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A Message from outgoing YCAR Director Abidin Kusno
05-04-2022
I am pleased to inform you that following the director search process, Professor Shubhra Gururani was offered the position, and she has accepted it. Shubhra Gururani is Associate Professor and...
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New YCAR-supported book examines the intersectional identities of Filipina/o/x youth
16-03-2022
Drawing upon Postdoctoral Associate Jessica Ticar’s (Politics) doctoral dissertation conducted within two im/migrant settlement service agency sites engaged in school-community partnerships, YCAR is pleased to support the publication of Dr....
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YCAR participation in Climate Change Research Month
14-03-2022
YCAR is pleased to participate in York’s the first-ever Climate Change Research Month. In March, York’s Organized Research Units (ORUs), which are synergistic hubs that stimulate interdisciplinary and collaborative research...
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Asia Research Brief #47 | Money pool (Hụi/Họ) in the Mekong Delta: An Old Way of Doing Finance in Rural Vietnam
10-02-2022
In our latest Asia Research Brief, Nga Dao (Social Science) examines the informal financial sector in rural Vietnam. ROSCA, or money pools (called Hụi, Họ, Phường or Biêu, depending on...
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YCAR publication support for upcoming Associate publication focused on Yemen
19-01-2022
Through its Publication Support Fund, YCAR is pleased to support Nalini Persram’s forthcoming book, “Post-Revolutionary Reckoning in Yemen Under Saudi Arabian Bomb” (Palgrave 2022). The book consists of two broad...
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SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarships Awarded to our Graduate Associates
14-01-2022
Congratulations to our Graduate Associates who received Canada Graduate Scholarships as part of the Fall 2020 competition. The results were recently announced on the SSHRC website. Seungwoo Baek, Communication and...
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History of the Hakka/Chinese diaspora focus of recipient of second Vivienne Poy Hakka Graduate Research Award recipient
13-01-2022
Congratulation to Eleanor Yang, recipient of the second Vivienne Poy Hakka Graduate Research Award. Eleanor is a master’s student in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies. Eleanor is a 1.5 generation...
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Three projects received funding earlier this fall through YCAR’s Canada-China Initiatives Fund
14-12-2021
Three YCAR faculty-led research projects received funding earlier this fall through YCAR’s Canada-China Initiatives Fund. Founded in 2019, the Canada-China Initiatives Fund (CCIF) was created to support scholarly exchanges and...
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Asia Research Brief #46 | The Visual Politics of Taiwanese Nationalism
08-12-2021
In our latest Asia Research Brief, Robin Verrall (PhD, Political Science) explores how national identity is constructed and contested in visual media in Taiwan. He argues that there is no...
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The Re[new]All Exhibition Continues
18-11-2021
The Re[new}All online exhibition continues its online run! Opening in late September, the various exhibits (including work by YCAR Associates) are still accessible here: https://sensorium.ampd.yorku.ca/events/renewall/ The exhibition Re[new]All is held...