In the summer of 2015, students from York University travelled to Thailand and South Korea for field-based courses in Geography and Political Science. In Encountering Asia: Undergraduate Experiences from York University Study Abroad Courses in Thailand and South Korea, members from each course discussed their learning experiences and presented findings from the research they conducted […]
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2015 Asia Lecture. Professor Yen Le Espiritu (University of California, San Diego) spoke on Vietnam, the Philippines, Guam and California: Connecting the Dots of US Military Empire. The annual Asia Lecture is the York Centre for Asian Research’s (YCAR) keynote public event celebrates critical scholarship on Asia and Asian Diasporas. The […]
Philippine and Chinese Geo-Political Interests Related to the South China Sea was the focus of an early October talk by Rommel Gavieta. Dr. Gavieta, a YCAR Research Associate, has 29 years of project experience in economic, market, project and geo-political risk management in the area of infrastructure development in the Southeast Asian region. A special thank you to Rosalita […]
YCAR is pleased to welcome Soohwan Song to the Centre as a Visiting Scholar for the 2015.2016 academic year. Mr. Song is Director of the Korean National Assembly. He is interested in the direction of social change needed in Korea, and will be comparing historical changes in parliamentary and political institutions in other countries. He […]
YCAR Graduate Associate Shazia Javed, who is in the MFA Film program, recently made a 10-minute video #WeSayKnow as part of a Directed Reading with Prof. John Greyson (Film). In the video, four Muslim women share their views and personal experiences on sexual- health education. Made in the context of ongoing protests against Ontario’s revised […]
The new edited collection by York sociologists Guida Man (YCAR Faculty Associate) and Rina Cohen will be launched next week at York University. Engendering Transnational Voices: Studies in Family, Work, and Identity was published by Wilfrid Lauirer University Press earlier this summer. “The major goal of this project was to give voice to marginalized transnational […]
YCAR is pleased to welcome Yavanna Puts as a visiting graduate associate for the 2015-2106 academic year. Yavanna is a masters student in Applied Communication Science at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. She has a special interest in environmental governance and fisheries. Her research focuses on communication with and between citizens, civil society and […]
Thomas Klassen (Political Science) is the co-author of a new guide aimed at helping students flourish in school and life. Klassen and Professor Emeritus John Dwyer (Humanities) lay out the secrets to success for university students in their new book, How to Succeed at University (And Get a Great Job!): Mastering the Critical Skills You […]
A new article by Dr. Andrew Song is now available online from Political Geography. “Pawns, Pirates or Peacemakers: Fishing Boats in the inter-Korean Maritime Boundary Dispute and Ambivalent Governmentality” is available at: http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1RJcC_LupuqJoC Dr. Song, a graduate of Memorial University, was the 2014 YCAR-ABMP Post-doctoral Fellow in Asian Governance. The article examines how South Korean […]
By Kevin Boiragi ‘Canadian Experience: Shaping Lives and Generations’ was co-organized by Bengali Information and Employment Services (BIES), and Kevin S. Boiragi, a YCAR Graduate Associate and Masters Candidate in Geography. The event was held on 25 July 2015 at Access Alliance in Toronto. The General Secretary of BIES, Golam Mostofa, opened the event and was […]