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Eight LA&PS Alumni on York's 2025 Top 30 Alumni Under 30
May 20, 2025
York University has announced its Top 30 Alumni Under 30 for 2025, and this year eight alumni come from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. This outstanding group of alumni under the age of 30 were selected based ...
Law & Society professor co-writes article on gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in The Conversation
May 14, 2025
Annie Bunting, professor of Law & Society in the Department of Social Science, has co-written an article with Heather Tasker, Professor of Political Science at Dalhousie University, discussing how fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has ...
Assistant Professor Natasha Henry-Dixon is awarded the King Charles II Medal
May 9, 2025
On Thursday, April 10, the Ontario Heritage Trust celebrated five outstanding people with King Charles III Coronation Medals. The Coronation Medal was created by King Charles III on the advice of the Canadian Government to mark the significant and historical ...
Curating the Curriculum: Intersections Between Arts Integration and Historical Thinking
May 9, 2025
This past February, York University’s History Department and the Archives of Ontario hosted a Professional Development Day (PD Day) for high school history teachers titled, “Curating the Curriculum: Intersections Between Arts Integration and Historical Thinking.” Led by Alessia Spagnuolo ...
School of Information Technology professor leads global hub for cybersecurity center at York
May 2, 2025
Arash Habibi Lashkari, associate professor in the School of Information Technology, is the director and founder of the Behaviour-Centric Cybersecurity Center (BCCC). Lashkari’s research within the center has been multifaceted, developing technology to detect and protect against cyber threats. The ...
Department of Economics professors use Re-Cup initiative to study behavioural economics
May 2, 2025
Neil Buckley, Berta Esteve-Volart and Tsvetanka Karagyozova from the Department of Economics, are using a new environmental initiative as the basis for their research in behavioural economics by looking at how student engagement can drive more effective recycling habits. The Re-Cup initiative ran for ...
Disaster & Emergency Management professor writes article about Vancouver SUV attack for The Conversation
May 1, 2025
In a recent article for The Conversation, Professor Ali Asgary writes about the tragic attack that took place in Vancouver, BC on April 27, 2025, at the Lapu-Lapu festival celebrating Filipino culture. He discusses challenges with crowd management, the places ...
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