LA&PS Professor Rodney Loeppky releases new book

Department of Politics Associate Professor Rodney Loeppky has published a new book titled A Deal They Can’t Resist: Adaptive Accumulation and American Public Policy (De Gruyter Publishers, 2022). The book argues that a component of U.S. neoliberalism involves adaptive accumulation, a process where capital seeks to enlarge public programs in order to reroute public revenues into private revenue […]

New ‘Journal of the Motherhood Initiative’ issue explores social work and mothering

Twenty-one scholars, including three with affiliations to York University, have contributed to the Spring/Summer 2022 issue of York University’s Journal of the Motherhood Initiative (JMI). The issue, published in April, explores the theme of “Social Work, Motherhood, and Mothering: Critical Feminist Perspectives” and features 13 articles. Andrea O’Reilly, professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s […]

Professor Emerita receives Jackie Kirk Outstanding Book Award

Borderless Higher Education for Refugees: Lessons from the Dadaab Refugee Camps, co-edited by Professor Emerita and Senior Scholar Wenona Giles at York University’s Department of Anthropology,earned the Jackie Kirk Outstanding Book Award from the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES). Giles, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Resident Research Associate at the Centre for […]

Upcoming joint STS-HESO seminar explores fertility efficiency

A special joint seminar between the Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS) within the Faculty of Science and the Health and Society (HESO) program within the Department of Social Sciences at the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies takes place virtually on Tuesday, April 5 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. This is the […]

Do octopuses, squid and crabs have emotions?

LA&PS philosophy professor Kristin Andrews, an expert in animal minds, debates if octopuses can solve complex puzzles and show a preference for different individuals, but whether they, and other animals and invertebrates, have emotions and could shake up humans’ moral decision-making. Most countries don’t recognize invertebrates, such as octopuses, crabs, lobsters and crayfish, as sentient […]

LA&PS professor's research asks who counts as ‘vulnerable’ in Canada’s refugee protection regime

Professor Dagmar Soennecken (School of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies) is part of a global team of researchers examining the meaning of vulnerability in the context of migrants who need special assistance and protection. Soennecken and Canadian collaborators in the VULNER Project at the University of Ottawa, McGill and Waterloo, have […]

LA&PS professor's study reveals: Parental socialization may be key to raising trusting children

Over the years, there has been some debate about whether trustful children are the product of genetics, environmental influences or parental socialization. York University Assistant Professor Cary Wu of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), looked at the process underlying the intergenerational parent-to-child transfer of trustfulness to find the answer. “Although not the only […]

DARE project leads to first-of-its-kind Black Canadian readings and film database

By Anam Raheel A research project aimed to redress ideologies and systems of anti-Black racism in the University has culminated in a first-of-its-kind database for Black Canadian readings and films. The project, titled “Teaching Against Anti-Black Racism and Toward Black Inclusion,” was conducted as part of the Dean’s Award for Research Excellence (DARE) program for […]

LA&PS Professor B.W. Powe nominated for 2022 Medium & Light Award

Professor B.W. Powe has earned a nomination for the prestigious 2022 Medium & Light Award that recognizes the universal dimensions of the life and work of renowned Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan. The award is given annually by The Marshall McLuhan Initiative that was affiliated for its first decade (2007-17) with St Paul’s College, University of […]

LA&PS faculty awarded for excellence in teaching and research

The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) announced the 2020-21 recipients of the LA&PS Awards for Distinction in Research and the Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching. The awards are presented to LA&PS faculty who have produced outstanding work and excelled in teaching and research areas. “It is always a pleasure to recognize […]