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Faculty members at York University are invited to participate in a series of three free webinars that focus on teaching with Zoom. The webinar series is hosted by University Professor Emeritus Ron Owston and begins Aug. 26. Each webinar will run one hour in an interactive format and present relevant information on teaching with Zoom. The series […]
A film by York University Associate Professor Patrick Alcedo earned the Best Short Documentary award at the Cannes Indies Cinema Awards on July 10. The film, titled They Call Me Dax, tells the story of 15-year-old Dorothy Echipare who struggles to survive as a high-school student and ballet dancer while living alone in a poor urban district in Quezon City, […]
When F. Tim Knight is finished his work day as an associate librarian and head of technical services for York University's Osgoode Hall Law School – a role he’s held since 2006 – he takes on an alter ego. Actually, he takes on one of four alter egos – and all of them make music. Having turned […]
Professor publishes book that challenges mainstream thought about social media and sees this new tool as something that reinforces inequity.
York U Humanities Professor joins forces with British counterparts to write a comprehensive and unconventional book on how documentary film has been affected by the digital era.
Two major ventures in York’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design have paved the way for a continued upward trajectory that draws together highly diverse areas of creative practice around next-generation technology. The School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) at York University has launched two important ventures in the span […]
Explore digital cultures research at a celebration co-hosted by six of York’s Faculties in collaboration with the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation on Friday, Dec. 6. The event highlights the research of five York professors, a University Librarian and a former graduate student on topics ranging from sound, affect and digital communities, copyright […]
Death leaves an indelible mark on the hearts of those left behind, and an increasing number of individuals are choosing to make that loss visible by commissioning tattoos honouring their deceased loved ones. Now, York University sociology Professor Deborah Davidson (right), along with a cross-disciplinary team of researchers, plans to capture these images – and […]
Through the use of interactive, computer-assisted health-assessments, Professor Farah Ahmad hopes to foster equity in health care, especially at the intersections of gender, ethnicity and migration. Ahmad will present her research and discuss how embracing eHealth innovations can boost community empowerment as part of the York eHealth Alliance Lecture Series. The lecture, “eHealth Innovations to […]
A York University research team will comb through digitized 19th-century documents to trace the environmental and economic consequences of international commodity trading during the 19th century. Led by Professor Colin Coates (left), Canada Research Chair in Canadian Cultural Landscapes and professor of Canadian Studies at Glendon College, the project is expected to cast light on the impacts of […]
The e-book is changing the publishing business, but will digital technology actually change the way we tell stories, the way writers write – for better or for worse? asked The Globe and Mail July 9. Multimedia experiments often use short texts because readers seem unlikely to tolerate long passages of type in a video or […]
And as the film world continues its rapid transition from traditional 2 D celluloid film to 3 D digital, a weekend conference at the TIFF Bell Lightbox is aimed at boosting the Toronto film community’s chances of capitalizing on the next wave in film – 3-D, wrote the Toronto Star June 9: The [Toronto International […]
Conference driven by York research in digital media, psychology, vision and computer science The Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference, a one-of-a-kind gathering of experts in stereoscopic 3D art and entertainment, takes place in Toronto June 11 to 14. Major figures from the USA, UK, Russia, Germany and Canada will convene at TIFF Bell Lightbox to […]
Teaching with technology is a good thing, and no one knows it better than Janet Murphy. The York Region District School Board (YRDSB) has awarded Murphy, director of York’s Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) on applied research program in the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, an Outstanding Service Award. Under Murphy’s leadership, ABEL’s team […]
The Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference, a one-of-a-kind gathering of experts in stereoscopic 3D art and entertainment, takes place in Toronto June 11 to 14. Major figures from the USA, UK, Russia, Germany and Canada will convene at TIFF Bell Lightbox to address and analyze the latest developments in the field. The first of its […]
York University has become the latest member of MaRS Innovation, the commercialization agent for many leading Toronto-based universities, hospitals and research institutes. “York has become one of Canada’s fastest-growing centres for research and innovation,” said Stan Shapson (right), vice-president research & innovation at York University. “We typically get 10 to 20 discovery disclosures a year. […]
York law Professor David Doorey of the School of Human Resource Management has taken the idea of blogging one step further. He’s developed his own app for his blog, now available for Apple devices as a free download through iTunes. Doorey says the main reason he started Doorey's Workplace Law Blog was to better connect with […]
Everyday life. Everyday people. Most of us say "everyday" almost every day. Academically, it is a term that has been theorized, used as a concept and developed into narratives. But what does it really mean? The Everyday: Experiences, Concepts, Narratives is an upcoming Graduate Program in Humanities conference looking at the "everyday" as it relates to […]
The Centre for Innovation in Information Visualization and Data-Driven Design (CIV-DDD) is seeking a project manager for a one-year contract with a possibility of renewal. The position will be posted until it has been filled. Details about the posting are available in Research Jobs. Posted by Elizabeth Monier-Williams, research communications officer.