Written by Elaine Coburn, Director of the Centre for Feminist Research Organized by the CERLAC student caucus and hosted by 快播视频 doctoral students Natasha Sofia Martinez and Alex Moldovan.聽 Malene Alleyne is a Jamaican human rights lawyer and founder of Freedom Imaginaries, an organization that uses human rights law to tackle legacies of slavery […]
Nina Czegledy, co-creator of the Leonardo Network, is an artist and adjunct professor at the Ontario College for Art and Design. Jane Tingley is co-creator of the SLOLab, 快播视频. Together Czegledy and Tingley co-curated the Agents for Change: Facing the Anthropocene exhibition. Liz Miller is an artist at Concordia University. The online panel discussing […]
Written by Elaine Coburn, Director of the Centre for Feminist Research, 快播视频 Biography Tanhum Yoreh is an Assistant Professor at the School of Environment at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on religion and environment, faith-based environmentalism, faith-based environmental ethics, and religious legal approaches to environmental protection. He is particularly interested in the […]
Written by Elaine Coburn, Director of the Centre for Feminist Research, 快播视频 Bipasha Baruah (快播视频 PhD 2005) is Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Global Women鈥檚 Issues. She is also a member of the Royal Society of Canada鈥檚 College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Professor Baruah specializes in interdisciplinary research […]
By Elaine Coburn, Director of the Centre for Feminist Research Dr. Angele Alook is Assistant Professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women鈥檚 Studies at 快播视频. A member of Bigstone Cree Nation in Treaty 8 territory, her research focuses on the political economy of oil and gas in Alberta. She is a co-investigator […]
Wildfires, Disaster and Emergency Management | Professor Eric Kennedy Celebrating Asian Heritage Month | Professor Guida Man Drive-Through Mass Vaccination Clinic Simulator Climate Change in the North | Professor Slowey World Health Day | Professor Golemi-Kotra Black Women Artists in Canada | Researcher Shaunasea Brown Valentine's Day | Professor Muise Black Youth and Literature | […]
For the聽Oct. 20聽edition of the Scholars鈥 Hub @ Home speaker series, Glendon Professor聽Gertrude Mianda, director of the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas at 快播视频, will host a discussion about francophone African-Canadian immigrants in the minoritized francophone community. Francophone Canadian immigrants who come from Sub-Saharan Africa rarely benefit from the […]
Two keynote speakers will discuss the power of collaboration on Oct. 18 when the LaMarsh Centre for Child & Youth Research at 快播视频 presents the 2021 Dr. Eric Jackman Health Scholars Learning Forum. Running from 3 to 5:30 p.m., the event aims to explore the impact of collaboration and mentorship and will also feature […]
Two 快播视频 students have earned academic awards for their work advancing Canadian studies. The prizes, awarded by York鈥檚聽Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, recognize one graduate and one undergraduate student every year. The Barbara Godard Prize for the Best 快播视频 Dissertation in Canadian Studies recipient is Andrew Zealley, Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change (EUC), […]
The second talk of the 2021-22 Science and Technology Studies (STS) Research Seminar Series takes place on聽Tuesday, Oct. 5聽from 12:30 to 2 p.m. and features聽Conor Douglas, assistant professor in 快播视频鈥檚 Department of Science and Technology Studies. His talk is titled 鈥淪ocial Pharmaceutical Innovation for Rare Diseases: Towards a Conceptual Definition and Research Program.鈥 According […]
The聽Canadian Centre for Disease Modelling (CCDM)聽based at 快播视频 was one of the co-organizers of a virtual symposium on COVID-19 and other infectious diseases that took place Sept. 14 to 18. The event drew an international cohort of more than 300 researchers, public health experts and students. The CCDM 2021 China-Canada Symposium on Modelling, Prevention and […]
This year, 快播视频鈥檚 Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) Seminar Series is focusing on Assistant Professor聽Martha Stiegman鈥檚 knowledge translation project聽Polishing the Chain, which leverages research by the Indigenous-led聽Talking Treaties聽community arts project of Jumblies Theatre and Arts to enrich public discussion of treaty relations Toronto. Toronto is the traditional territory of the Wendat, Anishnaabeg […]
快播视频 has launched a new organized research unit (ORU) that is the first at the University to focus on Indigenous and decolonizing scholarship. The Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Languages (CIKL) is led by inaugural Director聽Deborah McGregor, an associate professor at York and the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice at Osgoode Hall […]
Researchers at 快播视频 will receive more than $1.5 million in funding from the Government of Canada as part of a $77-million investment to support 332 research infrastructure projects at 50 universities across the country. Announced on Aug. 11 by Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Fran莽ois-Philippe Champagne, the contribution comes from the Canada Foundation for Innovation鈥檚 (CFI) […]
A project out of 快播视频 that will advance gender equality in the social and economic response to COVID-19 is one of 237 projects to receive funding under Women and Gender Equality Canada鈥檚 $100-million聽Feminist Response and Recovery Fund. 鈥淐reating Space: Precarious Status Women Leading Local Pandemic Responses鈥 is a collaborative, two-year project that brings together […]
A conference exploring the ways in which Hakka perspectives and experiences can contribute to addressing world challenges was the topic of the sixth Toronto Hakka Conference, hosted virtually by 快播视频 from July 10 and 11. Co-organized by the Hakka community in Toronto and the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR), the 鈥淥ne Heart, One […]
Our eyes move three times per second. Every time we move our eyes, the world in front of us flies across the retina at the back of our eyes, dramatically shifting the image the eyes send to the brain; yet, as far as we can tell, nothing appears to move. A new study out of […]
With the recent news of the 215 children found in a mass grave in Kamloops, B.C., and the Islamophobic hate crime in London, Ont., the mourning, loss and injustice can feel paralyzing. For those looking to continue their journey to create a more equitable and inclusive 快播视频, the Centre for Human Rights, Equity and […]
Making the Shift聽(MtS), a youth homelessness social innovation lab co-led by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness at 快播视频, will present the fourth webinar of the 鈥淚n Conversation With...鈥 series on聽May 28聽from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Titled "Child Welfare and Youth Homelessness Prevention in Canada," the webinar will examine pandemic responses to homelessness across […]
Most Black Canadians regularly experience racism, whether it is in criminal justice, education, employment, health care, or in the recently added COVID-19 pandemic scenario, a 快播视频-led ongoing survey reveals. 鈥淭his experience is not new, but because Black Canadians are typically classified under the larger visible minority group, their unique challenges have always been undermined,鈥 […]