The Department of Humanities at York University and the Women and Gender Studies Institute at the University of Toronto invite you to the Canada 150@York event, Austin Clarke’s Legacy: A Celebration and Conference to take place on November 17-18, 2017. Please visit the to conference website at http://www.yorku.ca/aclconf to RSVP and for more information.
On Thursday October 5, 2017, the Graduate Program in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies and the Centre for Feminist Research presents the Graduate Program’s annual lecture. This year’s lecture titled ‘From Resistance to “Reconciliation”: Ruminations on Decolonization from a Feminist Metis’ is with Dr. Emma LaRocque. About the Lecture The current trend to conflate “reconciliation” […]
We are proud to announce that the IRSCL Congress is coming to York University on July 29 – August 2. The Congress’ theme is “Possible & Impossible Children: Intersections of Children’s Literature & Childhood Studies.” Join the organizers on Sunday July 30 for a roundtable on “ Indigeneity and Children’s and Young Adult Literature.” This roundtable […]
We are proud to announce that the IRSCL Congress is coming to York University on July 29 – August 2. The Congress’ theme is “Possible & Impossible Children: Intersections of Children’s Literature & Childhood Studies.” Join the organizers on Sunday July 30 for a roundtable on “ Indigeneity and Children’s and Young Adult Literature.” This roundtable […]
On the 40th anniversary of the murder that shocked Toronto, historians Gilberto Fernandes, Daniel Ross, Tom Hooper (York University), and sex worker/ advocate Valerie Scott (Sex Professionals of Canada) will discuss how the death of the young Azorean shoeshine boy Emanuel Jaques impacted the city’s Portuguese, LGBTQ, and sex worker communities, and led to the […]
We are proud to announce that the Robarts Centre will be hosting Dr. Jatinder Mann of King’s College for a discussion of his new book: The Search For a New National Identity: The Rise of Multiculturalism in Canada and Australia, 1890s-1970s. When: Thursday, June 1, 7:00pm Where: Kaneff Tower – Room 626, York University, Keele Campus This is […]
We are proud to announce that the Robarts Centre will be hosting Dr. Jatinder Mann of King’s College for a discussion of his new book: The Search For a New National Identity: The Rise of Multiculturalism in Canada and Australia, 1890s-1970s. When: Thursday, June 1, 7:00pm Where: Kaneff Tower – Room 626, York University, Keele Campus This is […]
Friday, 28 April 2017 | 9am to 6:30pm | York University This workshop explores the politics of constructing ‘Peace’ and attaining ‘Security’ through interdisciplinary analytical frameworks of ‘Frontier Studies.’ The keynote address will be given by peace prize winning The Honourable Peggy Mason, former Canadian Ambassador and current President of the Rideau Institute. Investigating frontiers, […]
Friday, 28 April 2017 | 9am to 6:30pm | York University This workshop explores the politics of constructing ‘Peace’ and attaining ‘Security’ through interdisciplinary analytical frameworks of ‘Frontier Studies.’ The keynote address will be given by peace prize winning The Honourable Peggy Mason, former Canadian Ambassador and current President of the Rideau Institute. Investigating frontiers, […]
We are excited to announce that this year’s Robarts Centre Annual Lecture in Canadian Studies will be delivered by Dr. Bonita Lawrence (Mi’kmaw), Associate Professor in the Department of Equity Studies at York University. Her lecture, “Canada at 150: Where is the ‘Truth’ in the Reconciliation Process?” will be delivered as the keynote address at […]