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Professor Lorne Foster’s book reviews major issues from black community perspective

In his recent book, Writing Justice: Voicing Issues in the Third Media, York public policy & equity studies Professor Lorne Foster provides a retrospective review of the burning issues of the last decade from the perspective of Canada’s black community. The launch for Writing Justice (Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 2011) will take place on […]

Four York professors to explore turmoils in the Middle East today

Want to understand recent events in Egypt and the surrounding region better? A Teach-in Panel on Turmoils in the Middle East – an area covering North Africa and Western Asia – will be presented this week, featuring York professors from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. The teach-in will take place Thursday, Feb. […]

Ontario nurses experiencing racism on the job: York professor

Ontario nurses are experiencing racism on the job to the point they are segregated into certain units within hospitals and onto certain shifts, wrote The Peterborough Examiner July 15, in a story about research by York University Professor Tania Das Gupta. Visible minorities are especially vulnerable, Das Gupta, chair of York’s Department of Equity Studies, […]