Professor Patrick Alcedo’s New Documentary About Filipino Domestic Workers
27-04-2017
Congratulations to Associate Professor Patrick Alcedo (Dance) on the completion of his new film! Synopsis: A tribute to millions of Filipino foreign domestic workers, A Piece of Paradise is an...
Canadian Council for SEAsian Studies – Submission Deadline Extension
24-04-2017
October 27 – 28, 2017 || York University, Toronto, Canada The 33rd Biennial CCSEAS conference theme—‘People In and Out of Place’—represents a long standing and yet often forgotten dynamic of...
A Festschrift for Professor Bernie Frolic
21-04-2017
Canada-China Relations: Looking Back, Looking Forward. A festschrift for Professor Bernie Frolic. On Tuesday 4 April 2017 YCAR hosted a festschrift for Professor Bernie Frolic. A roundtable of distinguished Canada-China...
Inaugural Bernard H.K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies
14-04-2017
Dr Choi Po King of the Chinese University of Hong Kong will give the inaugural Bernard H.K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies on 27 April 2017. A beloved...
The Geotechnical Politics of Ocean Frontiers workshop
12-04-2017
The Honourable Peggy Mason, former Canadian Ambassador and current President of the Rideau Institute, will give the keynote address at an upcoming interdisciplinary workshop on peace and security. The Geotechnical...
2017 Annual General Meeting
11-04-2017
YCAR invites its membership to the 2017 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 27 April 2017. We will be reviewing our activities over the past year, making plans for the year...
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11-04-2017
A warm YCAR welcome to Chusak Wittayapak! Professor Wittayapak is a visiting researcher at YCAR until July 2017. He is working with Peter Vandergeest (Geography) on the New Directions in Environment Governance...
Hong Saihwa to speak at York University on April 19th
10-04-2017
Hong Saihwa Hong (Hong Sehwa), one of the most prominent figures in progressive movement in South Korea, will speak at York University on 19 April 2017. An educator, author and...
YCAR Associate | Hyun Ok Park
03-04-2017
The Capitalist Unconscious: From Korean Unification to Transnational Korea, Professor Park’s (Sociology) recent book published by Columbia University Press, has been accorded Honourable Mention status in this year’s James B....
YCAR Associate | Kabita Chakraborty
01-04-2017
“The Emotions of Migration and Children’s Migration across Asia” is currently under-review as a special issue in Children's Geographies, after the concept note was accepted in 2016. The proposed special...