Grad students make queer history accessible through collaborative special podcast series

York University PhD candidates Hannah Maitland, Stephanie Jonsson and Angela Stanley, from the Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies program, are highlighting queer oral history through a new special podcast series. “Resisting the Script: 25+ Years of Queer Activism” is a seven-episode series of the Queer Devotions podcast that was created in partnership with the Out […]

Enhanced public education on flood risk could strengthen disaster resilience

The risk of flooding is real. In fact, almost two million households in Canada are at “very high risk” of flooding. It is now more costly than fire or theft for property owners. Contrary to the perception, Canada has experienced over 340 significant floods since the 1900s, costing more than $11.7 (Can.) trillion (Canadian Disaster […]

York journal explores academic motherhood and COVID-19 in special double issue

Twenty-seven female scholars have contributed to a special double issue of York University’s Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (JMI) exploring the theme of 'Academic Motherhood and COVID-19.' Published as the double issue for fall 2020 and spring 2021, the journal features 18 articles that investigate different lines of inquiry as to how […]

LA&PS DARE 2020 winners display outstanding research in virtual gallery

The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies is celebrating this year’s cohort of 48 students who received the Dean’s Award for Research Excellence (DARE) this summer, with a special virtual gallery. “It gives me great pleasure to celebrate your outstanding academic accomplishments,” LA&PS Dean J.J. McMurtry said, congratulating students on their summer research achievements. Now in its […]

Michal Baptista Lecture presented by CERLAC explores the toxic realities of aluminum mining in Jamaica

Amid ongoing protests over incursions into Jamaica’s ecological heartland – the Cockpit Country – the timely Jamaican film Fly Me to the Moon tells the stories of Black and Indigenous peoples across the globe whose lands, forests, and rivers have been taken over and made toxic by the aluminum industry. The film examines the deep geopolitical and racialized […]

LA&PS professors to discuss history of tattoos, disproportionate mental health impacts of COVID-19 during October's Scholars' Hub @ Home events

Do you enjoy hearing about the latest thought-provoking research? The Scholars’ Hub @ Home speaker series features discussions on a broad range of topics, with engaging lectures from some of York’s best minds. The Scholars’ Hub events are done in partnership with Vaughan Public Libraries, Markham Public Library and Aurora Public Library, and are presented […]

Politics professor appointed to UN Advisory Group

York University Professor Gregory Chin was appointed to the Advisory Group of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), to advise on the UNOSSC South-South Ideas Paper Series and contribute to this research work of the UNOSSC. The appointment was announced Sept. 15. The UNOSSC was established to promote, coordinate and support South-South and […]

English professor co-organizes international conference on food studies

David B. Goldstein, an associate professor of English in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, is co-organizing a major international conference on food studies in early modern culture. The conference Food and the Book: 1300-1800 launched Oct. 2 and continues through Oct. 12. This entirely digital conference is co-sponsored by the Center for […]

How trustful you are may be a product of where you grew up, LA&PS research indicates

How trusting are you? Your level of trust in strangers often indicates a higher quality of life for you and for the society you live in, but what if you move from a high-trust society to a low-trust one? New research out of York University looked at how stable that feeling of trust in strangers […]

Sociology professor investigates connections between COVID-19 and long-term care facilities

As Canada has navigated the life-altering challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of long-term care homes has frequently come into question. Occupied by many of the country’s eldest citizens, these facilities have become a staple in the conversation surrounding COVID-19. This is not only due to their occupants being amongst the most vulnerable to […]