Inked in: York prof to launch first digital archive of memorial tattoos

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 […]

Symposium will link arms together for rights of indigenous people

Former students of residential schools for aboriginal people, members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and representatives of the United Nations and human rights organizations will all converge at York University for a symposium aptly titled Linking Arms Together, to join hands in upholding aboriginal rights, Friday. Linking Arms Together, a public symposium, will take […]

York and Bruyere Research Institute studying how to live well in residential care

York University Professor Pat Armstrong will collaborate with Ottawa’s Bruyère Research Institute in a major project to identify healthy aging strategies in long-term residential care. The Government of Canada announced funding for the “Healthy Ageing in Residential Places” (HARP) project Thursday. Armstrong and her team will identify promising practices for thinking about, planning and organizing […]

Romanticizing divorce carries high price, says professor emerita

Long the goal of marriage, "happily ever after" is being reimagined by books and movies as the chief export of divorce, wrote Postmedia News July 12. A leading Canadian divorce researcher, however, warns that escapism carries a high price, if not for couples who've survived a split than for those teetering on the edge of […]

Two York professors comment on divorce insurance now being offered in the United States

James Morton, adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, and Anne-Marie Ambert, a retired professor in York's Department of Sociology, both spoke to Postmedia News November 5 about divorce insurance being offered to couples in the United States. The story appeared in the Montreal Gazette, among other outlets: Because the “for poorer” part of marriage […]

Immigration workshop to address issues faced by people with precarious migratory status

There’s a tendency to think that the problems faced by people with precarious status – temporary workers, refugee claimants, failed claimants and people without status – are not Canadian issues, but York sociology Professor Luin Goldring disagrees. To shed light on the emerging body of research in this area, the Research Alliance on Precarious Status, which […]

Professor Pat Armstrong's long-term residential healthcare study looks to improve national and international conditions

In Sweden, long-term care workers often have time to take patients outside for a walk. In Canada, having a patient shuffle from their room down the corridor to the dining hall is frequently considered “a walk”. It is this kind of difference in the nature of long-term care facilities from one country to the next that has […]

Professors Armstrong and Greenberg to be named Distinguished Research Professors

This year, York is honouring sociology and women’s studies Professor Pat Armstrong and psychology Professor Leslie Greenberg with its highest award, Distinguished Research Professor, for their outstanding contributions to the University through research. The title will be conferred on Armstrong at the Spring 2010 Convocation on June 16 at 10:30am and on Greenberg during the […]

New book explores the impact of the new economy on work

A new book co-edited by York Professors Norene Pupo and Mark Thomas will receive its official launch Thursday, March 25 at a special reception from 3 to 5pm in 626 York Research Tower. Interrogating the New Economy: Restructuring Work in the 21st Century is a collection of original essays investigating the social, political and economic […]