Students from the Program of Italian Studies at York University’s Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics participated in an international experiential learning project organized to mark the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death.
New York University (NYU) Professor Philip Alston to speak on the role of Human Rights Watch in responding to the rise of neoliberal economic policies and the global inequality these produce. Alston will give the annual ‘Or ‘Emet Lecture at Osgoode Hall Law School on Friday, March 26.
York University launched the International Indigenous Student Exchange Program to provide opportunities for dialogue and collaboration between Indigenous students at York and their peers in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico and the Philippines. All are invited to join the International Indigenous Student Exchange Knowledge Fair on April 7.
On March 12, The International Women’s Day Panel organized by York University’s Empowering Women In Health and the York International Global Peer Program will offer insights from distinguished leaders in the health profession about how to change inequities in the field.
Assistant Professor Amrita Daftary is a guest speaker at an event to mark International Women’s Day titled “A Gender-Sensitive & Equitable Response to End TB” on March 8
To mark International Women’s Day, York President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda L. Lenton offers a special message to the community. She writes that York University has long been recognized as a leader in gender equality. For more than three decades, the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies and the Centre for Feminist Research have been trailblazers in intersectional programming, research and partnerships.
McLaughlin College will host two lunch talks this month featuring experts from the University of the West of England Bristol and University of Toronto. The events will take place online on Feb. 10 and Feb. 24 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Douglas Kennedy, director of Schulich’s Centre for Global Enterprise, was included in a panel of witnesses that presented key information to the federal government’s Standing Committee on International Trade (CIIT) in December 2020.
York International’s Academic Advising event is here to help students be successful at York University. It runs in a virtual format Jan. 27 and 28 from 8:30 to 10 a.m.
The three-day international conference, from Jan. 20 to 22, will be co-hosted by York International and the UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education Towards Sustainability at York University. Scholars, educators and policymakers from around the world will reimagine international learning opportunities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.