Central 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 began as a project in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change. Today, Las Nubes now hosts research and study abroad courses across multiple York Faculties.
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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

Recent Engagement

York University to train next generation of climate ambassadors

York University will offer funding from the highly competitive Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships (QES) program to students and researchers from York,…
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From research to rights: York project supports self-determination in Central America, Caribbean

By Alex Huls A research initiative led by York University is building lasting partnerships and resources to support community-driven autonomy strategies across Central America…
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Future business leaders drive social innovation in Costa Rica

By Deirdre Kelly In the lush hills of Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica, York University’s Las Nubes EcoCampus shows how education can cross borders. At…
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Las Nubes trip inspires York U’s future educators

Maya and Nayha Gill are budding teachers and are already planning how they will shape their future classrooms. The identical twins may be a few years away…
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President Rhonda Lenton welcomes international students to York University

By Gloria Suhasini New and returning students enjoy a meet and greet with the University president, foreign diplomats and peers “From the very first…
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York U students engage in experiential learning in Costa Rica

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…
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