July 15, 2020
The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies has announced details of a new program for internationally educated professionals (IEPs) funded through a contract agreement with the Canadian federal government valued at $1,095,706 over the next three years.
July 12, 2020
York University Faculties and faculty members are invited to join the Globally Networked Learning (GNL) team and York International for the webinar launch of the GNL Project 2020-21 on July 14.
July 12, 2020
The award recognizes a woman who has made a substantial contribution to the legal community as an academic, adjudicator, litigator, solicitor, author or in a related profession. She will receive the award at a virtual gala event on Aug. 6.
July 12, 2020
Department of Communication Studies Associate Professor Natalie Coulter’s research, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Cananda, will study the creative labour performed by youth within the digital capitalist landscape.
July 8, 2020
York University Professor Steven Hoffman has been chosen to lead a United Nations effort to develop a research roadmap for the post-pandemic recovery period.
July 8, 2020
Isaac Garcia-Sitton, director, International Education & English Language Institute at York University’s School of Continuing Studies, has been named a finalist for RBC’s Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards.
July 8, 2020
In 1792, John Kimber was denounced in Parliament and indicted for murder for flogging a young girl, but he was found not guilty in a trial lasting less than five hours. A new book by Nick Rogers, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus, tells the story of how the death of a girl aboard a slave ship shook the British establishment.
July 5, 2020
A new project housed at the Centre for Feminist Research, “Remembering and Memorializing Violence: Transnational Feminist Dialogues,” has launched a website to serve as a virtual hub and communication platform for exploring the intersections of transnational feminism and memory studies.
July 2, 2020
Three York University graduates are this year’s recipients of a Governor General’s Gold Medal, awarded for achieving the highest academic standing. The medals are the most prestigious recognition presented to graduate students. This year’s recipients are Siobhan Angus, Athina Peidou and Stephanie Raposo.
July 1, 2020
Eight emerging and four established researchers across the University will join the York Research Chairs program, York University’s internal counterpart to the national Canada Research Chairs program, which recognizes outstanding researchers. Two of these appointments are renewals.
