The annual pension investments presentation will take place Wednesday, March 27 from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m., in the Senate Chamber, Room 940N, Ross Building, Keele Campus. Leona Fields, director of the York University Pension Fund, will present information about the Pension Fund investments and performance in 2018.
Read moreA multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral conference to discuss the state of Ontario’s Black children and youth will be hosted by York University’s Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora on April 1.
Read moreThe York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) invites York faculty members or teaching assistants to nominate exceptional undergraduate student papers for the YCAR Undergraduate Asia Essay Awards. The deadline for submissions is April 29.
Read moreMcLaughlin College, the Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion, and the Race, Inclusion and Supportive Environments Sub-committee, have organized a symposium marking the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The symposium will take place at McLaughlin College from 12 to 1 p.m. on March 21.
Read moreNima Shahbazi (PhD ’18) is returning to Lassonde on March 25 to give a special lecture about his journey through academia, how he became a Kaggle GrandMaster and Algo Trader, and his Zillow contest win. The lecture is free and open to the community.
Read moreKim Fu visited York as part of the Canadian Writers in Person series on March 5 and talked about her book, “The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore.”
Read moreAs part of the week-long teach-in and to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, noted academic Arun Kundnani will deliver a keynote lecture, March 21. The lecture is titled “Anti-Muslim Racism and the Politics of Empire.”
Read moreAll event coordinators, meeting conveners, invitation creators, conference planners and anyone wanting to learn more about planning events are invited to the launch of the Event Planners’ Network on March 25 from 12 to 1 p.m. in Room 280N, York Lanes.
Read moreYork students are invited to submit their most innovative ideas to make the world more accessible for persons with disabilities for a chance to win cash prizes.
Read moreOn March 15, Canadian Labour Congress Executive Vice-President Donald Lafleur will speak to students enrolled in Social Sciences 1510, “The Future of Work,” taught by David Langille.
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