As Canadians face rising costs and declining access to basic services, a new study by York University researchers suggests that credit unions may offer more than just lower banking fees—they could serve as a model for reshaping the economy. In an article published in <i>Capital and Class</i>, York University PhD student Erin Flanagan and Faculty […]
Two York University community members—Professor Satinder Kaur Brar and PhD candidate Anna Pearson—have been recognized with a 2024 Minister’s Award of Excellence from Ontario’s Ministry of Colleges and Universities. The annual awards celebrate the work of faculty and staff at publicly assisted colleges and universities who are making a difference in students’ lives, in their […]
Sixty-eight grants for innovative research projects in science and engineering at York University will drive positive, real-world change with more than $12.1 million in funding support from the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Announced by the federal government July 9, the funded initiatives are included in NSERC’s 2025 Discovery Grants, Discovery […]
York University Professor David Koffman knows the power of a good conversation. As a historian and executive producer of the new podcast Tête-à-tête: Conversations in Canadian Jewish Studies, he’s betting that the best way to bring fresh scholarship to a wider audience isn’t another journal article – it’s a smart, human exchange you can listen […]
Three York University faculty members and two teaching assistants will earn recognition during 2025 Spring Convocation ceremonies with President’s University-Wide Teaching Awards for their dedication to student success and excellence in teaching. This year’s recipients of the President’s University-Wide Teaching Award—selected by the York University Senate—span four categories: full-time senior faculty with 10 or more […]
The supervisory relationship is the beating heart of graduate research pedagogy: a partnership that will shape a graduate student’s academic trajectory, the research they undertake and the knowledge they produce, their future career prospects and their lived experience of graduate school. The right supervisor can make all the difference to a struggling master’s or doctoral […]
Justin Kerr is part of one of the world’s largest collaborative scientific experiments. The third-year PhD candidate at York University's Faculty of Graduate Studies is contributing to the ATLAS experiment, where physicists are studying what the universe is made of, and how it works. The LHC is a 27-kilometre ring of superconducting magnets, cooled to […]
York University philosophy Professor Kristin Andrews is creating the kind of graduate student experience she would have liked in her grad school days. It was a different time back in 1992 when Andrews started her master’s of arts in philosophy. Professors tended not to have close contact with their students. There were none of the […]
Laura Levin sets the table with rich feasts for her graduate students on so many levels. Sometimes it’s an actual dinner, a salon-style dinner, to bring grad students together and help them relax into their roles. Sometimes it’s a cross-cultural dinner that brings together researchers, activists and artists from across the Americas to dine and […]
A research initiative led by York University is building lasting partnerships and resources to support community-driven autonomy strategies across Central America and the Caribbean. In 2024, Prilly Bicknell-Hersco sat on the shaded porch of a house on Colombia’s San Andrés Archipelago, surrounded by seven Raizal women, an Afro-Caribbean ethnic group native to the region. A […]