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Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Council Election 2023: Graduate Student Members on Standing Committees and Councillors at Large

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Two York students presented with Autism Scholars Awards

Alaa Ibrahim and Carly Magnacca, two outstanding York doctoral scholars, are named recipients of the 2023-2024 Autism Scholars Award. The community of scholars fostered by this Scholars Awards Program excel in the creation of new knowledge of child autism that positively increases the province’s capacity for diagnosis and assessment of autism and a strengthened treatment […]

Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Standing Committee Election

Faculty Members’ Biographical Statements Appeals & Academic Honesty Committee Shobna Nijhawan, Graduate Program in HumanitiesShobna Nijhawan is Associate Professor of Hindi in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics and appointed to the graduate programs in the Department of Humanities (since 2007) and the School of Gender, Women and Feminist Studies (since 2015). Her main […]

Council Meeting Agenda May 4, 2023

AgendaThursday, May 4, 20233:00 p.m. This meeting will be held remotely via Zoom. The link and password to join the meeting may be found via the meeting's email notice. 1. Welcome and Chair’s Remarks 2. Minutes (Previous Meeting, April 13, 2023)(.docx) 3. Business Arising from the Minutes  4. Dean's Remarks 5. Changes to the Structure, Rules and […]

FGSnews (e-newsletter) Submission Guidelines

FGSnews is a monthly newsletter produced by the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) that is sent to all active graduate community members through York's constituent relationship management (CRM) system. The newsletter encapsulates information for our graduate community and campus partners; which includes key dates, important information, relevant news stories, financial opportunities, scholarships and awards, events […]

Council Meeting Agenda April 13, 2023

AgendaThursday, April 13, 20233:00 p.m. This meeting will be held remotely via Zoom. The link and password to join the meeting may be found via the meeting's email notice. 1. Welcome and Chair’s Remarks 2. Canadian Graduate and Professional Student Survey For discussion yorku.ca/gradstudies/cgpss/ Guests: Victoria Ng, Senior Institutional Analyst - Surveys & Special Projects, […]

Council Meeting Agenda March 2, 2023

AgendaThursday, March 2, 20233:00 p.m. This meeting will be held remotely via Zoom. The link and password to join the meeting may be found via the meeting's email notice. 1. Welcome and Chair’s Remarks 2. Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Faculty Teaching Award 2022-2023:Professor Anne MacLennan, Graduate Programs in Communication & Culture, History and Interdisciplinary Studies 3. Strategic […]

Council Meeting Agenda February 2, 2023

AgendaThursday, February 2, 20233:00 p.m. This meeting will be held remotely via Zoom. The link and password to join the meeting may be found via the meeting's email notice. 1. Welcome and Chair’s Remarks 2. Minutes (Previous Meeting, December 1, 2022)(.docx) 3. Business Arising from the Minutes 4. Dean's Remarks 5. Nothing Less than Justice: a […]

Apply to Graduate

If you are in the final term of your program and expect to attend convocation1, you must satisfy degree completion requirements first. To initiate this process, you must apply to graduate and submit your final assignment by the posted deadlines below. Once you apply, you will appear on a list provided to your Graduate Program […]

Zahra Nader Advocates for Positive Change at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security

Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) is inspired by Zahra Nader, an exceptional member of our York community who is a driving force for positive change on a global scale. Nader began her journalism career in Kabul in 2011 and by 2016 began working as a reporter for The New York Times in Afghanistan. She moved […]