
March Schedule | South Asian Documentary Film Festival 2021
09-03-2021
YCAR is pleased to support the South Asian Film Festival 2021—“Stories of, by and from South Asia” This FREE, virtual Film Festival is aimed at amplifying South Asian culture and...

South Asian Documentary Film Festival 2021: Stories of, by and from South Asia | March 12-July 23
01-03-2021
YCAR is pleased to support the South Asian Film Festival 2021—“Stories of, by and from South Asia” This is a FREE, virtual Film Festival showcasing 15 South Asian documentaries from...

Asia Research Brief #42 | “Playing Out of Bounds”: Identity and community-building on and off the court
23-02-2021
In this latest Asia Research Brief, Yuka Nakamura (School of Kinesiology and Health Science) examines identity formation within the North American Chinese Invitational Volleyball Tournament (NACIVT). In contrast to its...

Partnership Engage Grants COVID-19 Special Initiative recipients
12-02-2021
Congratulations our Faculty Associates who were awarded funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada as part of the Partnership Engage Grants COVID-19 Special Initiative Tania Das...

In memory of our colleague Lisa Drummond
20-01-2021
Dear YCAR Associates, It is with a heavy heart that I am writing to you that our dear colleague, Lisa Drummond, passed away yesterday after a long illness. Lisa was...

Asia Research Brief #41 | Diaspora Geopolitics (Tamils in Canada)
12-01-2021
In this latest Asia Research Brief, Jennifer Hyndman (Social Science and Geography, York University), Amarnath Amarasingam (Religion, Queen's University) and Gayathri Naganathan (Surgery, University of Toronto) examine how the state...

"Upstream," a docufiction film by Xin Liu
07-01-2021
Xin Liu received Canada-China Initiatives Fund support in 2020 for his master’s project, ‘Upstream’, a 20-minute docufiction film that explores the identity struggle of Chinese Permanent Residents in Canada and...

CFP | Anti-Asian Racism during COVID-19: An Interdisciplinary Approach workshop
22-12-2020
Event recordings: selected presentations from the June workshop are now available here.keynote address, "The White Elephant in the Room: The History and Present of Anti-Asian Racism" by Henry Yu (UBC)...

Seasons Greetings!
22-12-2020
Dear colleagues and friends, As another year comes to an end, we accept what has passed and look forward to the new year for a better tomorrow. Looking back, 2020...

Opportunity | YCAR Professional Development Fund
08-12-2020
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...