Dr Kyriakides speaks at the Symposium on Gender, Family, and Marital Relationships among Arab Refugee Families in Canada

  By special invitation, Dr Christopher Kyriakides, Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Socially Engaged Research in Race and Racialization, speaks at the Symposium on Gender, Family, and Marital Relationships among Arab Refugee Families in Canada, hosted by the Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration LOCATION: London, Ontario DATE: Friday February 23, 2018 TIME: […]

Dr Bawa moderates, “Black Panther”: Celebrating Blackness in the African Diaspora in Canada

Join the conversation and share your thoughts… The African diaspora describes communities throughout the world that resulted from the movement of people from Africa. In Canada, the African diaspora is one of the largest ethnic groupings, vastly diverse, but remains connected at multiple intersections including, cultural backgrounds, nationalities, languages, religions, class, skin tones, etc. Much […]

Congratulations, Dr Hadj-Moussa! New book, "The Public Sphere and Satellite Television in North Africa: Gender, Identity, Critique"

The Public Sphere and Satellite Television in North Africa: Gender, Identity, Critique The advent of satellite television and its adoption in the Maghreb brought about a profound social change. This book, which explores the relationships between the media and the public sphere, shows that the simple and quotidian act of watching satellite television as opposed […]

Dr Kurasawa explores the visual economy of Western humanitarian

  From yfile, February 13, 2018 Lecture explores visual economy of western humanitarianism An event organized by Osgoode Hall Law School’s Law.Arts.Culture will feature a lecture and discussion on the topic of “Perilous Light: On the Visual Economy of Western Humanitarianism” by Professor Fuyuki Kurasawa on Feb. 14. Professor Fuyuki Kurasawa of the Department of […]

Sociology students: Submit your work!

The Sociology Undergraduate Students Association’s Annual Academic Conference is a unique opportunity to revisit work you would like to share and discuss with other students and faculty, while gaining great experience and even prizes! Submit a research paper or project which you (in any year or sociology course) have completed and would like to present. […]

Dr Goldring is Discussant at Creating Pathways and Crossing Borders: Access to Higher Education for Refugees and Precarious Migrants

Creating Pathways and Crossing Borders: Access to Higher Education for Refugees and Precarious Migrants     ***This event is part of York University Refugee Awareness Week 2018, details are available at www.yorku.ca/refugees (and an up to the minute schedule is available at https://www.facebook.com/events/1778809858860333/  ) *** Thursday, February 8th, 2018 12:00-2:00pm Founders College Senior Common Room (Room […]

Dr Kim awarded grant to study North Korean refugees

York U professor awarded grant to study North Korean refugees in Canada From Yfile January 17, 2018 For a little more than a decade (2003 to 2015), there was a small bump in the numbers of North Koreans in Canada, many of them seeking asylum. But the number of asylum seekers, which were in the […]

Excalibur reviews Dr Ali's "Environmental Management: Critical Thinking and Emerging Practices"

Check out Excalibur's November 16 review of Professors Harris Ali and Peter Mulvihill's recent book, Environmental Management: Critical Thinking and Emerging Practices. Taken from: http://excal.on.ca/understanding-the-ecological-crisis/ In the Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES), Professors Harris Ali and Peter Mulvihill published Environmental Management: Critical thinking and emerging practices to highlight the increasing ecological crisis, which the authors […]

The SUSA Scoop: Fall 2017 Newsletter

Sociology Undergraduate Student Association News SUSA  is excited to share their Fall 2017 newsletter, The SUSA Scoop. To reach SUSA, email yorksusa@gmail.com SUSA Fall 2017 Newsletter (pdf)

International conference 'Marx's Capital after 150 Years: Critique and Alternative to Capitalism' attracts 1,000+

  An international conference to mark  the 150th anniversary of the first publication of Marx’s Capital was held May 24 to 26 at York University. Organized by Marx Collegium (York University), under the directorship of Marcello Musto, associate professor of sociology, the conference brought together some of the leading scholars in the fields of sociology, political science, and […]