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Professor receives Faculty of Graduate Studies' Teaching Award

Carmela Murdocca has been named the 2024–25 recipient of the Faculty of Graduate Studies’ (FGS) Teaching Award, recognizing her outstanding commitment to graduate education and mentorship at York University.  A professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and a York Research Chair in Reparative and Racial Justice, Murdocca teaches in several graduate […]

Inside Conference Interpreting: A Conversation with Anchi Lue

This time around, we’re profiling not one of our graduates, but one of our instructors. Anchi Lue has made a solid contribution to the MCI since the very beginning. She was one of the colleagues who worked with us to develop our Mandarin-stream curriculum back in 2011, and she has taught for us ever since. […]

It’s in the air: art, science and engineering merge to light up airborne pollution

York University researchers are working to make invisible air pollution visible through an innovative project that merges art, science and engineering. Focusing on the threats of airborne black carbon—a pollutant resulting from vehicle exhaust and wildfire smoke—the team will create wearable technology that detects these harmful emissions in real time. With the World Health Organization […]

Project maps Greek Canadian entrepreneurial history

The Hellenic Heritage Foundation Greek Canadian Archives (HHFGCA) at York University has created an innovative map that advances a more comprehensive history of Greek Canadians in Toronto and their businesses. Since 2021, the HHFGCA project has been working to preserve the history and memories of Greek Canadians, with a particular focus on those who were […]

Finding new ways to teach old skills inspires grad design student

A class in an old Mayan art form has inspired second-year Master of Design student Trinity Leon to research how modern technology can engage younger generations to learn and preserve the art of backstrap weaving. “My mother is Guatemalan, and my great-great-grandmother used to weave on a backstrap loom,” Leon said, to explain her interest. […]

Our community mourns the passing of Neil Livingston, Humanities PhD Candidate

The York University community is mourning the loss of Neil Marcellus Livingston, 53, a PhD student in Humanities. “I feel truly privileged to have worked with Neil. I will miss the wide-ranging intellectual conversations we had, his insights and humour, and his energy and drive to make a difference. He will be remembered by all […]

Our community mourns the passing of Graham Reid Lockett-Lees, PhD Student in SPTH

The York University community is mourning the loss of Graham Reid Lockett-Lees, PhD student in Social and Political Thought who passed away April 12, 2022. Lockett-Lees was born in 1984 to Judith and Keith Lockett and grew up in Ottawa. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Guelph University in International Development Studies and a […]