The LA&PS Student Engagement team has won the Harriet Lewis Team Award for Service at the President's Staff Recognition Awards. Established in honour of former University secretary and General counsel Harriet Lewis, the Harriet Lewis Team Award for Service Excellence recognizes excellence in service and support to students, faculty, staff and/or other service users.
York University has achieved significant progress in the field of philosophy, as revealed in the latest edition of the Philosophical Gourmet Report for the 2024-25 academic year. According to the report published by Leiter Reports in November 2024, York’s Ph.D. program in Philosophy, and its specializations in both cognitive science and the philosophy of law, […]
When global franchises like "Paw Patrol" reach 350 million households and generate more than US$14 billion in retail sales, it’s clear that children’s media is serious business. For Natalie Coulter, a professor in the Department of Communication & Media Studies at York University and director of the Institute for Research on Digital Literacies, these numbers highlight the […]
York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) has received a generous donation of $100,000 over five years from Benn Barrantes, a distinguished graduate of the Faculty’s undergraduate program in philosophy, which will establish the Barrantes Prizes in Philosophy, aimed at recognizing exceptional student essays that explore the intersection of philosophical thinking and social […]
Tameka Samuels-Jones, an assistant professor in York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, alongside four of her colleagues, has been named one of this year’s recipients of the Robbins-Ollivier Award for Excellence in Equity, a prestigious $100,000 grant from the Government of Canada and its Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat.
Narmada Murugarajan, a third-year Human Resource Management student with a minor in the arts, was one of 50 artists selected for inclusion in the City of Brampton’s exhibition entitled PIXEL: Chapter 50 Digital Art Exhibition. In celebration of the city’s 50th birthday, local artists were invited to submit their work capturing the essence of the past, […]
Haberman joined the University in 1967 and, although he retired in 2004, he continued to teach part-time until 2021. During his time at York, Haberman contributed across the University in numerous ways and held several titles, including master (now called head) of Founders College, where he welcomed many new faculty members to York with warmth, […]
By Joanne Ong On October 21st, 2024, LA&PS hosted the YRC Political Sociology of Health Speaker Series, sponsored by the York Research Chair Program, the Resource Centre for Public Sociology and the Department of Sociology, featuring Professor Amanda Cheong talk on Omitted Births and their Consequences. Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of British […]
Derek Cohen, Professor Emeritus of the English Department, in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, passed away peacefully on October 11, 2024. Cohen, a beloved member of the English Department, came to York University in 1968 and taught Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama until his retirement in 2008. He was revered by his students […]
By Jessica Kubin Anne F. MacLennan, an associate professor in the Department of Communication & Media Studies, has received a prestigious Partnership Development Grant from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for her groundbreaking research project “Interrogating Canadian Identities (ICI).” Perceptions of Canadian identities that have persisted since the country’s centennial celebrations in […]