February 2025
Climate Change in Palestine: Hazards, Vulnerabilities, and the Intersection with Conflict
Monday, 24 February 2025 | 12:30 to 14:30 EST | Room 280N, Second Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University With Ahmed Abu Shaban, Visiting Scholar at the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University; Al Azhar University, Gaza Palestine is among the most climate-vulnerable regions in the world, facing a wide range of […]
Politics of Karma (Kamma): Women's Identity Formation in Theravada Buddhist Discourse and Subaltern Gendered Agency
Wednesday, 26 February 2025 | 10:00 to 12:00 EST | Room 857, Eighth Floor, Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University & Virtually via Zoom Aung Min Thein, Visiting Research Fellow, York University & PhD Candidate, Chiang Mai University Respondent: Alicia M Turner, York University Despite the multiple interpretations of Karma (Kamma) in Myanmar, the dominant […]
Community Building and Journalism in the Context of AI and Big Tech in the Philippines
Wednesday, 26 February 2025 | 10:30 to 12:30 EST | Room 280A, Second Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University & virtually via Zoom With Pia Ranada, The 2024 Philippines Marshall McLuhan Fellow and head of Community for Rappler The incumbent Marshall McLuhan Fellow is Pia Ranada, head of community for Rappler. Previously, she was […]
Insurgent Communities: How Protests Create a Filipino Diaspora
Wednesday, 26 February 2025 | 14:30 to 16:00 EST | Virtually via Zoom Book talk with Sharon M. Quinsaat (Grinnell College) Discussant: Kad Mariano (Graduate Program in Political Science, York University) Register for this event at this link. This event is co-presented by the Centre for Refugee Studies and the Philippine Studies Group at YCAR.
Finding “Home” on Turtle Island: Three Generations of Hong Kong Immigrants/Diaspora Reflecting on Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples in “Canada”
Friday, 28 February 2025 | 14:00 to 16:00 EST | Room 626, Sixth Floor, Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University & Virtually via Zoom Speakers: Discussant: Rick Sin (Contract Faculty, School of Social Work, York University) What does Indigenous people’s colonization experience in “Canada” have to do with Hong Konger diaspora? Why is it critical for […]
March 2025
Echoes of Southeast Asia Film Showcase (Day 1)
Wednesday, 05 March 2025 | 19:00 to 21:00 EST | Nick Mirkopoulos Screening Room, Room 004, Accolade East Building, Keele Campus, York University , 4700 Keele Street, Toronto This is Day 1 of a two-day event and will include a feature-length documentary that explores the lives of underprivileged youth in the Philippines who study dance and […]
The Crisis of Regionalism in Indian Politics
Thursday, 06 March 2025 | Time and location TBC Sumeet Mhaskar is a visiting professor at Carleton University and will speak at York University about the crisis of regionalism in Indian politics. YCAR is a co-sponsor of this Department of History event. Further details to follow when made available.
Muslim Model Minorities and the Politics of Diasporic Piety
Wednesday, 12 March 2025 | 14:00 to 16:00 EST | Room 519, Fifth Floor, Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University With Nadia Z. Hasan, School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, York University In contemporary Islamophobic political climates in Canada, the interplay of gender and multicultural logics of citizenship and belonging have placed Muslim women […]
Echoes of Southeast Asia Film Showcase (Day 2)
Wednesday, 12 March 2025 | 19:00 to 21:00 EST | Nick Mirkopoulos Screening Room, Room 004, Accolade East Building, Keele Campus, York University , 4700 Keele Street, Toronto On the second day of the two-day showcase, we will present a series of five short films that will collectively tell a loose narrative. It begins with the […]
National Council of Canadian Muslims annual education summit
You are invited to an extraordinary day of inspiration, collaboration, and advocacy. Join us on Saturday, 15 March 2025, as the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) in collaboration with the Islamophobia Research Hub at the York Centre for Asian Research hosts our annual education summit and Iftar dinner at York University. This is an exciting opportunity […]
Women, Life, Freedom: Exhibiting Art by Afghan Women ARTivists
27-28 March 2025 | Eleanor Winters Gallery | 129 Winters College, Keele Campus, York University The exhibition Women, Life, Freedom presents artwork by Afghan women ARTivists associated with the Art of Freedom collective. Within the context of escalating restrictions on women's rights in Afghanistan, particularly since the resurgence of the Taliban, Afghan women are utilizing their art to as a form […]
Hot Stuff: Exposing Indonesia’s Geothermal Dreams
Monday, 31 March 2025 | 17:00 to 19:00 EST | Room 280A, Second Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University Join us for short films exploring energy policies in Indonesia, corporate ties to those policies, and detrimental effects on local populations. Filmmakers and AIFIS film award winning duo Dandhy Laksono (Director) and Cypri Dale (Producer) […]
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