Six changemakers will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) during this year’s 2025 Spring Convocation. Wayne Isaacs, a Jamaican-born Canadian entrepreneur known for building businesses in developing economies across over 25 countries, will receive an honorary degree from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. Read the full story in YFile.
Canisia Lubrin, a graduate from York’s Creative Writing program, was awarded the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction on May 1 for her debut work of fiction CODE NOIR. The prize, which includes $150,000 USD in addition to support through mentorship, scholarship and residency opportunities, aims to address gender inequality in the literary world by […]
York University held its annual Research Awards Reception on April 30, celebrating the work of more than 70 faculty members across a range of disciplines. Professor Carmela Murdocca from the Department of Sociology was awarded The President's Research Impact Award (PRIA) for her work examining socio-legal legacies of racial injustice and incorporating reparative justice practices in law and policy. This […]
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 BCCC also provides accessible datasets and open-source tools that can be used by researchers, educators […]
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 two weeks in November 2024, with disposable cup-sorting stations in locations across York’s Keele Campus. […]
