Birthed from a 1969 uprising as a response to police violence at a New York City dive bar called the Stonewall Inn, Pride has grown into a global movement, with Toronto-area celebrations among the largest in the world. Drawing on years of community-engaged research and large-scale data sets, York University researchers are available to talk to media about historical struggles and current issues facing those in 2SLGBTQIA+ communities today.
York alumnae Melissa Humaña-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson compete for gold in Paris today, a first for beach volleyball for Canada, cheered on by Humaña-Paredes' father, three-time Olympic coach and York Professor Hernán Humaña who teaches a course on the history of the Olympics and is available for comment to media. Also this week in Paris, breaking makes its debut at the Games, Olympians get sick with bacterial infection and organizers revise the closing ceremony of the Games this Sunday after a controversial opening. York experts are available to comment on this and more.
TORONTO, Oct. 15, 2021 – The Canadian Jewish Literary Awards will celebrate six outstanding works in Jewish writing, in the categories of fiction, biography, poetry, children and youth, scholarship and Holocaust, Sunday, Oct. 17. Supported by the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at York University, the awards ceremony will be virtual this year, as in […]
Study lead and equity policy expert available for interviews TORONTO, May 21, 2021 – Most Black Canadians regularly experience racism, whether it is in criminal justice, education, employment, health care, or in the recently added COVID-19 pandemic scenario, a York University-led ongoing survey reveals. “This experience is not new, but because Black Canadians are typically classified […]
TORONTO, May 13, 2021 — York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) is co-hosting a Virtual Reality (VR) tour of the remounted Art Gallery of Ontario exhibition Tunirrusiangit: Kenojuak Ashevak and Tim Pitsiulak Revisited, May 14, from 4 to 5 p.m. Art history Professor Anna Hudson and her curatorial students will […]
NYU Prof Philip Alston to speak on the role of Human Rights Watch in responding to the rise of neoliberal economic policies and the global inequality these produce TORONTO, March 15, 2021 – Philip Alston, John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law at New York University Law School and UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and […]
TORONTO, Nov. 3, 2020 — After closely observing the ripple effects of the Trump administration, including the important social and public policy decisions that have had a direct impact on Canada, many Canadians have felt connected to the outcome of the 2020 American election. The following York University experts are available to speak with media: Laura Levin, […]
TORONTO, Nov. 3, 2020 — After closely observing the ripple effects of the Trump administration, including the important social and public policy decisions that have had a direct impact on Canada, many Canadians have felt connected to the outcome of the 2020 American election. The following York University experts are available to speak with media: Laura Levin, […]
TORONTO, Oct. 26, 2020 – Whoever they vote for, Americans who are trusting are more likely to cast their ballot on Nov. 3 − or earlier − than Americans who do not trust easily, York University Professor Cary Wu predicts. He explains that people with low trust levels are less interested in politics, so they are […]
Annual event supported by Centre for Jewish Studies at York TORONTO, Oct. 22, 2020 –The Canadian Jewish Literary Awards is honouring nine outstanding Jewish themed works this year, with an online presentation ceremony on Oct. 25, at 2p.m. Now in its sixth year, the Awards program recognizes Jewish writing in fiction, biography, Jewish thought and culture, […]