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YSpace and Alumni Engagement co-host Global Entrepreneurship Week events, Nov. 8 to 14

YSpace Markham's Makerspace

From Nov. 8 to 14, in partnership with Alumni Engagement, York University’s YSpace entrepreneurship hub will host a series of events for faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week.

A worldwide movement celebrating entrepreneurship in 180 countries, with 25,000 partners, 40,000 activities and impacting 10 million individuals, Global Entrepreneurship Week emerged in 2008. It continues today with entrepreneurial events, activities, and competitions aimed at inspiring innovators and introducing them to new possibilities and exciting opportunities.

York U x Global Entrepreneurship Week, November 8 - 14, 2021. In partnership with Alumni Engagement.

During York University’s Global Entrepreneurship Week celebrations, the community is invited to engage in events and activities that are sure to inspire, educate, motivate and unite while contributing to this global movement. York’s entrepreneurship programming, remarkable student entrepreneurs and successful alumni will be highlighted throughout the week. 

The week’s schedule of events will take place as follows:

Monday, Nov. 8 (Alumni Day)

  • My Startup Story: The Perspectives of Three Young Alumni, 12 p.m. EST
    For more information and to register, visit bit.ly/3bG403U.
  • My Startup Story: Journey to a Creating Multimillion-Dollar Business in Medical Aesthetics, 6 p.m. EST
    For more information and to register, visit bit.ly/2YbH7SP.

Tuesday, Nov. 9

  • Career Conversations: Mental Health edition, 12:30 p.m. EST
    For more information and to register, visit bit.ly/3bGMgFL.
  • Mental Health for Founders, 6 p.m. EST
    For more information and to register, visit bit.ly/3ELKtMb.

Wednesday, Nov. 10

  • ELLA Insights: Scaling your Business by Hiring Right, 12 p.m. EST
    For more information and to register, visit bit.ly/3EGWvGC.
  • Schulich Startup Night 16, 5:30 p.m. EST
    For more information and to register, visit bit.ly/3nTEtdo.

Thursday, Nov. 11 (Remembrance Day – no programming)

Friday, Nov. 12

  • ELLA and Schulich Idea Jam, 12 p.m. EST
    For more information and to register, visit bit.ly/3mGhGCg.
  • Kick-off to Launch Weekend: Social Innovation Case Competition, 4 p.m. EST
    This three-day event allows teams to showcase their entrepreneurial skill sets to a panel of judges. For more information and to register, visit bit.ly/2ZQOfV3.

Saturday, Nov. 13 and Sunday, Nov. 14

  • Launch Weekend: Social Innovation Case Competition
    Teams will continue to work on their solutions, meet with experienced mentors and hear from the keynote speaker of the day. During the finale on Sunday, teams will present their solution to the panel of judges who will award the top three teams with cash prizes of over $1,000.

For more information about Global Entrepreneurship Week, visit genglobal.org/themes/gew.

The University offers international travel guidance

International travel map shows a plane and map of the world

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Dear York community, 

On Oct. 21, the Government of Canada lifted its advisory for fully vaccinated Canadians to avoid all non-essential international travel. At this time, all unvaccinated travellers are still advised to continue avoiding non-essential travel to all destinations. All members of the York community, including faculty, staff and students, should follow this advisory to support the health and safety of our community. 

Please be advised that COVID-19 related restrictions continue to impact international travel and operations for our partner institutes. Everyone must consult the Government of Canada’s travel advisory based on their intended destination and follow health and security recommendations in addition to prevention measures, such as mask wearing, hand washing and practising physical distancing. 

As of Oct. 30, all travellers who are departing from Canadian airports or travelling on VIA Rail are required to be fully vaccinated. Further guidance on international travel can be found in the International Travel FAQs on the Better Together website. 

International programs  

Given the recent lifting of the Government of Canada’s global COVID-19 travel advisory, York is pleased to resume University-sponsored or sanctioned international programs for students in safe travel corridor destinations.   

The criteria for safe travel corridors include: 

  • ability to travel to a host country without border restrictions; 
  • confirmation of a partner institution’s readiness to receive students for in-person courses or research;
  • confirmation of comprehensive health insurance, including COVID-19 coverage;
  • participation in pre-departure training, in co-ordination with York International;
  • proof of vaccination;
  • support from home Faculty/research unit;
  • review of vaccination and quarantine requirements in a destination country; and
  • review of public health measures in a host country (e.g. level of restriction).  

Students who were scheduled to participate in an international program for the Winter 2022 term and respective international program co-ordinators situated in Faculties will be notified of this change. 

Graduate student travel

This will be resumed for safe travel corridor countries and other destination countries that are not on the list and will continue to be considered on a case-by-case basis. For travel to non-safe corridor countries, graduate students can work with their supervisor, the Faculty of Graduate Studies, York International, the Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation (VPRI), and Risk Management to develop a health and safety plan. The current assessment takes into consideration Global Affairs Canada travel advisories to the region, local advisories, availability of insurance that includes COVID-19 testing and treatment, familiarity with the region and added consideration for the essential nature of the research. This can be determined by the supervisor, dean’s office and VPRI prior to the assessment.    

International travel for faculty, researchers, instructors 

Everyone is encouraged to visit the Government of Canada’s travel advice and advisories for your destination(s) before making international travel arrangements. The site will help you to verify health recommendations and safety and security information, while keeping you apprised of the COVID-19 situation and required public health measures for your destination. 

University-funded business travel

This is now permitted and should be approved by the respective decanal office or unit/division head or their delegates. A health, safety and risk assessment must be completed prior to travel and must adhere to the host country or institution’s health and safety requirements. It will also be necessary to have a health and safety plan in place. Questions related to safety abroad can be submitted to safetyabroad@yorku.ca. 

Travelling to York from outside of Canada

Everyone coming to York from outside of Canada must complete all of the mandatory quarantine and testing requirements. As of Sept. 7, all travellers arriving in Canada who are fully vaccinated with a Health Canada-approved vaccine may be exempt from quarantine requirements. Regardless of vaccination status, upon arrival each traveler must show a viable quarantine plan to a border services officer.  

York University runs an off-campus quarantine program for all international arrivals destined for York. For more information on this, please visit York International’s Quarantine Information page. Further guidance on inbound travel can be found in the International Travel FAQs. 

We will continue to monitor the situation regularly and provide updates should circumstances change. York International will also be available to provide support to assess and develop risk mitigation plans for international travel, where and when required. For more information, please contact York International at goglobal@yorku.ca or safetyabroad@yorku.ca and please continue visiting the Better Together website for regular updates. 

Sincerely,  

Lisa Philipps 
Provost & Vice-President Academic  

Amir Asif
Vice-President, Research & Innovation

Conseils pour les voyages internationaux

Chers membres de la communauté de York, 

Le 21 octobre 2021, le gouvernement du Canada  a levé son avertissement d’éviter tout voyage international non essentiel pour les Canadiens et Canadiennes entièrement vaccinés. Il est toujours conseillé aux voyageurs non vaccinés d’éviter les voyages non essentiels vers toutes les destinations. Tous les membres de la communauté de York, y compris le corps enseignant, le personnel et la communauté étudiante, doivent suivre cet avertissement pour assurer la santé et la sécurité de notre communauté. 

Veuillez noter que les restrictions liées à la COVID-19 continuent d’avoir un impact sur les voyages internationaux et sur les opérations des établissements partenaires. Toute le monde doit consulter les avertissements aux voyageurs du gouvernement du Canada en fonction de la destination prévue et suivre les recommandations en matière de santé et de sécurité en plus des mesures de prévention, comme le port d’un masque, le lavage des mains et la pratique de la distanciation physique. 

Depuis le 30 octobre 2021, tous les voyageurs en partance d’un aéroport canadien et les voyageurs de VIA Rail doivent être entièrement vaccinés. Vous trouverez des conseils supplémentaires pour les voyages internationaux dans la FAQ sur les voyages internationaux sur le site Web Better Together. 

Programmes internationaux pour la communauté étudiante 

Étant donné la levée récente de l’avertissement aux voyageurs du gouvernement du Canada en matière de COVID-19, l’Université York est heureuse de reprendre les programmes internationaux parrainés ou sanctionnés par l’Université dans les pays faisant partie des zones de voyage libre sécuritaires.   

Les critères pour des zones de voyage libre sécuritaires comprennent ce qui suit : 

  • Capacité de se rendre dans un pays d’accueil sans restrictions frontalières; 
  • Confirmation que l’établissement partenaire est prêt à accueillir des étudiants pour des cours ou des recherches en personne; 
  • Confirmation d’une assurance maladie exhaustive, y compris une couverture contre la COVID-19; 
  • Participation à une formation avant le départ, en coordination avec York International;  
  • Preuve de vaccination; 
  • Soutien de la faculté/l’unité de recherche d’attache;  
  • Examen des exigences en matière de vaccination et de quarantaine dans un pays de destination; et 
  • Examen des mesures de santé publique dans un pays hôte (par exemple, le niveau de restriction).  

Les étudiants et étudiantes qui devaient participer à un programme international pour le trimestre d’hiver 2022 et les coordonnateurs des programmes internationaux respectifs des facultés seront informés de ce changement. 

Voyage des diplômés

Les voyages des diplômés dans les pays des zones de voyage libre reprendront; les autres destinations qui ne figurent pas sur la liste continueront d’être examinées au cas par cas. Pour les voyages dans des zones de voyage considérées comme étant non sécuritaires, les diplômés peuvent travailler avec leur superviseur, la Faculté des études supérieures (FGS), York International, le bureau du VPRI et le Service de gestion des risques pour élaborer un plan de santé et de sécurité. L’évaluation actuelle prend en considération les avertissements aux voyageurs d’Affaires mondiales Canada à la région, les avertissements locaux, la disponibilité d’une assurance comprenant des tests et un traitement contre la COVID-19, la bonne connaissance de la région ainsi que la nature essentielle de la recherche. Tout cela peut être déterminé par le superviseur, le bureau du doyen et celui du VPRI avant l’évaluation. 

Voyages internationaux pour les professeurs, chercheurs, instructeurs

Nous encourageons tout le monde à consulter les conseils et les avertissements aux voyageurs du gouvernement du Canada pour votre ou vos destinations avant de prendre des dispositions pour voyager à l’étranger. Sur le site, vous pourrez vérifier les recommandations sanitaires et les informations relatives à la sécurité, tout en vous tenant au courant de la situation de la COVID-19 et des mesures de santé publique requises pour votre destination. 

Voyages d’affaires financés par l’Université 

Ils sont maintenant autorisés, mais ils doivent être approuvés par le Bureau décanal respectif ou le chef d’unité/de division ou leurs délégués. Une évaluation de la santé, de la sécurité et des risques doit être effectuée avant le départ et les exigences du pays ou de l’institution d’accueil en matière de santé et de sécurité doivent être respectées.  Il sera également nécessaire de mettre en place un plan de santé et de sécurité. Les questions concernant la sécurité à l’étranger peuvent être soumises à safetyabroad@yorku.ca. 

Voyages à York en provenance d’un pays étranger 

Toute personne se rendant à York en provenance d’un pays étranger doit respecter toutes les exigences obligatoires en matière de quarantaine et de tests de dépistage. Depuis le 7 septembre 2021, tous les voyageurs arrivant au Canada qui sont entièrement vaccinés avec un vaccin approuvé par Santé Canada peuvent être exemptés des exigences de quarantaine. Peu importe leur statut vaccinal, à leur arrivée, tous les voyageurs doivent présenter un plan de quarantaine viable à un agent des services frontaliers.  

L’Université York a un programme de quarantaine hors campus pour les voyageurs à York en provenance de l’étranger. Pour plus d’information, visitez la page York Quarantine Information. Vous trouverez des conseils supplémentaires sur les voyages internationaux dans la FAQ sur les voyages internationaux. 

Nous continuerons de surveiller la situation et nous vous fournirons de nouvelles informations si les circonstances changent. York International offrira également un soutien pour évaluer et élaborer des plans d’atténuation des risques pour les voyages internationaux, en cas de besoin. Pour plus d’informations, veuillez contacter York International à l’adresse suivante : goglobal@yorku.ca ou safetyabroad@yorku.ca. Veuillez continuer à consulter le site Web Better Together pour des mises à jour régulières. 

Veuillez agréer mes sincères salutations,  

Lisa Philipps 
Rectrice et vice-présidente aux affaires académiques  

Amir Asif  
Vice-président de la recherche et de l’innovation

Gregory Chin

Gregory Chin
Gregory Chin

Professor Gregory Chin GDP participated in a panel at Boston University for the launch of an important new book on the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations and the financing mechanisms they created.

York U in the news: an 87-year-old university grad and more

This 87-year-old is one of the oldest women to earn a master’s degree from a Canadian university
York University alumna Varathaledchumy Shanmuganathan was profiled in the Toronto Star Nov. 3. Read full story.

Ontario grandmother becomes oldest person to earn master’s degree at York University
York University alumna Varathaledchumy Shanmuganathan was profiled in CBC News Nov. 2. Read full story.

This 87-year-old woman has become the oldest person to receive a master’s degree from York University
York University alumna Varathaledchumy Shanmuganathan was profiled in CTV News Nov. 2. Read full story.

These Indian-origin leaders hold top positions at global financial companies
York University and Schulich School of Business alumnus Bharat Masrani was mentioned on MoneyControl.com Nov. 2. Read full story.

Writer Francesca Ekwuyasi speaks about depicting the full range of human experiences

An open book

On Oct. 5, Nigerian-Canadian writer Francesca Ekwuyasi visited the Canadian Writers in Person series at York to talk about her novel, Butter Honey Pig Bread. York University teaching assistant Dana Patrascu-Kingsley sent the following report to YFile.

Cover of Butter Honey Pig Bread
Cover of Butter Honey Pig Bread

Ekwuyasi was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, and is an immigrant to Canada. “Most of my stories are informed by my Africanness, my Blackness, my immigrant experience and my queerness,” she said.

The author said she wanted to tell a variety of queer stories. “It was really important to me to have multiple queer narratives because every queer African narrative that I’d read or written prior to this was really centred on rejection from faith and rejection from family, which is just one story. But there are many others,” said Ekwuyasi. “So, it was really important to me that one of the characters who is queer doesn’t replay that narrative. I wanted something different. But I also didn’t want to ignore the reality for many people of faith and people of colour, which is one of not being accepted, so it was important to me to tell that story as well.”

Ekwuyasi pursues artistically the things that she finds personally interesting, and the full range of human experiences is something that she is involved in exploring. “The experiences that I’ve had in my life teach me that death is a fact of life, losing someone is a fact of life, pain is a fact of life,” said Ekwuyasi. “But none of these things define the totality of life more than anything else – more than pleasure, love and ambition. I am generally interested in writing full, relatable humans, which for me means people who experience pain, but that doesn’t become their whole identity.”

As an immigrant who came to Canada voluntarily, Ekwuyasi is aware of the implied expectation that she not complain about being here, about the winters and the loneliness. She thinks, though, that the loneliness and disappointment and pain of diasporic people are a part of their experience, and so they are worth exploring.

Ekwuyasi said that she is deeply aware of being a settler on Indigenous land, and she brings that into her writing as well. “As a human being who’s trying to find meaning and find my place as a person with intersecting identities, some of which are marginalized in North America and around the world, I don’t think you can separate struggle. My identities are intersecting in a way where I’m both oppressor and oppressed,” she said.

Ekwuyasi’s Butter Honey Pig Bread explores family relationships, mental illness, love, queerness and food, introducing us to compelling characters who are a testament to the complexity of human experience.

Michael Baptista Lecture explores rapid urban growth in Caribbean and Latin America

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York University’s Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC) presents the Michael Baptista Lecture 2021-2022: Urban Spatial Justice and Human Security in the Caribbean and Latin America on Nov. 30.

In this first Michael Baptista forum for 2021-22, scholars will place experiences from various cities in conversation as they consider potential policy, community-based and activist responses to violence and social hierarchy, with the goal of re-envisioning human security and spatial justice across the region.

Latin America and the Caribbean are highly urbanized regions, with the Caribbean, in particular, currently experiencing rapid urban growth. While cities in the region provide opportunities to access jobs and services, they are often characterized by racial and socio-spatial inequality, residential segregation, securitization and pervasive violence. Common urban development strategies aimed at attracting investment, tourism and skilled elites further exacerbate urban injustices.

This lecture will begin at 6 p.m. on Zoom, and will feature panellists Alejandra Abello-Colak, London School of Economics; Eduardo Moncada, Barnard College, Columbia University; and Jovan Scott-Lewis, University of California, Berkeley; discussant Beverly Mullings, Queen’s University; and moderator Luisa Sotomayor, York University.

Participants must register in advance for the webinar through this page, and will be sent a personal link for the webinar.

The Michael Baptista Lecture was established by the friends of Michael Baptista and the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) to recognize the areas central to his spirit and success: the importance of his Guyanese/Caribbean roots, his dedication to and outstanding achievements at RBC, and his unqualified drive and love of learning. Previous topics in this series have included drug violence and the humanitarian crisis in Mexico, the use of archives of violent past struggles, and the legacy of Jamaica’s beloved and iconic poet commonly known as “Miss Lou.”

CERLAC, one of the oldest organized research units at York University and the first of its kind in Canada, is a hub for inter- and multi-disciplinary research on Latin America and the Caribbean, their diasporas, and their relations with Canada and the rest of the world. It provides a meeting space for faculty, students and visitors to discover common interests; supports their projects by facilitating grant administration, partnership formation, and the co-production and sharing of knowledge; and trains new generations of regional scholars.

Schulich earns top spot in Canada for market research in leading journal

The Schulich School of Business at York University was ranked 10th in the world and No. 1 in Canada in marketing research published from 2015-20 in the Journal of Consumer Research, the world’s leading academic journal on consumer research, according to a University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) business school research ranking.

The ranking is based on a database created by UTD’s Naveen Jindal School of Management, which tracks publications in 24 leading business journals across a wide range of major disciplines.The database contains titles and author affiliations of papers published in these journals since 1990. The information in the database is then used to provide global and regional rankings based on the total research contributions of various business school faculties.

“The UTD ranking is a real testament to the strength of the consumer behaviour research coming out of our school’s marketing area, as well as confirmation of the world-class expertise and research being conducted by our faculty,” said Detlev Zwick, dean of the Schulich School of Business.

Groundbreaking summer school at York U will explore North Korean culture

North Korea FEATURED image by Tom Klassen

For two weeks in May 2022, York University will be home to a first-of-its-kind summer school examining North Korean culture. The instructors are experts in North Korean film, literature, fine art and propaganda.

Thomas Klassen
Thomas Klassen

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) public policy and administration studies Professor Thomas Klassen is co-ordinating the inaugural North Korea Summer School: Inside North Korean Literature, Art and Film.

“The school is an extraordinary event for graduate and senior undergraduate students to explore North Korean literature, film, fine art and propaganda,” says Klassen, adding that to the best of his knowledge, this is the first such educational program anywhere in the world.

This intense and highly interactive two-week summer school is taught by George Washington University Professor Immanuel Kim and author Nicholas Bonner.

Kim is professor of Korean literature and culture studies. He is the author of Laughing North Koreans: Culture of the Film Industry (2020) and Rewriting Revolution: Women, Sexuality, and Memory in North Korean Fiction (2018).

Immanuel Kim
Immanuel Kim

Bonner, is the author of Made in North Korea: Graphics from Everyday Life in the DPRK (2017) and co-author of Printed in North Korea: The Art of Everyday Life in the DPRK (2019). He has been involved in the production of various documentary films on North Korea, including Crossing the Line and the feature film Comrade Kim Goes Flying.

Nick Bonner
Nicholas Bonner

Funding for the summer school comes from the Korean Office for Research and Education (KORE) at York University, which is funded by the Academy of Korean Studies. Additional funding is provided by LA&PS at York University.

Professor Hyun Ok Park (LA&PS, sociology), director of KORE, says, “The summer school will be an excellent opportunity for students and scholars to engage in an intensive discussion about North Korean society and culture with two leading experts on North Korea, and grasp current changes and challenges facing the country.”

Filming of Comrade Kim Goes Flying, Pyongyang, 2010, N. Bonner
Filming of Comrade Kim Goes Flying, Pyongyang, 2010. Image by Nicholas Bonner and used with permission

More information about the summer school is available at kore.info.yorku.ca/summer-school-inside-north-korean-literature-art-and-film.

McLaughlin College serves up full menu for November Lunch Talk Series

McLaughlin College invites the York University community to come and listen to interesting speakers as they share their knowledge on a variety of topics during the popular Lunch Talk Series. The long-running series continues this year in a virtual format via Zoom.

Students who attend six or more Lunch Talks throughout the year will receive a Certificate of Participation, while those who attend 10 or more will receive a Certificate of Honour.

Upcoming events scheduled for November include:

Elies van Sliedregt

Nov. 3: Universal Jurisdiction: “Each to Their Own Jurisdiction”? – 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Presented by Elies van Sliedregt, a professor of law at Leeds University and director of its Centre of Criminal Justice Studies, this talk will focus on how, increasingly, international crimes are investigated and prosecuted by national prosecutors before domestic courts. The prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide is, however, complex. This is especially the case when done on the basis of universal jurisdiction (UJ), where offences have (allegedly) been committed by non-nationals abroad. Van Sliedregt will discuss some poignant domestic cases of international crimes prosecution and highlight controversies around the exercise of UJ.

Register here.

Nov. 9: Advanced AI and Health Care: Is Consent in Jeopardy? – 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Jordan Joseph Wadden

Co-sponsored by the York Collegium for Practical Ethics, this talk is presented by Jordan Joseph Wadden, a PhD candidate specializing in biomedical ethics, artificial intelligence (AI) ethics and the philosophy of (bio)technology.

Some have suggested that the introduction of more and more advanced artificial intelligence to health care will run the risk of jeopardizing patient-informed consent. However, these claims are stated as generalized reasons against artificial intelligence without significant exploration or analysis. Wadden synthesizes the existing statements and concerns regarding consent into two main arguments against artificial intelligence and calls these the “Understandability Argument” and the “Personhood Argument.” He argues that, while these challenges are theoretically reasonable, they do not practically map onto our desired applications. Instead, allowing these worries to dictate artificial intelligence policy and development in health care may hinder beneficial patient care. 

Register here.

Nov. 10: Engaging the Margins: Critical Disability Studies, Mad Studies and Bioethics – 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Kathleen Lowenstein

Co-sponsored by the York Collegium for Practical Ethics, this talk is presented by Kathleen Lowenstein, a doctoral student at Michigan State University whose research focuses on the ethics of mental health and illness, with a specific focus on lived experience of voice hearing and experiences commonly understood as psychosis

In recent years, critical disability studies has highlighted the need for the inclusion of the voices of individuals with disabilities within bioethics. While much has been written about disability in bioethics, relatively little has been written by those who identify as disabled: a disjunction in a literature that frequently engages with questions of disability in considerations of issues such as capacity and medical aid in dying, but which frequently neglects to actively engage with the perspectives of disabled individuals. In a similar vein, the emerging discipline of mad studies seeks to centre the historically under-represented voices of those identifying as “mad” and/or those who have lived experience of mental illness.

While bioethics has begun to engage with critical disability studies, relatively little attention has been paid to the implications that interventions from within radical mental health, particularly interventions based on pushback against standard conceptual frameworks, have for conceptualizations of ethical responses to experiences of madness and distress more broadly. This presentation seeks to bridge the gap by placing mad studies into conversation with bioethics. In particular, it situates itself at the intersection between mad studies and bioethics, asking how commonly-encountered ethical dilemmas (such as treatment non-adherence) change when understood from a perspective that integrates current work in psychiatry with an explicit awareness of power relations in the provider-service user dynamic. In so doing, it makes the argument that ethics begins in centring the voices of those who have historically existed at the margins.

Register here.

Nov. 11: McLaughlin College Union Debate on Regulation of the Social Media – 12:30 to 2 p.m.

Following the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Congress, a number of social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter, blocked the then-U.S. president Donald Trump from their platforms. This was not accepted universally, as others saw this as a limitation on the freedom speech.

It is noteworthy that even the Canadian Civil Liberties Association does not oppose the regulation of online communications.

Governments have already proposed and introduced legislation that would require social media companies to remove harmful content from their platforms within 24 hours of it being reported. New regulatory bodies have also been proposed to monitor social media platforms that would cover harmful content, that are drawn from five areas in the Criminal Code: hate speech; child sexual exploitation; non-consensual sharing of intimate images; incitement to violence; and terrorism.

During this event, a group of experts will debate the following proposition: This House accepts that social media platforms should apply the same content moderation rules to global leaders as they do to other users.

The event will be moderated by James C. Simeon, head of McLaughlin College and associate professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University.

Panellists include:

Étienne Brown, an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at San José State University, where he teaches the ethics of technology to the aspiring computer scientists of Silicon Valley. Brown will argue against the proposition.

Natasha Tusikov is an assistant professor in the Department of Social Science at York University. Her research examines the intersection among law, crime, technology and regulation. Tusikov will argue in favour of the proposition.

Anne F. MacLennan is an associate professor, Department of Communication Studies, York University, and the editor of Journal of Radio and Audio Media, 2017-21. MacLennan will argue in favour of the proposition.

Regina Rini holds the Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Moral and Social Cognition and is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at York University. She studies how social norms should be negotiated in democratic societies, particularly in response to technological change. Rini will argue against the proposition.

Register here.

Schulich ranked among world’s most popular MBA programs

An image depicting the logo for Schulich School of Business

York University’s Schulich School of Business was ranked one of the world’s most popular MBA programs in a new global ranking.

MBA.com, the official site of the graduate management admission test (GMAT), measured the popularity of the world’s top MBA programs based on the number of GMAT scores sent by candidates to each program in the last testing year, which ran July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021.

Unlike other rankings, this list aims to give a sense of a what the most popular MBA programs are among those who take the GMAT, according to MBA.com.

Harvard, Stanford and Wharton topped the list of the world’s most popular programs, according to the data compiled by MBA.com. Schulich ranked 28th in the world, just behind Cornell and IESE, and ahead of the Kellogg School of Management.

MBA.com describes its ranking as a data-based measure of a business school’s “popularity with prospective students.”