“Real Jobs, Living Wages Forum” in Scarborough a Success
20-03-2019
Over one hundred people attended the “Real Jobs, Living Wages Forum” in Scarborough, Ontario last week (16 March 2019). There Bangladeshi community leaders and allies came together to discuss the...
Undergraduate Asia & Asian Diaspora Essay Awards (Nominations accepted until 29 April 2019)
13-03-2019
The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) invites York faculty members or teaching assistants to nominate exceptional undergraduate student papers for the YCAR Undergraduate Asia Essay Awards. A small monetary...
YCAR Professional Development Fund for Graduate Associates - apply by 18 January 2019
26-11-2018
YCAR’s Professional Development Fund subsidizes its Graduate Associates’ travel costs to present their scholarly or creative work. Amounts awarded will range from $50 to $500 with the expectation that they...
Graduate Awards offered by YCAR - apply by 11 February 2019
19-11-2018
The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) is accepting applications for graduate awards for students conducting research related to Asia or Asian diasporas. The deadline for all applications is Monday,...
New Asia Colloquia Paper by Patrick Alcedo
26-10-2018
Our latest Asia Colloquia Paper is based on Patrick Alcedo’s February 2016 lecture-performance, “An Empire Stages Back: Nationalism, Postcoloniality, and the Diaspora in Philippine Dance.” The lecture-performance was a staging of how...
SEEC-ABMP awarded Gold in Education Excellence
26-10-2018
The Asian Business Management Program (SEEC-ABMP) was awarded Gold in Education Excellence by the Canada China Business Council at the Business Excellence Awards ceremony earlier this month. The Canada China...
Twenty-one students receive YCAR graduate awards for research on Asia and Asian diaspora
22-10-2018
The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) awarded funding to 21 graduate students to support research on Asia and Asian diasporas. The recipients were selected through a competitive application process...
YCAR Update for 11 September 2011
14-09-2018
*Please email your news and announcements to ycar@yorku.ca YCAR NEWS Welcome Back! YCAR welcomes all our associates back for the new academic year! We have an exciting calendar of events this...
YCAR Update for 22 August 2018
22-08-2018
Please email your news and announcements to ycar@yorku.ca YCAR NEWS || Associates Joan Judge (History) Joan Judge was awarded a York-Massey Visiting Scholarship to spend her 2018–19 sabbatical at Massey College,...
YCAR Associates in the Media
11-07-2018
Sara Furhan (History) was interviewed by The Intercept about the challenges of her research on the Royal Medical College of Baghdad. The article discusses the challenges Sara and other researchers...