In our first report of this kind, we recognize the outstanding work of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. Our 2023-2024 Year in Review highlights major accomplishments, success stories and achievements connected to each principle in our academic plan. It includes by the numbers summaries, data and testimonials to celebrate the best of […]
Date: February 16, 2023Time: 12 -1:30 p.m.Location: 051 McLaughlin College, Courtyard LevelType: In-person event A celebration of the opening of a multipurpose space for Black undergraduate and graduate student community at York University. Black students and Black faculty will be introduced to the space and each other.
In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, workplaces in Canada and around the world closed facilities in response to emergency government requirements, and workers who could perform their duties from home, began to work remotely. As conditions evolved, workers experienced many transitions in policies and work practices. COVID-19 Impacts on Faculty and Staff: Changing the […]
It is with profound sadness that we announce the sudden death of Professor Jane Teresa Holmes on November 18, at the age of 68. An Associate Professor in the Anthropology Department, Professor Holmes was a respected academic, researcher, and dedicated educator. She will be remembered for her warmth, generosity, and commitment to teaching and learning. […]
Prof. Robert W. Gehl is an associate professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at York University and Ontario Research Chair in Digital Governance for Social Justice. He is an alumnus of the Fulbright Canada Research Chair program and his research focuses on network cultures and technologies, manipulative communication, alternative social media, and […]
Date: November 17, 2022Time: 6 - 8 p.m.Location: Executive Learning Centre, Private Dining Room, Schulich School of BusinessType: In-person event The LA&PS Black Grad Social is an opportunity to build community, connections and networks between black graduate students, staff and faculty. Join us for dinner and discussions on the past, present and future status of the […]
Dr. Gerson Scheidweiler holds a PhD in communication from the University of Brasilia and is a recipient of the LA&PS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (2021-2022). His research is supervised by Professor Yvonne Su from the Department of Equity Studies, LA&PS. Dr. Scheidweiler’s research aims to contribute towards evidence-informed policy by helping international funders and local governments […]
CARRISSA is a three-year interdisciplinary and multi-country SSHRC-funded partnership development grant project focusing on collaborative research between Canadian government/non- government actors and African countries (Nigeria, South Africa, Congo, Ghana, Tanzania, Cameroun, and Kenya). The project is co-directed by Professor Sylvia Bawa (LA&PS) and Professor Obiora Okafor (the Edward B Burling Chair in International Law, John […]
Associate Professor (Department of Communication and Media Studies, LA&PS) and Director of the Institute of Digital Literacies (IRDL) at York University, Natalie Coulter’s research investigates critical issues pertaining to young people’s media cultures, focusing on the ways in which advertising, marketing and the media construct young people, and how young people respond, engage and negotiate […]
Casey Mecija is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at LA&PS. Her research focuses on sounds made by and around Filipinx diaspora to theorize a “queer sound” that pervades diasporic sensibilities. Queer sound, according to her, challenges the abjection of the Filipinx body, to demonstrate how the sensorial and affective remainders of […]