York University’s Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Studies program has announced a partnership with the Toronto Black Film Festival to present the Brazilian documentary BOY 23: The forgotten Boys of Brazil (Menino 23: Infâncias perdidas no Brasil) on Feb. 18. Read about it in the YFile story. Watch the Trailer.
We are delighted to announce that all conference papers will be considered for publication in a special number of the Portuguese Studies Review in Spring / Summer of 2019. All submissions for the Portuguese Studies Review are subjected to a double- blind peer-review process. The date for submission of papers will be announced at a […]
The Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Studies Program recently launched the 1st Youth Summer Program, designed to immerse high school students, aged 14-18, in the Portuguese-speaking world. This innovative community initiative was a great success. Get a sneak peek and read all about it on the Portuguese Canadian History Project website. Click here.
Portuguese & Luso-Brazilian Studies at York University has partnered with Academia do Bacalhau de Toronto to offer a new student award. With the sponsorship of Academia do Bacalhau de Toronto, the Portuguese & Luso-Brazilian Studies Entrance Award was created and aims at supporting incoming first-year students at York University who declare Portuguese & Luso-Brazilian Studies either as […]
York University’s Portuguese & Luso-Brasilian Studies in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (LA&PS) has announced Wendy Roza as the recipient of the Portuguese Gives You Wings award, sponsored by Azores Airlines. Read the full story on Yfile
Portuguese-speaking leaders and business professionals convened at the Keele campus recently to discuss the myriad of experiential learning opportunities available to students in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS). Read the full story on YFile
Community Conversations, a new initiative in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies within the Global and Community Engagement portfolio, is designed to encourage stimulating, inspiring and inclusive dialogue among different communities on local and global issues that matter most to them. Held on Nov. 25, the first conversation in the series was titled […]
The program of Portuguese & Luso-Brazilian Studies is pleased to announce that Natasha Ferreira is this year’s recipient of the “Dark Stones: The Azorean Spirit Award.” Natasha Ferreira, a recent graduate, holds a Major in Humanities and an Honours Minor in Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Studies. This award is sponsored by Banco Santander Totta (Toronto Rep. […]
The program of Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian (PORL) Studies seeks Portuguese-speaking volunteers to assist in Portuguese language courses (POR1000, POR2000 and POR3000) on York’s Keele campus: • POR 1000 – Elementary Portuguese: Mondays & Wednesdays, 10:30am-12:30pm • POR 2000 – Intermediate Portuguese: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30pm-2:30pm • POR 3000 – Advanced Portuguese: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:30pm-4:30pm […]
The program of Portuguese & Luso-Brazilian Studies is pleased to announce our two new community partners: The Portuguese Canadian History Project and the Milenio Stadium Newspaper. Our community partners play a crucial role in offering immersion opportunities for our students as well as insights on the professional activities of a vast Portuguese-speaking community. Through this […]