On Monday, Nov. 3, individuals and teams were recognized for their contributions to the York Community at the President’s Staff Recognition Awards. The annual awards celebrate meaningful contributions across the institution in several key areas, including community building, leadership and service excellence. The following staff members from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies were […]
Assistant Professor Ayesha Omer, from the Department of Anthropology in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, was awarded a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in the School of Social Science for the 2025-26 academic year. This prestigious membership allows for focused research and the free and open exchange of ideas […]
Four York University community members were recognized by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for their contributions to equity, social justice and Indigenous engagement. One of the honorees was Ana Speranza (BA ‘18, MA ‘21), a social anthropology and law graduate, who received the Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella Prize. This award is presented each year […]
Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has awarded $5,786,741 in federal funding to York University researchers as part of the Insight Grants program. The funding supports 34 projects and builds on an additional $1.7M in funding that York researchers recently received through SSHRC Insight Development Grants, supporting scholars in the social sciences and humanities. Half […]
Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has awarded $1.7 million in federal funding to York University researchers as part of the Insight Development Grants program. The program will provide funding for projects lasting up to two years, supporting a broad range of topics and disciplines as researchers investigate key societal challenges. A number […]
On May 1, York University’s Department of Anthropology hosted an engaging and hands-on Anthropology Day workshop for 75 students from Bur Oak Secondary School. Held in the new CoLearn Active Learning Classrooms on the Keele campus and supported by the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), the event introduced students to the discipline […]
Department of Anthropology Professor David A.B. Murray has published an anthology on the history of queer anthropology, a subfield of sociocultural anthropology with both activist and academic origins. Queer Anthropology offers a short introduction to an evolving subfield of sociocultural anthropology, exploring its historical development, critiques over the past two decades and responses to emerging challenges. […]
Emma Feltes, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, has been involved in an important project documenting the ways in which Indigenous communities are providing emergency responses to a landslide in the Tŝilhqot’in territory in central B.C. Feltes worked in collaboration with researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) to document emergency responses to […]
