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February 8 to 12 is International Development Week!
Join us for one of the IDS Program’s most exciting weeks - our Student Association’s International Development Week! Hang out online with your peers, watch a movie, engage in our Speaker Session, meet IDS Alumni, and see what IDS students are doing in their Opportunity Showcase. Movie Night Speaker Session Alumni Night Opportunity Showcase If […]
In Memoriam: Remembering Professor Lisa Drummond
The Urban Studies Program and the Department of Social Science has suffered a great loss with the passing of Professor Lisa Drummond on January 19, 2021. After living and working in Hanoi, Vietnam in the early 1990s, Lisa completed a degree in human geography at the Australia National University and held a postdoctoral fellowship at […]
The Learning Curve: Ryan James on Lecturing through YouTube
From YouTube-hosted lectures to gamifying the classroom, The Learning Curve is a series showcasing how course instructors in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies are embracing the online learning environment with creative approaches to teaching remotely. In our latest instalment, Ryan James, a contract faculty member teaching in the Department of Anthropology and Urban […]
BUSO Prof. Caroline Shenaz Hossein's article in Feminist Economics
Racialized People, Women, and Social Enterprises: Politicized Economic Solidarity in Toronto Caroline Shenaz Hossein Contributed to Feminist Economics Published online November 16, 2020 ABSTRACT For social enterprise to matter to racialized people, it must be purposefully embedded in the community. This study examines three nonprofit organizations led by women engaged in community economic development work […]
BUSO Prof. Caroline Shenaz Hossein pens Op Ed in The Globe & Mail
It's time to rethink how we fix racism in banking Caroline Shenaz Hossein Contributed to The Globe and Mail Published November 19, 2020, updated 'Having Islamic-compliant loan products, making outreach in Somali, Arabic and Haitian Creole,' Caroline Shenaz Hossein writes, 'and embracing greater awareness of niche business ideas among these communities would be important.' Caroline […]
LA&PS - The Learning Curve: Law & Society Prof. Tyler Totten
The Learning Curve: Professor Tyler Totten POSTED ON 17 NOVEMBER 2020 From YouTube-hosted lectures to gamifying the classroom, The Learning Curve is a series showcasing how professors in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies are embracing the online learning environment with creative approaches to teaching remotely. We open the series with Tyler Totten, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Science’s Law & Society program. Totten shares how he’s using […]
SOSC SLST student a winner in the International Policy Ideas Challenge 2020
Huge congratulations to Heather Tasker, a PhD student in Socio-Legal Studies! Heather won a national policy competition (one of 10 from across the country) and is working with Global Affairs Canada to translate her research into foreign policy. Read the official announcement.
SOSC CRIM student wins YorkU's First-year Free Tuition Contest for 2020
Hearty congratulations to Penelope Guevara who is this year's winner of YorkU's First-year Free Tuition Contest! Penelope entered the Criminology Program in September and is excited about her studies. Read about her in Yfile today!