Arts, Media, Performance & Design

Philippines Secretary for Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo, diplomats meet York U leadership and researchers

Manalo noted academic connections between York and Philippine educational and government institutions that strengthen bilateral relations   York University and the Philippines have developed a deep-rooted relationship that’s “mutually beneficial,” the Philippines Secretary for Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo said during his visit to the University’s Keele campus on Friday, May 10, 2024. Manalo stopped by York […]

Costa Rica provides canvas for Eco-Arts Residency

York University’s Las Nubes Campus in Costa Rica is serving as a home base for its first-ever Eco-Arts Residency, an intensive, 10-day course being offered by two professors from the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD). Professor Brandon Vickerd, a sculptor, as well as theatre and performance artist Laura Levin, director of Sensorium – […]

Dancing without borders: workshop teaches Chilean dance

It’s likely that only a small percentage of Toronto residents could show you the steps to the cueca, the national dance of Chile that is performed at festivals and social gatherings, but a group of York University undergraduate students has swelled those ranks. Department of Dance students in Professor Bridget Cauthery’s Big Dance Small Space course […]

York welcomes international students

This fall, York University welcomes to its campuses more than 2,000 new international students who bring their unique experiences, perspectives, talents and skills to the University and to Canada. Home to more than 10,000 international students from 178 countries, York is a community of diverse experiences, languages, cultures and viewpoints, notes Vinitha Gengatharan, assistant vice-president, global […]

Gift supports strengthening of Philippine studies at York University

By Elaine Smith The agreement is the first of its kind for a Canadian university to receive direct funding from the Philippine government, and will enhance academic and research collaborations between York and Philippine universities. York University and the government of the Philippines signed a historic donation agreement on Nov. 21 that provides York with […]

Rare artifacts find their way home to the Philippines thanks to a York professor

A museum in the northern Philippines has received a treasure trove of local artifacts, all thanks to a connection made during the Sustainable and Inclusive Internationalization Virtual Conference organized by York University and partners in January 2021. Patrick Alcedo, associate professor of dance in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD), was one of […]