Multidisciplinary contemporary artist Leeroy New inspires York artists and scholars

Internationally acclaimed Filipino contemporary artist Leeroy New visited the School of Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD) and the Philippine Studies Group (PSG) at York University on 26 September 2023. His visit included studio visits with students of the Graduate Program of Visual Arts, a lunch with PSG members, and a public artist talk. Known […]

PSG celebrate local research with its award of six community-engaged grants to local organizations

The Philippine Studies Group (PSG) at York University is celebrating local research with its award of six community-engaged grants to local organizations. “One of the core principles of the PSG is supporting community-engaged and community-grounded work. We are delighted to support exciting and innovating research creation projects from community organizations with a track record of […]

Congratulations to our student awardees

Eight graduate students from three Faculties at York University are recipients of Philippine Studies Group funding for research, fieldwork and language acquisition.   “It is very exciting to read about York University students’ projects, which range from in-depth fieldwork examining the gendered dimensions of the Mindanao peace process to intensive language study and cultural immersion in […]

Dr Kristian Saguin Visits York University

Dr Kristian Saguin (Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of the Philippines Diliman) visited York between March 19th-22nd. Dr Saguin’s work engages with urban, agrarian and environmental studies in various sites in the Philippines. He has published political ecological and urban research that examines livelihoods, environmental practices, resource politics and urban life at the peri-urban fringes […]

Artist-in-Residency | Leo Lorilla and Pamela Corales

The grant the Philippine Studies Group at York received made it possible for Leo Lorilla and Pamela Corales, core performing artists of Bayanihan: the National Dance Company of the Philippines and faculty members of the Philippine Women’s University (PWU) in Manila, to be artists-in-residents in the Department of Dance at York University from 10 to […]