What are the specific challenges faced by women in academia? You may be surprised. According to a new book edited by York women’s studies Professor Andrea O’Reilly (BA Hons. ’85, MA ’87, PhD ’96) and Boston University Professor Lynn O’Brien Hallstein, all is not nearly well in the halls of higher learning. Academic Motherhood in […]
York psychology professors Jane Irvine and Debra Pepler of York’s Faculty of Health have recently been named two of the most published women in the field of clinical psychology in Canada, according to an article in the Canadian Psychology journal. “Assessing the Publication Productivity of Clinical Psychology Professors in Canadian Psychological Association-Accredited Canadian Psychology Departments,” […]
Theatre @ York launches its 2011-2012 season with the world premiere of a new adaptation of John Vanbrugh's English Restoration romp, The Provok’d Wife. Director Vikki Anderson (left), of Toronto’s DVxT Theatre Company, commissioned playwright and actor Rick Roberts to rework this tragicomic roller coaster ride on the subject of relationships. Witness the rich behaving badly […]
A growing number of people are experiencing the effects of climate change in their daily lives, but those effects are not distributed equally. A workshop at York on Wednesday will discuss the issue of climate change and who it affects and how, the role of governments and what should be done. The Climate Justice and Politics […]