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Congratulations! 2015-16 Defended Dissertations

08-07-2016

Congratulations to all the YCAR graduate associates who defended their dissertations in 2015-16! Nadia Z. Hasan (Political Science), Unscripting Piety: Muslim Women, Pakistani Nationalism, and Islamic Feminism Anindo Hazra (English),...

ChATSEA Working Papers Now Available on T-Space

04-07-2016

17 working papers from the Challenges of Agrarian Transition in Southeast Asia (ChATSEA) project are now available on the University of Toronto's T-space.  ChATSEA is a major international collaborative project across...

Associate Publication on Ecotourism in Cambodia | La Conquête Territoriale par L’écotourisme: Le Cas de Chi Phat Dans les Cardamomes

28-06-2016

YCAR Postdoctoral Fellow, Jonathan Tardif, explores the complex, political and multilevel nature of ecotourism in his latest co-authored book chapter with Bruno Sarrasin, "La conquête territoriale par l'écotourisme: le cas de...

Shazia Javed Speaks With The Times of India About Muslim Women, Divorce and the UCC

28-06-2016

Shazia Javed YCAR Graduate Associate, Shazia Javed (Film), was interviewed by the Times of India about her latest film project on the vulnerability of Muslim women...

Kabita Chakraborty Wins Teaching Award

20-06-2016

YCAR faculty associate and Assistant Professor in Children's Studies, Kabita Chakraborty, wins the 2016 President's University-Wide Teaching Award in the category of full-time faculty.  The award recognizes faculty for their contributions...

Launch of Curriculum Pack Based on Stories of Canadian Muslim Youth

20-06-2016

YCAR is pleased to support the launch of the Tessellate Institute's Neglected Voices Curriculum Pack.  Based on the stories of Muslim youth, the curriculum pack is designed as a resource...

Subscribe to YCAR’s New YouTube Channel

15-06-2016

Our new YouTube channel offers audio and video recordings of a selection of lectures, roundtables and presentations organized by the YCAR community.  Presenters include YCAR associates as well as guest...

New Asia Colloquia Paper by Yen Le Espiritu | Vietnam, the Philippines, Guam and California: Connecting the Dots of U.S. Military Empire

14-06-2016

Based on YCAR's 2015 Asia Lecture, our latest Asia Colloquia Paper  by Yen Le Espiritu examines how military colonialism in the Asia Pacific region enabled the construction of the United States as...

Graduate Associate Publication | The Stethoscope: A Tool of Nurses’ Trade since the 1930s

09-06-2016

In a blog post published on Echoes and Evidence: Nursing History and Health Policy, Lydia Wytenbroek writes about the history of nurses using the stethoscope in response to the recent controversy over...

Faculty Associate Publication | Integrative multiplicity through suburban realities

09-06-2016

In their latest publication in Urban Geography, Ranu Basu (Associate Professor, Geography, York University) and Robert S. Fiedler explore "integration" as a concept from the perspective of displaced migrants in the...