LA&PS announces four inaugural postdoctoral fellowships, one of whom will work in LASO

From yFile, 31 March 2021 The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) has announced the recipients of four inaugural postdoctoral fellowships. Fellows receive a funded, one-year postdoctoral research position to conduct their proposed research project under the guidance of a faculty supervisor. Fellows will receive $50,000 over the next academic year. Teddy Atim is […]

LA&PS - The Learning Curve: Law & Society Prof. Tyler Totten

The Learning Curve: Professor Tyler Totten POSTED ON 17 NOVEMBER 2020 From YouTube-hosted lectures to gamifying the classroom, The Learning Curve is a series showcasing how professors in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies are embracing the online learning environment with creative approaches to teaching remotely.  We open the series with Tyler Totten, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Science’s Law & Society program. Totten shares how he’s using […]

LA&PS - The Learning Curve: Law & Society Prof. Tyler Totten

The Learning Curve: Professor Tyler Totten POSTED ON 17 NOVEMBER 2020 From YouTube-hosted lectures to gamifying the classroom, The Learning Curve is a series showcasing how professors in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies are embracing the online learning environment with creative approaches to teaching remotely.  We open the series with Tyler Totten, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Science’s Law & Society program. Totten shares how he’s using […]

LASO Prof. Annie Bunting "Honoured & humbled to receive this award" from The Women's Forum of Sierra Leone

Law & Society Assistant Professor Annie Bunting said in a tweet that she was "honoured & humbled to receive this award in the mail from the Women’s Forum Sierra Leone on behalf of the @CSiWproject & its partners". The CSiW Project is the Conjugal Slavery in War partnership. It is funded by SSHRC and driven by […]

Full-time academic positions in Social Science

YUFA JOBS Health and Society (HESO) - Full-Time Professorial Stream - Assistant Professor - Gender, Social Justice and Health (PDF). Posting End Date: February 28, 2020. Law and Society (LASO) - Full-Time Professorial Stream - Assistant/Associate/Full Professor -Socio-Legal Studies, Indigeneity, and Social Justice (PDF). Posting End Date: February 29, 2020. Urban Studies (URST) - Full-Time […]

Law & Society program founder Jane Banfield leaves an enduring legacy

When the first class of five students graduated from York University’s Law & Society program in 1976, Professor Jane Banfield wore a proud smile. True to York’s motto – Tentanda Via – the program was the first of its kind in North America and one of the University’s first interdisciplinary programs. Jane Banfield The late […]

Law & Society program founder Jane Banfield leaves an enduring legacy

When the first class of five students graduated from York University’s Law & Society program in 1976, Professor Jane Banfield wore a proud smile. True to York’s motto – Tentanda Via – the program was the first of its kind in North America and one of the University’s first interdisciplinary programs. Jane Banfield The late […]