December 11, 2019
Professor Emeritus of theatre Don Rubin, an original faculty member of York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts, hosted an international conference for the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship at the world-famous Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Conn. this past fall.
December 11, 2019
Twelve students from across the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies were recognized as winners of the annual prize during an event on Nov. 27. The students were honored for their outstanding work by Associate Dean (Students) Peter Avery during a recognition ceremony.
December 9, 2019
Collette Murray has been awarded the 2019 Community Arts Award by Toronto Arts Foundation’s Neighbourhood Arts Network. The $10,000 award celebrates an individual that has made a contribution in Toronto by working with, in and for communities, while creating access and inclusion to arts and culture.
December 9, 2019
Glendon students from the Master’s in Public and International Affairs program participated in two discussions led by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in New York City this fall.
December 9, 2019
Justice Beverley McLachlin, the longest serving chief justice in the history of the Supreme Court of Canada, delivered this year’s McLaughlin College Annual Public Policy Lecture. The topic for her lecture was “The Role of the Constitutional Court in a Modern Democracy.”
December 4, 2019
A bright light in Canadian cinema and screenwriting has gone out with the death of York University film production, screenwriting and cinema studies Professor Amnon Buchbinder. The prolific filmmaker and professor died on Nov. 30 at the age of 61.
December 2, 2019
The AGYU took home seven awards out of the 25 awards presented, including a special accolade for Interim Director/Curator of the AGYU, Emelie Chhangur, who received the OAAG’s inaugural Changemaker Award.
November 29, 2019
Professors Steven Alsop and Dawn Bazely made the long trip to Churchill, Man. in late October to engage the community in an open-access archive of Churchill-based research that is housed at YorkSpace, York University’s institutional repository.
November 27, 2019
In the seventh installment of the Science & Technology Studies Seminar Series at York, University of Waterloo Professor John McLevey will present “Democracies in Crisis? Online Deception, Disinformation, and Political Polarization in Comparative Perspective.” The event runs Dec. 3.
November 26, 2019
From the LGBTQ experience in South Asia to epileptic zebrafish, a range of cutting-edge research was on display at the 2019 Graduate Studies Scholars Reception. The event was held on Nov. 20 and was an informal opportunity to celebrate the more than 200 current graduate students who have received federal, provincial, and other major external awards.
