January 26, 2020
Fathima Cader joins York University as Osgoode Hall Law Schools McMurtry Visiting Fellow. Cader is a Toronto-based litigator, with a focus on human rights, labour, and employment law, including anti-discrimination applications, union certifications, grievance arbitrations, workplace investigations and preventative training.
January 23, 2020
Each month, Innovatus, a special issue of YFile, explores how York University community members are expanding experiential learning, enhancing the student experience, inspiring innovation in technology-enhanced learning and embracing educational development. This month, the spotlight shines on the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies.
January 22, 2020
York University English Professor Julia Creet traces the histories of the largest, longest-running and most rapidly growing genealogical database, and seeks to explain North Americans’ current obsession with family history, in her new book “The Genealogical Sublime” set to publish on Feb. 28.
January 21, 2020
In recognition of International Day of Education, proclaimed Jan. 24 by the United Nations General Assembly, McLaughlin College will present a panel presentation with three talks from York University faculty members. The event takes place Jan. 22 as part of the McLaughlin College Lunch Talk Series.
January 21, 2020
Individual applicants are required to submit their proposals to their dean to be reviewed, approved and ranked. The Office of the Dean for each Faculty will then submit full package to the Office of AVP Teaching and Learning. Keep in mind that each Faculty may have its own internal deadline prior to the final submission deadline of Feb. 7.
January 17, 2020
On Wednesday, Jan. 22 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Pennsylvania State University Professor Rebecca Tarlau will deliver a talk titled “Occupying Schools, Occupying Land.” Tarlau will discuss how the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement activists have pressured municipalities, states and the federal government of Brazil to implement their educational program in public schools and universities.
January 14, 2020
A public talk about energy democracy and energy justice will take place at York University on Feb. 3 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Titled “Energy Democracy in Neoliberal Contexts: Lessons from Aotearoa New Zealand,” the talk will be delivered by invited speaker Julie MacArthur, senior lecturer, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
January 14, 2020
The Faculty of Education Students’ Association recently welcomed former parliamentarian of Kenya, and former ambassador to the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), Phoebe Asiyo and her daughter, Atieno, from the Wikondiek School in Kenya to speak at their council meeting.
January 13, 2020
Professor Patricia Keeney recently gave a reading from her novel “One Man Dancing” at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Connecticut. The Stowe Center is attached to the actual house that Stowe lived in for most of her life. Stowe is the author of the anti-slavery novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
January 13, 2020
York University President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda Lenton was quoted in the National Post Jan. 10. Read full story. Experts urge frank, empathetic talk with youth reeling from Iran plane crash York University Professor Leeat Granek was quoted in WeeklyVoice.com Jan. 12. Read full story. The highs and lows of the Varsity Blues’ year York University […]
