The Black Studies podcast, hosted by John Drabinksi, engages with activists and scholars in the field of Black Studies. In the March 9 episode, Bianca Beauchemin, an assistant professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality & Women鈥檚 Studies, discusses Black Studies in a Canadian context, the role of gender and sexuality within the field, what […]
In 2019, Quebec introduced Bill 21, a secularism law that prohibits public-sector employees from wearing religious symbols or attire at work. The provincial government is now hoping to expand the legislation to include more rules and workplaces. Nadia Hasan, a professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality & Women鈥檚 Studies, says that Muslim women are […]
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has announced the recipients of the November 2025 SSHRC Connection Grants. Ten 快播视频 research projects received funding. Congratulations to the researchers from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) whose innovative projects were selected. These projects span a wide range of disciplines […]
Andrea O鈥橰eilly, a 快播视频 professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality & Women鈥檚 Studies, was quoted in a Toronto Star article discussing nursing rooms at the Eaton Centre shopping mall. The article reports that two fathers were asked by mall security to leave a nursing room claiming it was for mothers only, prompting disagreement […]
Suliana Beraki, who is completing a minor in Gender & Women鈥檚 Studies (GWST), recently published a blog post in The Trauma & Mental Health Report. Her piece examines the barriers faced by Black and Indigenous people of colour (BIPOC) within Canada鈥檚 health care system. The article also features insights from Assistant Professor Bianca Beauchemin. Beraki […]
On Monday, Nov. 3, individuals and teams were recognized for their contributions to the York Community at the President鈥檚 Staff Recognition Awards. The annual awards celebrate meaningful contributions across the institution in several key areas, including community building, leadership and service excellence. The following staff members from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies were […]
Nadia Hasan, assistant professor at the School of Gender, Sexuality & Women鈥檚 Studies has聽co-written an article in The Conversation, discussing the recently released Islamophobia Research Hub report,聽Documenting the 鈥淧alestine Exception鈥: An Overview of Trends in Islamophobia, Anti-Palestinian and Anti-Arab Racism in Canada in the Aftermath of October 7, 2023. In the article the authors discuss […]
Hazal Halavut is a postdoctoral fellow for the 2025-26 year, working under the supervision of Alison Crosby, professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies. Halavut鈥檚 work traces the afterlives of colonial violence and genocide across memory, history and culture, attending to how they are held, denied and reimagined within the psychic, political […]
As part of her work in the Islamophobia Research Hub at 快播视频, School of Gender, Sexuality & Women鈥檚 Studies assistant professor Nadia Hasan has published a report about the increase in anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian racism in Canada. The report makes a total of 15 recommendations including actions that could be taken to prevent Islamophobia […]
Alison Crosby, associate professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality & Women鈥檚 Studies, and Heather Evans, doctoral scholar in the graduate program in Gender, Feminist & Women鈥檚 Studies, have co-edited a new book entitled, Memorializing Violence: Transnational Feminist Reflections. The book is a collection of feminist and queer reflections on the ways societies memorialize loss […]