YCAR Events

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 […]

Friday, 28 March 2025 | 12:30 to 14:30 EDT | Room 326, Sensorium Flex Space, Joan & Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts (CFA) Keele Campus, York University With kimura byol lemoineConceptual Multimedia Feminist Artist & Curator lemoine challenges binaries and perceptions of identity—diaspora, ethnicity, colorism, post-colonialism, immigration, and gender—through calligraphy, painting, poetry, digital and […]

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) […]

Thursday, 10 April 2025 | 15:00 to 16:00 EDT | Room 857, Eighth Floor, Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University and Virtually via Zoom With Yawen Liu This presentation will take Mitacs as the primary case study to examine its objectives, collaboration mechanisms, and value formation. Then, it will conduct a comparative analysis with the […]

Saturday, 12 April 2025 | 11:30 to 15:00 EDT | Tomken Twin Arena Small Auditorium | 4495 Tomken Road Mississauga Dalit History Month is an annual observance to remember the significance of the history of the Dalits (formerly known as untouchables), caste oppressed descents in South Asia, and the historical figures who have played a […]

Saturday, 19 April 2025 | 13:30 to 15:00 EDT | Room 305, Senior Common Room, Founder College, Keele Campus, York University In this panel, the recent socio-cultural events of the Middle East will be explored through an emphasis on Iran. Social, cultural, political movements of the region are analyzed and discussed. Speakers: This event is […]