The Word on the Street, Canada’s largest free book and magazine festival, draws book lovers from across the country to Toronto each year. Held Sept. 26 and 27, this year’s festival featured booths from major and independent publishers, as well as appearances by leading literary talent, including several York University alumni. Among those featured was […]
Call for Submissions: University-wide Creative Writing Competition open to all YorkU students. Apply now! The annual President’s Creative Writing Awards, the Lorna Marsden Prize for Creative Writing in French and the Daniel Whittaker-Van Dusen Prize for Emerging Poets are accepting unpublished and original writing submissions. The President’s Awards and the Lorna Marsden Prize are open […]
Tiana Reid, assistant professor in the Department of English, has published a new collection of poetry, Nightnursing (Goose Lane Editions, 2026). Challenging conventional narratives of care, healing and recovery, Nightnursing is an exploration of sobriety and what it means to pursue wellness in a world where the desire to get "better" can be both a source of trauma and a path toward healing. Through […]
Tiana Reid, an assistant professor in the Department of English, has been shortlisted alongside two other authors for the Writers' Trust of Canada's $12,000 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for 2SLGBTQ+ emerging writers. Reid was nominated for her newly published poetry collection, Nightnursing (Goose Lane Editions, 2026). The annual award goes to the author of a debut book of any genre who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit or another […]
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) has elected three members of the York community as fellows, one of the country’s highest honours recognizing scholarly, artistic and scientific achievement. Among the newly elected fellows is Deanne Williams, a professor in the Department of English from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS). Williams is recognized internationally for her contributions to early theatre studies and literary history. Her […]
The Women’s Executive Network’s (WXN) held its annual event, Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards. The awards, launched in 2003, celebrate women whose accomplishments have left a lasting mark on their professions and communities across the country. Among the honourees were three alumni from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS): Irene Zaguskin, an economics graduate; Johanna Faigelman, who completed a […]
Tiana Reid, assistant professor in the Department of English, has been recognized by CBC, which included her forthcoming collection Nightnursing on its list of the 25 most anticipated poetry books of the fall. Nightnursing is an experimental poetry collection that explores themes of sobriety, trauma, treatment and identity. The list features both emerging and established voices in Canadian poetry. Reid's writing has […]
Robert (Bob) Cluett, a York University professor emeritus and recipient of an honorary doctor of letters from York, has died at the age of 93.
Professor Agnès Whitfield from the Department of English was recently featured in a report published by La Maison Suger, highlighting her scholarly work and contributions. Whitfield earned her PhD from Université Laval and is a member of York University’s Graduate Programs in English and French. She teaches primarily in Canadian literature, and her research focuses […]
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has announced the recipients of the November 2025 SSHRC Connection Grants. Ten York University research projects received funding. Congratulations to the researchers from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) whose innovative projects were selected. These projects span a wide range of disciplines […]