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CITY Institute launches website on Global Suburbanisms

Posted on 18 November 2011

The Major Collaborative Research Initiative “Global Suburbanisms: Governance, Land and Infrastructure in the 21st Century” (2010-17), based at the City Institute at York University (CITY), with more than 50 international researchers and 18 partner organizations, is the first project to systematically take stock of suburban development around the world. Today, they announced the launch of […]

Five-nation VIVA! Project yields new book on community arts

Posted on 20 October 2011

Viva collaboration! After five years of transnational research by educators and artists in Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, the United States and Canada, the VIVA! Project is launching its new book, iVIVA! Community Arts and Popular Education in the Americas, edited by project lead Deborah Barndt, a professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) and coordinator of […]

FES explores connection between literature and environment

Posted on 12 October 2011

What is the connection between Canadian literature and the environment? That question is what the Faculty of Environmental Studies wants to explore through its three-day event, Green Words/Green Worlds: Environmental Literatures & Politics in Canada, encompassing a public forum, a conference and writing workshops. Notable Canadian environmental poets Brian Bartlett, Armand Garnet Ruffo and Rita […]

Six Faculty of Health professors honoured for excellence

Posted on 23 September 2011

Six Faculty of Health professors were honoured for their outstanding contributions at a presentation of the 2010-2011 Dean’s Awards for Excellence last week. An award is given to two faculty members, one in the early career category and another in the established career category, in the areas of research, service and teaching. The awards, which […]

Professor Michael Greyeyes' dance production kicks off Harbourfront series

Posted on 19 September 2011

York theatre Professor Michael Greyeyes has choreographed and directed from thine eyes, a powerful new dance theatre work that examines mortality, memory and forgiveness, opening Sept. 22 at Harbourfront’s Enwave Theatre. This world premiere is the season opener for Toronto’s DanceWorks and kicks off Harbourfront Centre’s dance series NextSteps 11/12. The show is co-produced by […]

New directors appointed to five research centres

Posted on 19 September 2011

Five York professors have been appointed directors at York research centres. The new directors are Professor Colin Coates, director of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies (RCCS); Professor Laurence Harris, director of the Centre for Vision Research (CVR); Professor Christina Kraenzle, director of the Canadian Centre for German & European Studies (CCGES); Professor David Mutimer, director of […]

Professor Mary Jane Warner helps preserve Toronto's dance heritage

Posted on 15 September 2011

In Toronto’s thriving dance scene, audiences can catch a world premiere performance virtually every week of the year. Less frequent is the opportunity to see a remarkable work for the second time. Professor Mary Jane Warner (left) in the Faculty of Fine Arts is a noted historian of modern dance and has worked extensively to […]

Four York professors elected to the Royal Society of Canada

Posted on 12 September 2011

The achievements of four York University professors have been recognized by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), which has inducted them as Fellows. Professor Pat Armstrong, a distinguished research professor of sociology in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS); Professor Isabella Bakker in the Department of Political Science in LA&PS; Professor Rishma […]

Art helps youth in Canada and Jamaica open up about violence

Posted on 8 September 2011

The Centre for Research on Latin America & the Caribbean (CERLAC) at York University launched a research partnership this summer that uses the arts to explore violence among youth in Canada and Jamaica. The project, Youth and Community Development in Canada and Jamaica: A Transnational Approach to Youth Violence, popularly known as “Project Groundings”, opened […]

York researchers receive more than $11.9 million in SSHRC funding

Posted on 8 August 2011

Researchers, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at York University have been awarded more than $11.9 million from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The grants, part of $237 million in funding and awards recently announced, span across nine York Faculties and support research that improves the quality of life of Canadians, […]