We are a community of York University researchers who are committed to analyzing the changing historical and contemporary dynamics of societies in Asia, understanding Asia’s place in the world, and studying the experiences of Asian communities in Canada and around the globe.
April 2026
Apr 10 - 11 2026
All Day
Waste Work: Grounding Race, Caste and Labour in the New Global Politics of Disposability
Apr 11 2026
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Reclaiming Dalit History, Culture and Resistance
50 Bristol Road West, Mississauga
- South Asian Dalit Adivasi Network, Canada
Apr 25 2026
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
消失的真相:跨越六十年的歷史對話 Vanished Truths: A Dialogue Across Sixty Years of History
- Hong Kong Studies Group at YCAR
Apr 29 2026
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Comparative West Asian Politics: Co-resistance and Solidarity for Palestine
May 2026
May 11 2026
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Book Launch | Not Your Cash Cow, Not Your Scapegoat: Student Migration and Canadian Universities
Virtually via Zoom
May 26 2026
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Canada-ASEAN Security Alignment: The Case for Building Collective Resilience
- Canada-ASEAN Initiatives
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- 2024–25 recipients of YCAR’s Research Collaboration Fellowships
- Shaping the Future of China Studies: Applications Open for the China Insights Fund
- Congrats to YCAR-affiliated Insight Development Grant recipients
- Watch new docs by Zhang and collaborators
- Beyond the Interface: Critical Perspectives of Sex Work and Sextech conference recordings now available
- Philippine Studies Group welcomes 2024 Marshall McLuhan Fellow to York
- YCAR Launches New Postdoctoral Fellowship in Asian Studies

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