Criminology Annual Lecture 2024 Date: March 14, 2024 Time: 3 – 5 p.m. Location: CLH (Curtis Lecture Halls) B Speaker: Professor David Lyon (Queen’s University). Professor David Lyon is the former Director of the Surveillance Studies Centre, and Professor Emeritus of Sociology and of Law at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. A pioneer in the field of Surveillance Studies, he has authored or […]
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 […]
Congratulations to Dr. Mohamed Sesay, winner of the International Studies Association’s Lee Ann Fujii Book Award for 2021 for his new book Domination Through Law: The Internationalization of Legal Norms in Postcolonial Africa. From the International Studies Association’s press release: “This year’s winner, Mohamed Sesay’s book Domination through Law: The Internationalization of Legal Norms in […]
Criminology professor and Foundations Co-ordinator Dr. Natasha Tusikov’s research and commentary is in high demand. Her prodigious output of late includes an appearance on The National news program, in an article with Global News, and authoring and co-authoring a series of articles with CIGI – The Centre for International Governance Innovation – an international think […]
The essay was completed in early April 2020 and published during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. Sheptycki’s paper argues the politics of policing the pandemic panic reveal tectonic shifts in the world system. He explains how the COVID-19 virus “precipitated the first global police event presenting an occasion for researchers and scholars to apply existing theory and […]
TORONTO, Sept. 2, 2021 – Workplace violence against female elementary school teachers by some of their students is often dismissed or diminished despite serious injury and emotional harm, says the lead author of a new paper out of York University. That’s because the issue is often invisible, complex, intertwined, messy and insidious, say co-authors York […]
The Hill Times, May 05, 2021. “Setting a path for the new data commissioner” by Natasha Tusikov. (Subscription required.) The New Indian Press, June 04, 2021. “Social media eats into its own vitals” by Vinay Sahasrabuddhe. (Openly available.) Centre for International Governance Innovation, June 09, 2021. “Is Canada Ready for the Platform Regulation Debate?” by […]
Interviews: Race, Racialization, and Crime The Department of Social Science’s Criminology Program is holding Job Talks for hiring candidates via Zoom. Faculty and students are welcome and encouraged to attend. For details and information, please contact soscasst@yorku.ca. THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2021 – DR. TEMITOPE ORIOLA RESEARCH TALK: 11:30-1:00 (Deathly Resistance and Female Suicide Terrorism) TEACHING […]
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 […]
