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Opportunity | YCAR Professional Development Fund | Deadline: Jan. 30

28-11-2022

YCAR’s Professional Development Fund subsidizes relevant experiences for its Graduate Associates to present their scholarly or creative work. Amounts awarded will range from $50 to $500 with the expectation that...

Opportunity | Canada-China Initiatives Fund | Deadline: Jan. 22

21-11-2022

YCAR invites applications from York University faculty and graduate students for the Canada-China Initiatives Fund call for proposals. Founded in 2019, the Canada-China Initiatives Fund (CCIF) was created to support...

York tapped to enhance China’s international outreach on climate change

16-11-2022

*Originally published in YFile, 15 November 2022 With the signing of a new international professional development agreement, the Asian Business and Management Program (ABMP) at York University just launched a...

International Students from Asia in Canada’s Post-Secondary Institutions: Disconnections and Connections

15-11-2022

A new special issue of Comparative and International Education examines and exposes the connections and disconnections between actors in the domain of international education and for provoking questions about the...

root, branch, driftwood workshop series for Tamil-English translators, poets and writers

08-11-2022

SERIES 1: Saturdays 11 am-1pm EST | Nov 12, 19, 26 | 2022 SERIES 2: Saturdays 11am-1pm EST | Feb 4, 11, 18 | 2023CELEBRATION: April 2023 with the Tam Fam...

Locating the Indian Woman and LGBTQIA+ Online: Digital Activism in #Section377 and #Me

03-11-2022

YCAR alumna Nanditha Narayanamoorthy’s Asia Research Brief explores the relationship between technological platforms and gender minorities in Indian cyberspaces, which was the focus of her dissertation. Dr Narayanamoorthy is now...

Summer 2022 recipients of Canada-China Initiative Funding

02-11-2022

The summer 2022 recipients of Canada-China Initiative Funding engage in a variety of topics, ranging from Chinese Canadian prose fiction to Chinese international students in Canada. Congratulations to the recipients! Monique...

Videos | Crossing the Bridge Mackay Built: 150 years of Canada in East Asia and East Asia in Canada

01-11-2022

In June of 2022 a virtual symposium was held celebrating the connections built by George Leslie Mackay. Crossing the Bridge Mackay Built: 150 years of Canada in East Asia and...

YCAR Research Collaboration Fellowship: The Structural Determinants of Urbanization in India and China

13-09-2022

We are pleased to welcome Paramjit Singh to YCAR. Together with Cary Wu (Sociology), the pair are recipients of a YCAR Research Collaboration Fellowship. Their joint project looks at the...

Echo from the Archipelago: Connecting Indonesia and Canada through Traditional Music by Exploring Collective Memories in Canada

29-08-2022

The Echo from the Archipelago: Connecting Indonesia and Canada through Traditional Music by Exploring Collective Memories in Canada workshop was designed to develop a bridge between Indonesia and Canada through music...