Make sure to get engaged in your student academic associations. — Samir Janmohamed Samir Janmohamed Public policy leader and community volunteerBA ’18, Department of Economics, Department of Social Science LA&PS alumnus, Samir Janmohamed was named one of York University’s 2025 Top 30 Alumni Under 30, recognized among a distinguished group of young leaders making a meaningful impact […]
Miguel González, professor in the Department of Social Science, is leading a new project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) titled, “Emancipatory Horizons for Self-Determination of Indigenous and Afro-Descendant Peoples in Central America.” The project investigates how communities in these areas continue to develop their own self-governance systems to assert […]
31 awards were presented to LA&PS students across a number of diverse fields of study, including African Studies, Law & Society, Criminology and more.
Faduma Ali is a Junior Professional Officer at Environmental Co-operation Unit at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Secretariat. Read the interview with Faduma Ali on OSCE website.
Author: Uwafiokun Idemudia (Professor of African Studies and International Development Studies) Contributor: NNenna Okoli (PhD Candidate) “Most countries have anti-trafficking laws, policies and programmes to prevent human trafficking. There are also international treaties to address the problem. Yet it’s still thriving. Human trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, harbouring and control of a person using force […]
Congratulations to Dr. Mohamed Sesay, winner of the International Studies Association’s Lee Ann Fujii Book Award for 2021 for his new book Domination Through Law: The Internationalization of Legal Norms in Postcolonial Africa. From the International Studies Association’s press release: “This year’s winner, Mohamed Sesay’s book Domination through Law: The Internationalization of Legal Norms in […]
The Racialized Students in Healthcare virtual lecture series is sponsored by the OHTN and provides workshop series on Indigenous Education, HIV Clinical Care, HIV research facilitated by HALCO and HIV Pharmacy Care. Our facilitators include: MaryAnn from the Native Women Resources Centre, Dr. Gordon from Unity Health, Stevia Arthur from BlackCAP, Alex Vincent from Cabbagetown Community Health Centre and […]
A virtual event will be held to celebrate recent publications by Annie Bunting, Lisa Drummond, Carlo Fanelli, Les Jacobs, Jaime Llambías-Wolff, Vanisha Sukdeo, and Douglas C. Young. This event will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 9, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. Each of the books is available for purchase at the hyperlinks provided with […]
Join us for one of the IDS Program’s most exciting weeks - our Student Association’s International Development Week! Hang out online with your peers, watch a movie, engage in our Speaker Session, meet IDS Alumni, and see what IDS students are doing in their Opportunity Showcase. Movie Night Speaker Session Alumni Night Opportunity Showcase If […]
