  {"id":447,"date":"2021-08-16T20:10:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T00:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies-socanth\/?page_id=447"},"modified":"2025-06-30T16:36:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T20:36:18","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/dvst\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns card-deck aspect-ratio is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column card rounded-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/dvst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/330\/2022\/01\/welcome-msg-1-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6432\" 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is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"card-title h5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/dvst\/about-us\/our-faculty\/\">Our Faculty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"card-text\">Learn about our professors and their broad perspectives of the world that results in original thought and theory.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column card rounded-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large mb-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/dvst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/330\/2021\/11\/Argentina-Murga-VP-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"People parading on the streets of Argentina\" class=\"wp-image-6354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/dvst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/330\/2021\/11\/Argentina-Murga-VP-1024x768.jpg 1024w, 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