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...
YCAR Associate Sashar Zarif's dance theatre presents Sufi and Shamanic performance
09-06-2016
Sashar Zarif Dance Theatre presents Moving Memories: Tracing experience through the Dance of Mugham June 17 - 19, 2016 | Aki Studio, Toronto Sashar Zarif Dance Theatre proudly presents Moving Memories,...
New Asia Research Brief | Chinese Lion Dance as a Strategy of Resistance to Racial Discrimination
08-06-2016
In our latest Asia Research Brief YCAR research associate, Colin McGuire, writes about the ways in which the Chinese lion dance operates as an embodied form of resistance in the Chinese...
Philip Kelly reflects on YCAR's Asian Heritage Month event in The Philippine Reporter
06-06-2016
Philip Kelly, Director of YCAR and Professor of Geography, published an article on the focus on Filipino voices at this year's YCAR's Asian Heritage Month. Published in The Philippine Reporter,...
Ethel Tungohan presents findings on the Caregiver Program to parliamentary committee
30-05-2016
Ethel Tungohan, Assistant Professor of Political Science and YCAR Associate, presented her findings on the Caregiver Program to a parliamentary committee on 16 May, 2016. In her report and testimony,...
YCAR Asian Heritage Month Event Featured in The Philippine Daily Inquirer
24-05-2016
YCAR's 2016 Asian Heritage Month event focusing on Filipino voices in Canada was featured in The Philippine Daily Inquirer last week. The event brought together scholars, artists and community organizers for a vibrant...
Ali Kazimi on Trudeau's Apology for the Komogata Maru Incident
24-05-2016
On 18 May, 2016, Justin Trudeau delivered a long awaited formal apology for the 1914 Komagata Maru incident in the House of Commons. Ali Kazimi, Associate Professor of Cinema & Media...
DEADLINE EXTENDED | Call for Papers: Gender Issues in India
09-05-2016
The two-day symposium on 5-6 October 2016 will showcase Canadian research on gender issues in India and bring together researchers across disciplines with diverse methodologies, to learn about ongoing research (and...
Tamil Studies Symposium Program Now Available
03-05-2016
The exciting program for the 2nd Tamil Studies Symposium (6-7 May 2016) is now available on our website. This year's symposium is organized around the theme of Bearing Witness: Unspeakable Crimes,...
Associate Publication | A ‘Just Hearing’: Reading Shyam Selvadurai’s The Hungry Ghosts as Counter to State Practice
27-04-2016
Arun Nedra Rodrigo’s (Humanities) essay in the Studies in Canadian Literature special Komogata Maru issue is now available online. “A ‘Just Hearing’: Reading Shyam Selvadurai’s The Hungry Ghosts as Counter...