Research Matters
At Research Matters events we showcase research excellence in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies at York University.
Challenge your assumptions. See how our researchers are redefining the way we see and understand the world.
Discover the possibilities. Learn how you and your organization can partner and connect with our researchers.
Mobilize Knowledge. Find out how research is being used to respond to community and professional challenges.
Presentations
- April 19, 2010
Human Rights, International Law and Global Health Policy
Videos
- Professor Les Jacobs, Director, York Centre for Public Policy and Law
- Ruby Dhand and Mariette Brennan, PhD Candidates, Law
- Mark Staz and Hope Shamonda, PhD Candidates, Philosophy
- March 24, 2010
Knowledge Mobilization
Video
- Professor Nick Mulé from Social Work discusses his knowledge mobilization efforts in the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender research.
- February 24, 2010
The North
Podcast
- Professor David McNab and Paul-Emile McNab, "Arctic Prescription: Indigenous Knowledge and William Kennedy's Search for Franklin, 1851-55
- January 27, 2010
An interdisciplinary panel on China
What importance does a gold seal have in relation to Chinese history? Why do Chinese firms seem to have a competitive advantage in the world market? How might one describe Canada’s relationship with China? A record crowd of over 110 came out to hear from LA&PS researchers on these questions and more.
- Martin Singer, Dean of LA&PS - Welcome remarks and looking back on his own interest in China
- Professor Joshua Fogel, Canada Research Chair - Exploring the historiography of a 2000-year-old gold seal
- Professor Lee Li - Discusses why Chinese firms enjoy a competitive advantage in world markets
- Professor David Lumsden - Reflections on a two-year sabbatical in Chongqing, China
- Professor Bernie Frolic - Canada-China relations since the 1970s
- Martin Singer, Dean of LA&PS - Welcome remarks and looking back on his own interest in China
- November 30 , 2009
Chat with Coyote & Raven: Equivalency of worldviews, epistemologies and methodologies
York Professor Patricia O'Riley and Professor Peter Cole from the University College of the North engage in trickster discourse and narrative shapeshifting as they share research protocols, findings and community conversations based on their research with the four Lower Stl'atl'imx communities of British Columbia.
Video
- October 30, 2009
Podcasts - voice only
Reflections on Pandemic Planning: The Case of H1N1
- Barbara Crow - Welcome from the Associate Dean Research
- Professor David Etkin - Introduction and overview from the Graduate Program Director, MA in Disaster & Emergency Management.
- Dr. Kdondoker Hassan
- Dr. Lilia Malkin-Dubins
- Patricia Yang - Emergency Management Ontario
- September 25, 2009
Videos
- Professor Darren Gobert, The Subject between the Page and Stage
Introduction: Professor Heather Campbell - Professor Amin Alhassan, The Grammar of Aid in International Development
Introduction: Professor Barbara Crow - Professor Uzo Anucha, Community Engagement as a Methodological Practice: The Community Dialogue Approach
Introduction: Professor Kelly Thomson - Professor Marie-Hélène Budworth, Against the Odds: Accessing Employment by Increasing Self-Efficacy
Introduction: Kelly Thomson
- Professor Darren Gobert, The Subject between the Page and Stage
