New book by York geographer rethinks concept of land claims in B.C.

The book, titled Unstable Properties: Aboriginal Title and the Claim of British Columbia, was co-written with York alumnus David Rossiter, a professor at Western Washington University.  Wood and Rossiter’s book reframes the issue of land claims as historical attempts by the Crown in B.C. to acquire Indigenous territory. In a Q&A with graduate student researcher […]

Osgoode professor probes the right to housing, homelessness and Indigenous land rights

What does the right to housing mean in Canadian law?  That’s one of the fundamental issues that Osgoode Professor Estair Van Wagner wrestles with in her research and teaching around the often controversial areas of property law and natural resources law.  Along with her work on homelessness and public space, Van Wagner also focuses her […]

York researchers bring exhibit on conjugal slavery to Sierra Leone

The two women were abducted as children in the 1990s, forced into marriages, and held captive for years by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel group in Uganda. Amony was wearing the green skirt the day she was freed from LRA captivity. Ododo Wa – “our stories” in the Acholi language – features artwork, […]

Digital knowledge hub supports French as a second language

A thriving new knowledge hub, Camerise, launched at York’s bilingual Glendon Campus, aims to change that. Camerise provides students, educators and administrators in Canada’s FSL community with a digital platform of resources and tools rooted in the Open Science Framework (OSF). The OSF is a web application that is used for data sharing, open access […]