LA&PS Professor collaborates with YPT on 5th Annual Children, Youth and Performance Conference

The fifth annual Children, Youth and Performance Conference took place June 16-18th 2023 this Spring at Young People’s Theatre in Toronto. This conference is the largest academic forum held in Canada focusing specifically on children, youth and the performing arts. After two years online, this year’s conference was held in-person, and included live performances, interactive […]

Professor’s book details care home labour exploitation

York University Distinguished Research Professor Emerita Pat Armstrong’s latest book, Unpaid Work in Nursing Homes: Flexible Boundaries (Policy Press, 2023), follows unpaid labourers in nursing homes across six wealthy countries, including Canada, and launches on July 18. Armstrong, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, leads a team of international researchers who have, over a decade, produced […]

Passings: Dalton Kehoe

Professor emeritus Dalton Kehoe passed away on July 8. Kehoe had a distinguished career at York, spanning more than 50 years. He was a teacher, scholar, public speaker and an organizational development practitioner. Kehoe came to York in 1967 and was the first faculty member hired by the Social Science Division.  He joined the Communication […]

Professor’s new book redefines girlhood during Medieval, Renaissance era

Author and Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) professor Deanne Williams investigates the overlooked roles of girls in theatre – and performing arts in general – from the 10th through 17th centuries in her new book Girl Culture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance: Performance and Pedagogy (Bloomsbury, 2023). Williams’ research cites eyewitness testimony, stage directions, paintings […]

Faculty receive support to develop EDI-focused work

The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Service Course Load Reduction Program is an annual fund in the amount of $100,000 for the purpose of providing a course load reduction to support service relating to EDI initiatives by faculty members who self-identify as Indigenous and/or members of racialized groups. Course load reductions through this fund will provide recipients […]

York language students work with Japanese writing buddies

A new course at York University offered Japanese language students an opportunity to connect with a group of pen pals in Japan. Intermediate Written Communication in Japanese (JP2010) is a full-year elective that focuses solely on writing, says Noriko Yabuki-Soh, an associate professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics. And, no wonder. “Learning to […]

York University announces new York Research Chairs

Fifteen York University researchers have been named new York Research Chairs (YRC), an internal program that mirrors the national Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program which recognizes world-leading researchers in a variety of fields. Among the fifteen new YRCs, 5 researchers belong to the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. “The York Research Chair program […]

Extending Support and Sympathy: University of Waterloo attack

The following message is on behalf of the Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, J.J. McMurtry: On behalf of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies I want to offer our heartfelt support and sympathy to all those affected by yesterday’s attack at the University of Waterloo. We are profoundly distressed by […]

Reappointment of J.J. McMurtry, dean of LA&PS

Le français suit la version anglaise. Dear colleagues, I am pleased to inform the York community that, following a consultation process with staff and faculty in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), J.J. McMurtry has accepted our invitation to undertake a second five-year term as dean of LA&PS, commencing on July 1, 2024. On […]

Graduate students recognized for contributions to Philippine Studies

Eight graduate students from three Faculties at York University are recipients of Philippine Studies Group funding for research, fieldwork and language acquisition.   “These students collectively received $32,000 in funding in support of their work. Their groundbreaking projects promise to make an important contribution to the field of Philippine studies,” said Ethel Tungohan, associate professor of […]