The Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at York University will host the annual Leonard Wolinsky Lectures in Jewish Life and Education on May 2 at 4 p.m. ET on Zoom. This year's event will explore the theme of "The Lives and Afterlives of Yiddish" with talks from two prominent speakers. In “Echoes […]
York University PhD student Giovanni Hernández-Carranza (Department of Sociology) and undergraduate student Enzo Flores Montoya (Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics) were named the recipients of the 2020 Michael Baptista Essay Prize from the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC). Hernández-Carranza won for his essay “Hemispheric Racial Formations: Making Sense of Central and South Americans’ Experience […]
A York University researcher who led a damning probe revealing how Black drivers and those of Middle Eastern descent were disproportionately targeted by Ottawa police has been hired by Peel Regional Police to do a deep dive into officers’ interactions with racialized people. Lorne Foster, director of the Institute for Social Research at York University, has been […]
A compelling bioart project leverages climate geoengineering in an unlikely way: It introduces poetry into a plant’s biology through dew and in the process makes a profound statement about climate change, biodiversity and the interconnectedness of humans and the environment. Humans often introduce toxic elements into the environment; researchers then try to mitigate the damage. […]
With two well-received documentaries under his belt, Professor Patrick Alcedo has proven his ability to tell an evocative and unforgettable story. He sits down with Brainstorm to talk about his documentaries, which showcase Filipino culture, empower the underprivileged and, in his own words, “grip the heart.” After choreographing a Filipino dance extravaganza at York University […]
A researcher looks at service delivery, in three Ontario universities, to Indigenous and international students. He concludes that the Higher Education institutions are making certain assumptions about these student populations – a finding that will be of interest to all universities and colleges.
In this exclusive interview with Brainstorm, Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, founder and artistic director of the world-renowned Nathaniel Dett Chorale, reflects on the past two decades of the Chorale and discusses this group’s role as artist in residence at the Tubman Institute.
Professor Gertrude Mianda has been appointed the new director of the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas at York University. Mianda’s appointment went into effect on July 1. Gertrude Mianda Mianda is an associate professor in the Gender and Women’s Studies program at Glendon Campus. She also served as the chair of […]
Professor Michele Johnson, at the end of her term as director, considers the impact that the Tubman Institute has made in Canada and across the globe. She hopes to rectify the nation’s amnesia around the presence and contributions of persons of African descent to our history.
Environmental Studies professor releases book on the global phenomenon of suburbanization. This, on the heels of a major international conference, will shape future thought on this important topic.
An NSERC-funded project, where patients with Parkinson’s participated in three-month dance classes, has led to the patients’ improvements in balance and gait speed.
The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) welcomed Professor Abidin Kusno (Faculty of Environmental Studies) as the centre’s new director on July 1. York Professor Abidin Kusno Kusno is the centre’s fourth director, and will inherit an active portfolio of research initiatives and activities related to Asia and Asian diasporas at York. “I am looking […]
A clock ticks away in the background while you’re absorbed in a book. When you shift your attention to the clock, does its ticking seem to get louder? Philosophers and psychologists have debated the answer since the late 19th century when William James and Gustav Fechner staked out opposing positions. Now a philosopher-psychologist duo from […]
In July 2017, York University's Centre for Feminist Research released a policy brief on human trafficking. Challenging Trafficking in Canada, edited by CFR Research Associate and Professor in Social Science Kamala Kempadoo and PhD candidate in Anthropology Nicole McFadyen, with assistance from Phillip Pilon, Andrea Sterling and Alex Mackenzie, and research contributions by York graduate […]
The Vision: Science to Applications (VISTA) program at York University is hosting two major events this month: a summer school, running from June 5 to 9 ̶ a joint venture with the Centre for Vision Research (CVR); and an international CVR/VISTA conference from June 13 to 16. These are the first events that are being […]
SHADD Project led by Historian Paul Lovejoy provides rare glimpse into lives of those in the slave trade across four continents from 17th to 19th centuries.
Researchers at York University’s Centre for Vision Research (CVR) have discovered that astronauts who experience extended periods of microgravity experience long-term disturbances in their perception of upright. The study “The effect of long-term exposure to microgravity on the perception of upright” appears this month in the Nature Partner Journal: Microgravity. The project investigates how astronauts […]
Two major ventures in York’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design have paved the way for a continued upward trajectory that draws together highly diverse areas of creative practice around next-generation technology. The School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) at York University has launched two important ventures in the span […]
Gordon Flett looks at ethnic variations on perfectionism, and how they relate to suicidal thoughts in university students. This study, a global first, could help Canadian undergrads. There is no doubt university students are under increasing pressure to succeed in their academic, social and personal lives. York University psychology Professor Gordon Flett, Canada Research Chair […]
York University’s world class expertise in vision research is recognized with the nation’s top federal research funding award, the Canada First Research Excellence Fund, to the tune of $33 million. A landmark investment in research was announced on September 8, 2016, at York University. On this day, the government of Canada acknowledged York’s expertise in […]