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 […]
Whether it’s through art or food, or something else entirely, immigrant communities have changed the fabric of this country’s culture, becoming part of the story Canadians tell about themselves. But too often the intertwining of these stories goes unnoticed.
Negative Life: The Cinema of Extinction, co-authored by Jean-Thomas Tremblay, associate professor in the Department of English, received an Honourable Mention in the 2025 Book Prize competition held by the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present (ASAP). ASAP promotes the best scholarship on the literary, visual, performing and media arts, and […]
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, the Daniel Whittaker-Van Dusen Prize for Emerging Poets and the Richard Teleky Short Fiction Prize are accepting unpublished and original writing submissions. The President’s Awards and […]
Agnes Whitfield, a professor in the Department of English, reconnected with surrealism in the early 2020s when she started writing surrealist poetry herself. “The term has been trivialized and so many visual artworks manipulated in advertising that we forget that surrealism originated in the revolt and despair felt by young men and women after the […]
Join Writer-in-Residence Carleigh Baker for a conversation with video essayist Jacob Geller, author of How a Game Lives, a collection of essays that weaves video games, history and literature into thoughtful cultural discourse. Jacob Geller will join via livestream. Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 1 p.m. Founders Assembly Hall, FC 152 As the Los Angeles Review of Books put it, […]
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 […]
Each year, the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) proudly recognizes the outstanding creativity, scholarship and social impact of our faculty members through the LA&PS Research Awards. These awards shine a spotlight on research that not only advances academic knowledge but also strengthens communities, informs public policy and creates transformative learning opportunities for […]
