Join our first coffee house webinar series, where we will collectively review the achievements of the Las Nubes Project over the past 15 years with speakers: Ana Maria Martinez, Ravi de Costa; and Felipe Montoya. This will also be an opportunity for you to provide feedback and help us shape the future of the network.
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Are you looking for career guidance or need help with researching educational programs or grad school applications? Here is an opportunity to talk to one of our Career Professionals who will be live on zoom Wednesdays to answer your questions on exploring careers. Join us in the Career Corner: Ask the Pros on Zoom: Click here
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In light of the collective action taking place Sept. 9 and 10 in support of movements against anti-Black racism and police violence against Black, Indigenous and racialized communities, we have cancelled this session of Scholars’ Hub @ Home with Dr. Mark Winfield, Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, Co-Chair of the Faculty's Sustainable Energy
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Celebrating the launch of the new Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change at York University. Join us for the virtual launch of York University's new Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change. We are a community of changemakers committed to a just and sustainable future. We are united and driven to address the most pressing challenges
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Amanda Turnbull, PhD Candidate, Law The recent outbreak of COVID-19 has begun provoking changes and developments in society, many of which involve the use of Artificial Intelligence, data science, and technology. These changes and developments range vastly from tracking infectious disease and enforcing social distancing efforts to virtually witnessing documents and distributing reliable information on
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Dr. Karen A. Krasny (PhD), Professor, Language and Literacy and Dr. Tina Rapke, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education Viewers will be introduced to effective strategies for promoting family literacy to support children in their learning as well as preparing them to succeed in math during unprecedented times. They will learn about early predictors of literacy achievement
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During these unprecedented times, politicians, parents, health professionals and educators are struggling to determine what is best for students heading back to school this fall, whether that’s virtually or in person. In this timely panel session, York University experts will discuss the economic, social, and practical impacts of the pandemic on children, parents and educators
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Dr. Mark Winfield, Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, Co-Chair of the Faculty's Sustainable Energy Initiative This presentation will focus on the effects the pandemic has had on human behaviour, such as reduced travel, related fossil fuel use and emissions due to remote work arrangements vs. the potential for declines in the use of
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Bonita Lawrence, Professor, Department of Humanities, LA&PS, Chair of the Department of Equity Studies, and Coordinator of the Indigenous Studies program Indigenous peoples are too often expected to be pre-modern in outlook and to focus on the local rather than the international. And yet Native peoples have been adapting to modernity since first contact, and
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Sean Hillier, Assistant Professor, School of Health Policy & Management, Special Advisor to the Dean on Indigenous Resurgence in the Faculty of Health This presentation will highlight how Indigenous Nations and communities within settler-colonial states (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States) have been asserting notions of nationhood and sovereignty during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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