LA&PS and faculty look to global future

Following the release of York University’s new Internationalization and Global Engagement Strategy, the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) and Dean J.J. McMurtry consider the future of its global engagement priorities – students, alumni networks and intellectual and research competencies. LA&PS is currently home to York’s largest population of international students. The Faculty’s student success team […]

Microlecture Series in Sustainable Living: Building a better future with Yvonne Su

York University’s free Microlecture Series in Sustainable Living is an innovative, interdisciplinary and open access program that gives participants the opportunity to earn a first-of-its-kind digital badge in sustainable living. Throughout the Microlecture Series in Sustainable Living, six of York University’s world-renowned experts share research, thoughts and advice on a range of critical topics related to […]

National survey documents experiences of Black Canadians, racialized groups

York University’s Institute for Social Research (ISR) has released the results of a research project that explores social, political and economic ties between races and ethnicities. Led by York University Professor Lorne Foster of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies and ISR director in partnership with the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, the Black Canadian National Survey (BCNS) finds that Black […]

Four projects receive funding through York’s Sustainability Innovation Fund

A selection committee from the President’s Sustainability Council identified projects that advance climate action at the University for the second round of funding from York’s Sustainability Innovation Fund (SIF).  The Sustainability Innovation Fund provides funding to support campus sustainability projects that help build a culture and practice of sustainability at York University and advance the […]

Professor oversees new website exploring Portuguese diaspora

A new website and travelling exhibit that explores the past and present of Canada’s Portuguese diaspora was developed by York University faculty member Gilberto Fernandes. A former visiting professor in the Faculty Liberal Arts & Professional Studies’ (LA&PS) Department of History, Fernandes is currently a research associate in the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies and was […]

Dahdaleh Institute awards annual seed grants

Following its fourth annual Workshop on Critical Social Science Perspectives in Global Health Research, York University’s Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research awarded five researchers $5,000 seed grants to further develop grant proposals and research programs to carry out critical global health research. All winners of the grants this year embody the critical social science […]

York takes academic leadership role at Congress 2023

Upwards of 250 York University faculty members and scholars are among the presenters during the 2023 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, where they take an academic leadership role in sharing their research with colleagues from across the nation.  The flagship event of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences – taking place May 27 to June […]

Artist-researchers present exhibit on research harassment during Congress

Sarah Hancock, an artist-researcher and undergraduate student at York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD), is using data to bring awareness to the harassment experienced by scholars when sharing their work in online spaces. Her work is part of an exhibit running through Congress 2023. When conceiving her artistic vision, Hancock […]

Microlecture Series in Sustainable Living: Building a better future with Eric Kennedy

York University’s free Microlecture Series in Sustainable Living is an innovative, interdisciplinary and open access program that gives participants the opportunity to earn a first-of-its-kind digital badge in sustainable living.  Throughout the Microlecture Series in Sustainable Living, six of York University’s world-renowned experts share research, thoughts and advice on a range of critical topics related to […]

York students earn prestigious titles at debut pan-Canadian Model European Union

Seven York University students were among the nearly 100 participants from 13 universities across Canada to compete at the first-ever officially sanctioned model European Union (EU) in Ottawa from May 5 to 7. The two-day policy negotiation simulation invited undergraduate students from across the country with an interest in international and translatlantic relations. Department of Politics Associate Professor Heather […]