Written by Elaine Coburn, Director of the Centre for Feminist Research Organized by the CERLAC student caucus and hosted by York University doctoral students Natasha Sofia Martinez and Alex Moldovan. Malene Alleyne is a Jamaican human rights lawyer and founder of Freedom Imaginaries, an organization that uses human rights law to tackle legacies of slavery […]
Nina Czegledy, co-creator of the Leonardo Network, is an artist and adjunct professor at the Ontario College for Art and Design. Jane Tingley is co-creator of the SLOLab, York University. Together Czegledy and Tingley co-curated the Agents for Change: Facing the Anthropocene exhibition. Liz Miller is an artist at Concordia University. The online panel discussing […]
Written by Elaine Coburn, Director of the Centre for Feminist Research, York University Biography Tanhum Yoreh is an Assistant Professor at the School of Environment at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on religion and environment, faith-based environmentalism, faith-based environmental ethics, and religious legal approaches to environmental protection. He is particularly interested in the […]
Written by Elaine Coburn, Director of the Centre for Feminist Research, York University Bipasha Baruah (York University PhD 2005) is Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Global Women’s Issues. She is also a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Professor Baruah specializes in interdisciplinary research […]
By Elaine Coburn, Director of the Centre for Feminist Research Dr. Angele Alook is Assistant Professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at York University. A member of Bigstone Cree Nation in Treaty 8 territory, her research focuses on the political economy of oil and gas in Alberta. She is a co-investigator […]
Wildfires, Disaster and Emergency Management | Professor Eric Kennedy Celebrating Asian Heritage Month | Professor Guida Man Drive-Through Mass Vaccination Clinic Simulator Climate Change in the North | Professor Slowey World Health Day | Professor Golemi-Kotra Black Women Artists in Canada | Researcher Shaunasea Brown Valentine's Day | Professor Muise Black Youth and Literature | […]
For the Oct. 20 edition of the Scholars’ Hub @ Home speaker series, Glendon Professor Gertrude Mianda, director of the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas at York University, will host a discussion about francophone African-Canadian immigrants in the minoritized francophone community. Francophone Canadian immigrants who come from Sub-Saharan Africa rarely benefit from the […]
Two keynote speakers will discuss the power of collaboration on Oct. 18 when the LaMarsh Centre for Child & Youth Research at York University presents the 2021 Dr. Eric Jackman Health Scholars Learning Forum. Running from 3 to 5:30 p.m., the event aims to explore the impact of collaboration and mentorship and will also feature […]
Two York University students have earned academic awards for their work advancing Canadian studies. The prizes, awarded by York’s Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, recognize one graduate and one undergraduate student every year. The Barbara Godard Prize for the Best York University Dissertation in Canadian Studies recipient is Andrew Zealley, Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change (EUC), […]
The second talk of the 2021-22 Science and Technology Studies (STS) Research Seminar Series takes place on Tuesday, Oct. 5 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. and features Conor Douglas, assistant professor in York University’s Department of Science and Technology Studies. His talk is titled “Social Pharmaceutical Innovation for Rare Diseases: Towards a Conceptual Definition and Research Program.” According […]
The Canadian Centre for Disease Modelling (CCDM) based at York University was one of the co-organizers of a virtual symposium on COVID-19 and other infectious diseases that took place Sept. 14 to 18. The event drew an international cohort of more than 300 researchers, public health experts and students. The CCDM 2021 China-Canada Symposium on Modelling, Prevention and […]
This year, York University’s Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) Seminar Series is focusing on Assistant Professor Martha Stiegman’s knowledge translation project Polishing the Chain, which leverages research by the Indigenous-led Talking Treaties community arts project of Jumblies Theatre and Arts to enrich public discussion of treaty relations Toronto. Toronto is the traditional territory of the Wendat, Anishnaabeg […]
York University has launched a new organized research unit (ORU) that is the first at the University to focus on Indigenous and decolonizing scholarship. The Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Languages (CIKL) is led by inaugural Director Deborah McGregor, an associate professor at York and the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice at Osgoode Hall […]
Researchers at York University will receive more than $1.5 million in funding from the Government of Canada as part of a $77-million investment to support 332 research infrastructure projects at 50 universities across the country. Announced on Aug. 11 by Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, the contribution comes from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) […]
A project out of York University that will advance gender equality in the social and economic response to COVID-19 is one of 237 projects to receive funding under Women and Gender Equality Canada’s $100-million Feminist Response and Recovery Fund. “Creating Space: Precarious Status Women Leading Local Pandemic Responses” is a collaborative, two-year project that brings together […]
A conference exploring the ways in which Hakka perspectives and experiences can contribute to addressing world challenges was the topic of the sixth Toronto Hakka Conference, hosted virtually by York University from July 10 and 11. Co-organized by the Hakka community in Toronto and the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR), the “One Heart, One […]
Our eyes move three times per second. Every time we move our eyes, the world in front of us flies across the retina at the back of our eyes, dramatically shifting the image the eyes send to the brain; yet, as far as we can tell, nothing appears to move. A new study out of […]
With the recent news of the 215 children found in a mass grave in Kamloops, B.C., and the Islamophobic hate crime in London, Ont., the mourning, loss and injustice can feel paralyzing. For those looking to continue their journey to create a more equitable and inclusive York University, the Centre for Human Rights, Equity and […]
Making the Shift (MtS), a youth homelessness social innovation lab co-led by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness at York University, will present the fourth webinar of the “In Conversation With...” series on May 28 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Titled "Child Welfare and Youth Homelessness Prevention in Canada," the webinar will examine pandemic responses to homelessness across […]
Most Black Canadians regularly experience racism, whether it is in criminal justice, education, employment, health care, or in the recently added COVID-19 pandemic scenario, a York University-led ongoing survey reveals. “This experience is not new, but because Black Canadians are typically classified under the larger visible minority group, their unique challenges have always been undermined,” […]