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Opportunity | Financial Coordinator, Asian Business and Management Program at YCAR

Financial Coordinator, Asian Business and Management Program Employment Category: Part time (up to 24 hours) Department: ORU-YCAR/ABMP Classification: Administrative     Band: 4 Posting Number: 100381 Job Start Date: 01-06-2020 Job End Date: 08-03-2020 Compensation:* Hourly Rate:$20.94 Job Purpose: The Financial Coordinator supports the Asian Business and Management Program (ABMP) in the planning and execution of its […]

Emerging Asian Urbanisms’ Call for Films

The Emerging Asian Urbanism series at the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) is hosting a film exchange workshop to spark discussion and peer review of unfinished or finished films. The purpose of this event is to allow for a space to showcase ongoing student and scholarly work for the exchange of ideas and constructive […]

New Asia Research Brief Examines the Management of Wetland Regions in Kerala, India

Sanil Kumar‘s research focuses on the effective management of Indian wetland regions through the adoption of an integrated planning framework. His study site, the Kuttanad Wetland region, is one of the state of Kerala’s densest rural locations. The region is ecologically sensitive and known for its unique below sea-level farming practices that have continued for […]

New Book: Outward and Upward Mobilities: International Students in Canada, Their Families, and Structuring Institutions

Ann Kim’s (Sociology, YCAR) new co-edited book investigates the connections between students and institutions. Outward and Upward Mobilities: International Students in Canada, Their Families, and Structuring Institutions (University of Toronto Press, 2019) will be launched on Sept. 27 at an event featuring a panel discussion on international education in Canada with three of the book’s […]

2019 Undergraduate Essay Award winners

YCAR is pleased to announce our 2019 Undergraduate Essay Award winners: Harkit Bhandal and Safa Warsi.  Safa is a fourth-year Psychology major who has spent time as a research assistant in various psychology labs at York. She is interested in culture and religion, particularly in the context of the experiences of minorities in North America. […]

YCAR Recipients of the SSHRC Insight Grant competition

Congratulations to the YCAR Associates who received funding from SSHRC as part of the 2018-19 Insight grant competition: Russ Patrick Alcedo (Dance) | Staged Identities: Documenting Folk Dance from the Philippines to Canada Kabita Chakraborty (Children’s Studies) | Extreme Love: Young People’s Experiences at the Intersection of Intimacy and Violence in Urban India (PI) Jennifer […]

Conflict and Food Studies Group Launches

This is the inaugural year for a new study group at York that focus on conflict and food. The Conflict and Food studies group is an inter-disciplinary, collaborative and knowledge-sharing initiative that explores the intersection of food and conflicts in social, political and intimate settings. It is supported by the York Centre for Asian Research at […]

Canada-China Initiatives Fund

The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) invites applications from York University faculty and graduate students for the inaugural Canada-China Initiatives Fund call for proposals. Founded in 2019, the Canada-China Initiatives Fund (CCIF) was created to support scholarly exchanges and research on modern (i.e. post 1911) and contemporary China (including Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau) […]

“Real Jobs, Living Wages Forum” in Scarborough a Success

Over one hundred people attended the “Real Jobs, Living Wages Forum” in Scarborough, Ontario last week (16 March 2019). There Bangladeshi community leaders and allies came together to discuss the labour market challenges faced by skilled immigrants, especially women. The night also saw skits and cultural performances that kept spirits high. The event centred around […]

Undergraduate Asia & Asian Diaspora Essay Awards (Nominations accepted until 29 April 2019)

The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) invites York faculty members or teaching assistants to nominate exceptional undergraduate student papers for the YCAR Undergraduate Asia Essay Awards. A small monetary award of $200 is available for one recipient in each category: Geographic Asia and Asian Diaspora. The winning papers will be published online as part […]