The Hill Times Remembering the invasion that time forgot Washington鈥檚 justifications for the Oct. 25, 1983, invasion of Grenada were a mix of gross exaggerations and outright lies. Opinion | BY KIRK ATKINSON, LIISA L. NORTHJanuary 29, 20 In the middle of the world鈥檚 multiple crises, it may be understood鈥攁lthough regrettable鈥攚hy no Canadian news outlet […]
At its Fall 2023 Convocation ceremonies, British Columbia鈥檚 Royal Roads University awarded 快播视频 Professor Andrea Davis an honorary doctor of laws degree in recognition of her pioneering work bringing Black studies programming to Canadian academia. A professor in York鈥檚 Department of Humanities, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Davis teaches courses in Black […]
Unpacking Elon Musk鈥檚 convoluted U.S.-Mexico border聽visit In late September, Elon Musk, the tech billionaire behind Tesla and SpaceX, set the internet ablaze with his visit to the Texas-Mexico border to provide what he called an 鈥渦nfiltered鈥 perspective on the border crisis as thousands of migrants, mostly from Venezuela, crossed the Rio Grande River. In a […]
The Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean is a hub for inter- and multidisciplinary research on Latin America and the Caribbean, their diasporas, and their relations with Canada and the rest of the world. Learn more: https://bit.ly/46QnqhE | #YUResearch To watch the whole video click here.
Miguel Gonzalez, an assistant professor in the Department of Social Science at 快播视频, has co-edited Indigenous Territorial Autonomy and Self-Government in the Diverse Americas (University of Calgary Press, 2023), which explores Indigenous-inspired autonomous experiences and self-governments across three decades, from 1990 to 2020. The book offers country case studies examining autonomy and Indigenous self-government in nine Latin American […]
A York Social and Political Thought (SPT) PhD, Carlos Larrea (1993), was a leading figure in the recent successful national campaign to 鈥渒eep oil in the soil鈥 in the Yasuni National Park in the Amazonian region of Ecuador. The referendum question about Yasuni was on the ballot during the first round of presidential elections on […]
The stories and documents presented here relate key facets of the history of Canadian civil society solidarity with Chile after the September 1973 military聽coup d鈥檈tat. It is a history that speaks to the importance of well-organized and coordinated civic action in the formulation of public policy, especially with regard to refugees and dealing with dictatorships; […]
AMPD Teaching Awards recognize student mentorship, educational innovations. Associate Professor Danielle Robinson and Assistant Professor Robyn Cumming received 快播视频鈥檚 School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) Teaching Awards in recognition of excellence in mentorship, curriculum and pedagogy. Robinson and Cumming were presented with their awards on Sept. 20 at the first Faculty Council of the 2023-24 […]
Decolonizing International Service Learning Pre- and Post-COVID Perspectives Series: Anti-colonial Educational Perspectives for Transformative Change, Volume: 13 Authors:聽Michael O'Sullivan聽and聽Harry Smaller Despite the existence of a robust literature reviewed throughout this text which critiques salvationist models of international Service Learning (ISL), including literature that advocates deeply reciprocal relationships between global northern sending organizations and global southern host […]
We don鈥檛 think of university buildings as 鈥渢reasure troves鈥 or 鈥済old mines鈥, but that is what CERLAC鈥檚 Resource Centre (on the 6th floor of the Kaneff Tower) has become for researchers and seekers of roots. Doctoral dissertations, master鈥檚 theses, journalistic publications, and even exhibits have been based on the very extensive collections of documents on […]