North America and the Caribbean Engagement

(Fall 2024, undergraduate & graduate)

Co-authored publications
(2019-2025)

Active Partnerships (2025)

Las Nubes Eco-Campus, Costa Rica

York's Costa Rica campus, Las Nubes ("the clouds") is a place of learning and environmental education. Situated in 427.7 acres of protected forest along the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor, Las Nubes now hosts research and study abroad courses across multiple York Faculties.
Explore Las Nubes

Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean

Founded in 1978, the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC) is one of York's premiere research centres promoting inter- and multidisciplinary research on Latin America and the Caribbean, their diasporas, and their relations with Canada and the rest of the world. It provides a meeting space for faculty, students, and visitors to discover common interests; supports their projects by facilitating grant administration, partnership formation, and the co-production and sharing of knowledge; and trains new generations of regional scholars. Explore CERLAC

Partners in the Region

Hemispheric University Consortium

The Hemispheric University Consortium (HUC) is a collection like minded of Latin American, Caribbean, American and Canadian universities that have pledged to collaborate on pressing educational and developmental challenges in the region. These include Public Health, Climate Change, Entrepreneurship, Crime, and Technology and Innovation for Education. York is proud to be HUC's only Canadian member.

Visit the Hemispheric University Consortium

Las Nubes trip inspires York U’s future educators

23 January 2025
On a recent trip to Las Nubes, York's EcoCampus in Costa Rica that stresses care of the environment and sustainability, students began to imagine future classrooms. The trip to the campus was life-changing for the educational studies students who will begin the Bachelor of Education teaching certification program upon completion of their undergraduate degree program.
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Students engage in experiential learning in Costa Rica

3 September 2024
York University students are stepping out of the traditional classroom to experience the principles of sustainability and ecology first-hand at the University’s Las Nubes EcoCampus in Costa Rica. Read More .

Study abroad course in Cuba breaks new ground

19 July 2024
Two groups of York University students travelled to Cuba this spring as part of a new Faculty of Health course exploring human rights, Cuban culture and the country’s health-care system. The course marked the first simultaneous collaboration between York U, the University of Holguin and the Medical University of Holguin. Read More.