Asia Research Brief 51 | Technology and its role in building social connections among older adults

Lois Kamenitz (York Centre for Asian Research) examines the role technology played during the COVID-19 pandemic in building social connections among older adults in Toronto, Ontario. Read more in our latest Asia Research Brief: https://www.yorku.ca/research/ycar/wp-content/uploads/sites/783/2023/03/YCAR_ARB0051_Kamenitz.pdf YCAR’s Asia Research Briefs provide short summaries of research by YCAR Associates. Their purpose is to share insights from academic […]

Omiwatari screening for World Water Day

Filmmaker Zeesy Powers was attending a Royal Canadian Institute for Science lecture where she first heard about Professor Sapna Sharma’s research on the Omiwatari. Fast forward eight years and the documentary film on this unique climatic phenomenon will launch at York University. Omiwatari, a Documentary Screening and Dialogue on the Cultural Losses of Climate Change, […]

Canada and China: A Fifty-Year Journey—An appreciation of B. M. Frolic’s work

On January 18, 2023, the Asian Business and Management Program (ABMP), the Department of Politics and the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) hosted a book launch event for Professor Emeritus B. Michael Frolic’s latest book, Canada and China: A Fifty-Year Journey (University of Toronto Press 2022). Presently ABMP’s Executive Director, Professor Frolic taught Soviet […]

Call for Submissions | 2023 CCSEAS-CCEASE Conference

The 2023 Conference of the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies, to be held in Québec City, invites papers and panels on the theme of resilience in all its manifestations. We especially encourage proposals that address the question from inter-disciplinary and comparative perspectives. But as always, the conference scientific committee is also happy to receive […]

Call for Papers | 2023 CSASA-ACESA Congress Annual Meeting

Proposal Submission Deadline: March 6, 2023 The Canadian South Asian Studies Association/Association canadienne d'études sud-asiatiques (CSASA-ACESA) is a scholarly association affiliated with the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. CSASA-ACESA will host its second Annual Meeting on May 27–28, 2023, at the Federation’s Annual Congress, Canada’s largest academic gathering (May 27–June 2, 2023) […]

Asia Research Brief 50 | Balancing Global Pressures and National Priorities in India’s Textile and Pharmaceutical Industries

Preet Aulakh (Schulich School of Business, York University) examines how India’s textile and pharmaceutical industries coped with global institutional changes implemented by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2005. His study provides useful insights for public policy choices in finding a balance between serving local and global markets, and between welfare and efficiency. Read more […]

Philippine government signs historic gift agreement with York University

~Originally published in YFile on 25 November 2023~ York University and the government of the Philippines signed a historic donation agreement on Nov. 21 that provides York with a contribution of 5 million Philippine pesos ($115,000 CDN). The funding is the result of the strong academic and research collaborations between York and Philippine universities and […]

Opportunity | YCAR Professional Development Fund | Deadline: Jan. 30

YCAR’s Professional Development Fund subsidizes relevant experiences for its Graduate Associates to present their scholarly or creative work. Amounts awarded will range from $50 to $500 with the expectation that they will be used in conjunction with other awards. The next deadline is Monday, 30 January 2023 by 16:00 EST for activities taking place six […]

Opportunity | Canada-China Initiatives Fund | Deadline: Jan. 22

YCAR invites applications from York University faculty and graduate students for the Canada-China Initiatives Fund call for proposals. Founded in 2019, the Canada-China Initiatives Fund (CCIF) was created to support scholarly exchanges and research on modern (i.e., post 1911) and contemporary China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan and their global outreach or Canada-China linkages, or […]

York tapped to enhance China’s international outreach on climate change

*Originally published in YFile, 15 November 2022 With the signing of a new international professional development agreement, the Asian Business and Management Program (ABMP) at York University just launched a five-year virtual program to train officials from the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) Secretariat. “After a nearly three-year hiatus due […]