  {"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":"2025-10-08T15:27:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:27:40","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/ppal\/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 mb-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/ppal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/348\/2022\/12\/welcome-msg-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"a piece of paper with the word welcome\" class=\"wp-image-2316\" 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class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"card-title h5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.laps.yorku.ca\/\">Our Faculty <i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i><\/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\/ppal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/348\/2021\/10\/student-association-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"students of mppal program\" class=\"wp-image-2092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/ppal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/348\/2021\/10\/student-association-1024x768.jpg 1024w, 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