A new book, Trinidad and Tobago: Visioning a Nation of Great Hope, focuses on the question of how race and class have fundamentally shaped the post-colonial social formation of Trinidad and Tobago. The book, by Derek Abdul Salick, will launch Thursday, Nov. 14, from 3:30 to 6pm, at the York University Bookstore.
Read moreGrads who work on campus came out to celebrate Homecoming during a breakfast event held Sept. 26, hosted by York University’s Community and Alumni Relations team.
Read moreThe University will be in full swing during this special time of the year to welcome alumni back to their alma mater for a variety of fun activities Sept. 26 to 29. Thousands are expected to cheer on the Lions, connect with their colleges, check out what’s new, attend lectures and devour fantastic food.
Read moreYork held its first Joshua Yasay Charity Basketball Tournament to raise funds for the Joshua Yasay Award for Excellence in Criminology and Community Service on Monday, July 1 at the Tait McKenzie Centre in honour of the York alumnus, an innocent bystander who was tragically killed one year ago in a gang-related shooting.
Read moreTwo dozen fine arts alumni and faculty were on the nominee list for this year’s annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards with several boasting multiple nominations in different award categories. Five were singled out by the juries as number one among the best of the year, striding across the stage to accept their bronze statuette to the cheers of their peers.
Read moreYork students and alumni have written, produced, choreographed, designed and are performing in some of the 148 shows during the 25th annual festival now underway in Toronto.
Read moreThe 13th annual Kenaidan-York University Chair’s Cup Golf Tournament raised $385,000, which will provide full scholarships for 25 graduate students.
Read moreYork’s Schulich School of Business and the Schulich Global Alumni Network celebrated four accomplished members of the Schulich community – Frank Vettese, Patrick Iaboni, Janice R. Fukakusa and Bill Graham – at a prestigious ceremony where they received Alumni Recognition Awards.
Read moreYork University Fine Arts students in film, theatre and design have teamed up to produce The Fall, a dramatic web series about a group of young adults in the process of coming of age. The series launched May 15 and continues weekly until July 3.
Read moreA host of high profile people, including a former attorney general for Ontario, celebrated authors, a former prime minister, First Nations chief and more, will speak at next week’s Encounters in Canada: Contrasting Indigenous and Immigrant Perspectives conference.
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