A project out of York University that will advance gender equality in the social and economic response to COVID-19 is one of 237 projects to receive funding under Women and Gender Equality Canada’s $100-million Feminist Response and Recovery Fund. “Creating Space: Precarious Status Women Leading Local Pandemic Responses” is a collaborative, two-year project that brings together […]
The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) research office has announced the launch of a new research services website. The website will serve as a central hub, assisting faculty members with identifying funding opportunities, pre- and post-award support, knowledge mobilization services and partnership development. On this site users will be able to: access grant support […]
Three separate grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) have been awarded to York University Professor Andrea O’Reilly and will support her research projects in the field of motherhood. O’Reilly is an expert in motherhood research, founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Motherhood Initiative, publisher of Demeter Press, author of 20-plus […]
Eleven York University students were recently honoured with the Robert J. Tiffin Student Leadership Award, which recognizes students’ leadership at the University and their contributions to the growth, development and vitality of the York community. Now in its ninth year, the award was created in honour of Robert J. Tiffin, who served as York University’s […]
Researchers in York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) have received more than $2.3 million in funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). A total of 20 projects led by LA&PS faculty were announced as recipients of the 2020 Insight Grants (19 awards valued at a combined $2,145,491) and […]
Marin Litoiu, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Lassonde School of Engineering and the School of Information Technology in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, has been inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. Litoiu joins exclusive and prestigious company with this honour. He […]
Marcello Musto, professor of sociology at York University is recognized as a leading global authority on the work of the German philosopher Karl Marx and on Marxism. An accomplished scholar, Musto has devoted his academic career to reviving the understanding of Marx’s ideas and their applications to the contemporary world. Driven and passionate about the significance of […]
This year’s recipients of the 2021 President's University-Wide Teaching Awards are being honoured for their innovation and commitment, as well as for having significantly enhanced the quality of learning by York students. The President's University-Wide Teaching Awards are chosen from four categories: full-time faculty with 10 or more years of teaching experience, full-time faculty with […]
Two professors from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) have been honoured with the title University Professor. This year’s recipients are professors Carl S. Ehrlich and Carolyn Podruchny. A University Professor is a member of faculty recognized for extraordinary contributions to scholarship and teaching and participation in university life. The award is conferred upon long-serving […]
Three undergraduate students at York University have been awarded the Governor General’s Silver Medal. The medal recognizes the outstanding scholastic achievements of undergraduate students in Canada. Receiving the medals are changemakers Alina Kuimova, Amirarsalan Rahimian and Katelyn Conferido. Alina Kuimova is graduating with a Specialized Bilingual B.A. (Hons.) in linguistics and language studies, which she completed in three languages: English, […]
After serving York University during the 2020-21 academic year as executive public service in residence, Rory O’Connor has offered insight and advice to students working toward careers in government. O'Connor joined the Glendon School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) and the School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA) in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & […]
Canadian poet and York University alumna Canisia Lubrin has won the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize for her book The Dyzgraphxst (Penguin/Random House, 2020), a long poem that examines the idea of selfhood while exploring issues of race, oppression and colonialism. Widely considered the most prestigious poetry award in Canada, the Griffin family gives out two $65,000 prizes annually: one […]
With so many outstanding applications received this year, the Dahdaleh Institute Critical Social Science Perspectives in Global Health Steering Committee had an abundance of inspiring proposals to consider. After much deliberation, the committee has selected the following faculty to receive the 2021 Dahdaleh Institute Seed Grants: Faculty of Health Associate Professor Claudia Chaufan, in the […]
Every year since 1991, York University has hosted the International Political Economy and Ecology (IPEE) Summer School organized by the Department of Geography, the Department of Political Science and the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change. Professor Leo Panitch of the Department of Politics, who passed away in late 2020, was among the founders of the IPEE […]
Faith Desmoulin is a student in the Indigenous Studies undergraduate program. She is the student success mentor lead (Indigenous student success and transition assistant) at the Centre for Indigenous Student Services. Desmoulin is an Aniishnabekwe from the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island. She wrote the following article about the significance of National Indigenous History Month and National Indigenous […]
With support from the Government of Canada, two new Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) have been appointed at York University and two existing have been renewed this year. The new CRCs will undertake new research into "re-righting" and "re-writing" the Indigenous history of North America and investigating Black life in Canada. This year’s awards were announced June […]
Deep into the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada is racing to catch up with a virus spreading and mutating across the globe at an incredible pace. No longer is the collective goal to “flatten the curve” – this time, armed with vaccines, the aim is to break the chain of infection altogether. In […]
With support from the Government of Canada, two new Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) have been appointed at York University and two existing have been renewed this year. The CRCs will undertake new research into "re-righting" and "re-writing" the Indigenous history of North America and investigating Black life in Canada. This year’s awards were announced today by the […]
Cristina Wood, a PhD candidate in York University's Department of History, has been awarded the prestigious Trudeau Doctoral Scholarship, presented by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, which recognizes top doctoral students in Canada and abroad in the fields of humanities and social sciences. This is the first time since 2016 that a York student has been […]
A book co-authored by York University Professor Emeritus Jaime Llambías-Wolff was recognized with a Talent Award by publisher Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial during the third edition of the Caligrama Awards. Llambías-Wolff teaches in the Division of Social Science in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. The book, titled ¡SABÍA QUE NO SABÍA! and written in Spanish, […]