III Coronation Medal honours York U community members
Several LA&PS members have been honoured as recipients of the King Charles III Coronation Medal. The medal recognizes those who have made a meaningful impact across various sectors, including education, research, public policy and social advocacy.
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.
Department of English professor discusses the dangers of privatizing personal data in article for The Conversation
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 recent article published in The Conversation. Creet, who has studied the family history industry for 20 years, says that 23andMe aimed to circumvent the health care industry to provide consumers […]
School of Public Policy & Administration professor quoted in CBC article about political conflicts of interest
School of Public Policy & Administration associate professor Ian Stedman was quoted in a recent CBC article discussing Mark Carney and his personal financial holdings in China. Carney was the chair of Brookfield Asset Management, which opponent Pierre Poilievre claims makes him vulnerable to influence by China since he has stocks worth millions in the […]
LA&PS Celebrates Ghana’s Independence and the appointment of Vice-President and Alumnae Opoku-Agyemang
On March 6, as Ghana marked 68 years of independence from British colonial rule, the York University Ghanaian community gathered to celebrate not just the nation’s hard-won freedom but also a groundbreaking moment in its history—the election of Her Excellency Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as Ghana's first female vice-president. The event, titled Still We Rise: […]
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: Within […]
Professor Christina Sharpe earns 2025 Killam Prize for her impact on Black studies and the humanities
York University Professor Christina Sharpe has been named a recipient of the 2025 Killam Prize. The prestigious $100,000 prize is awarded annually to just five distinguished Canadian scholars to recognize their sustained research excellence. Sharpe’s work in Black studies, which spans a wide range of disciplines, has been widely recognized both within Canada and internationally. […]
Students from Department of Literature, Languages & Linguistics win top prizes in Ontario Japanese Speech Contest
Undergraduate students from the Japanese Studies Program, housed in the Department of Literature, Languages & Linguistics (DLLL), took part in the annual Ontario Japanese Speech Contest on March 1. Students from the program won first prize in all four major categories (Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced and Open) presenting speeches that were meaningful to them in Japanese. […]
York receives $386,000 in funding from Natural Resources Canada to research wildfire prone communities
Disaster & Emergency Management Associate Professor Eric Kennedy, from the School of Administrative Studies, will be leading a new project entitled “Understanding and Improving Wildfire Mitigation Partnerships with Local Governments.”The project has received $386,000 in funding from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) through its Build and Mobilize Foundational Wildland Fire Knowledge Program under the Wildfire Resilient Futures Initiative. The […]