Cynthia Kwakyewah, a professor in the Department of Social Science, has written an article for The Conversation examining how the long history of resource exploitation in Ghana has caused extensive harm to the environment and the wellbeing of its citizens. She discusses her research into how oil, gas and mining companies have acted exploitatively, and […]
Throughout her career, Lalaie Ameeriar, an associate professor in York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, has researched how systems of care and institutional structures shape people’s experiences of harm, neglect and inequality.
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 Professor Nikhil Anand of the University of Pennsylvania. Based on six years of research in […]
Sociology students who are looking for a way to apply what they’ve learned in the program can now apply for the six-credit field placement course, SOCI 4100, which is designed to provide students with the opportunity to gain hands-on community-based work experience for academic credit. This course places fourth-year sociology majors or minors in not-for-profit, […]
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 collections from Africa and the diaspora. Professor Emerita Young’s research has focused on linguistics, translation, […]
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 109), the series will build on York’s exceptional expertise to advance transformative and multidisciplinary research […]
The study led by Ashlee Christoffersen, a postdoctoral researcher hosted by the Department of Politics in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, aims to fill gaps in understanding how equity-seeking non-profit organizations in Canada apply inclusive frameworks.
Faculty and graduate students in the Department of Sociology are invited to a book launch featuring the co-authored work of Professor Carl E. James, The Story of a Generation - Life Course Pathways of the Class of '73. The event will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 21, from 3-5 p.m. in the Schulich Executive Dining […]
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 project partners with the arts and cultural organization the Black Arts Centre, along with Black […]
