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Public Services and Procurement Canada’s Translation Bureau announces new partnership with York University’s Glendon Campus

GATINEAU/TORONTO,  February 1, 2022 - The Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, today announced a partnership agreement between the Translation Bureau and Glendon Campus at York University. Under this agreement, the Translation Bureau will provide educational support for Glendon’s Master of Conference Interpretation (MCI) program to help develop Canada’s conference interpreter workforce. […]

Glendon introduces three new faculty members this fall

Glendon Campus will welcome three new faculty members this fall: Buddhika Bellana, Rose Ndengue and Célia Romulus. “Glendon is fortunate to have these brilliant minds joining its rank this year, as we fully embrace a call to build a place that truly reflects our mission, our aspirations and the rich diversity of our student body,” said Marco Fiola, principal of […]

The Mind is the Root from which all Things Grow

Sovann Muon and the grounds team at the Glendon campus have a unique way of looking at things. They are passionate about what they do, and they believe strongly in sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and in bringing one’s whole self to work. In February, the words from Carol’s blog not only resonated with them but […]

Meet the 2021 Alumni Awards recipients

The York University Alumni Board has recognized four distinguished York students for their academic excellence and student leadership. We are proud to announce the recipients of the 2021 Alumni Awards and Scholarships. Anjelica Ramsewack (BA ’21) – Alumni Golden GRADitude Award The Alumni Golden GRADitude Award recognizes graduating students who leave York University a better place […]

Four Glendon community members presented with pan-university awards

Dear Glendon Community Members, I have some very exciting news to announce. Four members of our Glendon community were recently presented with pan-university awards. What a great accomplishment! We are enormously proud of them and the honour they have brought to Glendon. 2021 Robert J. Tiffin Student Leadership Award The Robert J. Tiffin Student Leadership […]

Invitation to Glendon/York Forum ouvert - FSL Hub Open Forum – June 5, and June 12 and 13, 2021

Conceived as a community-driven project, Camerise is a user-centred digital platform designed to bring together students, educators, administrators, parents, and FSL organizations in a collaborative effort to synthesize information and communication on existing initiatives and knowledge to address together systemic challenges and find solutions that will facilitate access to FSL programs across the country in […]

Gaming Offers Deeper Understanding of Anishinaabe Language and Culture

Students by the dozens have joined the fight to protect Anishinaabemowin (the Ojibwe language) from the Linguicidals as part of Maya Chacaby’s Glendon Campus language classes. How could any student, brought up in a world that takes gaming culture and activities for granted, resist this informal course description: “Once, Anishinaabe lived in beautiful homelands, connected to […]

Camerise

Camerise: The Seed of Sustainable FSL Education Camerise is the fruit of a shared vision that brings together students, educators, and administrators. Its purpose is to ensure that language learners have access to an inclusive and engaging education, as well as to the support needed to reach their full and unique potential as bilingual and […]

Glendon Students Turn Their Backyards into Labs

Glendon Campus biology students need to learn fieldwork techniques, pandemic, or no pandemic, so Laura McKinnon decided to send them out into their backyards to practice. Usually, McKinnon teaches this mandatory course, “Ecological Monitoring in an Urban Environment,” as a 12-day intensive course as part of the Ontario Universities Program in Field Biology. Students normally band birds, […]

Who Are Ontario’s Green Drivers and How Can We Incentivize More of Them?

New research shows that drivers of electric vehicles represent one per cent of new car owners – this, ten years after a provincial push to encourage green driving. One researcher learns more about these consumers and advocates gaining additional info on them to better tailor the strategy. In 2010, the Province of Ontario launched an […]