Disaster and emergency management Professor Nirupama Agrawal’s new book, “Natural Disasters and Risk Management in Canada” (2018), offers wide-ranging information on a variety of hazards, including both the scientific and social aspects.
Read moreBiology Professor Alex Mills in the Faculty of Science has authored the new book “Biology of Sex,” which analyzes the biological basis of sex by considering genetic, physiological and evolutionary principles.
Read moreYork University politics Professor Emerita Liisa North released a new volume on the continuity of elite power in Latin America, titled “Dominant Elites in Latin America. From Neo-Liberalism to the ‘Pink Tide.'”
Read moreTHINsight, a new book by York Professor Emeritus Roger Kelton, explains the relationship between weight control, diet and physical activity in an easily understood manner.
Read moreIn “Fixing the Poor: Eugenic Sterilization and Child Welfare in the Twentieth Century,” author and history Professor Molly Ladd-Taylor reconstructs the stories of those targeted by eugenics programs between 1907 and the 1970s.
Read moreYork Professors Chris Robinson and Brenda Spotton Visano are the co-editors of a new book that explores the pitfalls of payday loans and the opportunities for policy changes to regulate payday loans.
Read moreThe Harriet Tubman Institute along with the Departments of Geography and Equity Studies, in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies at York University, will host the book launch of “Boomerang Ethics” on Nov. 15, from 2:30 to 5pm, in the Founders Senior Common Room, Room 305, Founders College.
Read moreProfessor Andrea McKenzie, from York University’s Writing Department and Graduate Program in History, launched her new book about renowned Canadian author L.M. Montgomery.
Read moreYork University social work Professor Nick Mule will launch books that address LGBTQ issues and public policy advocacy at the 2017 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Read moreA new book by York Professor Pat Armstrong and York PhD grad Suzanne Day examines how clothes and laundry are linked to dignity and personal identity in reference to residents of long-term residential care.
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