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YCAR awards for graduate student research and language acquisition

YCAR offers seven graduate awards for research, fieldwork and language acquisition. The application deadline for all awards is Monday, 8 February 2016 at 4pm. 

YCAR Professional Development Fund deadline is Jan. 18

YCAR’s Professional Development Fund subsidizes its Graduate Associates’ travel costs to present their scholarly or creative work. Amounts awarded will range from $50 to $500 with the expectation that they will be used in conjunction with other awards.

Changing Policies, Changing Institutions, Changing Minds

Thank you to everyone who joined us for ‘Changing Policies, Changing Institutions, Changing Minds: The Filipino-Canadian Action Research Summit’ earlier this month.

Call for Volunteers | Girls with Disabilities in the Global South

Volunteers are needed for a workshop and photo exhibition on “Girls with Disabilities in the Global South”, scheduled for 15 January 2016 at York University. This event is organized by Xuan Thuy Nguyen’s Monitoring Educational Rights for Girls with Disabilities (MRGD) project, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) with support from […]

Associate Publication | Qiang Zha

Canadian Universities in China’s Transformation: An Untold Story is the forthcoming book edited by Ruth Hayhoe, Julia Pan and Qiang Zha (Faculty Associate, Education). Leading scholars from Canadian and Chinese universities elaborate on the historical experience of collaboration in areas as different as environmental sciences, marine science, engineering, management, law, agriculture, medicine, education, minority cultures […]

Associate Publication | Kazi A. Rouf

YCAR Research Associate Kazi A. Rouf’s article on gender inequality and female labour in Bangladesh has been published in the International Journal of Research Studies in Management 5(1). “Against all odds: Socio-economic and political factors related to female labour force participation and decision making power in Bangladesh” examines the interrelating issues of female labour force […]

Associate Publication | Xuan Thuy Nguyen

  Xuan Thuy Nguyen (YCAR Research Associate; Mount Saint Vincent University) is the author of the recently published The Journey to Inclusion (Sense Publishers).

YCAR Publication Support Fund for faculty and grad associates

The YCAR Publication Support Fund is intended to assist in covering expenses that will enable or enhance the publication of research on Asia or Asian diasporas by YCAR Faculty Associates or Graduate Associates, usually in the form of a book.

Post-doctoral fellowship opportunity – urban climate change capacity in the Mekong region

The Urban Climate Resilience in Southeast Asia Partnership (UCRSEA), located in the Asia Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, invites applications for a one-year UCRSEA Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Urban Climate Change Resilience.

Opportunity | Graduate Student Awards offered by YCAR

YCAR offers seven graduate awards for research, fieldwork and language acquisition for its Graduate Associates and other graduate students enrolled at York University. The application deadline for all awards is Monday, 8 February 2016 at 4pm.