Ilan Kapoor, professor of environmental studies at York University, has edited a book which is the first of its kind to examine globalization from a psychoanalytic perspective.
Read more“How to Succeed at University (and Get a Great Job!): Mastering the Critical Skills You Need for School, Work, and Life” has been translated into French. Published by the University of Ottawa Press, the book fills an important void for students studying in French, both in Canada and internationally.
Read more“Introduction to Health Informatics: A Canadian Perspective” is the first book of its kind to address a gap in availability of Canadian-centred health informatics books and provide a Canadian perspective on health informatics grounded in the unique Canadian health-care system.
Read moreDisaster 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.
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