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Associate News | Patrick Alcedo receives Ontario Early Researcher Award

31-07-2014

Russ Patrick Alcedo (Dance) is one of four York professors to be awarded an Ontario Early Researcher Awards valued at $140,000. The Early Researcher Awards program helps recently appointed researchers...

Associate News | R. Patrick Alcedo receives Selma Jeanne Cohen Award for Dance and Dance Studies

22-07-2014

The Fulbright Association has recognized R. Patrick Alcedo (Dance) with a Selma Jeanne Cohen Award for Dance and Dance Studies. The Selma Jeanne Cohen Fund for International Scholarship on Dance honours...

Associate Publications | Gregory Chin comments on China in Africa, Renminbi internationalization

22-07-2014

Gregory Chin (Political Science) is the author of two recent blog contributions on China in Africa and Renminbi internationalization. China’s Challenge in Africa: Avoid Blame of Neo-Colonialism was posted as...

Media | Gregory Chin on new BRICS development bank and reserve currency fund

22-07-2014

Gregory Chin (Political Science) was quoted in a Toronto Star article on the $50 billion (U.S.) development bank established by the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa –...

Call | Outward and upward mobilities: International students, their families, and structuring institutions

22-07-2014

Call for papers for an edited collection Outward and upward mobilities: International students, their families, and structuring institutions (Working title of edited book, July 2014) Editors: Ann H. Kim, Sociology,...

Associate Publication | Michael Nijhawan

15-07-2014

Michael Nijhawan (Sociology) and Ratiba Hadj-Moussa (Sociology) are editors of a new publication, Suffering, Art, and Aesthetics (Palgrave Macmillan, July 2014). The book brings together a range of intellectuals from...

York students "Emerging Voices on Asia"

15-07-2014

The perspectives of recent York students on Canadian ties to a rapidly changing Asia have recently been published on the "Emerging Voices on Asia" blog of the National Conversation on...

New Asia Research Brief considers the Philippines' turnaround story

03-07-2014

The newest addition to the YCAR Asia Research Brief series is by Kenneth Cardenas (PhD candidate, Geography). Kenneth's brief, titled "Retelling the Philippines' turnaround story", looks at the bases and...

Settlement Challenges, Success Stories and Support for Filipino Youth symposium

24-06-2014

Thank you to those who participated in the Settlement Challenges, Success Stories and Support for Filipino Youth symposium held on June 23 at York University. More information about the symposium...

Media | Qiang Zha on China’s expansion of vocational education programs

24-06-2014

Qiang Zha (Education) is quoted in a new article on China’s expansion of vocational education programs. In a bid to reduce the huge number of university graduates with similar academic degrees...