After a two-year hiatus, the highly popular Empire series of interdisciplinary talks returns to York’s Keele campus this Thursday. Empires II is a joint project of the Departments of Anthropology, History and Sociology in York’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, and offers University community members an opportunity to participate in free talks that […]
Chancellor Roy McMurtry and three York professors will discuss social justice and human rights on a panel next Wednesday as part of the Research Matters Speakers Series. McMurtry, former attorney general of Ontario, will open with remarks on social justice in Canada. Each panelist will speak about a different aspect of the theme, followed by a […]
Protesters are turning to theatrical tactics like papier-mâché bobble-head costumes, human oil slicks, rebel clowns, samba bands and floats to demonstrate against the G20 summit meetings, reported The Globe and Mail June 25: Lesley Wood, a sociology professor in York’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies who specializes in social movements, says dissent has […]