YCAR Professional Development Fund deadline is Jan. 18
05-01-2016
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...
Changing Policies, Changing Institutions, Changing Minds
22-12-2015
JC Bonifacio photograph Thank you to everyone who joined us for 'Changing Policies, Changing Institutions, Changing Minds: The Filipino-Canadian Action Research Summit' earlier this month. In...
Call for Volunteers | Girls with Disabilities in the Global South
22-12-2015
Volunteers are needed for a workshop and photo exhibition on “Girls with Disabilities in the Global South”, scheduled for 15 January 2016 at York University. This event is organized by Xuan...
Associate Publication | Qiang Zha
16-12-2015
Canadian Universities in China’s Transformation: An Untold Story is the forthcoming book edited by Ruth Hayhoe, Julia Pan and Qiang Zha (Faculty Associate, Education). Leading scholars from Canadian and Chinese...
Associate Publication | Kazi A. Rouf
12-12-2015
YCAR Research Associate Kazi A. Rouf’s article on gender inequality and female labour in Bangladesh has been published in the International Journal of Research Studies in Management 5(1). “Against all...
Associate Publication | Xuan Thuy Nguyen
11-12-2015
Xuan Thuy Nguyen (YCAR Research Associate; Mount Saint Vincent University) is the author of the recently published The Journey to Inclusion (Sense Publishers). Professor Nguyen’s book offers insight on...
YCAR Publication Support Fund for faculty and grad associates
09-12-2015
The YCAR Publication Support Fund is intended to assist in covering expenses that will enable or enhance the publication of research on Asia or Asian diasporas by YCAR Faculty Associates...
Post-doctoral fellowship opportunity - urban climate change capacity in the Mekong region
07-12-2015
The Urban Climate Resilience in Southeast Asia Partnership (UCRSEA), located in the Asia Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, invites applications for a...
Opportunity | Graduate Student Awards offered by YCAR
03-12-2015
YCAR offers seven graduate awards for research, fieldwork and language acquisition for its Graduate Associates and other graduate students enrolled at York University. The application deadline for all awards is...
Artist and art director Park Chan-kook speaks on art and the urban environment
01-12-2015
Artist and art director Park Chan-kook, artist and art director, visited York on 27 November to speak about art and the urban environment, with a focus on his current community art project, Dongdaemun Rooftop...