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September 2026

Gender scholars, share your research work and make international connections with our visitors

Wednesday, 09 September 2026 | 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. | Room 280N, Second Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University You are invited to join an upcoming exchange with students and faculty from the Graduate Institute of Gender Education at National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan. The delegation will visit York University on Wednesday, 09 […]
09 Sep
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Graduate Diploma in Asian Studies 2026 Information Session

Monday, 21 September 2026 | 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. | Virtually via Zoom The Graduate Diploma in Asian Studies (GDAS) is a one-of-a-kind diploma tailored specifically for York University students conducting their graduate research in Asia and Asian Diasporas. The Diploma provides academic and professional exposure to students who can enrich their graduate training and strengthen […]
21 Sep
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Annual General Meeting

Wednesday, 23 September 2026 | 1:30 p.m. | Room 519, Fifth Floor Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University YCAR Associates and interested community members are welcome to attend to learn more about YCAR and its activities in 2025–26 and what is planned for the coming coming academic year. A Welcome (Back) social event will follow […]
23 Sep
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Welcome (Back) Event

Wednesday, 23 September 2026 | 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Eighth Floor, Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University Start the academic year by connecting with the vibrant communities at the Centre for Refugee Studies, the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean and the York Centre for Asian Research. Join us for […]
23 Sep
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Between Us: Storytelling as Art, Politics and History

Sixth Tamil Studies Symposium 25–26 September 2026 Across Tamil geographies, storytelling has taken a myriad of shapes in spoken, dance, musical, visual and literary traditions: in folktales, proverbs and ritual forms; in the music of labour, joy and grief; in poems weaving human beings and ecologies; in reminiscences and reproduction of food practices; and in […]
25 - 26 Sep
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM

Navigating Geopolitics and Global Threats: Journalism’s Evolving Role in Preserving Democracy

Monday, 28 September 2026 | 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. | Room 102, Accolade East Building, Keele Campus, York University With Carmela Fonbuena, investigative journalist and 2026 Marshall McLuhan Fellow for Excellence in Journalism The presentation will discuss the critical role of journalism amid great power competition, focusing on its function to protect the integrity of information […]
28 Sep
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Philippine Studies Group

Hong Kong: A City of Law

Ninth Bernard H.K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies Wednesday, 30 September, 2026 | 3:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m. | Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library, University of Toronto Libraries With Laikwan Pang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Discussant: Lynette Ong, University of Toronto Hong Kong has long been hailed as a city defined […]
30 Sep
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library (Eighth Floor, 130 St. George Street, Toronto)
  • Bernard H.K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies Organizing Committee
October 2026

Staying in Trouble

2026 Workshop for Graduate Student Scholars of Hong Kong and its Diasporas Thursday, 01 October 2026 | 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library, University of Toronto Laikwan Pang, the Choh Ming Li Professor of Cultural Studies and Head of the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies at The Chinese […]
01 Oct
All Day
Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library (Eighth Floor, 130 St. George Street, Toronto)
  • Bernard H.K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies Organizing Committee
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