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Department of Anthropology to host the 2026 Annual General Lecture with invited speaker Nikhil Anand
February 6, 2026
The Department of Anthropology invites the York community to attend the annual general lecture on Thursday, March 5 from 4 - 6 p.m. This year’s lecture, Amphibious City: Stormwater Drains and the Making of Gray Futures, will be delivered by ...
French professor emerita Lélia Young receives poetry prize from Académie des Baobabs
January 28, 2026
Lélia Young, a retired professor in the Department of French Studies, has received the 2025 poetry prize from the Académie des Baobabs for her French-language collection Rupture et avènement. The Prize is awarded annually to the best novels and poetry ...
Learn about disaster and emergency management by attending Y-EMERGE's Disaster Seminar Series
January 28, 2026
The Disaster Seminar Series is organized by Y-EMERGE, a pan-university research institute at York University dedicated to scientific, technological and social aspects of disaster and emergency management. Held every Thursday from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m. in Harry Crowe Room (ATK ...
Professor awarded funding for project on Black settlers in Canada
January 13, 2026
Desirée de Jesús, assistant professor in the Department of Communication & Media Studies, has been awarded funding for the digital media community-engaged project, From Archive to Imagination: Building Canada’s Future with Black Histories, through the Black Research Seed Fund. This ...
Anthropology professor to participate in new Teaching Fellows Program
January 9, 2026
A new Teaching Fellows Program has been launched by the Office of the Vice-Provost Teaching and Learning. The program will empower faculty members across York University to investigate pedagogical issues across various disciplines. Participating faculty members will focus on exploring challenges, creating new strategies ...
Outstanding LA&PS alumni appointed to the Order of Canada
January 9, 2026
Two alumni from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) have been appointed to the Order of Canada. A total of 80 appointments of the award were announced on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, nine of which were from ...
Professor Denise Rousseau delivers 2026 Monica Belcourt HR Talk on self-promises
January 8, 2026
The School of Human Resource Management was honoured to host Denise Rousseau as part of the 2026 Monica Belcourt HR Talks series. Rousseau, the H.J. Heinz II University professor of Organizational Behaviour and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, visited ...
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