Organized by three 快播视频 professors, a two-day conference titled 鈥淧sychosocial Transformations: The School, The Clinic, and The Archive鈥� will consider the connection between psychological and social change in challenging times, while honouring the impact that Distinguished Research Professor Deborah Britzman has had on the field.

The idea for the conference began with York professors Lisa Farley, Aziz Guzel and Jen Gilbert (now at the University of Toronto) wanting to highlight psychosocial studies, a field that considers how the personal and psychological interweave with the social world in important but often elusive ways.

Driven by a desire to influence positive change, they decided to put together a conference that would foreground the emotional and social conflicts that accompany change in three contexts: the school, the clinic and the archive.  

鈥淲e chose to focus on the school, the clinic and the archive because the notion of change is implied in the fields they also represent 鈥� education, psychology, and social and political thought,鈥� says Farley. 鈥淧articularly in our own time of great change, we wanted to bring together scholars and practitioners who work in these fields to consider the convergent and divergent issues they face, and to reframe conflicts of transformation as part of a collective effort to imagine and action a more viable present and future.鈥�

The organizers hope to offer a unique opportunity to advance theories, practices, and pedagogies that support meaningful emotional and societal change. As Farley explains: 鈥淲e hope attendees will take away insights that help them raise questions about the necessity and difficulty of change, clarify pedagogical, clinical and scholarly challenges, enjoy thinking with one another, and feel connected to an interdisciplinary community as they go about their work.鈥�

What makes the two-day event stand out, too, is that it is rooted in honouring Britzman, whom Farley credits for changing the way academics think within and study theories of teaching and learning, and whose work has influenced generations of researchers in education and beyond. By design, Britzman and her work are at the core of the event because of her 40 years of inquiries into the interface between psychic life and the social and political world through their scenes of uncertainty, change and conflict. 

Farley and her co-organizers hope the conference will generate theories, initiatives, and practices to drive positive change in educational, therapeutic and scholarly contexts 鈥� all while doing justice to Britzman鈥檚 work.

鈥淲e are most proud of the balance the conference strikes between honouring Britzman鈥檚 enormous contributions to the fields of education, psychoanalysis, and social and political thought, and highlighting the major contributions of invited speakers themselves,鈥� says Farley. 鈥淭his balance is, for us, a true psychoanalytic achievement that brings folks into conversation without the collapse of difference.鈥�

The conference is taking place on Nov. 7 and 8 on 快播视频鈥檚 Keele Campus. For more information and to register, visit the event web page.

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Members of the 快播视频 community are invited to celebrate Black artistic talent during a showcase of performances on Feb. 7, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., when the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora presents Word, Sound, Power: An Annual Celebration of Black Artistic Expression.

The annual event celebrates the rich and diverse world of Black aritistic expression, promising to be a vibrant showcase of talent, creativity and cultural pride.

The event is open to the community and is free to attend. It begins at 5:30 p.m. with a welcome reception in the CIBC Lobby, Accolade East Building at the Keele Campus, and performances will run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Tribute communities Recital Hall, Accolade East Building.

The event鈥檚 land acknowledgement will be provided by Carrington Christmas, a York alumna, who is an Indigenous anti-racist educator and self-described 鈥淎unty Extraordinaire鈥� with Black Scotian-Mi鈥檏maw and German ancestry.

The ceremony will then be closed with an Afro-Indigenous blessing from Isaac Crosby, an agricultural expert of Ojibwe of Anderdon heritage.

Hosting and providing opening remarks will be Andrea Davis, a professor in the Department of Humanities, who in recognition of her work advancing equity, access and justice in post-secondary education.

Also providing remarks before the performances begin will be Jean Augustine, the first Black woman elected to the Parliament of Canada; Samia Hashi, Ontario regional director of Unifor, which sponsors the event; and Robert Savage, dean of the Faculty of Education.

Among the featured performances this year are:

• solo performances, including song and instruments, dance and spoken word, from students from Greater Toronto Area school boards;
• a performance from the Oscar Peterson Jazz Ensemble;
• a performance from the 快播视频 R&B Ensemble;
• a spotlight artistic performance of the evening from Ian Kamau, an artist and designer;
• a performance from the 快播视频 Gospel Choir; and
• an Afro-Caribbean dance performance by students from James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High School in the CIBC Lobby during the welcome reception.

This year鈥檚 Word, Sound, Power event is put on in partnership with the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, with primary sponsorship from Unifor. York鈥檚 Division of Equity, People & Culture has also provided funding support. The Faculty of Education 鈥� home to the Jean Augustine Chair 鈥� and the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, through faculty member Davis, also play a critical role in the event.

Anika Forde, research project manager for the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community & Diaspora, and Karen Burke, Chair of Music, were co-conveners of the event this year.

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The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research at 快播视频 will host a symposium to explore how human activity is pushing ecological limits to a breaking point, and climate change is a fundamental threat to human life.

Taking place on Nov. 24 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., both in person at the Keele Campus and online, the Planetary Health for a Planetary Emergency symposium aims to bring together scholars from the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research and across 快播视频 who work at the intersection of climate change and health, to discuss the potentials of planetary health as a driver of just climate action.

This event will also launch the Dahdaleh Institute Planetary Health Research Council which supports a collaborative research community of faculty, postdoctoral Fellows and graduate students committed to planetary health research at 快播视频 and beyond. 

The event draws attention to the need for clear associations between climate change and health, and to develop critical problem-solving interventions and advocate for climate action that advances well-being for all. The symposium will explore questions, such as: How do we do this while holding a critical view of the systems and structures which have led us into this climate catastrophe, including the ideologies of colonialism and capitalism that underpin the modern era? How do we advance effective and equitable solutions for planetary health that work against these systems and structures instead of upholding them?

The day鈥檚 agenda will include panel discussions with three themes featuring guest speakers.

Water: This panel explores the role water plays at the confluence of environmental and human health. Speakers will discuss efforts to support vital biological and social functions of water in the face of our rapidly changing climate and how such efforts might be positioned to work towards more just, sustainable and integrated water management.

Speaking on the topic of water will be: Deborah McGregor, a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice and a professor cross-appointed with Osgoode Hall Law School and the Faculty of Environment & Urban Change at 快播视频; Sapna Sharma, an associate professor in the Department of Biology at 快播视频 and York Research Chair in Global Change Biology; and Byomkesh Talukder, an assistant professor at the Department of Global Health at Florida International University. Moderating this panel will be Caroline Diana Duncan, a PhD candidate in civil engineering at York with a strong focus on optimizing drinking water in the Arctic using participatory approaches to system dynamics modelling.

Land: This panel examines the role of land in achieving planetary health, taking a wide view across issues of food security, extractivism, urbanization and conservation. This includes examples of how land is inherently interconnected with people and the environment and how access to land and tenure rights are themselves a determinant of human and environmental health.

Discussion on topics related to land will be led by: Dayna N. Scott, an associate professor and York Research Chair in Environmental Law & Justice with Osgoode Hall Law School at 快播视频 where she is also cross appointed with the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change; James Stinson, a postdoctoral Fellow in Planetary Health Education at 快播视频, cross appointed to the Faculty of Education and the Dahdaleh Institute of Global Health Research; Raphael Aguiar, a PhD candidate in the Health Policy and Equity program at 快播视频 and a Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholar; and Sarah Rotz, an assistant professor in the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change. This panel will be moderated by Nilanjana (Nell) Ganguli, a PhD student in the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change.

Air: This last panel addresses how air is brought into our approaches to planetary health, drawing together a range of fields related to emissions reduction, human well-being, air pollution and climate adaptation. Speakers will consider how air pollution disproportionately impacts low income and marginalized populations as well as the climate policy synergies of tackling air pollution that both damages health and impairs ecosystems.

Participating in this discussion are: Cora Young, an associate professor and the Rogers Chair in Chemistry at 快播视频; Eric B. Kennedy, an associate professor and area coordinator of the Disaster and Emergency Management program at 快播视频; and Jean-Thomas Tremblay, an assistant professor of environmental humanities at 快播视频. Moderating this panel will be Hillary Birch, a PhD student in the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change at 快播视频, where she is a SSHRC doctoral Fellow.

For more information, or to register, visit the event webpage.

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Human activity is pushing ecological limits to a breaking point, and climate change is a fundamental threat to human life.

Now more than ever we need to draw clear associations between climate change and health, develop critical problem-solving interventions, and advocate for climate action that advances wellbeing for all. How do we do this while holding a critical view of the systems and structures which have led us into this climate catastrophe, including the ideologies of colonialism and capitalism that underpin the modern era? How do we advance effective and equitable solutions for planetary health that work against these systems and structures instead of upholding them?

This symposium on critical planetary health brings together scholars from the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research and across 快播视频 who work at the intersection of climate change and health, to discuss the potentials of planetary health as a driver of just climate action. This event will also launch the Dahdaleh Institute Planetary Health Research Council which supports a collaborative research community of faculty, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students committed to planetary health research at 快播视频 and beyond.

This symposium will be held in-person at 快播视频 (Keele campus). The event will also be streamed on Zoom.

Learn more and register

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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, on Sept. 30, honours the children who never returned home, survivors of residential schools, their families and communities. 快播视频 will recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation by offering events and resources throughout the month for its community members to learn about the history of residential schools in Canada and the lasting impacts on Indigenous community members today.

This year, the York community is encouraged to reflect and learn through the theme 鈥淓ngaging in a Reconciliation Journey: Learning Through Various Forms of Media.鈥� A selection of Indigenous films will be available for viewing online and at a series of in-person film screenings being hosted at both the Keele and Glendon campuses from Monday, Sept. 18 to Wednesday, Sept. 27. 

Film screenings will close with a hybrid community panel event featuring the voices of staff reflecting on their learning journey, on Thursday, Sept. 28. Full event details below, as well as information about Orange Shirt Day. 

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Film Screenings聽

Dates: Monday, Sept. 18 to Wednesday, Sept. 27 

There will be seven film screenings open to community members in several locations on the Keele and Glendon campuses. Visit

These events are in-person only; however, all films are available online through the University Libraries鈥� collection or are publicly available and can be accessedhere.鈥疶he list of films include: 

Stolen Children: Truth and Reconciliation 
Date: Monday, Sept. 18  
Time: 9:30 a.m.  
Location: Sound & Moving Image Library, Scott Library  

We Were Children  
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 19 
Time: 2 p.m.  
Location: Paul Delaney Gallery, 320 Bethune College

My Auntie Survived Residential School
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 20  
Time: 1 p.m.  
Location: Sound & Moving Image Library, Scott Library  

Indian Horse 
Date: Thursday, Sept. 21  
Time: 3 p.m.  
Location: A100 York Hall, Glendon Campus 

Honour to Murray Sinclair & Second Stories: It Had to be Done 
Date: Monday, Sept. 25  
Time: 1 p.m.  
Location: TBD 

Muffins for Granny
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 26 
Time: 1 p.m. 
Location: Junior Common Room, 012G Winters College 

Truth and Reconciliation: The Legacy of Residential Schools in Canada & Stolen Children: Residential School Survivors Speak Out 
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 27  
Time: 3 p.m.  
Location: Sound & Moving Image Library, Scott Library 

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at York聽

Date: Thursday, Sept. 28 
Time: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: 1014 Helliwell Centre, Osgoode Hall Law School (followed by a visit to nearby Skennen鈥檏贸:wa Gamig)  

Format: Hybrid (in-person and YouTube live stream) 

RSVP:   

A hybrid event, National Day for Truth & Reconciliation at 快播视频 Speaker Reflections will be moderated by Susan Dion, associate vice-president, Indigenous initiatives,鈥痑nd feature the voices of staff reflecting on their learning journey through engaging in various forms of media.鈥�  

Participants will be offered a tobacco tie upon entering the panel event and will be invited to offer it to the ceremonial fire afterwards at Skennen鈥檏贸:wa Gamig. Light refreshments will be available after the event. The panel will be live-streamed online and recorded for all community members to participate remotely.

Orange Shirt Day聽

Official 2023 鈥淓very Child Matters鈥� orange T-shirts are available at the Orange Shirt Day is an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day intended to raise awareness of the individual, familial and communal intergenerational impacts of residential schools, and to promote the concept of 鈥淓very Child Matters.鈥�  

To learn more, including accessing resources, films, stories, Zoom backgrounds and event information, visit York鈥檚 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation website. 

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Muffins for Granny
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 26
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Junior Common Room, 012G Winters College

Directed by Nadia McLaren Muffins for Granny is a remarkably layered, emotionally complex story of personal and cultural survival. McLaren tells the story of her own grandmother by combining precious home movie fragments with the stories of seven elders dramatically affected by their experiences in residential school. McLaren uses animation with a painterly visual approach to move the audience between the darkness of memory and the reality that these charismatic survivors live in today.

To register for this film screening:

Here is a link to the film for anyone who wants to pre-view the film.

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Members of the 快播视频 community are invited to celebrate Black artistic talent during a showcase of performances on Feb. 8 when the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora presents Word, Sound, Power: An Annual Celebration of Black Artistic Expression.

The Black History Month event spotlights Black cultural and artistic expression through performance, which this year includes drumming and dance, spoken word, a jazz ensemble, an R&B ensemble, The Toronto Gospel Choir and more.

An opportunity to highlight Black artists and creativity, the event will be open to the community and is free to attend. It begins at 5:30 p.m. with a welcome reception in the CIBC Lobby, Accolade East Building at the Keele Campus, and performances will run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Tribute communities Recital Hall, Accolade East Building.

鈥淎s usual, we will be hosting a Black History Month event at which time we will be showcasing and celebrating the talents, artistry and ingenuity of Black university and high school students through their music, poetry, dance and singing. Our annual event recognizes the contributions of Jean Augustine to this national recognition of Black presence in Canada鈥� says Professor Carl James, the Jean Augustine Chair and Senior Advisor on Equity and Representation. 

Featured performances include:

鈥� 快播视频 doctoral student with a presentation in drumming and dance;
鈥� Peel District School Board student Marie Pascoe with a spoken word performance;
鈥� a performance by York鈥檚 Oscar Peterson jazz ensemble;
鈥� a spoken word performance by Canadian poetry slam champion Dwayne Morgan;
鈥� a performance by York鈥檚 R&B ensemble;
鈥� a performance by spoken word artist Ryan Burke;
鈥� a presentation by the Toronto Gospel Choir; and
鈥� a spoken word presenation by 快播视频 student Ashley Keene.

Remarks will be offered by Jean Augustine, the first Black woman elected to the Parliament of Canada, and champion of the unanimous vote in 1995 that saw February designated as Black History Month; Robert Savage, dean, Faculty of Education; and humanities Professor Andrea Davis, special advisor, Anti-Black Racism Strategy, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. Representation from York鈥檚 Division of Equity, People and Culture, along with Christine Maclin of Unifor 鈥� a sponsor of the event, will also share remarks.

Word, Sound, Power is co-presented by the Faculty of Education, the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, the Department of Humanities (Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies) and the Division of Equity, People and Culture.

Tickets, which are free, are available .

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 (MtS), a youth homelessness social innovation lab co-led by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness at 快播视频, will host a virtual discussion on 鈥淯sing Data and Evidence to End Homelessness: Drawing lessons from the United Kingdom鈥� on Nov. 17 at 11 a.m.

The housing crisis in Canada is continuing and getting worse. This means that the homeless-prevention sector needs to review its current interventions and develop new ones. Even more of our vulnerable populations are struggling to access housing, especially our young people. Embracing data and evidence-based decision-making are key steps to finding solutions.

Join Stephen Gaetz, professor in 快播视频鈥檚 Faculty of Education and director of the  and the , and L铆gia Teixaira, co-editor of the book Using Evidence to End Homelessness, for a discussion on how leaders in government, academia and communities are developing and using evidence to end homelessness.

To create Using Evidence to End Homelessness, the Centre for Homelessness Impact brought together a range of expert voices to form a definitive evidence-led approach to bring about a sustainable end to homelessness. The contributors to this volume envisage a future in which data and rigorous evidence is created efficiently, as a routine part of government operations, and is used to drive improvements to policies and services aimed at helping people access and maintain stable, affordable housing.

Leveraging data and technology is a key strategy for Making the Shift in preventing and ending youth homelessness, with the goals of using data to impact policy and practice as well as drive the creation of innovative tools and resources to support communities.

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